Daily Tech News 27 February 2024

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Elon Musk roasted Microsoft for requiring use of a Microsoft online account when setting up a new PC. (Tom's Hardware)

It's still possible to get around this, but Microsoft keeps making it more difficult. And if your laptop finds and connects to a nearby free WiFi point, the usual options don't work.

(This is a problem I no longer have; the only WiFi networks I can see from my house are my own router and the solar arrays on my roof.)

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Micron has announced volume production of 24GB HBM3E... Things. (AnandTech)

They're not chips exactly - each one is technically a stack of eight individual chips - but they're not what we usually regard as memory modules, because there's no circuit board.

Anyway, bandwidth of a single thing is 1.2 terabytes per second, about 100 times faster that the fastest SSDs, and 10 times faster than high-speed dual-channel DDR5.
Intel has shown off it's upcoming 288 core Granite Rapids D server CPU. (AnandTech)

That's a lot of cores. They're "Efficiency" cores, so they have half the performance of Intel's "Performance" cores, but they're a quarter the size and use a quarter the power, so it's a fair tradeoff.

This CPU will arrive next year, and face off against AMD's 128 core Zen 5 and 192 core Zen 5c CPUs. Performance will be similar on some workloads, though the AMD chips will mop the floor with Intel on anything that uses AVX-512, because Intel's Efficiency cores don't have AVX-512.
Physicists have achieved the first demonstration of non-abelian anyons in a quantum processor. (Phys.org)

No, I don't know what that means either.
Re-benchmarking the 7900 GRE now that it's actually available to buy. (Tom's Hardware)

It's pretty decent, though not remarkable. If you want to play games without ray tracing, it's a solid pick. If you want to play games with ray-tracing, less so, though it's not embarrassingly bad.

For accelerating Blender and AI workloads you're definitely better off with an Nvidia card. And if you want to run professional 3D software like CAD, it's somewhere between 8% and 1500% faster than Nvidia.

Nvidia deliberately limits their gaming cards on professional workloads, so there are cases where entry-level AMD cards outrun even an RTX 4090.
The EU is investigating Apple to determine whether it needs to investigate Apple over Apple's assassination of persistent web apps in the EU. (The Verge)

Unless it isn't.
HP has a new model of the Pavilion Aero 13. (Liliputing)

They removed the Four Essential Keys. Otherwise it's basically unchanged, so buy the old model if you can.
If YouTube were a newspaper, how much would it weigh? (The Verge)

Not an entirely frivolous question. The Supreme Court has been hearing oral arguments in the Netchoice cases involving Texas and Florida laws forbidding viewpoint discrimination by social networks.

Both sides are arguing largely by analogy, so the justices have been having fun forcing them to defend their analogies.
Canada meanwhile plans to force social networks to remove "harmful content". (Market Screener)

By "harmful content" they mean, uh, revenge porn and what is now referred to as CSAM, both of which are actually illegal in all decent places.

So... Okay, Canada, you win this time.

Disclaimer: Oh my God, it's full of idiots.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2024 04:04 AM (fwDg9)

2 G'day Skip

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 27, 2024 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

3
Get Rufus. ISO USB burner (and some other things). A while back, maybe about a month, I forget, I did a clean install of Win11 to a new partition here on my main laptop.

Rufus know some registry shit to manipulate the install image on the USB stick (or the ISO thereof it creates) that will get around a lot of this MS shit, like requiring a MS account, TPM 2.0 and all that.

It worked for me. I got a working, bare bones clean install of Win11, a BIOS install (non-UEFI).

Problem was, I had it create me a user account, regular, non MS account. But, by default, it creates that account without a password. That caused some hiccup. I got around it, but I forget exactly.

Now, it's possible that, one month later, MS disabled whatever Rufus does that allows this....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 27, 2024 04:12 AM (w6EFb)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 04:12 AM (sAmhv)

5 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 27, 2024 04:12 AM (omVj0)

6 Made it by a cat's whisker!

Evening and morning to all the early risers and late toilers! Compared to Sunday night's fretful and interrupted sleep, last night's was quite good. And payday is coming, so there's that.

