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YouTube has announced that it will stop removing videos about the widespread fraud within the US election system that the company claims without evidence are false. (The Verge)

The article asserts that the obvious and widespread fraud does not exist six times in five paragraphs, not counting the same assertion in the headline and subhed.

The comments are even worse, filled with Russiagate dead-enders and people who have long since forgotten that there were widespread violent riots following Trump's election in 2016, assuming they ever knew.

As to why YouTube is making this tiny step in the right direction? It's not clear. They are still left-wing and authoritarian, and nothing they say can be trusted.

They unfortunately also host almost every small video channel I care about.

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Maybe reality is setting in with the global recession and they need the viewers, even nasty right-wing ones.

The valuation of design software company Canva has been marked down by 67.6%, and buy-now-pay-more-later company Klarna by 85%. (Tech Crunch)

Reddit meanwhile is down by 41% since last year.

All of these are private companies so there's no public share price to track, just individual investors prepared to actualise their losses for tax reasons.
AMD's Epyc Rome (2nd generation) server chips could hang after 1044 days of uptime. (Tom's Hardware)

There's some kind of timer overflow that prevents the individual CPU cores from waking up after being put into low-power sleep mode.

The solution is to either keep them so busy they never sleep, reboot the server once every three years, or turn off sleep mode... Which requires a reboot anyway.
Lenovo's Yoga Book 9i is a rather neat laptop with dual 13" 2880x1800 OLED displays, a detachable keyboard, and pen support. (Notebook Check)

It can lie completely flat on a desk and you can use it with a pen, or you can clip on the keyboard and use it like a normal laptop, or you can stand it upright to use both screens side by side or one above the other with the keyboard detached.

Only problem is, for the same price you could buy a regular laptop, an external 4k monitor, a decent graphics tablet, a good Android tablet, and whatever keyboard you prefer, and still have change left over. (I know this because those are all things I've bought in the past two years and I just added them up.)
The Beelink EQ12 Pro almost doesn't suck. (Serve the Home)

This is a NUC - a palm-sized computer - that uses Intel's N305 CPU, which has 8 E cores and no P cores at all.

Which means it is an Atom chip, though Intel prefers not to use that name anymore because for many, many years, their Atom CPU range completely sucked.

This one doesn't completely suck: Compared to the 2017 Dell Ryzen 1700 system I used until I moved house last year it is 15% faster in single-threaded performance, though 30% slower in multi-threaded performance.

That AMD chip was 65W and the N305 uses just 15W, so I'll cut it some slack.

And compared to the 2015 Atom N3050, the new N305 is more than four times faster single-threaded and 15 times faster multi-threaded.

Unfortunately the overall system still sucks, hamstrung by the other problem with Atom chips: Their limited I/O. It supports just a single memory module, and while it has an NVMe slot (again, just one), it only supports one lane of PCIe 3, so it's 1/16th the speed of the latest models, or more reasonably, 1/8th the speed of a decent and not insanely expensive SSD.

Given the pricing there are likely better options. If it were passively cooled thanks to the Atom design's low power consumption things might be different - but Atom's power consumption has never been that low. It has not just one fan, but two.

Disclaimer: I am not one of them.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Time

Posted by: Ciampino - felines, cats, kitties at June 03, 2023 04:04 AM (qfLjt)

2 Good morning! Where's the coffee?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 03, 2023 04:08 AM (YRsIm)

3 So does the Lenovo Yoga have the 4 essential keys?

Posted by: Ciampino - Black holes are where God divided by zero at June 03, 2023 04:11 AM (qfLjt)

4 It does not, but it uses a Bluetooth keyboard so you can chuck it and replace it with one that does.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 03, 2023 04:16 AM (BLOW1)

5 G'Day everyone
No alarm but will need to get out early all next week so should stay on schedule.

Side question, do Australians pronounce schedule wrong?

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 04:30 AM (xhxe8)

6 OK, I'm a knucklehead. What ARE the 4 essential keys?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 03, 2023 04:44 AM (YRsIm)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 03, 2023 04:47 AM (T4tVD)

8 Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End.

If you're a programmer you use them all the time, but they're commonly left off laptop keyboards, so you end up playing Keyboard Twister trying to press Ctrl-Shift-Fn-UpArrow or something equally impossible.

