Daily Tech News 6 June 2023

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Apple today announced its new Vision Pro XR headset, a revolutionary augmented / virtual reality device at $349. (Tom's Hardware)

The crowd at Apple's Developer Conference was rendered speechless in amazement.

Live video of the announcement.

You won’t find a better pre-sale indicator than this sound from the audience pic.twitter.com/gERziGaQp2
— Ramp Capital Guy (@RampCapitalLLC) June 5, 2023

Oh.

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Apple also announced the new 15" MacBook Air starting at $1299. (Tom's Hardware)

Though the real price is much higher because it is physically impossible to upgrade current MacBooks after purchase. At that price you get a paltry 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD.

Now, not long ago I bought an HP laptop with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD, but that's because they're not solder in place and the laptop glued shut, and I already had spare SSDs and RAM I could drop right in.

And the MacBook maxes out at 24GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD, at more than twice the price of my HP with 64GB and 4TB. And it lacks the Four Essential Keys.
Apple also also announced the new M2 Mac Studio starting at $1999, and the Mac Pro starting at $6999. (Serve the Home)

You can actually add storage to the M2 Mac Pro, which is a relief because its seven PCIe slots are basically useless for anything else.

As for the Mac Studio - no.

It's beautifully-designed hardware, but it's much easier to make hardware beautiful when you can hermetically seal it to keep nasty, dirty customers out.
Online marketplaces - Amazon, Walmart, eBay - are filled with fraudulent storage devices. (Ars Technica)

Lots of other junk too, but it's a particular problem with storage devices, because they look like they work at first.

What the scammers do is take a cheap 64GB microSD card (which used to be a lot), reprogram it to think it is much larger, and put it in an enclosure so you can't see the card.

You can write 64GB of data to it and everything will be just fine. Everything after that, though, will silently disappear.

The companies all know this, and when alerted to a specific fake product they will remove it, but it's back an hour later with a different brand name.
Dozens of the largest communities on Reddit plan to go private next week in protest over the company's rapacious API charges. (The Verge)

Since the largest communities on Reddit are universally awful - the site is only useful at all because of vibrant small communities that haven't been snuffed out by communists yet - nothing of value will be lost.

But since Reddit is run by community-snuffing communists who love those large valueless "subreddits", it's possible they will take notice.
And probably make things worse.
French startup Escape has raised $4 million to use AI to automatically scan APIs for security flaws. (Tech Crunch)

This is actually a good use for the current Large Language Models like ChatGPT. Its something they can be trained to do, and the worst that can happen is they fail to prevent a disaster that other measures also failed to prevent.

I have no idea if this particular company is producing a good product, but there is at least a chance that they are producing a good product, unlike most of the other big announcements which are basically computational cancer.

Disclaimer: To blern, or not to blern, that is the question.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Foist!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2023 04:01 AM (omVj0)

2 I nooded.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 06, 2023 04:04 AM (ju2Fy)

3 So where do you buy storage devices that are not fraudulent? From the companies' own websites?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2023 04:04 AM (omVj0)

4 •••-
•••-

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

5 By "companies" I meant the manufacturers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2023 04:04 AM (omVj0)

6 To blern, or not to blern, that is the question.

Depends. Are the blerns loaded? What's the count?

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 06, 2023 04:06 AM (ju2Fy)

7 3 So where do you buy storage devices that are not fraudulent? From the companies' own websites?

That works. Or if you can find a computer store you trust.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 06, 2023 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

8 Is the in-field blern rule in effect?

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 06, 2023 04:08 AM (ju2Fy)

9 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 06, 2023 04:10 AM (T4tVD)

10
If I find a single typo in an Amazon item for sale it's NEXT! China gets away with murder and Jeff yawns.

Posted by: Said No One at June 06, 2023 04:15 AM (enJYY)

11 G'Day everyone
Was doing Morse Code

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2023 04:16 AM (xhxe8)

12
Old sock. Russia may have destroyed a dam in Ukraine. May have.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 06, 2023 04:16 AM (enJYY)

13 Vision Pro headset $3,499. Not $349. Or, was that a joke?

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 06, 2023 04:17 AM (ju2Fy)

14 Yeah, that's the joke.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 06, 2023 04:18 AM (BLOW1)

15 Ok, just the "Oh."

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 06, 2023 04:18 AM (ju2Fy)

16 G'Day everyone
Was doing Morse Code
Posted by: Skip

How do ya yodel in Morse Code ?

Posted by: JT at June 06, 2023 04:19 AM (T4tVD)

17 just saw

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 06, 2023 04:19 AM (ju2Fy)

18
Vision Pro headset $3,499.

I guess that's why everyone was laughing.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 06, 2023 04:20 AM (enJYY)

19 Old sock. Russia may have destroyed a dam in Ukraine. May have.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

There's no need for THAT kind of language !

Pleas refer to it as a Dang !