The cops still have not caught that escapee, the second-degree murderer and lifer who pepper-sprayed a deputy and stole her cop car. Turns out he abandoned it in a shopping center lot only a half mile from here. I've taken to carrying my pepper spray and told Miss Linda to (a) be very careful where she walks and (b) carry her spray too. With any luck the scumbag will have stolen another car and headed the hell out of town.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 27, 2024 04:18 AM (omVj0)

7 Yea, I'm pretty happy with Linux Mint. Whenever Win10 stops updating on this laptop, I'll just install Linux Mint. I've read MS extended the no more updates for W10. We'll see I guess. I've been looking at mini-PCs and renewed laptops. I have pretty old stuff. The WS is about 20 years old now (Linux). I have 2 laptops, six (Linux) and nine years old (Win10). They won't run forever but seem to be trying too. The six year old laptop gets cranky at times.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 04:20 AM (sAmhv)

8 The Problem of Human Specialness in the Age of AI

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=7784

Good one; 10-minute(?) read.

Posted by: m at February 27, 2024 04:22 AM (o3SCB)

9 Mid 40s here in Babylon DC. Might take a walk in the dark. This area isn't to bad, crime wise.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 04:26 AM (sAmhv)

10 MS now says that Windows 10 will reach EOL (end of life) on Oct. 25h, 2025. No more updates and security shit after that. 22H2 (Second half of 2022) is the late major update.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 27, 2024 04:28 AM (w6EFb)

11 MS now says that Windows 10 will reach EOL (end of life) on Oct. 25h, 2025.

Ok. Thanks. Didn't know how long the extended the 'drop dead, get our new crappy OS date'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 04:33 AM (sAmhv)

12 Coffee is up

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2024 04:33 AM (fwDg9)

13 Saw a alert heavy rain here in Pa this afternoon, hope home before that arrives

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2024 04:34 AM (fwDg9)

14
Whoops, that's Oct 14th, 2025, not the 25th.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 27, 2024 04:34 AM (w6EFb)

15 >>>If YouTube were a newspaper, how much would it weigh? (The Verge)
Not an entirely frivolous question. The Supreme Court has been hearing oral arguments in the Netchoice cases involving Texas and Florida laws forbidding viewpoint discrimination by social networks.
Both sides are arguing largely by analogy, so the justices have been having fun forcing them to defend their analogies.

This sounds like fun! Seriously.

Posted by: m at February 27, 2024 04:37 AM (o3SCB)

16 Is YooToob classed as a social network? I tend to think that term would apply to X, Instagram, reddit, and things like that. To me YT is an entertainment platform. Of course if you log in you can post comments and interact with other users, so maybe it is social.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 27, 2024 04:41 AM (omVj0)

17 I see Linux Mint will also run on Macs. The laptop I have here is a ten-year-old MacBook Air and it's flashing along fine. And I've inherited one of the big desktop Macs, I've forgotten the model, that I know runs; but it might be a good idea to put Mint on that? Good project for the week after I retire.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 27, 2024 04:44 AM (omVj0)

18
WOW, Wolfus. I hope that killer runs far from you. Did he spray the cop with her own pepper spray?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at February 27, 2024 04:49 AM (lCaJd)

19 Internet was out again
Making me think a major problem and they are trying to fix it

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2024 04:51 AM (fwDg9)

20 WOW, Wolfus. I hope that killer runs far from you. Did he spray the cop with her own pepper spray?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at February 27, 2024

***
No, the story mentioned that she still had her own on her belt. They don't know where he got the stuff. They'd taken him to a nearby hospital for some kind of treatment. Then, as they were leaving, he kicked up some fuss in the back seat. She got out -- maybe to make sure he was secured -- and he sprayed her, then got away with her police car.

