Daily Tech News 21 December 2023

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Advantage: Japan.

My package from Amazon Japan has arrived.

My package from Amazon US that I ordered earlier has not yet shipped.
NASA has successfully streamed an 8k ultra-high-resolution cat video a distance of 18 million miles from the Psyche space probe back to Earth. (Tom's Hardware)

This is important because Psyche is on a five year mission to find alien catgirls, and we wouldn't want to miss the video.

Tech News

Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition systems for five years after getting it wrong. (Tech Crunch)

That? That's not a face. This is a face.

They should be back on line just in time for the catgirls.
The HP Omen Transcend 16 doesn't look terrible. (Hot Hardware)

It has an Intel 13900HX - 8 P cores plus 16 E cores, Nvidia RTX 4070 graphics, up to 96GB of RAM, a 2560x1600 240Hz display, and the ten essential keys (which is to say, a full desktop cursor pad).

Plus two Thunderbolt ports, HDMI, wired Ethernet, regular USB, HDMI, and a headphone jack.

It comes in black or white, and could be worth considering if you want a laptop that can play games but can also pass as a boring business model.

Price varies in the vicinity of $2000, so if it's much more than that, wait for a sale.

Disclaimer: Gluten-free Tim Tams.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Under the radar. Something stinks:

http://tinyurl.com/4zfa7vxx

(Miami Herald)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 03:59 AM (zvEEc)

2 G'Day everyone and good night

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2023 03:59 AM (fwDg9)

3 Fine, Bidens dog you fetch em

Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2023 04:00 AM (fwDg9)

4 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 21, 2023 04:01 AM (omVj0)

5 Present!

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 04:01 AM (x7m+Z)

6 Oh, and the dumbest site on the internet that I mentioned in the comments yesterday is the same one Ace posted about.

It is a parody site, but you have to scroll a bit to be sure of that.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 21, 2023 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

7 Present!
Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 04:01 AM (x7m+Z)
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Earn a living and pay for your own things!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 04:03 AM (zvEEc)

8 I would normally have launched my year in review on the 20th, but this year I am kind of dead. Might run an abbreviated version starting in a couple of days.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 21, 2023 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

9 Fine, Bidens dog you fetch em
Posted by: Skip at December 21, 2023 04:00 AM (fwDg9)
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/waits for virtual biscuit

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 04:04 AM (zvEEc)

10 Evening and morning, all you satellites and substations of insanity! Dec. 21 looms!

Here is a video that my local music group, Benny Grunch and the Bunch, made some years ago. It is the quintessential Noo Awlins music video, funny as all get out. No, you may not know all the references in the lyrics, but the way it's performed and edited is hilarious in itself. If you do know the references, it's really a classic.

http://tinyurl.com/murf83tn

(The guy who does Four, " 'fore you drive me nuts!", and "Ate by yo' momma's," is a cousin of my barber. Tiny world.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 21, 2023 04:04 AM (omVj0)

11 Oops. Time to change for my workout and stretch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 21, 2023 04:06 AM (omVj0)

12 I would normally have launched my year in review on the 20th, but this year I am kind of dead.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 21, 2023 04:03 AM (BLOW1)
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Have you signed up for organ donations?

How about a guitar or trombone?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 04:06 AM (zvEEc)

13 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 21, 2023 04:11 AM (ju2Fy)

14
A parody site? Damn, now I've lost all my faith in the Internet.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 04:12 AM (enJYY)

15 Professor Mark W. Smith of the 4 Boxes Diner utube site discusses CO Supreme Court ruling, and cites two SCOTUS cases that invalidate it. He confirms my analysis from yesterday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK7Mmz1G2Nc

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 21, 2023 04:17 AM (CecP5)

16 To be fair, Japan is a hell of a lot closer than the US, Pixy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 04:20 AM (zZu0s)

17 FTC says that Rite Aid failed to mitigate risks to certain consumers due to their race — its technology was “more likely to generate false positives in stores located in plurality-Black and Asian communities than in plurality-White communities,

Dang, even AI thinks they all look alike.

/I denounce myself.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 21, 2023 04:24 AM (ju2Fy)

18 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 04:25 AM (T4tVD)

19 If you missed this humor gem in the ONT,
Album 'You don't have to be Jewish',
track 'A Call From Long Island'.
It has one of the best punchlines deliveries I have ever heard.
On youtube ...
https://is.gd/nnha08

Posted by: Ciampino - Does that mean you're not coming? at December 21, 2023 04:27 AM (qfLjt)

20 This is important because Psyche is on a five year mission to find alien catgirls, and we wouldn't want to miss the video.

It's about time our tax money was used on something useful!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2023 04:28 AM (sAmhv)

21 Regardless, a 101-second delay over 19 million miles is nothing but extraordinarily groundbreaking because it establishes that the technology can work flawlessly, allowing further development and even integrating a telescope similar to or better than the Hale telescope for future deep space missions.

If the signal isn't as good as it should be, how long do they have to wait after they turn it off, to turn it back on again?

IT in Spaaaacccccce

Posted by: Bruce at December 21, 2023 04:31 AM (vd8XM)

22 Don't worry about it, Pixy. Reality and Satire have intertwined so much, it's just too hard to tell the difference.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2023 04:31 AM (sAmhv)

23 Here is a video that my local music group, Benny Grunch and the Bunch, made some years ago.

Haddabe some years ago.

KB and Dixie Beer?

Posted by: Miklos at da Schweg's at December 21, 2023 04:32 AM (wAZ5s)

24 16 To be fair, Japan is a hell of a lot closer than the US, Pixy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Plus, they are way ahead of us in preparation of an alien catgirl invasion.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2023 04:35 AM (sAmhv)

25 Mixed emotions at Christmas. A woman celebrating the holy day and the light hope in Jesus. Bible passage is psalm 42:

http://tinyurl.com/3stfr7js

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 21, 2023 04:38 AM (RSbhh)

26 Plus, they are way ahead of us in preparation of an alien catgirl invasion.
Posted by: Puddleglum,

I've seen the way they handle Godzilla invasions...