Posted by: JT at June 06, 2023 04:21 AM (T4tVD)

20 @7

>>That works. Or if you can find a computer store you trust.

Computer Store?

Ok Boomer, what the hell is a computer store?

--
Snot nosed kid who's never heard of Circuit City.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2023 04:21 AM (up/3i)

21 We have Best Buy stores here. I am inclined to pass them by because of their nasty attitude during, and total slavishness to, the Sniffle Scare. But sometimes, aside from Walmart, they are about the only choice for hard drives, flash drives, and cables.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2023 04:24 AM (omVj0)

22
single typo

"poeple" is a good one

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 06, 2023 04:26 AM (pNxlR)

23
French startup Escape

Is there a French startup named Surrender?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 06, 2023 04:31 AM (pNxlR)

24
Vision Pro headset $3,499.

Give it two weeks and China will have a clone on Amazon for $34.99 that won't work but will spy on your home network, infect your computer, and steal your identity.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 06, 2023 04:34 AM (enJYY)

25 The crowds at Apple events are pretty easy lays.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 04:42 AM (zZu0s)

26 Best Buy for me is too close not to go

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2023 04:42 AM (xhxe8)

27
Is there a French startup named Surrender?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 06, 2023 04:31 AM

Say what you will about fighting prowess, but when it comes to nuclear power, the USA had a minor fvck up, Russia and Japan both major fvck ups, but the French seem to do just fine.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 06, 2023 04:44 AM (enJYY)

28
I remember when Three Mile Island was percolating and the press breathlessly reported an area 'the size of Pennsylvania' might have to be evacuated.

Not a good time to live in Pennsylvania. But then Jimmah Carter put on his fluorescent yellow footies and saved the day.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 06, 2023 04:47 AM (enJYY)

29 Not sure why the temp Hash had yesterday was banned but it changes every day so won't be the same today

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2023 04:50 AM (xhxe8)

30 29 Not sure why the temp Hash had yesterday was banned but it changes every day so won't be the same today
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2023 04:50 AM (xhxe

The ways of PixyGPT are strange and mysterious. Best to let sleeping anime characters lie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 04:53 AM (zZu0s)

31 I missed 3 Mile Island being out of the country

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2023 04:55 AM (xhxe8)

32 The Franks were a force to be reckoned with. Also the Goths.

Hell Napoleon did pretty well. It is pretty much from Franco-Prussian war that things started to go sideways on them, but that is a small slice of their history.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 04:55 AM (zZu0s)

33 31 I missed 3 Mile Island being out of the country
Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2023 04:55 AM (xhxe

I was alive, but only 4.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 04:56 AM (zZu0s)

34
What happens when a hacker drops ransomware on or seizes control of Apple's new device ... when it's clamped to your head?

Posted by: Arbalest at June 06, 2023 04:56 AM (Y4Prd)

35 Pixy, the Vision Pro is $3,499, not $349.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 06, 2023 04:57 AM (vg8N1)

36 35 Pixy, the Vision Pro is $3,499, not $349.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 06, 2023 04:57 AM (vg8N1)

And THAT is actually a selling point for Apple fans.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 04:59 AM (zZu0s)

37 Boy, am I late to the party!

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 06, 2023 04:59 AM (vg8N1)

38 It looks cool, but dear lord, $3500 for a peripheral? That is quite a bit more than all but the most expensive gaming rigs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 05:01 AM (zZu0s)

39 Overcast 50s probably

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2023 05:01 AM (xhxe8)

40 @38

>> It looks cool, but dear lord, $3500 for a peripheral?

Apparently it's a standalone computer not tethered to an iPhone or other computer out of the box.

It's a niche product at that price tag.

But your taking about a company that made a 10k dollar rose gold digital watch.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2023 05:06 AM (up/3i)

41 Vision Pro XR headset ... at $349
Mac Pro ... at $6999

Decimal errors?

Posted by: m at June 06, 2023 05:12 AM (LodBx)

42 Overcast 50s probably
Posted by: Skip

Theoretically, its gonna rain.

Posted by: JT at June 06, 2023 05:14 AM (T4tVD)

43 Decimal errors?
Posted by: m

NOT by Dewey ?

Posted by: JT at June 06, 2023 05:17 AM (T4tVD)

44 It's showing rain for today- but not until 3am. Guys, that is tomorrow.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 05:18 AM (zZu0s)

45
What happens when a hacker drops ransomware on or seizes control of Apple's new device ... when it's clamped to your head?
Posted by: Arbalest

The documentary film Alien explained all that.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 06, 2023 05:19 AM (pNxlR)

46 Ha ha, when I go to the Serve the Home link, and click through the clickable icons, I get:

Apple Mac Pro M2 Ultra Rackmount Max Price Large
-->$12,299.00

"Max Price," I'll say!

