Daily Tech News 29 September 2023

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SpaceX now has a contract for a military version of Starlink, called Starshield. (Tech Crunch)

All the whining communists calling for SpaceX to be nationalised will surely stop with their nonsense now.

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Linda Yaccarino had a tough interview at Code Conference 2023. (The Verge)

Kara Swisher, who is to tech journalism what a poison arrow frog is to a petting zoo, invited former Chief of Censorship and Propaganda to speak immediately before Yaccarino, who is merely a poor choice for CEO rather than an out-and-out Stalinist.

Also, this being The Verge, the article concludes with a rant about Elon Musk.
Micron is sampling 32Gb DDR5 RAM chips. (AnandTech)

These will allow regular desktop PC to scale up to 256GB of RAM, and laptops to 128GB. Shipping in volume next year.

I thought these would take longer - which is why they started with 24Gb as an intermediate step - but things seem to be moving along pretty quickly.
Food delivery robots are feeding video to the LAPD. (404 Media)

I won't say that snitches get spray paint, but.
There's now a 4TB model of Samsung's high-end 990 Pro SSD. (Tom's Hardware)

At $345 list price it would have been a bargain less than two years ago, even for a DRAMless QLC PCIe 3.0 drive, and it's a DRAM cached TLC PCIe 4.0 drive.

Worth considering if you're building a high-end PC.

Disclaimer: Which I'm not.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:25 AM

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1 Behind every great man is a great woman, and behind every great woman is some guy staring at her ass!

Posted by: Ciampino at September 29, 2023 04:25 AM (qfLjt)

2 Finally!

I was going to get a search party together.

Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2023 04:26 AM (vd8XM)

3 Evening and morning, all! 'Tis Friday at last!

I shoud be working out but I'm not. So there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 04:27 AM (omVj0)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2023 04:28 AM (fwDg9)

5 yay

Posted by: m at September 29, 2023 04:30 AM (AOrJZ)

6 Sixth!

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 04:31 AM (8sMut)

7 So Elon Musk is to the Verge what Emmanuel Goldstein was to Oceania.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 04:31 AM (8sMut)

8 4 G'Day everyone
Posted by: Skip

I was worried there for a minute

Posted by: Auntie Miklos at September 29, 2023 04:31 AM (S+DIM)

9 Didn't sleep terribly well last night for some reason.
But it's payday today, and maybe I can manage to leave the office early too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 04:32 AM (omVj0)

10 1 Behind every great man is a great woman, and behind every great woman is some guy staring at her ass!
Posted by: Ciampino at September 29, 2023 04:25 AM (qfLjt)

IF she has a nice ***, say cosseted in a pencil skirt.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 04:32 AM (8sMut)

11 "Good morning, Starshield,
The Earth says hello,
You twinkle above us,
We twinkle below . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 04:34 AM (omVj0)

12 Reading the other day that a few hundred of Starlink satellites decided to quit working. Or committed suicide when they took a dive toward earth.

Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2023 04:34 AM (vd8XM)

13 IF she has a nice ***, say cosseted in a pencil skirt.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Someone's awful fussy.

Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2023 04:35 AM (vd8XM)

14 Foist, Numero Uno, Primo

Posted by: Ciampino first again at September 29, 2023 04:35 AM (qfLjt)

15 But it's payday today, and maybe I can manage to leave the office early too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I had to cash my bookstore paychecks through Miss Idelle upstairs.

Yes indeed

Posted by: got de moneys at September 29, 2023 04:36 AM (S+DIM)

16 Worth considering if you're building a high-end PC. ... Disclaimer: Which I'm not.

also

All the whining communists calling for SpaceX to be nationalised ... Disclaimer: Which I'm not.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2023 04:37 AM (AOrJZ)

17 Someone's awful fussy.
Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2023 04:35 AM (vd8XM)

Nah, just clarifying.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 04:38 AM (8sMut)

18 Robots are not programmed to follow omerta, so it seems.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 04:39 AM (8sMut)

19 13 IF she has a nice ***, say cosseted in a pencil skirt.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Someone's awful fussy.
Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2023 04:35 AM (vd8XM)

Strikes me more as his 'wish list' goals rather than demands. It is important to set goals and strive to meet them. But they have to be actually challenging and not just softball bullshit or else you are a worthless retard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 29, 2023 04:41 AM (zZu0s)

20 But it's payday today, and maybe I can manage to leave the office early too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
I had to cash my bookstore paychecks through Miss Idelle upstairs.