I'm not so sure

Posted by: Bruce at December 21, 2023 04:39 AM (vd8XM)

27 Posted by: Ciampino - Does that mean you're not coming? at December 21, 2023 04:27 AM (qfLjt)
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Ha!

Here's the whole album:

https://youtu.be/uil9jjO-EWQ

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 04:39 AM (zvEEc)

28
I don't know about the catgirls, but I, for one, would welcome an invasion by our Orion green-chick slavegirl overlordettes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 04:41 AM (Mzdiz)

29
An episode of ST:Enterprise (you know with Capt. Archer) established the truth about the Orion "Slave Girls", you know the green chicks.

They were not slaves. Indeed, they were the masters. You see, the had powerful pheromones that rendered all humanoid males putty in their hands (save Vulcans). The slave girl bit was all an act. They ran the Orion Syndicate.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 04:43 AM (Mzdiz)

30 Here's the whole album:

https://youtu.be/uil9jjO-EWQ
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 04:39 AM (zvEEc)
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Wow. Jack Gilford! Reminder:

http://tinyurl.com/msjzmc9k

(YouTube)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 04:44 AM (zvEEc)

31 And if you know anyone who is having a hard time this holiday and is a Christian see if there is a "longest night of the year/ Blue Christmas service service in your area. They are often offered by Episcopal, Reformed or Methodist churches. Yes, I know we all think those churches are irredeemable tools of the devil,

but unless they have a rainbow flag outside their church it's probably ok to attend a Blue Christmas service . Independent Churches may offer them too. You can probably also find a service of that source in you tube as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 21, 2023 04:45 AM (RSbhh)

32 Blue Christmas service service in your area.

Hosted by Elvis ?

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 04:49 AM (T4tVD)

33 Prayer request- a fellow I visited in the hospital.( he's not a member of my congregation and doesn't live near me but is a friend of a friend) named M. Needs prayer . He was on the prayer list, but he's in really bad shape now and was released from the hospital because a family member was being very difficult . This poor fellow has been in and out of the hospital since August.

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 21, 2023 04:50 AM (RSbhh)

34 Here's the whole album:

https://youtu.be/uil9jjO-EWQ
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 04:39 AM (zvEEc)

Arlene Golonka...If you read her wiki page, she had quite an interesting life.

More than just Milly in Mayberry.

Posted by: Bruce at December 21, 2023 04:52 AM (vd8XM)

35 6 Oh, and the dumbest site on the internet that I mentioned in the comments yesterday is the same one Ace posted about.

It is a parody site, but you have to scroll a bit to be sure of that.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 21, 2023 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

I'm not seeing that in ace's posts from yesterday.

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 04:53 AM (x7m+Z)

36 Okay Fen !

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 04:53 AM (T4tVD)

37 osted by: JT at December 21, 2023 04:49 AM (

No, silly. I think the name is used because "Longest night of the year" sounds too pagan

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 21, 2023 04:54 AM (RSbhh)

38 It is a parody site, but you have to scroll a bit to be sure of that.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 21, 2023 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

I'm not seeing that in ace's posts from yesterday.
Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 04:53 AM (x7m+Z)

Pixy comments in the thread. It's the one titled:
Leftwing Gay/Black Blog: That Gay Pornster Getting ****ed Up His A** In the Well of the Senate Is a Freedom Fighter Just Like Anne Frank

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 04:56 AM (zZu0s)

39 named M. Needs

That's a funny name !

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 04:56 AM (T4tVD)

40 38 It is a parody site, but you have to scroll a bit to be sure of that.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 21, 2023 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

I'm not seeing that in ace's posts from yesterday.
Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 04:53 AM (x7m+Z)

Pixy comments in the thread. It's the one titled:
Leftwing Gay/Black Blog: That Gay Pornster Getting ****ed Up His A** In the Well of the Senate Is a Freedom Fighter Just Like Anne Frank
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 04:56 AM (zZu0s)

Thanks, Aetius451AD!

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 04:56 AM (x7m+Z)

41 To be fair, it is impossible to tell parody from reality now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 04:57 AM (zZu0s)

42 LOL

175 This site is indeed a parody. If you keep scrolling it gets more and more absurd.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 20, 2023 05:29 PM

"Disclosure: AFRU is funded in part by Google LLC, the Ford Foundation, and the Kingdom of Norway" gives it away a little
Posted by: Chuck C at December 20, 2023 05:50 PM (xttsV)

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 04:58 AM (x7m+Z)

43 One of my comments from the thread:
This site is indeed a parody. If you keep scrolling it gets more and more absurd.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 20, 2023 05:29 PM

But we like ace, so we keep coming back.

It's part of the charm.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 20, 2023 05:51 PM (di6C2)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 04:58 AM (zZu0s)

44
Yes, today (well tomorrow, depending on time zone) is the Winter Solstice (Sun-still), the shortest day and longest night of the tropical year.

Sun-still is Dec 22, 03:27 Zulu. That's Dec 21, 10:27PM EST.

I don't see anything Pagan about this. All can appreciate the seasons and their nature.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 04:59 AM (Mzdiz)

45 Finding direction/- a man from Va reflection Ted on one of the psalms:

http://tinyurl.com/ycx33zk6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 21, 2023 05:00 AM (RSbhh)

46
Here's what I had to say:

29. We shouldn't bend over to a party that hates; we must do the opposite.

Gotta be parody, no one would be that stupid to use that phrase in the context of butt fudging in the Senate on hands and knees.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 20, 2023 05:22 PM

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 05:04 AM (enJYY)

47 It looks like @JerylBier has caught a parody account (Victorshi2020) here:

https://nitter.net/JerylBier/status/
1737526015209976151#m

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 05:08 AM (x7m+Z)

48 Arlene Golonka...If you read her wiki page, she had quite an interesting life.

More than just Milly in Mayberry.
Posted by: Bruce at December 21, 2023 04:52 AM (vd8XM)

The Beach Boys start singing....