Posted by: m at June 06, 2023 05:19 AM (LodBx)

47 We haven't had rain in 2 weeks and my lawn is crunchy. I started watering today so rain should be heavy the next few days. I hope my lawn survives. It didn't last summer.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at June 06, 2023 05:20 AM (Eeb9P)

48 Nothing on ZH about a dam.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at June 06, 2023 05:22 AM (Eeb9P)

49 IMO the Russians didn't blow up that dam. They gain zero military advantage for doing so. Crimea draws their drinking water from that river and there are more flood plains on the Russian side.

Just another op if the damn dam just didn't break on its own.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 06, 2023 05:30 AM (89Sog)

50 @46

>>"Max Price," I'll say!

Well, that's actually an improvement, up until about 4 months ago, you could still configure and buy the previous Mac Pro at a maxed out price of 56k dollars.

I figure in a couple of years the AR/VR headset will be around 999.99, give or take.

And compared to other AR/VR headsets, the introductory price isn't outrageous.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2023 05:31 AM (up/3i)

51 50Well, that's actually an improvement, up until about 4 months ago, you could still configure and buy the previous Mac Pro at a maxed out price of 56k dollars.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2023 05:31 AM (up/3i)

yikes

Posted by: m at June 06, 2023 05:34 AM (LodBx)

52 And compared to other AR/VR headsets, the introductory price isn't outrageous.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2023 05:31 AM (up/3i)

Eh, a lot of the ones I have seen have been around 399-599, I think.

Of course, it runs into the problem of- what are you going to play on it especially at that price point.

Like many things with apple, it is a prestige buy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 05:37 AM (zZu0s)

53 >>>Disclaimer: To blern, or not to blern, that is the question.

Too late to go a-Maying.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2023 05:39 AM (LodBx)

54 @52

>>Like many things with apple, it is a prestige buy.

Sure, but my standard reaction to anyone saying something is too expensive is, don't buy it, it's obviously not meant for you.

I used to work in post production back in the day where a glorified VCR cost 250k and a motion picture telecine cost...

** Dr Evil Voice **

One Million Dollars.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2023 05:41 AM (up/3i)

55 Musk was suckered into buying Twitter so he would be hobbled into needing Fed money to stay afloat. If you are not of the body, everything is a trap.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at June 06, 2023 05:44 AM (Eeb9P)

56 Places in the heart- a devotional based on a passage from the Book of Exodus:

https://tinyurl.com/345fhs39

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2023 05:48 AM (0z95e)

57 Corny Joke-

What did one hat say to another?

You stay here. I'll go on a head.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2023 05:50 AM (0z95e)

58 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 05:51 AM (BRHaw)

59 Another corny joke:

What do you call a sleeping bull?

A bulldozer,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2023 05:52 AM (0z95e)

60 Also another reality check on PC prices, a middle of the road to high end PC in the mid 80's cost around 2500-3500 dollars, inflation adjusted, that's around 7-10k today.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2023 05:53 AM (up/3i)

61 Why did the elephant paint his trunk yellow?
So he could hide in the banana tree

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at June 06, 2023 05:53 AM (Eeb9P)

62 This is not a corny joke.😉

How do I know if I need a new I-phone?

The problem being nobody can hear me talk unless I'm on speaker.

Thx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2023 05:54 AM (0z95e)

63 Posted by: Jamaica NYC at June 06, 2023 05:53 AM (Eeb9P)

Thanks. FenSpouse and I laughed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2023 05:55 AM (0z95e)

64 hy did the elephant paint his trunk yellow?
So he could hide in the banana tree
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at June 06, 2023

***
Ohhh, so we're doing elephant jokes, hey?

Why do elephants wear green baseball caps?

So they can tiptoe across pool tables without being seen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2023 05:55 AM (omVj0)

65 Why is it dangerous to go into the jungle between 2 and 4 in the afternoon?

That's when elephants are jumping out of trees.

Why are pygmies so small?

They went into the jungle between 2 and 4 in the afternoon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2023 05:56 AM (omVj0)

66 Moments before sunrise in Lake Tahoe. An Earthporn photo:

https://tinyurl.com/8534tjh9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2023 05:59 AM (0z95e)

67
What do these VR things do? Is it just another way for people to avoid reality?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2023 06:01 AM (MoZTd)

68 A Texas sheriff is recommending criminal charges be brought against those who orchestrated two flights of migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last September.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, an elected Democrat, said an on-the-ground operation allegedly lured migrants onto the flights with false promises of jobs and opportunities at the other end.

Within the next 5 years every (R) in office will be charged will fake crimes.

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

69 67
What do these VR things do? Is it just another way for people to avoid reality?

Yes.

Wait, now I want one.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 06, 2023 06:03 AM (BLOW1)

70 Bud Light sales staff are on the receiving end of 'middle fingers' and 'abusive language' amid the Dylan Mulvaney debacle - as their commissions take a huge hit

play stupid games win stupid prizes

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

71 Dolly Parton is providing free books to every child under five in Wyoming to promote literacy:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3mmhxj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2023 06:07 AM (0z95e)

72 @68

>>Within the next 5 years every (R) in office will be charged will fake crimes.