Yes indeed
Posted by: got de moneys at September 29, 2023

***
As long as you don't owe your soul to the company store!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 04:42 AM (omVj0)

21 As long as you don't owe your soul to the company store!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 04:42 AM (omVj0)

16 Tons and whaddya get?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 29, 2023 04:44 AM (zZu0s)

22 16 Tons and whaddya get?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

A hernia

Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2023 04:44 AM (vd8XM)

23 I should have socked that as Tennessee Ernie Ford. Dammit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 29, 2023 04:44 AM (zZu0s)

24 Yesterday I sent off applications to several jobs, two in South Dakota and one remote. Since I now have SS, and will have my pension once I formally retire, I'm free to consider part-time work if I can't dig up some free-lance editing gigs right away.

I'll hit a couple more job apps today. Then I have a short story to revise for a contest, one of those we were told about on the AoS Writing Group. I'll have it ready to submit when the contest opens.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 04:46 AM (omVj0)

25 I'll hit a couple more job apps today. Then I have a short story to revise for a contest, one of those we were told about on the AoS Writing Group. I'll have it ready to submit when the contest opens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 04:46 AM (omVj0)

Good luck for both endeavors.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 29, 2023 04:49 AM (zZu0s)

26 Wolfus you release its winter in South Dakota about 9 months a year?

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2023 04:49 AM (fwDg9)

27 And this weekend will be fairly busy: haircut, library, grocery, pet store for litter and canned food for the monsters. They both grew up on the Blue Buffalo kitten food, and while big Stirling is finished growing and doesn't need kitten nutrition any more, little Dagny might. She won't eat Tastefuls canned food any longer and doesn't like Friskies -- which the big one devours -- so I'm still their dietician trying to figure out their meals, instead of just their waiter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 04:50 AM (omVj0)

28 I'll hit a couple more job apps today. Then I have a short story to revise for a contest, one of those we were told about on the AoS Writing Group. I'll have it ready to submit when the contest opens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Good luck on your plans.
It's fun and a bit worrisome to plan out a future.

Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2023 04:50 AM (vd8XM)

29 Wolfus you release its winter in South Dakota about 9 months a year?
Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2023

***
After ten months a year of will-sapping summer here for the last two decades -- and before that, working outdoors in that nastiness -- some winter sounds like a good change. And no hurricanes. (Yes, the area has tornadoes, but they are brief and affect only a narrow band as they go, not entire regions. And no flooding.)

If nothing works out there, maybe Kansas. Salty and Notsothoreau seem to like it quite well. SD is really pushing to get people to come work there, though. And it doesn't have state income tax and doesn't tax SS; not true of KS.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 04:54 AM (omVj0)

30 Besides, if you have a ridiculously long period of one season, you appreciate the other(s) when they happen. Here I appreciate the brief fall/winter after the crushing heat of summer from March to December. In SD, I guess I'll appreciate the summer when it occurs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 04:56 AM (omVj0)

31 A man in Texas dealing with cancer finds comfort in his faith in Christ and in memorizing scripture:

https://tinyurl.com/bdkc9rcx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 04:59 AM (XdyZj)

32 I've been in SD during the September. Beautiful areas and while it was warmer, it was not humid.

I'm not sure if it is humid during the summer.

Also supposed to be some great fishing.

Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2023 04:59 AM (vd8XM)

33 All the whining communists calling for SpaceX to be nationalised will surely stop with their nonsense now.

Well, no, they won't. Not until everything is rubble anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 29, 2023 05:03 AM (jrKun)

34 Still drizzling, no winds at least
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2023 05:05 AM (fwDg9)

35 As long as you don't owe your soul to the company store!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Tulane tuition is long since paid.

Posted by: Miss Barbara was the best boss I ever had at September 29, 2023 05:05 AM (S+DIM)

36 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 29, 2023 05:06 AM (1n+EO)

37 Got the Cat6 ethernet cable run out to the garage, as well as the power for the powered switch outside in the cable box.