Aruba
Golonka
Oooooh
I wanna bonk ya....

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 05:09 AM (T4tVD)

49 Also, the first letter of "2020" being a "t," the @Victorshi account can be sounded out as Victorshi*.

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 05:10 AM (x7m+Z)

50 A parody site? The internet does not have a sense of humor that we are aware of.
--The Internet

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 21, 2023 05:14 AM (PzBTm)

51 Aruba
Golonka
Oooooh
I wanna bonk ya....
Posted by: JT

HA!!

Posted by: Bruce at December 21, 2023 05:14 AM (vd8XM)

52 42 LOL

175 This site is indeed a parody. If you keep scrolling it gets more and more absurd.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 20, 2023 05:29 PM

"Disclosure: AFRU is funded in part by Google LLC, the Ford Foundation, and the Kingdom of Norway" gives it away a little
Posted by: Chuck C at December 20, 2023 05:50 PM (xttsV)
Posted by: m

LOL! Ok, it got me. I completely fell for it. I mean, really? In lieu of the current times, the probability of it being true was very high!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2023 05:15 AM (sAmhv)

53 She doesn't look like a Golonka .....

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 05:17 AM (T4tVD)

54 more horde-knowledge being put:

168 By the staff, not some single op-ed writer. This is the considered corporate opinion of "AFRU."

The consensus on twitter/x is that AFRU is a AI-generated bait click site. There is no writer.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 20, 2023 05:49 PM (IG4Id)

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 05:21 AM (x7m+Z)

55
Old: the love that dare not speak its name
New: the love that has no shame

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 05:22 AM (enJYY)

56 good question, though:

141 >>>127 qu'est-ce que AFRU ??

i don't know. I tried to find what it stands for but gave up.

Posted by: ace is done with your foolishness! at December 20, 2023 05:43 PM (KRtlO)

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 05:22 AM (x7m+Z)

57 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 04:59 AM (Mzdiz)

I don't see anything Pagan about the winter solstice. It's just that various Pagans do celebrate it which is fine. My church calls it both Blue Christmas and Longest Night.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 21, 2023 05:27 AM (wDhJT)

58 Old: the love that dare not speak its name
New: the love that has no shame
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 05:22 AM (enJYY)

Newest..the love that won't STFU !

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 05:28 AM (T4tVD)

59 Tech joke/ Why did the robot go on. diet?

It had too many bytes.

Have a good day, everyone. So much to do today!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 21, 2023 05:30 AM (wDhJT)

60 LOL reddit

Exmawsh
9 mo. ago
Seems like ragebait. Y'all ain't reading the national enquirer and going "wow I cant believe bigfoot fucked an alien".

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 05:30 AM (x7m+Z)

61
So "AFRU" is parody. I can see it, now. They fooled me.

We have a variation of Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law afoot here: Sufficiently advanced parody is indistinguishable from reality.

Or maybe we should phrase that as sufficiently advanced (in terms of wokified Clown World) reality is indistinguishable from any parody.

Bugger in Senate hearing room is the equivalent of Anne Frank. Actual, literal, Nazi SS/Gestapo goon squads are "insurrectionists"? Over the top. Yet, one can believe that they would say that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 05:31 AM (Mzdiz)

62 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 05:31 AM (lwOKI)

63 Keep'em comin' Fen !

And have fun !

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 05:32 AM (T4tVD)

64 Ace is just trying to keep our parody-sensors all sharpened up.

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 05:32 AM (x7m+Z)

65
There's a reason the acronym BOHICA is so common.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 05:35 AM (enJYY)

66 Good morning morons

I had to look up what a Tim Tam is. Australians eat oddities.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 21, 2023 05:39 AM (RIvkX)

67 Old: the love that dare not speak its name
New: the love that has no shame
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 05:22 AM (enJYY)

Submitted for approval:
Old: the love that dare not speak its name
New: the love that will not shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 05:41 AM (zZu0s)

68 That "Call From Long Island" was way too close to home. Literally.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 21, 2023 05:47 AM (RIvkX)

69 Under the radar. Something stinks:

http://tinyurl.com/4zfa7vxx

(Miami Herald)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 03:59 AM (zvEEc)
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More details and potential consequences:

http://tinyurl.com/yj66v7hu

(Twitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 05:48 AM (zvEEc)

70
Oh, and it must be noted, that for Pixy, who is upside down, tomorrow is the Summer solstice.

The whole world is Northern hemisphere supremacist. The whole damn celestial coordinate system is racist agin' the Southern Hemisphere.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 05:56 AM (Mzdiz)

71 horde mind!:

58 Old: the love that dare not speak its name
New: the love that has no shame
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 05:22 AM (enJYY)

Newest..the love that won't STFU !
Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 05:28 AM (T4tVD)

67 Submitted for approval:
Old: the love that dare not speak its name
New: the love that will not shut the fuck up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 05:41 AM (zZu0s)

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 05:58 AM (x7m+Z)

72 Texas Lt. Gov making noises about removing Biden from ballot for border breakdown. More empty talk.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 21, 2023 05:59 AM (lyAYE)

73 @realchrisrufo
12h
The Harvard Crimson is now reporting that Congress has demanded that "Harvard produce 'all documents and communications' related to the plagiarism allegations or related to the review by members of the Corporation."
They are going to expose the cover-up.
___

"Congress"= The House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Not clear why this is the business of the Congress.