I work out in my relatively quiet neighborhood early in the am. If he hasn't been nabbed by tomorrow, I may skip my workout on Wednesday, and I'll bring my own spray along when I do go.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 27, 2024 04:59 AM (omVj0)

21 Time to shave and shower, then feed the livestock and me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 27, 2024 04:59 AM (omVj0)

22 I'll be back. Going to walk in the chill air.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 05:01 AM (sAmhv)

23 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 27, 2024 05:07 AM (ju2Fy)

24 Morning all!

Weird weather here. 70 for a high today (steaks on the grill for lunch, YAY)

20 degrees overnight with a high of 30 tomorrow. 16 degrees tomorrow night. Then, it starts to warm up again.

It's that time of the year when I have 3 different type of coats by the door.

Posted by: Bruce at February 27, 2024 05:22 AM (vd8XM)

25
(This is a problem I no longer have; the only WiFi networks I can see from my house are my own router and the solar arrays on my roof.)

Your solar panels are networked? Seems odd or interesting. One of them.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 05:22 AM (nIvob)

26 . . . .achieved the first demonstration of non-abelian anyons in a quantum processor. (Phys.org)

Clearly, they've automatically synchronized the cardinal grammeters.

Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2024 05:26 AM (mSy8I)

27 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 05:31 AM (ENQN6)

28 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports on cybersecurity concerns with 3 new Chinese-manufactured cranes that have been installed at the Port of Oakland. Cranes manufactured by the same Chinese company were found to contain intelligence-gathering devices at Port of Balitimore. 80% of ship-to-shore cranes on the U.S. west coast were also manufactured by the same company.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2024 05:33 AM (RIvkX)

29
I can see all sorts of networks to choose from around my location. I think that some wi-fi is wider then people imagine. Nearest neighbor is 300 feet from my house, next nearest 500 feet.

If I can see them, then they can probably see me. Maybe its time to rename my wi-fi into something paranoia inducing which would make them pull their heads out their asses.

Maybe 'SinaloaCartelBro'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 05:34 AM (nIvob)

30 Cranes manufactured by the same Chinese company were found to contain intelligence-gathering devices at Port of Balitimore. 80% of ship-to-shore cranes on the U.S. west coast were also manufactured by the same company.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

We must be the most studiously ignorant country on the planet.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2024 05:34 AM (mSy8I)

31 Trump was asked to explain what a non-albelian anyon. And, yeah, he was able to explain that they are a new phase of matter that is inly theoretical but was recently simulated in a quantum computer, he pronounced them "ainey-ons" how fucking stupid can you be. Totally has dementia. Unqualified!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 05:36 AM (2ovLw)

32 China must have millions of people monitoring all of the devices they have implanted spyware in.
Gotta admit they played the long game on that one.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 05:39 AM (2ovLw)

33 Confucius says
Chinese make it they own it

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2024 05:40 AM (fwDg9)

34
We must be the most studiously ignorant country on the planet.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2024 05:34 AM

'10% to the Big Guy' may go down in history as the moment the country was doomed.

Sold down the river by a drug addict and his father for a Delaware beach house and a pile of crack cocaine.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 05:40 AM (nIvob)

35 Elon has been teasing an xMail, xPhone, xGoogle and now a Tesla laptop.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 27, 2024 05:43 AM (hbjSA)

36 A man in prison reflects on his time in prison and how we can-by the Holy Spirit - use our sufferings to transform lives:

http://tinyurl.com/5n84tn2j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2024 05:44 AM (SY/Qk)

37 Sold down the river by a drug addict and his father for a Delaware beach house and a pile of crack cocaine.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

And a 50 gal drum of Love's Baby Soft for sleepovers.