So...once the third router arrives on Sunday, and I get it set up in access point move, I should be able to truly fill the house with glorious WIFI at good speed and bandwidth.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 29, 2023 05:09 AM (1n+EO)

38 I learnt something in Noo Awlins that I have used in coastal Saccalina-

How to put mattresses up against windows, and why

Posted by: Lifelong Learner at September 29, 2023 05:09 AM (S+DIM)

39 Let me tell you about East Tennessee...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at September 29, 2023 05:13 AM (k6uu5)

40 Good morning! Currently 76 under the patio fans, on the way to 95 today with a light wind this afternoon. Gotta get some stuff transplanted today and get the flower beds along the front dressed and prepped for the fall.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 29, 2023 05:16 AM (YRsIm)

41 Rabbi's daughter reflects on the Feast of Sukkot, starting tonight:

https://tinyurl.com/ybekywta

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 05:17 AM (sBOni)

42 I posted this last night because I was happy
That this woman- arrested for simply praying outside an abortion clinic in England/- was exonerated. She has such a beautiful, gentle face- maybe because she prays a lot

From " Church Militant" Roman Catholic site:

https://tinyurl.com/mr36ara8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 05:23 AM (sBOni)

43 105 year old woman- a Veteran reflects on having a joyous life:

https://tinyurl.com/2248sfbw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 05:27 AM (sBOni)

44 Apparently, the viewership of the kid's table debate was about 75% of what they had for the first debate. I wonder if Team GOPe can admit they have a problem yet.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 29, 2023 05:29 AM (YRsIm)

45 Autumn mist in the Adirondacks, NY:

https://tinyurl.com/mzu7n5up

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 05:30 AM (sBOni)

46 Tech joke:

Where do all the cool mice live?

In their mouse pads.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 05:34 AM (sBOni)

47 I've been in SD during the September. Beautiful areas and while it was warmer, it was not humid.

I'm not sure if it is humid during the summer.

Also supposed to be some great fishing.
Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2023

***
A non-humid fall sounds . . . well, it's hard for me to imagine. The other nice thing is that a day's drive from, say, the Sioux Falls area would bring me to Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills. Yes, I'd love to live where, as TR said, "the West begins," but I'm not sure I can afford a house in those touristy areas.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 05:35 AM (omVj0)

48 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 05:35 AM (T4tVD)

49 Keep 'em comin' Fen !

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 05:37 AM (T4tVD)

50 The other nice thing is that a day's drive from, say, the Sioux Falls area would bring me to Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills.

Rapid City would put you even closer. Also, Badlands NP.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 29, 2023 05:38 AM (jrKun)

51 44 Apparently, the viewership of the kid's table debate was about 75% of what they had for the first debate. I wonder if Team GOPe can admit they have a problem yet.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 29, 2023 05:29 AM (YRsIm)

I view it as the same deal as the polls/2024 election. This is all for show. I think the GOP plan to sideline Trump entirely, but maintain the façade of business as usual. So when Trump is thrown in jail, they will go along enthusiastically with the plan. In that context, it does not matter what the viewership is. They are reinforcing the 'normalcy' of the abnormality.

No, see, we are having our usual collection of idiots and non-entities. Choose from the list of idiots we give you. Pay no attention to the thugs beating up grannies over there. Send $5 to combat the dems!

This was why the decision NOT to just burn down the party by Trump but try to use the apparatus was a fatal error. If you say 'I have all of the voters' but leave the bureaucracy in place, they will just try to take away your ability to do anything in order to preserve their jobs. Create a new party, take the voters with you, and these accommodationists wither on the vine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 29, 2023 05:38 AM (zZu0s)

52 Police and good samaritans lift a car off of a trapped teen driver:

https://tinyurl.com/3e6trkxc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 05:39 AM (sBOni)

53 I may have had this corny joke before. If so, I apologize, but it made me laugh:

Why did the donut go to the dentist?

To get a filling.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 05:41 AM (sBOni)

54 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 29, 2023 05:46 AM (ju2Fy)

55 Nice story about father and son pilot recreating a memory:

https://tinyurl.com/55834se3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 05:48 AM (RSbhh)

56 Fen's on fire this morning!!

Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2023 05:51 AM (vd8XM)

57 I hate driving in city

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2023 05:56 AM (JxtNm)

58 Create a new party, take the voters with you, and these accommodationists wither on the vine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 29, 2023 05:38 AM (zZu0s)

When has this worked?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 05:57 AM (8sMut)

59 Fen's on fire this morning!!

Send a good looking fireman quickly!.😉

Sorry; I think I overposted.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 05:58 AM (gBYJm)

60 Good morning, Deplorables.

No dental jokes, please. Woke up with an angry tooth. Needless to say, my wake-up word this morning was "Ow!"