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 06:02 AM (x7m+Z)

74
I had to look up what a Tim Tam is. Australians eat oddities.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 21, 2023

***
World Market sells Tim Tam in the candy section.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 21, 2023 06:04 AM (omVj0)

75 World Market sells Tim Tam in the candy section.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 21, 2023 06:04 AM (omVj0)
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Sold in Israel, too.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 06:05 AM (zvEEc)

76
I was ranting about Windows temp files last thread. I've just been cleaning up Miley's laptop, which I've neglected for the past couple of months.

22GB of temp files. 144,000 files in 9,000 directories under the Temp/Tmp trees.

This is....ridiculous.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:06 AM (Mzdiz)

77 Tucker Carlson: The actual end of democracy

http://tinyurl.com/r92fws8r

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 06:07 AM (zvEEc)

78 Oh, and it must be noted, that for Pixy, who is upside down, tomorrow is the Summer solstice.

The whole world is Northern hemisphere supremacist. The whole damn celestial coordinate system is racist agin' the Southern Hemisphere.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023

***
Well, most of the land -- on which humans have to live -- is in the Northern Hemisphere. Southern is mostly, or at least a lot more, water. If the continents had wound up mostly south of the equator and the water to the north, our attitudes would be 180 degrees reversed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 21, 2023 06:07 AM (omVj0)

79 John Podhoretz
@jpodhoretz
15h
The Lieutenant Governor of the largest state in the country says that according to the Constitution, the president must be 40 years old. Her name is Eleni Kounalakis and apparently no one ever taught her how to read.

wow

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 06:07 AM (x7m+Z)

80 22GB of temp files. 144,000 files in 9,000 directories under the Temp/Tmp trees.

This is....ridiculous.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:06 AM (Mzdiz)
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But is it really temp temp?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 06:08 AM (zvEEc)

81 Well in my world we eat Manischewitz Tam Tam crackers. None of this Tim Tam nonsense.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 21, 2023 06:08 AM (RIvkX)

82 79 John Podhoretz
@jpodhoretz
15h
The Lieutenant Governor of the largest state in the country says that according to the Constitution, the president must be 40 years old. Her name is Eleni Kounalakis and apparently no one ever taught her how to read.

wow
Posted by: m

Well, it's California. I kind of expect this.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2023 06:09 AM (sAmhv)

83 mornin yall. I've seen client's hard drives completely filled by temp files. Usually something like the print spooler will stop working and they call me. The first thing I do is delete the 200gb of temp files. It's absurd that Windows does that.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:10 AM (vFG9F)

84 Also, John Podhoretz said California is the largest state? I think it's third largest. Alaska and Texas hold the top two spots.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2023 06:11 AM (sAmhv)

85 John Podhoretz
@jpodhoretz
15h
The Lieutenant Governor of the largest state in the country says that according to the Constitution, the president must be 40 years old. Her name is Eleni Kounalakis and apparently no one ever taught her how to read.

wow
Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 06:07 AM (x7m+Z)
-

SHSHSHSSHSHSHSHSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why, yes, Ms. Kounalakis, that is correct. Now do your duty and relieve Ol' Man Brandon of his. Out he must go - right away!

SHSHSHSSHSHSHSHSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 06:11 AM (zvEEc)

86 Well in my world we eat Manischewitz Tam Tam crackers. None of this Tim Tam nonsense.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 21, 2023 06:08 AM (RIvkX)
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But have you ever tried Dutch matjes herring on an Australian Tim Tam?

SHSHSHSSHSHSHSHSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 06:13 AM (zvEEc)

87 *whispers* why are we whispering?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 21, 2023 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

88 >> Southern is mostly, or at least a lot more, water.

Dat's rayciss. The Northern Ice people stole the Celestial Coordinate system from the noble peoples of Southern Color and turned it upside down.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:15 AM (Mzdiz)

89
22GB of temp files. 144,000 files in 9,000 directories under the Temp/Tmp trees.

This is....ridiculous.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz)

___________

Isn't there something in Windows that periodically deletes these automatically?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 06:19 AM (221Hu)

90
Also, John Podhoretz said California is the largest state? I think it's third largest. Alaska and Texas hold the top two spots.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2023 06:11 AM (sAmhv)

___________

Largest by population. At least for the moment.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 06:20 AM (221Hu)

91 An officer of the United States is a functionary of the executive or judicial branches of the federal government of the United States to whom is delegated some part of the country's sovereign power. The term officer of the United States is not a title, but a term of classification for a certain type of official.

Clearly PRESIDENT is not officer.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 06:20 AM (lwOKI)

92
I got sick of manually deleted a shit-ton of temp files every so often the spirit moved me, and today decided I was gonna write a Powershell script to do it, and put it in Task Scheduler to run every so often.

I succeeded. But, I realized that I could've written a C program to do it in less time than it took me to get up to speed on powershell scripting.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:20 AM (Mzdiz)

93 Half of the country's Buick dealers are giving up their dealership franchise because they don't want to invest in the equipment and training to service EVs. GM doesn't care though, they know they are too big to fail.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:22 AM (vFG9F)

94 Who the fuck cares if the Harvard gals is a liar and a cheat?

Is not that the entire DEI plan?

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 06:22 AM (lwOKI)

95 >> Isn't there something in Windows that periodically deletes these automatically?

No, there is not. A shit-ton of Windows programs, especially installers, not to mention third-party installers and programs create all sorts of temp files. They do not delete them when finished.

It just build and builds. Now, Linux, there is a startup and chron job that deletes temp files every so often. Part of the standard OS installation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:22 AM (Mzdiz)

96
GM doesn't care though, they know they are too big to fail.
Posted by: fd

___________

They know Joe will bail them out again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 06:23 AM (221Hu)

97 "Isn't there something in Windows that periodically deletes these automatically?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh "

Disk cleanup is supposed to do it but does a crappy job of it. Windows is a bloated pile of spyware wrapped around an OS.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:24 AM (vFG9F)

98 horde mind!:

58 Old: the love that dare not speak its name
New: the love that has no shame
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 05:22 AM (enJYY)

Newest..the love that won't STFU !
Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 05:28 AM (T4tVD)

67 Submitted for approval:
Old: the love that dare not speak its name
New: the love that will not shut the fuck up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 05:41 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 05:58 AM (x7m+Z)

Deja Vu all over again !