Nothing is more important to the Republican party than Ukraine.

--
Zombie Mitch McConnell

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2023 06:07 AM (up/3i)

73 If your blern lasts longer than 4 hours,.....

Morning all!

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

74 A Texas sheriff is recommending criminal charges be brought against those who orchestrated two flights of migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last September.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, an elected Democrat, said an on-the-ground operation allegedly lured migrants onto the flights with false promises of jobs and opportunities at the other end.

Within the next 5 years every (R) in office will be charged will fake crimes.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 06:03 AM (BRHaw)

Is he in hot pursuit? Needs a Diablo sandwich and Dr. Pepper?

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 06, 2023 06:13 AM (4I/2K)

75 You make me want to get up in the morning, Fen.

Hi, all.

Posted by: creeper at June 06, 2023 06:15 AM (cTCuP)

76 Don Surber- a retired newspaper editor and a conservative /takes on the T in LBGT:

https://tinyurl.com/52w8cffe

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2023 06:16 AM (0z95e)

77 Posted by: creeper at June 06, 2023 06:15 AM (cTCuP)

Thanks, creeper. I think we should all try to encourage each other as much as possible. We're all-except for trolls- on the same side.😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2023 06:18 AM (0z95e)

78 Eric Adams suggests housing illegal migrants in private residences in New York:

“It is my vision to take the next step to this faith-based locales and then move to a private residence... They have spare rooms."

The Great Replacement Theory Proven

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 06:19 AM (BRHaw)

79 Good morning! Man or man, the boy put in the work last night after work!

Attic work is complete, with new dedicated circuits for all appliances and new switch banks for the kitchen lighting. Except for a single light circuit over the sink, all wiring in the walls is completed. Some jankiness from a prior remodel was removed and resolved as well.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 06, 2023 06:20 AM (YRsIm)

80 mornin yall.

"looks cool, but dear lord, $3500 for a peripheral? That is quite a bit more than all but the most expensive gaming rigs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop"

In the late 80s, 19" NEC Multisync monitors were $3000. I sold a dozen of them to a mining company, along with some IBM PS/2 Model 80s, which were about $6k each. That was in 80s dollars too.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2023 06:24 AM (iayUP)

81 What do these VR things do? Is it just another way for people to avoid reality?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2023 06:01 AM (MoZTd)

If I could find a VR thing that would put me in the audience of the Folies Bergere in 1898, with a table at Maxim's afterwards, I would never come back.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 06, 2023 06:24 AM (AW0uW)

82 I'm still trying to gets handle on real reality. I don't need no stinkin headset.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2023 06:26 AM (iayUP)

83 @78

>>The Great Replacement Theory Proven

Well that's already happened in NYC, the white population in NYC is down to around 30pct.

Now the goal is to make the rest of the country resemble Guatemala and Soweto.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2023 06:26 AM (up/3i)

84 Update on the Killer Kittens From Outer Space: Stirling leaps on the bed when he hears me wake up, but the last two mornings hasn't kneaded my arm. He purrs, then goes bounding away to the bathroom. He likes to drink from the faucet in the sink and get his head wet in the process.

Dagny the Incipient Streetwalker has finished up this session of "Hello, Sailor!" I've made an appt. for her to be snipped on 6/23. However, they say she has to wear the cone thing for about a week afterward. I don't recall her distant cousin Tatiana needing that years ago. Do all vets do that now on cats? I'm going to collect a second opinion.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2023 06:29 AM (omVj0)

85 "Eric Adams suggests housing illegal migrants in private residences in New York:"

I've got an idea. Give them all VR headsets and tell them they are living in the Taj Mahal.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2023 06:29 AM (iayUP)

86
If I could find a VR thing that would put me in the audience of the Folies Bergere in 1898, with a table at Maxim's afterwards, I would never come back.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 06, 2023 06:24 AM (AW0uW)

I’m off to Chez Maxim
To join the whirling stream
For one brief hour entrancing
The moments fly romancing

Lolo, Dodo, Jou-jou
Clo-clo, Margot, Frou-frou
But when it comes to dancing
Goodbye my fatherland

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2023 06:31 AM (MoZTd)

87 Boker Tov Patriots

Counting the days, Counting the Days

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 06, 2023 06:32 AM (c5veq)

88 Karine Jean-Pierre says busing illegal immigrants from the border to other cities is "dangerous and unacceptable because you're actually putting a lot of pressure on these states and local areas."

Proof Positive the sanctuary city is a total fake virtue signal.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 06:32 AM (BRHaw)

89 I seem to recall being told as a child that "pride goeth before destruction." That has turned out to be true, by and large. And it does not bode well for the Ts.