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:00 AM (cTCuP)

61 When has this worked?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 05:57 AM (8sMut)

Just before the Civil War

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at September 29, 2023 06:00 AM (EcHpA)

62 Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:00 AM (cTCuP

Sorry, creeper. Hope you can get some relief soon, dear.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 06:02 AM (PDhOM)

63 Have a good one and stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 06:03 AM (T4tVD)

64 Awww...thank you for the story of father and son pilots, Fen. Warmed the cockles of my heart, it did.

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:04 AM (cTCuP)

65 No dental jokes, please. Woke up with an angry tooth. Needless to say, my wake-up word this morning was "Ow!"
Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:00 AM (cTCuP)

Paging NGU......

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 06:05 AM (T4tVD)

66 Fen, I filled the Water Pik with peroxide and hosed out the tooth. After the initial shock of the peroxide it's calming down. Thanks for the good wishes. I swear they help.

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:07 AM (cTCuP)

67
Just before the Civil War
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at September 29, 2023 06:00 AM (EcHpA)

One time in 160 years, the result being a political party which is still with us today.

Got it.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 06:07 AM (8sMut)

68 Is NGU still toting that barge and lifting that bale? I thought he'd hung it up.

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:09 AM (cTCuP)

69 60 Woke up with an angry tooth. Needless to say, my wake-up word this morning was "Ow!"
Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:00 AM (cTCuP)

yikes yikes yikes

Posted by: m at September 29, 2023 06:09 AM (AOrJZ)

70 Oh, and Hiya, JT.

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:10 AM (cTCuP)

71 Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:07 AM (cTCuP)

Glad to hear you're doing a little better.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 06:10 AM (NaK7M)

72 Hiya Creeper !

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 06:10 AM (T4tVD)

73 s NGU still toting that barge and lifting that bale? I thought he'd hung it up.
Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:09 AM (cTCuP)

I think he's still got a day or two.

Then he's gonna have a private practice.

Unless they make him an Admiral.

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 06:12 AM (T4tVD)

74 *sideways glance at fresh bottle of Paddys*

Now where did I put the Bailey's recipe? A MoMe looms.

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:14 AM (cTCuP)

75 I'm off. A quick stop at the bank to make sure my check is there, a quick rinse of the car to get rid of dust and dried rain from yesterday, and then zip! across the bridge to the electron mines.

Creeper, I have a tooth that is . . . flexing its muscles, so to speak. The sensation comes and goes. I apply that liquid toothache stuff Walmart sells and the oral gel in a tube, and it settles down. I suppose I'll have to go to a dentist soon, but for now the topicals work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 06:15 AM (omVj0)

76 mornin yall. I just read an article about what your Zoom background says about you. I never really thought about it, and rarely use Zoom, but behind me would be shelves of a bunch of ammo and military paraphernalia, and a model of the Starship Enterprise.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2023 06:16 AM (vFG9F)

77 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Good morning early risers!

Posted by: Rosasharn at September 29, 2023 06:17 AM (PzBTm)

78 Another child trafficking bust in Florida nabs 3 Disney workers.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2023 06:19 AM (vFG9F)

79 Then he's gonna have a private practice.

Unless they make him an Admiral.
Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 06:12 AM (T4tVD)

"Private practice," huh? Wish he'd move to OK. There's a crying need here for good dentists. University dent schools have been the best option. They're slower than private practices but work is supervised by profs and excellent quality.

And what's with all the sleep clinics popping up in dental offices?

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:23 AM (cTCuP)

80 Posted by: fd at September 29, 2023 06:19 AM (vFG9F)

Grady Judd's presser should be interesting.

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:24 AM (cTCuP)

81 Grady Judd's presser should be interesting.
Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:24 AM (cTCuP)

The guy from Sanford and Son ?

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 06:27 AM (T4tVD)

82 Food delivery robots are police informants?

And we were worried about the Japanese commode with WiFi capability.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2023 06:27 AM (gZREx)

83 My sympathies, Wolfe.

Thanks for the reminder of Ora-Gel. Good call.