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 06:24 AM (T4tVD)

99
I actually got a solid six and a half hours of sleep. Thanks, puppies!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 06:25 AM (221Hu)

100
The "delete temp files" option in Disk Cleanup does not remove most of the temp files. I do not know why.

Anyway, the PS script I've got running, which will run every week now on all my machines, should keep this temp file bloat creep down to nothing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:26 AM (Mzdiz)

101 These words don't make any sense. Or I am completely misreading this.

Paul Graham retweeted

All In with Chris Hayes
@allinwithchris
Dec 20
@chrislhayes: “There is no terrorist attack, no matter how horrific—and truly Oct. 7 was horrific—that can wash clean what we are seeing in Gaza and what we as Americans and our government are abetting. It must end. We must stop it.”

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 06:26 AM (x7m+Z)

102 Attorney General Ed Meese and two top constitutional scholars in the country argued in a brief filed on Wednesday.

Their amicus (or “friend of the court”

brief argues that Smith lacks authority to represent the United States by asking the Supreme Court to weigh in (called a petition for certiorari) because the office he holds has not been created by Congress and his appointment violates the “Appointments Clause” of the Constitution.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 06:27 AM (lwOKI)

103 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:20 AM (Mzdiz)
-

What's wrong with the Windows supplied Disk Cleanup utility?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 06:27 AM (zvEEc)

104 The "delete temp files" option in Disk Cleanup does not remove most of the temp files. I do not know why.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:26 AM (Mzdiz)
-

Even when you click on DELETE SYSTEM FILES?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2023 06:28 AM (zvEEc)

105 "The "delete temp files" option in Disk Cleanup does not remove most of the temp files. I do not know why."

The temp files issues has been around forever and it's astounding that Microsoft hasn't fixed it. I suppose they are more concerned about pushing newsfeeds to your gadget bar hovering over your active desktop sidebar thingy.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:29 AM (vFG9F)

106 Disk space is cheap nowadays so it makes sense to store 2gb of temp files so the feds can go back and see what you have been up to.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:32 AM (vFG9F)

107 >> Even when you click on DELETE SYSTEM FILES?

I have not yet run the cleanup script on Miley's laptop. I had written, debugged, and set up on my main machine, then put it on my laptop, and verified. But just getting it set up on Miley's laptop.

Again, 22GB, 100K filed, 10K directories under the Temp/Tmp tree (all point to same location, I keep System and User temps all in the same tree).

Disk Cleanup, System Files selected only will clean 770KB of Temp files, it says. Less than 1MB out of 22GB. I shit you not.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:33 AM (Mzdiz)

108 My amazon story for the day:
order a usb cable last week - delivery Wednesday
did not arrive
this morning I look at order tracking, it is "running late"
look at details: it is in Louisville this morning.
in the intervening period it had gotten to Minnesota, (almost here!) but then took an unscheduled side trip to Seattle.
leisurely wending its way back from there now.

I ... see ...

eh, anyway, g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 21, 2023 06:36 AM (kc18b)

109
The temp files issues has been around forever and it's astounding that Microsoft hasn't fixed it.

__________

"I see you're trying to delete temp files. Would you like some help?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 06:36 AM (221Hu)

110 If you go and look at those temp files, you will find every picture from every ad you have ever seen, and some you didn't. There will be hundreds of little thumbnails of some guy's foot being attacked by tadpoles and banners proclaiming that your McAfee antivirus has expired.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:38 AM (vFG9F)

111
So where do all these temp files accumulate? I see a folder that says Temp, but are there other locations?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 06:39 AM (221Hu)

112 of course they haven't fixed it.
when the temp files build up to a big enough wad, system performance starts to degrade. when it degrades sufficiently, the consumer is supposed to buy a new computer.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 21, 2023 06:40 AM (kc18b)

113 wondering how much the Big Guy got for springing the venezuelan kingpin?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 21, 2023 06:41 AM (kc18b)

114 "So where do all these temp files accumulate? I see a folder that says Temp, but are there other locations?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

One place is a hidden folder in the users directories. Windows make them hidden by default. Now why would they do that? It's the users\app data\local\temp folder. I've see that thing with 100s of 1000s of files living in there since the day Windows was installed.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:43 AM (vFG9F)

115 Ahab and Jezebel thought they had it made.

Posted by: Eromero at December 21, 2023 06:44 AM (zMicT)

116 "when the temp files build up to a big enough wad, system performance starts to degrade. when it degrades sufficiently, the consumer is supposed to buy a new computer.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"

I've been a hero many times by just going in and cleaning up temp files. There will be a noticable improvement in performance.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:45 AM (vFG9F)

117 Ahab and Jezebel thought they had it made.
Posted by: Eromero at December 21, 2023 06:44 AM (zMicT)

Ahab the Ay Rab ?
The Sheik of the burnin' Sands ?

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 06:47 AM (T4tVD)

118 Ed Meese is still alive? I would have lost money on that bet.

Posted by: Wally at December 21, 2023 06:48 AM (hqVaF)

119 >> So where do all these temp files accumulate? I see a folder that says Temp, but are there other locations?

This gets insanely complicated. There is the System temp directory, and then User temp directories. And there are two common temp directories, named "Temp" and "TMP". They usually point to the same location. It would take me paragraphs of 'splaining to cover all the possibilities, but here the defaults, for Windows, current version, and dating back to Windows 7 or so.

System Temp/Tmp is under C:\Windows\Temp. Look under there.