Posted by: Bruce at February 27, 2024 05:44 AM (vd8XM)

38 Short road again today, mostly clear now and think above freezing
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2024 05:44 AM (cGXBu)

39 Local TV news reports two small east Bay cities came under cyberattack last Thursday. Their systems and processes have not yet recovered.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2024 05:44 AM (RIvkX)

40 So is my internet

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2024 05:45 AM (cGXBu)

41 The fact that Joe wasn't run out of the WH on a rail as soon as the "10% for the big guy" was exposed tells you the country is doomed.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 05:46 AM (2ovLw)

42 Have a good one Skip

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2024 05:47 AM (RIvkX)

43 Short road again today, mostly clear now and think above freezing
Forward Dog 9 out
Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2024 05:44 AM (cGXBu)

Have a good one and stay safe !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2024 05:48 AM (T4tVD)

44 Hiya

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2024 05:48 AM (T4tVD)

45 104 year old woman stresses the importance of giving thanks to God:

http://tinyurl.com/ye5cawhd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2024 05:48 AM (Ki//m)

46
Half of this country is so far beneath average IQ that if it wasn't for the autonomous part of their brain they wouldn't remember to breath.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 05:50 AM (nIvob)

47 HAAAAAAAAA! HAHAHAHAHAHA-ack Couuuuugh! Coooooooooo! Hack! *paroxism of bronchitis coughing*

Weaponry systems in Ukraine, many of which were supplied by European countries, have been rendered unworkable, not due to Russian interference, but because of damage caused by mice and other rodents. Seemingly, these creatures have developed a preference for cable insulation made of corn fiber over synthetic materials. This predilection leads to malfunctioning electrical installations, rendering the expensive equipment essentially worthless, and requiring rapid overhauling.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 05:51 AM (2ovLw)

48 Their systems and processes have not yet recovered.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

City activities interrupted - Is this necessarily a bad thing?

*Adopts Jack Benny posture*

"I'm thinking!"

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2024 05:52 AM (mSy8I)

49 The dissemination of attacks on Biden is part of a continuing effort by Moscow to undercut American military aid to Ukraine and U.S. support for and solidarity with NATO, experts said.

People that say Experts Said deserve a dick punch.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 05:52 AM (ENQN6)

50
People that say 'Experts Said' deserve a ~~dick~~ throat punch.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 05:52 AM

FTFY. A throat punch so hard they start to see the light.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 05:56 AM (nIvob)

51 I was gonna guess the kid was AF intel, but IT is close enough. How did his friends/chain of command miss this radicalization?

“I am an active duty member of the US Air Force,” he said, “and I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people in Palestine have been experiencing at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all.[“]

Hamas successfully burned another victim alive, and this time all they needed was MSNBC.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 05:57 AM (2ovLw)

52 In a statement to Variety, a BBFC spokesperson said that the film 'includes two uses of the discriminatory term ‘hottentots’.
‘Mary Poppins’ is therefore classified the film PG for discriminatory language.'

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 05:59 AM (ENQN6)

53 I was gonna guess the kid was AF intel, but IT is close enough. How did his friends/chain of command miss this radicalization?
====
Because he is not a radical. His radical views have been mainstreamed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2024 06:00 AM (RIvkX)

54 I was gonna guess the kid was AF intel, but IT is close enough. How did his friends/chain of command miss this radicalization?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

To separate the noteworthily 'weird' from IT is a Herculean task.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2024 06:02 AM (mSy8I)

55
Hopefully he felt two million times the pain of the infant that Hamas put into an oven on October 7th.

I am in no mood to suffer idiots today. Fvck the Boy Scouts of America.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 06:02 AM (nIvob)

56 Because he is not a radical. His radical views have been mainstreamed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

What do dat mean ?

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2024 06:03 AM (T4tVD)

57 From Big Blue
Raylan Givens
@JewishWarrior13
The Jordanian army dropped aid to Gaza, and the entire thing fell into the sea… you can't make this shit up…
===

The story of the Hashemite Kingdom all in one tweet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2024 06:03 AM (RIvkX)

58 In a statement to Variety, a BBFC spokesperson said that the film 'includes two uses of the discriminatory term ‘hottentots’.
‘Mary Poppins’ is therefore classified the film PG for discriminatory language.'