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

9 Thanks, PM!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 03, 2023 04:50 AM (YRsIm)

10 YouTube needs to start making it okay to claim theres voter fraud, so when Trump or DeSantis win in 2024 all their biggest leftwing content creators, and the media who use their services, can claim that the Republican candidate was working with a huge network of White Supremacist Russian Nuclear Powered hackers to change every vote in favor of them.

It is hilarious pointing out the violence after 2016's election night, as i honestly think they've erased it from their memories by spending every waking moment telling themselves "we're the good guys" while trying to pile more people into the train cars.

Posted by: Rbastid at June 03, 2023 04:55 AM (ki3p9)

11 Wokeness is brainwashing, the narrative is to them the truth to believe, continuously repeated no matter what else facts come out to dispute that narrative.

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 05:01 AM (xhxe8)

12 It will be interesting to see if RDS gets the nod. He seems to say all the right things but the fact that he's financed by the GOPe is a serious detriment, at least for me. And with the exception of Ramaswamey, the rest are non-starters.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 03, 2023 05:05 AM (YRsIm)

13 And with the exception of Ramaswamey and PDTS, the rest are non-starters.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 03, 2023 05:06 AM (YRsIm)

14 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 03, 2023 05:10 AM (xos3W)

15 I also started rewatching Sword Art Online Alicization, because I want to finish the series, but completely forgot what happened in this season. Now about halfway through i think i actually blocked it out of my memory as a way to protect myself from the awfulness that was this arc (which honestly only had like 3 of 800 arcs that didn't suck) I know the last two parts will probably blow too, but once i start a series i feel i need to eventually finish it, even if it is crap.

Posted by: Rbastid at June 03, 2023 05:11 AM (ki3p9)

16 ChatGPT can also lie completely.

Posted by: meh at June 03, 2023 05:15 AM (bew8B)

17 If I state "I'm a consistent liar", what am I?

Posted by: Ciampino -- Black holes are where God divided by zero at June 03, 2023 05:20 AM (qfLjt)

18 If I state "I'm a consistent liar", what am I?

An honest politician?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 03, 2023 05:23 AM (YRsIm)

19 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 03, 2023 05:24 AM (BRHaw)

20 And with the exception of Ramaswamey, the rest are non-starters.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 03, 2023 05:05 AM (YRsIm)

Don't know very much about the man, and I know nothing of his policies (because I haven't paid attention). But whenever I've heard/seen him on some podcast, I like the way he presents and carries himself (yes, I know, phrasing). But he'll get absolutely no airplay from any media source. With a Trump-DeSantis heavyweight bout on the horizon sucking the air out of the room, Ramaswamey might as well as wear a paper bag over his head and call himself 'The 2024 Unknown Republican Presidential Candidate'.

Posted by: The Corporate Media at June 03, 2023 05:28 AM (emlEe)

21
I can't say I recall using the four essential keys that much. I used a regular text editor, then a utility program to clean up, indent, and search for errors among other chores. When it finished things were real pretty and easy to understand.

Then our 'betters' gave the keys to American manufacturing to the Chinese and all my customers went out of business. Gradually, then suddenly.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 03, 2023 05:28 AM (enJYY)

22 Bye, fake news sock.

Posted by: RickZ at June 03, 2023 05:28 AM (emlEe)

23 It seems a shame that if you are used to getting up at 4:15 on a work day on a day you don't have to work your brain still tells you to get up at the same time. Oh, well our brains ( mine and spouses) let us sleep for about 40 minutes. Yay!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 03, 2023 05:28 AM (ruiW7)

24 Within God's reach- Psalm 139. An "Our Daily Bread" Devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/yax9z2mc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 03, 2023 05:32 AM (ruiW7)

25 Lawn work awaits..... but it's still a few hours until sunrise. And then, more electrical work. At least the boy is doing all the work in the attic.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 03, 2023 05:33 AM (YRsIm)

26 Beautiful earthporn picture- Blue Ridge Mountains:

https://tinyurl.com/3ybmeeuk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 03, 2023 05:38 AM (ruiW7)

27 I wonder if the YouTube move has anything to do with a potential deal for Major League sports streaming. Also a potential issue, did word get out that the Republicans are going to spend a good amount of time grandstanding in Congressional Hearings during the Election run up next year and they (Google) need to be less of a target because a rule change could leave them open to endless and costly litigation?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 03, 2023 05:38 AM (z+89e)

28 Todays corny joke:

What do sea monsters eat for dinner?