User temp is under
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp\

Look there. Now, that can be changed from the defaults.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:49 AM (Mzdiz)

120 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 21, 2023 06:49 AM (NBVIP)

121
The user path got mangled by Pixy.

It's C:\Users\"Your username"\AppData\Temp\ by default.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:51 AM (Mzdiz)

122
Yes, in Explorer.exe you need to set display options to show hidden/system files in order to see much of the true directory tree on your hard drive.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:52 AM (Mzdiz)

123 Alien catgirls?

What's so alien nyah? Cat Planet Cuties for the win!

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2023 06:52 AM (4120o)

124 I think you're on to something with the Clarke's Law of parody thing

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 21, 2023 06:52 AM (kc18b)

125 >> It's C:\Users\"Your username"\AppData\Temp\ by default.

Arrgh, wrong. All the stupid complications. The User temp path default is this:

C:\Users\"Your username"\AppData\Local\Temp\ by default.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 06:53 AM (Mzdiz)

126 Windows 11 makes me glad I am retiring from IT support in the next couple of years. I really hate it. Win 11 home is the worst.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

127 Hazelnut pfefferneusse so amazing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 21, 2023 06:55 AM (RIvkX)

128 Hadrian

If you want to automate the clean up process, try CCleaner.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2023 06:56 AM (4120o)

129 You can also do a search for all the *.tmp files on your hard drive. 2 days later you can select all and delete them.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

130 WTF is he talking about??

JEFFREY TOOBIN: Yeah, and this- there is violence hovering, you know, there was just an arrest in Arizona that didn't get much publicity recently about someone threatening to kill, you know, all sorts of federal officials. You know, violence hangs over this. January 6th was- was, you know, there is an aggressive prosecution that has taken place, but rightwing violence in this country is continuing, and the FBI director has spoken about how difficult it is to stop it, and it hasn’t gone away.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 06:58 AM (lwOKI)

131 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 21, 2023 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

132 *flattens ears and starts to growl*

Stupid Yumans. Now Kirt Russel and his son want to reboot/sequel The Last Starfighter.

Just leave it alone nyah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2023 06:58 AM (4120o)

133 Meanwhile with the United States Post Office, I sent out an item Monday that I sold, that was rather expensive, and was supposed to be delivered today. According to tracking it's still sitting in the post office where i took it. Thankfully I got insurance(ther item is on the bigger side too, so not like they lost it)

I hate Amazon's monopoly, but id accept them destroying the post office and the shit job they do)

Posted by: Rbastid at December 21, 2023 06:59 AM (naN+4)

134
Most of the temp files will not have a ".tmp" extension. For example, Edge and Chrome, in their updates, download a ton of shit and put in the TEMP tree. It will have all sorts of extensions.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 07:00 AM (Mzdiz)

135 Spot-on Anna!

Cat Planet Cuties for the win!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 21, 2023 07:01 AM (kc18b)

136 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at December 21, 2023 06:49 AM (NBVIP)

Haven't been out thar yet, but I'm sure its frozen.

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 07:01 AM (T4tVD)

137 "Most of the temp files will not have a ".tmp" extension"

That's right. A search will show you where they are all hiding though.

Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

138 Rbastid

Bought something on Oct 26 off eBay. Shipped via USPS. Tracking stopped on Nov. 4. Waited and waited. Three weeks later I filed a claim via PayPal to get my money refunded. Got my money and without any updates on Nov 28 the original purchase arrived.

Did you see the AnimEigo Kickstarter for Macorss II: Lovers Again is about to reach $200,000?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2023 07:02 AM (4120o)

139
Installers of all kinds will dump verbose log files in the Temp tree. And will not delete them.

Again, Miley's laptop, in about 2 months since I last manually cleaned it up, accumulated 22GB of such temp files, 100,00o+ files in 10,000 directories under the Temp tree.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 21, 2023 07:03 AM (Mzdiz)

140 Huh. Out of curiosity I checked, one of the temp files had 4.5gb of files in it. Heh. This laptop is ancient.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 07:05 AM (zZu0s)

141 Morning, Tech Peeps

Happy last day of autumn.

Posted by: fluffy at December 21, 2023 07:06 AM (86W+h)

142 In the Southern states, where slavery was widely supported, Lincoln’s name was deliberately excluded from the ballot. This was done by the Southern Democratic Party as a protest against Lincoln’s anti-slavery stance. As a result, Lincoln was not an option for voters in ten Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

Dems sure do love them some anti-democratic rules.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 07:07 AM (lwOKI)

143 Rbastid

20% of my letters sent since August did not arrive. Something is very amiss in the US Post Office.

One went to Ben Had's postal mail box, and was returned as undeliverable. Round trip: 21 days.

My best friend's letter was returned as "House vacant." He was 3 weeks late mowing the grass while he attended his mom in hospital.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 21, 2023 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

144 Evidently one of the best ways to check the temp is via a birdbath.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 21, 2023 07:11 AM (NBVIP)

145 Insty:
PAULA BOLYARD: Time for an Adult Conversation About the 2024 Election. “Radio talker Steve Deace warned yesterday that if Republicans don’t start living in reality, there won’t be a country to leave behind for our children.”

I disagree strongly with the premise that Trump can’t win in November, but there is something to be said about his wrecking ball campaign leaving the GOP bench leveled in the out years.

Posted at 7:04 am by Stephen Green

Me: Stephen, you are one of the people not living in reality. Trump is not 'wrecking the bench' of the republican party, numbnuts. You still do not grok that this is not business as usual, do you? And that it only tangentially has to do with Trump- he is just forcing them to act more and more visibly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 07:12 AM (zZu0s)

146 The temp files issues has been around forever and it's astounding that Microsoft hasn't fixed it. I suppose they are more concerned about pushing newsfeeds to your gadget bar hovering over your active desktop sidebar thingy.
Posted by: fd at December 21, 2023 06:29 AM (vFG9F)

If I had to guess, it's because every time MSoft tried to add a free utility to Windows someone who sold a similar tool would sue them and the courts would rule against them so they shifted to spending all their time trying to make Windows as much like MacOS (in appearance) as possible... annoying as that is to real humans.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 21, 2023 07:12 AM (1Z8zZ)

147 >>> Ed Meese is still alive? I would have lost money on that bet.