Posted by: creeper at June 06, 2023 06:34 AM (cTCuP)

90 Posted by: Kimberly Sullivan at June 06, 2023 06:33 AM (1Xl6a)

You bitch! Get offa my lawn.

Posted by: Sarah at June 06, 2023 06:37 AM (cTCuP)

91 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 06, 2023 06:41 AM (u82oZ)

92 Idiots, I mean Apple fanbois, will snap those headsets up. And other PC manufacturers right now are saying, "Oh, crap, we should be making VR headsets!" because why wouldn't you emulate the company that has %5 of the computer market.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 06, 2023 06:43 AM (p+1gI)

93 Apple today announced its new Vision Pro XR headset, a revolutionary augmented / virtual reality device at $349. (Tom's Hardware)

--

And it will be mostly unusable, not supporting drag and drop, video formats other than Apple's proprietary .iVR, and refusing to play video resolutions that aren't exactly withing the strict boundaries determined by Apple.

Other than that, though.

Posted by: Join Moron Robbie in Celebrating Groomer Awareness Month! at June 06, 2023 06:44 AM (SfD1B)

94 Karine Jean-Pierre says busing illegal immigrants from the border to other cities is "dangerous and unacceptable because you're actually putting a lot of pressure on these states and local areas."

---

o_O

No sh*t.

No.
Sh*t.

Is that right? Is that how that works? Gosh, thanks, toilet brush.

Posted by: Join Moron Robbie in Celebrating Groomer Awareness Month! at June 06, 2023 06:44 AM (SfD1B)

95
I seem to recall being told as a child that "pride goeth before destruction." That has turned out to be true, by and large. And it does not bode well for the Ts.
Posted by: creeper at June 06, 2023 06:34 AM (cTCuP)

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2023 06:45 AM (MoZTd)

96
Idiots, I mean Apple fanbois, will snap those headsets up.

Apple isn't a company, it's a cult.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2023 06:46 AM (MoZTd)

97 I seem to recall being told as a child that "pride goeth before destruction." That has turned out to be true, by and large. And it does not bode well for the Ts.

Posted by: creeper at June 06, 2023 06:34 AM (cTCuP)

---

It was mentioned last night, but I think the government is making noises about aliens and UFOs in order to try and establish some sort of backstory/narrative for when the rapture occurs.

Posted by: Join Moron Robbie in Celebrating Groomer Awareness Month! at June 06, 2023 06:46 AM (SfD1B)

98 Now the goal is to make the rest of the country resemble Guatemala and Soweto.

And yet the ruling class me, mostly affluent and white, thinks their lives won't be negatively impacted by such a shift. They may be rich. But that don't make them smart.

Posted by: Shame On Me at June 06, 2023 06:47 AM (0CfT8)

99 I'm assuming if the apple VR device is that cheap, then, like Facebooks, it's because it's vacuuming up data on the user and what the user is watching.

Down to recording exactly where the eyes are looking and for how long. That is not a joke.

Posted by: Join Moron Robbie in Celebrating Groomer Awareness Month! at June 06, 2023 06:48 AM (SfD1B)

100 21 June 2018

In five years oil will wipe out all humanity.

Greta

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 06:49 AM (BRHaw)

101 NY Post makes this statement:

"It’s commonly assumed that testosterone fuels anti-social behavior"

I must be slap full of it then.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2023 06:51 AM (iayUP)

102 Nevergiveup

Good morning, Sir.

I hope you have a lot of terminal leave built up. Sounds like your situation is getting dire. Has BUPERS identified your replacement?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 06, 2023 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

103 I'm assuming if the apple VR device is that cheap, then, like Facebooks, it's because it's vacuuming up data on the user and what the user is watching.

It's not $349...It's $3,490

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 06, 2023 06:51 AM (c5veq)

104 Good morning, Sir.

I hope you have a lot of terminal leave built up. Sounds like your situation is getting dire. Has BUPERS identified your replacement?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 06, 2023 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

I did, but because of some assholes and a change in policy I am burning must of it the ext 4 months.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 06, 2023 06:52 AM (c5veq)

105 Vision Pro will run on visionOS, a new spatial computing platform designed specifically for the company’s new headset to enable developers to build apps like they would for iOS on the iPhone. It will be available starting at $3,499 beginning early next year.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 06, 2023 06:53 AM (c5veq)

106 I don't get the appeal of this Gisele Bunchen broad. I've seen crack whores with more meat on them.

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

107 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 06, 2023 06:55 AM (2hlEI)

108 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 06, 2023 06:55 AM (DhOHl)

109 "Former Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will throw out the first pitch at Washington Nationals LGBTQ-themed “Night OUT” on Tuesday, the team has announced"

How? Is she going to stand about 6' in front of the plate?

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2023 06:57 AM (iayUP)

110 Tea. Jasmine. Honey.

Lawdy sing cucu.

Posted by: creeper at June 06, 2023 06:57 AM (cTCuP)

111 Because I've seen a lot of it this month, I just want to say that the correct quote is, "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 06, 2023 06:57 AM (2hlEI)

112 21 June 2018

In five years oil will wipe out all humanity.