Posted by: rhennigantx

Hot for tots and hot to trot are still okey dokey though

Posted by: Bruce at February 27, 2024 06:04 AM (vd8XM)

59 Priests laughs as little girl high fives him during blessing:

http://tinyurl.com/mtwhtpem

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2024 06:04 AM (/fH2w)

60 @17

>>I see Linux Mint will also run on Macs. The laptop I have here is a ten-year-old MacBook Air and it's flashing along fine.

The underlying OS on Macs, circa 2001 and above is Unix, not sure why you would load Linux on a Mac.

And unlike Windows MacOS doesn't bloat which is why your 10 year old MacBook is working fine.

Don't mess with it. If you want to learn Linux, get some inexpensive refurbed HP sff computer off of Amazon, you could probably pick up something decent for less than 150 bucks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2024 06:08 AM (XV/Pl)

61 The Dutch, who were the first to meet these inhabitants of the Black Continent, were surprised by their unusual language, replete with clicking sounds. Therefore, the colonialists called them hottentot, which means stutterer in Dutch.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:09 AM (2ovLw)

62 ZOD.

Posted by: ZOD at February 27, 2024 06:09 AM (5HQE5)

63 The nomadic bushmen who communicate with clicks and beeps are totally offended that a movie produced 8000 miles away, which they probably don't know exists called them hottentots.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:10 AM (2ovLw)

64 AP: USAF Noncom Demonstrator Successfully Transitions From White To Black

Posted by: ZOD at February 27, 2024 06:12 AM (5HQE5)

65 AP: USAF Noncom Demonstrator Successfully Transitions From White To Black
Posted by: ZOD

He made an ash of himself.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2024 06:14 AM (mSy8I)

66 49 The dissemination of attacks on Biden is part of a continuing effort by Moscow to undercut American military aid to Ukraine and U.S. support for and solidarity with NATO, experts said.

People that say Experts Said deserve a dick punch.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Experts Say that any attempts at a dick punch is true indication that you are a Russian Stooge and an Enemy of the New Order. -The Experts, now putting on a cup.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 06:14 AM (sAmhv)

67 5 gratitude practices to brighten your day:

http://tinyurl.com/23xpvw9f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2024 06:15 AM (+8yyq)

68 The_Real_Fly
@The_Real_Fly
·
Follow
"Pedophilia is not a crime, it's an identity"
- Rep Katie Porter (D)

Senate candidate competing against Adam Schiff. A party of perverts and liars.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2024 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

69 One way or another a DeSantis was going to take Trump down.

The alleged 'plant' in questionf is Jeff DiSantis - the county's Deputy DA, who not only worked on Willis's 2020 campaign and was the former Executive Director of the Democrat Party of Georgia, he was the DNC's deputy director of compliance.

Sources credit DiSantis with colluding with the White House to target Trump. “DiSantis did this,” one source told Breitbart News about the Trump case. “He’s the one. He is the one pulling all the strings. He was the one that walled her [Willis] off. He was in every important meeting. He is the brainchild behind this. That is the connection to the White House.”

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:16 AM (2ovLw)

70 >>He made an ash of himself.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2024 06:14 AM (mSy8I)

It was a fuelish decision.

Posted by: ZOD at February 27, 2024 06:17 AM (5HQE5)

71 51:How did his friends/chain of command miss this radicalization?

24/7 Newz Propaganda and Modern Day Skooling. His friends are probably the same and his chain of command are petrified to do anything as they want to gain rank. The upper command encourages this because DEI.

(Just pondering and speculating)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 06:17 AM (sAmhv)

72 He made an ash of himself.
Posted by: Tonypete

It was a fuelish decision.
Posted by: ZOD

He displayed his burning passion.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2024 06:17 AM (mSy8I)

73 Regardless of the WH plant, the WH meetings, the inappropriate relationships.... none of that affects the integrity of the case! This is the most fair prosecution in the history of the country! It is as if George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams are personally running the trial with Abe Lincoln as judge!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:18 AM (2ovLw)

74 Good morning early risers!

I'm getting a puppy.

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 27, 2024 06:20 AM (PzBTm)

75 Pedophilia:

"I drive an ice-cream truck that does not have ice cream in it."