Same.

Turns out he is about 1 1/2 years younger than Thomas Sowell.

Posted by: fluffy at December 21, 2023 07:14 AM (86W+h)

148 So where do all these temp files accumulate? I see a folder that says Temp, but are there other locations?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 06:39 AM (221Hu)

Type %temp% into the location bar and it'll take you there.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 21, 2023 07:14 AM (1Z8zZ)

149 Have a great day, everyone.

May beauty and peace surround you.

Last full school day of the year.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 21, 2023 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

150 20% of my letters sent since August did not arrive. Something is very amiss in the US Post Office.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 21, 2023 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

Concur. I try and avoid the Post Orifice, but when I visit one, the employees all look like freak a leaks, purple haired, fat, multi colored sodomites who if laid off the crime rate would increase four fold.

The delivery freaks are even worse. The good ones are drunk, high on crack and make Newman look competent and just not give two fucks.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 21, 2023 07:15 AM (puDky)

151 "Time for an Adult Conversation About the 2024 Election."

That time is over. Right now it's time for bickering and backbiting until everyone can get behind the true adult in the room Nikki Haley.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 21, 2023 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

152 Jya ne!

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2023 07:17 AM (4120o)

153
If we have outgoing mail we only put it in the mailbox shortly before the mailman is due to arrive. Outgoing checks we drop off inside the post office. The thievery going on under Bidenomics is terrible.

They take your checks and erase the name on the 'Pay to the order of' line and substitute some crooked grocer. Who probably pays them fifty cents on the dollar, with which they then buy some fvcking fentanyl from China smuggled across the southern border.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 07:17 AM (enJYY)

154 Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2023 07:02 AM (4120o)

Unfortunately I'm the seller. So even though I can show the item was sent, I'm not sure Ebay cares, and will just refund the buyer from my bank account and I'll have to deal with the morons at the post office. Also sucks for the buyer, as I assume it was Christmas gifts (two pretty rare Lego sets) so that'll screw him up too. Plus I'd hate the idea some shitty postal worker probably stole it for themselves.

Is it going to be an Anniplex release where they put every episode in its own limited edition box and sell it for like $300? I would have loved to buy March Comes in Like a Lion from them, but it would cost the price of a car.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 21, 2023 07:18 AM (naN+4)

155 Jya ne!
Posted by: Anna Puma

Gesundheidt !

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 07:20 AM (T4tVD)

156 "Time for an Adult Conversation About the 2024 Election."

Posted by: Nikki Haley at December 21, 2023 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

When do the primaries start? I really want to get past the "this person who has zero chance of being elected is super awesome" phase.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 21, 2023 07:20 AM (1Z8zZ)

157
20% of my letters sent since August did not arrive. Something is very amiss in the US Post Office.

__________

"We collect them, but if you want them delivered, well, we're going to have to raise rates." - USPS

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 07:21 AM (221Hu)

158 They take your checks and erase the name on the 'Pay to the order of' line and substitute some crooked grocer. Who probably pays them fifty cents on the dollar, with which they then buy some fvcking fentanyl from China smuggled across the southern border.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 07:17 AM (enJYY)

Had that happen a year or so ago, and anyone cashing the check would see how blatent it was, as they just wrote directly over the amount in a different pen. Thankfully the bank didn't send the cash, or else it would have bounced a few checks, including our property tax.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 21, 2023 07:21 AM (naN+4)

159
I drop US mail off at a postal shop we use, not the post office. The office in our tiny town made the news for inefficiency and incompetence.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 07:22 AM (221Hu)

160 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2023 07:24 AM (PQ4m2)

161 When do the primaries start? I really want to get past the "this person who has zero chance of being elected is super awesome" phase.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 21, 2023 07:20 AM (1Z8zZ)

Considering both French and McMuffin, if Trump gets the nod, I expect that to continue up to and past election day.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 07:24 AM (zZu0s)

162 *Last full school day of the year.*

And the shortest day.

Posted by: Goodbye darkness my old friend at December 21, 2023 07:26 AM (NBVIP)

163
Anyone saying "It's time for a conversation about [X]" should be flogged with a knout. Because the person saying it isn't interested in what anyone else has to say.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 07:26 AM (221Hu)

164 Good morning all! Happy Thursday!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 21, 2023 07:27 AM (iF0sF)

165 I really want to get past the "this person who has zero chance of being elected is super awesome" phase.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 21, 2023 07:20 AM (1Z8zZ)

Considering both French and McMuffin, if Trump gets the nod, I expect that to continue up to and past election day.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 07:24 AM (zZu0s)

I was thinking more about people on this blog.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 21, 2023 07:28 AM (1Z8zZ)

166 163
Anyone saying "It's time for a conversation about [X]" should be flogged with a knout. Because the person saying it isn't interested in what anyone else has to say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 07:26 AM (221Hu)

At least the Flagellants mostly just annoyed themselves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 07:28 AM (zZu0s)

167 Hiya Cap'n !

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 07:28 AM (T4tVD)

168 I was thinking more about people on this blog.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 21, 2023 07:28 AM (1Z8zZ)

Heh. That will pretty much never stop.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 07:29 AM (zZu0s)

169 Hiya Jewells !

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 07:29 AM (T4tVD)

170 Hiya JT!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 21, 2023 07:30 AM (iF0sF)

171 Anyone who starts off a conversation with, It's time we had an adult conversation, is a pedophile or trying to flim flam you, probably both.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 21, 2023 07:30 AM (XV/Pl)

172
"I think we can all agree..." is also another person who is full of shit.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 07:31 AM (enJYY)

173 I may have to brave the crowds and go buy a new laptop. I've had it with this piece of shit.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 21, 2023 07:33 AM (iF0sF)

174 @173

>>I may have to brave the crowds and go buy a new laptop. I've had it with this piece of shit.