Greta
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 06:49 AM

In her defense, she's not very bright.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2023 06:57 AM (Wnv9h)

113 I'm assuming if the apple VR device is that cheap, then, like Facebooks, it's because it's vacuuming up data on the user and what the user is watching.

It's not $349...It's $3,490

Posted by: Nevergiveup

--

It was going to be $349 when they were developing it while Trump was president.

Posted by: Join Moron Robbie in Celebrating Groomer Awareness Month! at June 06, 2023 06:58 AM (SfD1B)

114 Pixy Misa, slight mixup. $3499, not $349.

Posted by: P at June 06, 2023 06:58 AM (RhrHI)

115 In her defense, she's not very bright.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2023 06:57 AM (Wnv9h)
--------
And, y'know, insane...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 06, 2023 06:59 AM (2hlEI)

116 In five years oil will wipe out all humanity.

Even I think thats too far fetched.

Posted by: John Carpenter at June 06, 2023 06:59 AM (0CfT8)

117 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Not frozen.

Posted by: JT at June 06, 2023 07:00 AM (T4tVD)

118 Have a great day, everyone.

Ad Astra Per Aspera

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 06, 2023 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

119 So I took my Samsung tablet to AT&T last week to have them put it on my plan.

Turns out that's not possible. The "right chip" won't fit. Isn't tech grand?

Posted by: creeper at June 06, 2023 07:00 AM (cTCuP)

120 Ad Astra Per Aspera
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 06, 2023 07:00 AM

That's Latin, Horde. Our Salty is an educated man.

Posted by: Doc Holliday at June 06, 2023 07:01 AM (Wnv9h)

121 120 Ad Astra Per Aspera
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 06, 2023 07:00 AM

That's Latin, Horde. Our Salty is an educated man.
Posted by: Doc Holliday at June 06, 2023 07:01 AM (Wnv9h)

Also Latin: Semper Ubi, Sub Ubi.

Always Where Under Where. Say it fast.

Words to live by.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Latin Teacher at June 06, 2023 07:03 AM (PiwSw)

122 Good morning, Horde

Posted by: Ben Had at June 06, 2023 07:03 AM (ou9+f)

123 Boy. I expect the Pence-Hutchison rivalry in the primary to be full of excitement!

Posted by: blaster at June 06, 2023 07:03 AM (pwExq)

124 But really, the race is going to bust wide open with Burgum-mentum.

The candidate you didn't know you needed. The candidate you didn't know.

Posted by: blaster at June 06, 2023 07:06 AM (pwExq)

125
That's Latin, Horde. Our Salty is an educated man.
Posted by: Doc Holliday at June 06, 2023 07:01 AM (Wnv9h)

That book larnin' is the ruin of many a young man.

*spits*
*misses spittoon*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2023 07:07 AM (MoZTd)

126 Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.

Posted by: Captain James T. Kirk at June 06, 2023 07:07 AM (DhOHl)

127 Carpe Carp

Seize the fish.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2023 07:08 AM (iayUP)

128
*stands on pedestal*
*assumes heroic pose*

Eras consul dum mea domus ardebat.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2023 07:08 AM (MoZTd)

129 Have a great day, everyone.

Ad Astra Per Aspera
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Add aspergum to you too !

Posted by: JT at June 06, 2023 07:10 AM (T4tVD)

130 So now it's a Latin thread?

*dons toga*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 06, 2023 07:10 AM (DhOHl)

131 111 Because I've seen a lot of it this month, I just want to say that the correct quote is, "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 06, 2023 06:57 AM (2hlEI)

Every month is Envy Month for Marxist!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 07:10 AM (BRHaw)

132 Also Latin: Semper Ubi, Sub Ubi.

Reach out and honk a boobie !

Posted by: JT at June 06, 2023 07:11 AM (T4tVD)

133 *Reach out and honk a boobie!*

(makes note for upcoming MoMe)

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 06, 2023 07:14 AM (DhOHl)

134 I saw a comment that wasn't there.

Someone shadowbanned?

Posted by: blaster at June 06, 2023 07:15 AM (pwExq)

135 Does that Apple VR Device come with a reach around?

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 06, 2023 07:15 AM (dQWfI)

136 People called Romanes, they go, the house?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 06, 2023 07:16 AM (2hlEI)

137 Science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle described this process as the

Iron Law of Bureaucracy: “In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and those dedicated to the goals that the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 07:16 AM (BRHaw)

138 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2023 07:17 AM (D4vK5)

139 Caveat emptor.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 06, 2023 07:17 AM (AW0uW)

140 So I took my Samsung tablet to AT&T last week to have them put it on my plan.

Turns out that's not possible. The "right chip" won't fit. Isn't tech grand?
Posted by: creeper

Yet AI is supposed to take over.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2023 07:19 AM (D4vK5)