Fish and ships.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 03, 2023 05:42 AM (ruiW7)

29 Good morning horde!

I watched "What is a Woman?" on twitter yesterday.

Wow. Boom! Must see.

It's great to see Dr. Jordan Peterson come in for the coup de grace.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 03, 2023 05:47 AM (vg8N1)

30 A penguin walked into a bar ans asked the bartender "Have you seen my brother ?"

The bartender said "What does he look like ?"

Posted by: JT at June 03, 2023 05:47 AM (T4tVD)

31 LOL Fen.

I love those corny jokes.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 03, 2023 05:47 AM (vg8N1)

32 We got some badly needed rain last night.

Posted by: JT at June 03, 2023 05:48 AM (T4tVD)

33 Why did they kick the Green Giant out of the valley?

He took a pea.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 03, 2023 05:48 AM (vg8N1)

34 Is this mic on? Tap. Tap. Tap..

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 03, 2023 05:52 AM (vg8N1)

35
It's great to see Dr. Jordan Peterson come in for the coup de grace.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 03, 2023 05:47 AM

Cliff Notes version of what he said? I think I can guess.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 03, 2023 05:54 AM (enJYY)

36 He said that the job of the therapist is NOT to affirm the opinion of the patient.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 03, 2023 05:56 AM (vg8N1)

37 rhennigantx not me yet

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 05:57 AM (xhxe8)

38
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 03, 2023 05:58 AM (ENBF0)

39 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 03, 2023 05:59 AM (u82oZ)

40 That Matt Walsh movie, What is a woman? just seems to illustrates the depth of mental illness and downright stupidity of the whole 'trans movement'. You cannot change who you are. You either have two Xs or an XY. You can pretend to be 'a woman' or ' man' for that matter, but reality will eventually intervene.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 03, 2023 06:00 AM (YRsIm)

41 KRAK OF DAWN HAS ARRIVED

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 06:02 AM (xhxe8)

42
He said that the job of the therapist is NOT to affirm the opinion of the patient.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 03, 2023 05:56 AM

Agreed. But there's a 'new school' of thought in therapy (which is probably motivated by the profit factor) that says let the patient go on and on and on talking. Don't interject or offer an opinion.

I liked a certain school of psychiatry which came out about a hundred years ago which I called, "I'm okay, you're not." More confrontational. Maybe Peterson is an example of a return to that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 03, 2023 06:02 AM (enJYY)

43 I got a P0137 low voltage code from my Sorento.
-sigh-
These things happen

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at June 03, 2023 06:05 AM (Eeb9P)

44 CrotchetyOldJarhead

The people that complete the surgery have taken themselves out of the gene pool. Vey sad.

The amount of money needed for the transformation, and the maintenance effort, is sucking health care dollars that could be spent better.

Finally, the suicide rate will increase as the left's promises will not match the bleak reality.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 03, 2023 06:05 AM (u82oZ)

45 "Why is Facebook making this tiny step in the right direction?"

They're expecting a lot of 'election denialism' from the Left over the next year and a half.

Posted by: Paul at June 03, 2023 06:11 AM (qCENm)

46 Why is YouTube allowing claims of election fraud?

Because that way you allow Trump and people in the left to post videos of Trump claiming the 2020 election was stolen, which even assuming it was, is something that pretty clearly turns off voters for the 2024 election.

Posted by: Boone at June 03, 2023 06:45 AM (KomN8)

47 8 Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End.

If you're a programmer you use them all the time, but they're commonly left off laptop keyboards, so you end up playing Keyboard Twister trying to press Ctrl-Shift-Fn-UpArrow or something equally impossible.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 03, 2023 04:48 AM (BLOW1)
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On a chrome book it does need two hands but one gets used to it. Also the toucchpad has those functions.

Posted by: Ciampino -- Black holes are where God divided by zero at June 03, 2023 06:48 AM (qfLjt)

48 The EQ12 makes a fantastic OPNsense box. I've been running one in this role for about 6 weeks and it's been fantastic. Mine only has the N100 CPU, but even pushing 600mbps, CPU is only ~30%.

My sole concern is the longevity of the SSD with the firewall/ACL logs.

Posted by: lynch at June 03, 2023 10:33 AM (kyfbk)

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52 Atoms are neat for embedded stuff, but they've always been too underpowered for end user applications. I wish there were more fanless systems in the 20-30 watt range, i.e. between Atom and laptop silicon in terms of performance.

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