Buy a Mac, you'll thank me later.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 21, 2023 07:34 AM (XV/Pl)

175 172
"I think we can all agree..." is also another person who is full of shit.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 07:31 AM (enJYY)

Both phrases feel like... psychotherapy and corporate speak. Non confrontational while at the same time being condescending.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 07:34 AM (zZu0s)

176 171 Anyone who starts off a conversation with, It's time we had an adult conversation, is a pedophile or trying to flim flam you, probably both.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 21, 2023 07:30 AM (XV/Pl)

Let me be perfectly honest with you

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 07:34 AM (lwOKI)

177 I may have to brave the crowds and go buy a new laptop. I've had it with this piece of shit.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 21, 2023 07:33 AM (iF0sF)

LOL, That's the attitude.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2023 07:34 AM (PQ4m2)

178 Aren't Macs expensive? Kind of a limited budget here.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 21, 2023 07:36 AM (iF0sF)

179 Buy a Mac, you'll thank me later.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 21, 2023 07:34 AM (XV/Pl)

I'd agree with that.
I am a Mac guy in my personal life
And have had a lot of Windows Computers with the Navy

Mac's are better. Even if the company is left wing POS, but then they all are

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2023 07:36 AM (PQ4m2)

180 still praying for you, jewells!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 21, 2023 07:36 AM (kc18b)

181 172
"I think we can all agree..." is also another person who is full of shit.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 07:31 AM (enJYY)

I think there needs to be a conflict in many situations. Look at the times the (R)s should be conflicted with the (D)s but end up in a compromise that moves the ball to the (D)s 19 yard line.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 07:36 AM (lwOKI)

182 Aren't Macs expensive? Kind of a limited budget here.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 21, 2023 07:36 AM (iF0sF)

When you add it all up, maybe a tad, but they last longer, work better, need less accessories. And you can get deals to pay them off in a year monthly.

But yes a tad more expensive

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 21, 2023 07:37 AM (PQ4m2)

183 still praying for you, jewells!

Thank you! I still need them!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 21, 2023 07:37 AM (iF0sF)

184 176 171 Anyone who starts off a conversation with, It's time we had an adult conversation, is a pedophile or trying to flim flam you, probably both.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 21, 2023 07:30 AM (XV/Pl)

Let me be perfectly honest with you.

At the end the day I'm not gonna lie.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 21, 2023 07:38 AM (NBVIP)

185 present

Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 07:39 AM (geLO8)

186 Let me be perfectly honest with you.

At the end the day I'm not gonna lie.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 21, 2023 07:38 AM (NBVIP)

To be fair, 'to be fair...' is another one of these. And hell, I use it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 07:39 AM (zZu0s)

187 Hiya JT!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 21, 2023 07:30 AM (iF0sF)

Posted by: JT at December 21, 2023 07:39 AM (T4tVD)

188 Buy a Mac, you'll thank me later.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 21, 2023 07:34 AM (XV/Pl)

If you can find a "Like New" version on MacOfAllTrades I've had a lot of luck with the item being actually new and unused. My current mac was a 3 year old model when I got it, saved about 80% off retail, and it was completely new except for what looks like a space on the bottom where a sticker was taken off.

But yeah, as much as I hate Macs, they're solid and pretty trouble free (watch mine now explode later today)

Posted by: Rbastid at December 21, 2023 07:40 AM (naN+4)

189 Aren't Macs expensive? Kind of a limited budget here.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 21, 2023 07:36 AM (iF0sF)

It's not so much the cost as the uselessness.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 21, 2023 07:41 AM (1Z8zZ)

190 huh, out here among the cows & corn the postal service seems to work pretty okay, stuff is safe, staffed by normies.

life in blue america vs. Red America, amirite?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 21, 2023 07:41 AM (kc18b)

191
Anyone starts using one of those expressions it's time to start counting the silverware.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 21, 2023 07:42 AM (enJYY)

192 We need to talk

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 07:43 AM (lwOKI)

193 192 We need to talk
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 07:43 AM (lwOKI)

The 'we' statements are the red flag.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 07:43 AM (zZu0s)

194
JJ be here

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 07:44 AM (lwOKI)

195 JJ is up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 21, 2023 07:44 AM (zZu0s)

196 176 171 Anyone who starts off a conversation with, It's time we had an adult conversation, is a pedophile or trying to flim flam you, probably both.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 21, 2023 07:30 AM (XV/Pl)

Let me be perfectly honest with you
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 21, 2023 07:34 AM (lwOKI)

Be that as it may...

Here's the thing...

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 21, 2023 07:44 AM (E8t1e)

197 Personal fave: irregardless

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 21, 2023 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

198 inefficiency and incompetence.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 21, 2023 07:22 AM (221Hu)

Should be the shoulder patch for the USPS.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 21, 2023 07:46 AM (puDky)

199 197 Personal fave: irregardless

"Utilize."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 21, 2023 07:50 AM (NBVIP)

200 *Should be the shoulder patch for the USPS.*

I don't work in the rain.

Posted by: Newman at December 21, 2023 07:52 AM (NBVIP)

201 "Remember...."

"I hear you, but....."

Posted by: goatexchange at December 21, 2023 07:54 AM (hyS0X)

202 5 Present!
Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 04:01 AM (x7m+Z)

185 present
Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2023 07:39 AM (geLO

; -)

Posted by: m at December 21, 2023 10:42 AM (x7m+Z)

203 I'm making a note that Pixy has promised CATGIRLS in 5 years time.

I'll settle for wolf-girls.

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