141 Vidi, vidi, MoMe.

Posted by: Soon! at June 06, 2023 07:22 AM (DhOHl)

142 Caveat emptor.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 06, 2023 07:17 AM (AW0uW)
------------
Caveman for, "My cave is empty."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 06, 2023 07:27 AM (2hlEI)

143 Humilitas occidit superbiam

Posted by: In honor of Pride Month at June 06, 2023 07:29 AM (iayUP)

144 Sic infit

Posted by: Guy who always says "Sic infit" at June 06, 2023 07:29 AM (iayUP)

145 As an afterthought.
Apple has more liquidity than the government of the US, plus several more nations combined.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 06, 2023 07:30 AM (72qIu)

146

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 06, 2023 07:31 AM (vwCZJ)

147 Caveman for, "My cave is empty."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 06, 2023 07:27 AM (2hlEI)

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 07:31 AM (BRHaw)

148 Morning peeps.

"Planned obsolescence"

My Samsung S6 Active will no longer run several apps I use. Including the Chevy and Ford apps for remote access to my vehicles, a pool monitoring app, two e-mail apps and a host of other things. There's nothing wrong with it. I think the Android OS hasn't/won't be upgraded anymore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2023 07:31 AM (Q4IgG)

149
I hate to mention this to people in hurricane prone areas but every time I can remember a shortage of rainfall in this SE corner of PA a big old hurricane came along and dropped a huge rainfall on us.

We're the number two state in flood damage last time I checked. Red flag warning today, high winds and low humidity after weeks of no rain. Bad combination.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 06, 2023 07:32 AM (enJYY)

150 Don Surber would be a good guest on CJN Speaks

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2023 07:32 AM (Mwud5)

151 Post Office Inspector General (OIG) does not deny that Morgan was a subcontractor truck driver who took mail from Bethpage to Harrisburg, and then to Lancaster. The OIG claims that Morgan identified the wrong trailer number, and that his estimate of ballots could be much lower.

In the document, the OIG acknowledges that a contractor in Rochester, New York printed 650,000 general election ballots that went to Pennsylvania. Of the total, 450,000 went to Philadelphia County and 200,000 went to Chester County.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 07:36 AM (BRHaw)

152 We're the number two state in flood damage last time I checked. Red flag warning today, high winds and low humidity after weeks of no rain. Bad combination.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Does that mean its gonna rain ?

Posted by: JT at June 06, 2023 07:37 AM (T4tVD)

153 Morning peeps.

"Planned obsolescence"

My Samsung S6 Active will no longer run several apps I use. Including the Chevy and Ford apps for remote access to my vehicles, a pool monitoring app, two e-mail apps and a host of other things. There's nothing wrong with it. I think the Android OS hasn't/won't be upgraded anymore.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

BTDT. I feel your pain. I was still running an iPhone 6 for a year AFTER iPhone 13 was out. Finally had to switch as they were no longer updating the software.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2023 07:38 AM (D4vK5)

154 At the Bellingham airport at 4:30 am for a connecting flight to Seattle so I can sit in the airport until 2pm to fly out Las Cruces. It is going to be a lovely day. Per standard form, the flight is overbooked. Thankfully I spent extra money so I board right after the first class/high mileage flyers.

Posted by: Lost In Space at June 06, 2023 07:39 AM (KfVz7)

155 (0z95e)

78 Eric Adams suggests housing illegal migrants in private residences in New York:

“It is my vision to take the next step to this faith-based locales and then move to a private residence... They have spare rooms."

The Great Replacement Theory Proven
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 202

Does the mayor of new yorks mansion have spare rooms? Lead by example my fren.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 06, 2023 07:39 AM (0Qrr3)

156 That book larnin' is the ruin of many a young man.

*spits*
*misses spittoon*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2023 07:07 AM (MoZTd)
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So's the House of the Rising Sun...or so I've heard...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2023 07:39 AM (YIVH2)

157 Apperently the Apple AR/VR headset can do Avatar level 3D content... and for live content. Which could be incredible for sporting events if people could look around in 360-degrees.

Posted by: Serious Cat at June 06, 2023 07:39 AM (gzz0o)

158 Byeeee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 06, 2023 07:40 AM (2hlEI)

159 Though the real price is much higher because it is physically impossible to upgrade current MacBooks after purchase. At that price you get a paltry 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD.
++++
I hate that. I understand thin-and-light. I understand low power consumption. All good. But the several few grams of weight and the extra millimetre or two of thickness and the 30 extra minutes of battery life simply do not make up for the utter impossibility of post-manufacturing service by anyone without a well-equipped lab and a decade's worth of skill development. No upgrades, no repairs. Throw it away and get a new one. It's monumentally wasteful of both money and resources. I hate it, and it's why I don't buy Apple products, or, increasingly, a lot of others. It's also why I am glad Dell is trying to make CAMM a standard for a user-replaceable portable memory form factor.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2023 07:40 AM (DU+/6)