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:28 AM (cTCuP)

84
All the whining communists calling for SpaceX to be nationalised will surely stop with their nonsense now.

The eternally unendearing characteristic of communists and Democrats (a redundancy, I know) is believing that business is a huge zero-sum game and that those who are successful - themselves excepted, of course - must have stolen from someone else and must be punished for it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2023 06:28 AM (MoZTd)

85 Wolf*i*e.

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:29 AM (cTCuP)

86
Unless they make him an Admiral.
Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 06:12 AM (T4tVD)

Commanding Task Force Waterpick.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2023 06:31 AM (MoZTd)

87 "The Georgia Senate Republican caucus voted on Thursday to remove State Sen. Colton Moore from the caucus for taking a first step in August to defund, investigate, and possibly impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who levied 13 counts against former President Donald Trump.

Kemp and State Senate Republicans apparently oppose working to investigate, defund, and impeach Willis, and instead ousted Moore."

Kemp has said he hasn't seen anything that indicates Fani has done anything wrong. That's how screwed we are here.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2023 06:33 AM (vFG9F)

88 Good luck there Wolfus.

Writing contest? Reminds me I need to purchase Scrivener again for the laptop. They disabled the copy loaded on desktop machine, probably because I am still bitterly clinging to Win7 and they no longer support the OS.

Why do I need to buy a new copy? Because all my work is in Scrivener format. There is a lesson here.

So what contest is happening?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2023 06:35 AM (gZREx)

89 G'mornin' everyone!

there are days, and today is one of them, when I think Atlas Shrugged was overly optimistic.

maybe coffee will help ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 29, 2023 06:36 AM (YNbPJ)

90
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 29, 2023 06:39 AM (ENBF0)

91 Actual title of Yahoo news article:

"Corruption charges against Sen. Bob Menendez adds to NJ's colorful political history."

That colorful scamp!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 29, 2023 06:40 AM (PiwSw)

92 Boker Tov Patriots

1 day

The Last Detail

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2023 06:45 AM (D40Ff)

93
"Corruption charges against Sen. Bob Menendez adds to NJ's colorful political history."

I guess we can add this to the D/R journalist stylebook

Democrat: Passionate
Republican: Insane

Democrat: Sophisticated
Republican: Elitist

Democrat: Aristocratic
Republican: Rich

Democrat: Folksy
Republican: Stupid

Democrat: Colorful
Republican: Corrupt

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2023 06:45 AM (MoZTd)

94 Enjoy it Cap'n !

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 06:46 AM (T4tVD)

95
1 day

The Last Detail
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2023 06:45 AM (D40Ff)

Is there some kind of ceremony? Or party?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2023 06:47 AM (MoZTd)

96 The Last Detail?

That was an interesting movie, any foreshadowing for current events?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2023 06:49 AM (gZREx)

97 89 G'mornin' everyone!

there are days, and today is one of them, when I think Atlas Shrugged was overly optimistic.

maybe coffee will help ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 29, 2023 06:36 AM (YNbPJ)

"maybe"?

Posted by: m at September 29, 2023 06:49 AM (AOrJZ)

98 92 Boker Tov Patriots

1 day

The Last Detail
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2023 06:45 AM (D40Ff)

whoo-hoo!

Posted by: m at September 29, 2023 06:49 AM (AOrJZ)

99 99

Posted by: m at September 29, 2023 06:50 AM (AOrJZ)

100 100

Posted by: m at September 29, 2023 06:50 AM (AOrJZ)

101
"maybe"?
Posted by: m at September 29, 2023 06:49 AM (AOrJZ)

Coffee can't make you happy. But it can make misery more tolerable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2023 06:50 AM (MoZTd)

102 The guy from Sanford and Son ?
Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 06:27 AM (T4tVD)

No, the sheriff of Polk County, FL.

(Why do I get the feeling I should be laughing here? It's far too early for snark.)

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:50 AM (cTCuP)

103 Is there some kind of ceremony? Or party?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2023 06:47 AM (MoZTd)

I did not want a ceremony. But I have has a week of going away parties. Good times.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2023 06:51 AM (D40Ff)

104 Hay, NGU! Congratulations on getting your shackles cut off.

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 06:52 AM (cTCuP)

105 RINOs who voted NO to keeping gay and trans pride shiut out of the Military

Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), John Curtis (R-UT), Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY), John Duarte (R-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Dave Joyce (R-OH), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Kevin Kiley (R-CA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), and Michelle Steel (R-CA).

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2023 06:57 AM (D40Ff)

106 " Nancy Mace (R-SC), "

No surprise there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 29, 2023 06:59 AM (1n+EO)

107

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 29, 2023 06:59 AM (X4yCj)

108 Congrats NGU!

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 29, 2023 07:00 AM (aBJcM)

109 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 29, 2023 07:00 AM (NBVIP)

110 yo wit sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 07:00 AM (BRHaw)

111 and mornin' Horde. It's been a bizarre week but if I survive today, I get to sleep in tomorrow and/or make pancakes.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 29, 2023 07:02 AM (aBJcM)

112 "I get to sleep in tomorrow and/or make pancakes."

Butter and maple syrup?

Chocolate chips?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 29, 2023 07:03 AM (1n+EO)

113 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Awaiting customers

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 07:03 AM (T4tVD)

114 46 Tech joke:

Where do all the cool mice live?

In their mouse pads.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 05:34 AM (sBOni)
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Fenelon, I've been putting funny one-liners here and there, as Posted by: -- don't know if you noticed.

Posted by: Ciampino - Be realistic: expect a miracle at September 29, 2023 07:05 AM (qfLjt)

115 "I get to sleep in tomorrow and/or make pancakes."

Butter and maple syrup?

Chocolate chips?
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Butter, yes, absolutely. Margarine is an abomination that I refuse to allow in my home.

I don't have real maple syrup on hand, just the Aunt Jemima kind (with lower sugar because Mom has diabeetus and I don't want to get diabeetus).

Have not decided on additions. Blueberry pancakes are usually a hit around here.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 29, 2023 07:08 AM (aBJcM)

116 Did I kill the thread or is everyone at NGU's party?

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 29, 2023 07:10 AM (aBJcM)

117
Diana went to the doggie chiropractor yesterday for an adjustment and water treadmill therapy. She's always bright, happy and loving attention when she's there, never passing up a chance to jump up on the staff or give them kisses.

Our guys are very popular with our vets because they're well socialized, well trained and cooperative. Also well taken care of. In contrast to the horror stories they tell us about others - including too many pit bulls - they have come in who are unmanageable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2023 07:10 AM (MoZTd)

118
"I get to sleep in tomorrow and/or make pancakes."

Please to remember the order

1) Wake up
2) Make pancakes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2023 07:11 AM (MoZTd)

119 There's an X of Musk going to Eagle Pass?, TX and interviewing Sheriff of Medina County and a congressman. Haven't watched it yet.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 07:11 AM (MIkft)

120 "or is everyone at NGU's party?"

I guess neither you nor I got an invite.

* Sad Trombone *

* Downtwinkles *

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 29, 2023 07:12 AM (1n+EO)

121
I don't have real maple syrup on hand, just the Aunt Jemima kind (with lower sugar because Mom has diabeetus and I don't want to get diabeetus).

Have not decided on additions. Blueberry pancakes are usually a hit around here.
Posted by: screaming in digital at September 29, 2023 07:08 AM (aBJcM)

Point of order! Aunt Jemima is gone because the Maoists decreed Death To The Four Olds.

SWEEP AWAY ALL MONSTERS AND DEMONS!!!

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 07:12 AM (8sMut)

122 CXXII

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 07:13 AM (8sMut)

123 50 The other nice thing is that a day's drive from, say, the Sioux Falls area would bring me to Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills.

Rapid City would put you even closer. Also, Badlands NP.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 29, 2023 05:38 AM (jrKun)
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You could visit Wall Drugstore ......

Posted by: Ciampino - Beat the 5 o'clock rush - Leave work at noon! at September 29, 2023 07:14 AM (qfLjt)

124 So, they sucker punched Linda Yaccarino and she thought she was going into a friendly crowd. If she's worth her salt she'll be ready next time.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 07:15 AM (MIkft)

125 Pink Starfish > Starlink

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 29, 2023 07:17 AM (0lY6Y)

126 Yaccarino rhymes with...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 29, 2023 07:18 AM (NBVIP)

127 "or is everyone at NGU's party?"

I guess neither you nor I got an invite.

* Sad Trombone *

* Downtwinkles *
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 29, 2023 07:12 AM (1n+EO)

Believe me I had a low key send off. I just wanted out.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2023 07:20 AM (D40Ff)

128 Another day of working for a disfunctional company. And the managers got invited to put in time on saturday to try and clean things up. So I have that to look forward to.