160 RIP, WinVista.

Posted by: creeper at June 06, 2023 07:40 AM (cTCuP)

161 Snot nosed kid who's never heard of Circuit City.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 06, 2023 04:21 AM (up/3i)

Or Micro Center. A short drive for me.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at June 06, 2023 07:41 AM (Zvtjl)

162 Or Micro Center. A short drive for me.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at June 06, 2023 07:41 AM (Zvtjl)
++++
The number of my regrets about pulling up stakes and moving away from the Front Range can be counted on one hand with room to spare. "No longer a manageable drive away from Micro Center" is one of them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2023 07:42 AM (DU+/6)

163 Biden Tells Kansas City Chiefs He Played Freshman Football at Delaware Before His Mom Made Him Quit

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 07:43 AM (BRHaw)

164 How about that Apple Vision Pro that costs $3500 and replaces my 75" TV I bought for $700. VP solves so many problems that I don't need solving.

Posted by: Lost In Space at June 06, 2023 07:44 AM (KfVz7)

165 In my day we walked five miles, uphill both ways, to the Radio Shack store and we liked it

Posted by: DB - at June 06, 2023 07:45 AM (geLO8)

166 In my day we walked five miles, uphill both ways, to the Radio Shack store and we liked it
Posted by: DB - at June 06, 2023 07:45 AM (geLO

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12 mile drive for me, but yes otherwise. Radio Shack has never been replaced. If you need a capacitor or a resister, now it's off to the internet.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2023 07:46 AM (DU+/6)

167 Broken MR NOOD

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2023 07:49 AM (DU+/6)

168
J
J

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 07:50 AM (BRHaw)

169 Yea, that NOOD be broke good.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 06, 2023 07:51 AM (Q4IgG)

170 The number of my regrets about pulling up stakes and moving away from the Front Range can be counted on one hand with room to spare. "No longer a manageable drive away from Micro Center" is one of them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2023 07:42 AM (DU+/6)

As a tech geek for most of my 76 years, it comes in handy. I usually ran there from our studios/master control facilities during lunch to pick up anything I needed for my current project. Living in the sticks and relying on WalMart or Amazon ain't gonna work.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at June 06, 2023 07:52 AM (Zvtjl)

171 Gonna get some marshmallows for the flaming nood wreckage.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2023 07:58 AM (ydLB/)

172 "Yea, that NOOD be broke good.
Posted by: Martini Farmer"

No comment.

Posted by: Guy who always says "no comment" at June 06, 2023 07:59 AM (iayUP)

173 no commenting

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 06, 2023 08:01 AM (BRHaw)

174 What did JJ do to the main page? It looks like he somehow copied the page and put it in his post.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 08:09 AM (zZu0s)

175 JJ figured out a way to get us to read the links before commenting.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2023 08:09 AM (iayUP)

176 From the cafe yesterday onwards... the type is smaller too.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 08:10 AM (zZu0s)

177 175 JJ figured out a way to get us to read the links before commenting.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2023 08:09 AM (iayUP)

Clever bastard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 08:10 AM (zZu0s)

178 JJ is there, Tech thread is gone
Got here from history

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2023 08:12 AM (Mwud5)

179 There stands JJ- like a Kosher Wall!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 08:15 AM (zZu0s)

180 JJ's post is fixed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2023 08:18 AM (DU+/6)

181 Good morning, Hordelings! Is this the secret commenting place??

Posted by: Doof at June 06, 2023 08:19 AM (StUJj)

182 181 Good morning, Hordelings! Is this the secret commenting place??
Posted by: Doof at June 06, 2023 08:19 AM (StUJj)

Well, it was.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 08:21 AM (zZu0s)

183 Here, gone. Here, gone.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 06, 2023 08:29 AM (DU+/6)

184 Did the JJ thread just die?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 08:29 AM (zZu0s)

185 And the Morning Report is gone again...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2023 08:29 AM (YIVH2)

186 It's back again.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 06, 2023 08:30 AM (zZu0s)

187 The video for the new Apple headset is full of dystopia. The loneliness is palpable in every scene. Interesting tech I guess, but this might be the saddest product advertisement I've ever seen.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9qSaGXFyg

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 06, 2023 08:38 AM (iKBwy)

188 69 67
What do these VR things do? Is it just another way for people to avoid reality?

Yes.

Wait, now I want one.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 06, 2023 06:03 AM (BLOW1)

; )

Posted by: m at June 06, 2023 08:52 AM (LodBx)

189 187 The video for the new Apple headset is full of dystopia. The loneliness is palpable in every scene. Interesting tech I guess, but this might be the saddest product advertisement I've ever seen.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9qSaGXFyg
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 06, 2023 08:38 AM (iKBwy)

I HATE that voice-over's voice. She sounds like she has constipation.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2023 09:59 AM (LodBx)

190
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