And I yelled at an incompetent at Century Link. It's been a fun week.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 29, 2023 07:20 AM (Ds/Wi)

129 78
From the ONT
Three Disney workers and a teacher are among 219 people snared in Florida human trafficking sting
https://mol.im/a/12573797

Posted by: Ciampino - Beat the 5 o'clock rush - Leave work at noon at September 29, 2023 07:20 AM (qfLjt)

130 TBF, the company wasn't just randomly providing video to the LAPD, they provided video of perps TRYING TO STEAL THE ROBOT.

Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at September 29, 2023 07:24 AM (ScMN3)

131 44 Apparently, the viewership of the kid's table debate was about 75% of what they had for the first debate. I wonder if Team GOPe can admit they have a problem yet.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
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No. They are the problem.
Larry Elder, a conservative, qualified for both debates but they said NO. They put security at the doors so that he couldn't make a ruckus. One would think this would be a happy story for the MSM but no. Uniparty rule.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 07:25 AM (MIkft)

132
Last night Angel Hernandez rang Bryce Harper up on a terrible check-swing appeal and Harper went nuts on him and tossed his helmet into the stands on the way off the field.

Hernandez is bidding fair to become the Joe West of our time, except Joe West was actually a competent umpire.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2023 07:25 AM (MoZTd)

133 Oh, Larry is black. That's racist.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 07:25 AM (MIkft)

134 122 CXXII
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 07:13 AM (8sMut)

Score!

Posted by: m at September 29, 2023 07:27 AM (AOrJZ)

135 Freeman NGU, good show.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 07:28 AM (MIkft)

136 TBF, the company wasn't just randomly providing video to the LAPD, they provided video of perps TRYING TO STEAL THE ROBOT.
Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at September 29, 2023 07:24 AM (ScMN3)
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Hmmm. Second look at armed delivery robots?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2023 07:29 AM (YIVH2)

137 I read that thousands of Jews are going to Ukraine for Sukkot.
Heaven knows why.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 07:31 AM (MIkft)

138 It's getting light. The Herde will be here any minute. Time to make with the corn. BIAB

Posted by: creeper at September 29, 2023 07:31 AM (cTCuP)

139 Other than a media server or a file server for a large organization/company, what would be the point of 4TB of storage in a "high-end" computer?

I guess I'm asking what would occupy all that space if it's not movies and music and such? I assume any high-end computer would also have LOTS of RAM to crunch numbers if you're doing 3D modeling or fancy graphics work, so disk-swapping shouldn't be an end goal.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2023 07:31 AM (M+Nrs)

140 "what would be the point of 4TB of storage in a "high-end" computer?"

CAD files and 3d models.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2023 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

141 139
Won't be long before Windows will require 4TB RAM in order to run, as a minimal config. Trust MS.

Posted by: Ciampino - Beat the 5 o'clock rush - Leave work at noon at September 29, 2023 07:36 AM (qfLjt)

142 Hard drives fill up with an amazing amount of crap.Your data always expands to fill the space you have available.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2023 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

143 Good morning morons

Greasy Gavin signed off on state seizure of the state's fast food industry. Au revoir Happy Meals! The minimum wage at McD's will become $20 on April 1.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

144 Hard drives fill up with an amazing amount of crap.Your data always expands to fill the space you have available.
Posted by: fd at September 29, 2023 07:36 AM (vFG9F)
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Weirdly, the same thing happens to bookshelves...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2023 07:38 AM (YIVH2)

145 West Point Goes Full Woke, Pushes ‘Diversity & Inclusion Studies’

Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2023 07:39 AM (D40Ff)

146 "what would be the point of 4TB of storage in a "high-end" computer?"
___________

Pr0n is the correct answer. 16M dic pics take up space.

- Hillary Wang, a National Security Agency employee for 14 years, with theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials.

It is believed Wang used her Top Secret security clearance to illegally download an estimated 16 million pictures of sexual nature off of unsuspecting Americans’ mobile phones and computers.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2023 07:39 AM (Q4IgG)

147 "Your data always expands to fill the space you have available."

Almost like any gas does.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 29, 2023 07:39 AM (1n+EO)

148 143 Good morning morons

Greasy Gavin signed off on state seizure of the state's fast food industry. Au revoir Happy Meals! The minimum wage at McD's will become $20 on April 1.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

Unbelievable. I believe you, but it's unbelievable.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2023 07:40 AM (AOrJZ)

149 I see stuff like synced folders with Autodesk that hold 500gb of data that is duplicated on the desktop and in temp folders, and then again in system restore folders. Disk space is so cheap Windows and other programs are very sloppy with space management.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2023 07:40 AM (vFG9F)

150 Local TV news reports dysfunction and chaos at the Oakland Police Commission. Three commissioners have refused to attend meetings amid continuing controversy over a proposal to re-appoint fired Chief Richard Word.

They are arguing over re-appointing the guy the mayor fired.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

151 What does it has in its hard drives, Precious?

Posted by: Gollum at September 29, 2023 07:42 AM (SYTee)

152 139 Other than a media server or a file server for a large organization/company, what would be the point of 4TB of storage in a "high-end" computer?

I guess I'm asking what would occupy all that space if it's not movies and music and such? I assume any high-end computer would also have LOTS of RAM to crunch numbers if you're doing 3D modeling or fancy graphics work, so disk-swapping shouldn't be an end goal.
Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2023 07:31 AM (M+Nrs)

Games. They take a lot of space these days. And they're generally the main point of a high-end computer outside of very specialized work.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 29, 2023 07:42 AM (eYoxG)

153 Rep. Jasmine Crockett defending Joe Biden during impeachment inquiry proceedings.

"[Joe Biden] has unfortunately been guilty of loving his child unconditionally, and that is the only evidence that they have brought forward."

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

154 When you see Burger King ads that say "2 of this for $5 special" I am charged $8 for that here.

Next year a Whopper will cost $15.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

155 It's not racist to bar Larry Elder because they have Chocolate Pence and have filled their quota.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at September 29, 2023 07:44 AM (EcHpA)

156
Two Words

J
J

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 07:44 AM (BRHaw)

157 New IRS rules requires ticket resellers to declare more than $600/yr in income. Old threshold was $20,000.

Gals to see those 87,000 new agents are going after these billionaires. They will be going after your garage sale next.

Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 07:45 AM (JojsZ)

158 A well known street denizen attacked a candy store owner and customer in West Portal yesterday, she asked him to move off the bench in front of her store. Not her first experience with crime and violence.

This is a very nice neighborhood in broad daylight.

Of course, she voted for this sh*t.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

159 146 "what would be the point of 4TB of storage in a "high-end" computer?"
___________

Pr0n is the correct answer. 16M dic pics take up space.

- Hillary Wang, a National Security Agency employee for 14 years, with theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials.

It is believed Wang used her Top Secret security clearance to illegally download an estimated 16 million pictures of sexual nature off of unsuspecting Americans’ mobile phones and computers.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2023 07:39 AM (Q4IgG)
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Wang ..... how appropriate.

Posted by: Ciampino - Black holes are where God divided by zero at September 29, 2023 07:58 AM (qfLjt)

160 143 Good morning morons

Greasy Gavin signed off on state seizure of the state's fast food industry. Au revoir Happy Meals! The minimum wage at McD's will become $20 on April 1.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

This gives those businesses plenty of time to automate or to otherwise find workarounds. Everyone involved in having the police set the price of labor will pat themselves on the backs for their compassion.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 08:04 AM (8sMut)

161 "astoundingly, the Junta doesn't understand why Americans are suddenly covid vaccine hesitant. How stupid are these people?
https://shorturl.at/bcglH

Posted by: Huck Follywood"

Having a "historic first" spokesman for HHS named Ilse Zuniga that emigrated from Mexico age 11 months doesn't exactly increase my trust in HHS. Not to mention the other endless lies about the covid.

Nothing about this regime is "American" American.

Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 08:11 AM (JojsZ)

162 Diane Feinstein is mort.

Wow

Posted by: WisRich at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (G0vdT)

163 Grumpy and Recalcitrant had me banned on the Tuesday ONT because he/she/xim/xer has no sense of humor and is a rat fink stool pigeon. I will be back and will extract apology. Whichever COB listened to the crank is also at fault.

Posted by: The North Sentinelese at September 29, 2023 10:23 AM (83IzV)

164 Grumpy and Recalcitrant had me banned on the Tuesday ONT

Posted by: The North Sentinelese at September 29, 2023 10:23 AM

Grumpy and Recalcitrant? I'm afraid you're going to have to be more specific for us to know who the hell you're talking about.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 29, 2023 02:08 PM (BAKCK)

165 Once the world's leading chip manufacturer, Intel has lost the lead to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW), but says it is on track to regain it with manufacturing using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology from ASML it says will rival the best from the Taiwanese group.

Posted by: SMOD at September 29, 2023 02:17 PM (RHGPo)

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