Pedophobia:

"I'd prefer not to ever sit next to the table with the screaming kids, ever."

Posted by: ZOD at February 27, 2024 06:20 AM (5HQE5)

76
"Pedophilia is not a crime, it's an identity"
- Rep Katie Porter (D)

There are two definitions of bankrupt in my mind, a financial type and a moral type. The Boy Scouts of America is morally bankrupt and should be 100% financially bankrupt. They knew pedophiles were in the organization.

Not 20% bankrupt. Fvck you. Start over again... with nothing. Maybe get it right this time. You had one hundred years of totally fvcking up.

Ten times as many former Boy Scouts came forward with claims of sexual abuse as the BSA 'projected'. Die in a fire you sons of bitches.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 06:20 AM (nIvob)

77 ....DNC's deputy director of compliance

The Director of Compliance takes on a sinister tone in the context of the DNC.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:21 AM (2ovLw)

78 >>because DEI.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 06:17 AM (sAmhv)

Douse. Emote. Ignite.

Posted by: ZOD at February 27, 2024 06:21 AM (5HQE5)

79 You really need to suspect something is amiss when a grown man really wants to run a troop, but does not have a kid in the scouts.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:22 AM (2ovLw)

80 Don't mess with it. If you want to learn Linux, get some inexpensive refurbed HP sff computer off of Amazon, you could probably pick up something decent for less than 150 bucks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2024 06:08 AM (XV/Pl)

cant you run linux in a sandbox or dual boot

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 06:24 AM (ENQN6)

81 68 The_Real_Fly
@The_Real_Fly
·
Follow
"Pedophilia is not a crime, it's an identity"
- Rep Katie Porter (D)

Senate candidate competing against Adam Schiff. A party of perverts and liars.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

That's quite the choice out in Cali.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 06:24 AM (sAmhv)

82 'Tis 67 F. outdoors. A light jacket this morning, I guess, and I can ditch that when it hits 80 this p.m. (Foul. It wouldn't be bad if it were dry, or if this were late April.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 27, 2024 06:24 AM (omVj0)

83 So here you go.

If you want to experiment with Linux, you could get this...

http://tinyurl.com/4274wb9f

You could also get a seperate M.2 drive, install it, this model has a secondary m.2 slot, load linux on that drive, and keep the MS OS and have a dual boot machine.

It comes pre-loaded with Windows 10 and even though you technically cannot "upgrade" this unit to Win11, you absolutely can, there are numerous how to's on getting around that glitch.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2024 06:25 AM (XV/Pl)

84 San Fran

is that real

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 06:26 AM (ENQN6)

85 It starts out as a random article on a stupid site like Slate. "We aren't bad, we are MAPs!"

Within 5 years YOU are the one who is wrong for holding what was once the mainstream opinion.

Pedophilia is not a crime, it's an identity"
- Rep Katie Porter (D)

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:27 AM (2ovLw)

86 Ok, we all know what a Fag Hag is... but what is the technical term for a pleather clad sack of potatoes of a certain age who hangs around with and sucks up to p3d0s in a pathetic attempt at accumulating social status and clout?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 27, 2024 06:27 AM (9UlRk)

87 TODAY

2/27
80°
68°
Periods of sun; windy, warm
Breezy early; becoming cloudy

Pls pray for my friend Tim, he had a stroke Sunday.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 06:27 AM (ENQN6)

88 >>Katie Porter

has a face for radio.

Posted by: ZOD at February 27, 2024 06:28 AM (5HQE5)

89 >>Katie Porter

has a face for radio.
Posted by: ZOD at February 27, 2024 06:28 AM (5HQE5)

And a body for microwave.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 27, 2024 06:29 AM (9UlRk)

90 JT it was once a radical notion to cast the Arab Israeli conflict as colonial, but that idea has become current on the Left.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2024 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

91 pound puppy or fancy purebreed puppy

Posted by: Don Black at February 27, 2024 06:29 AM (geLO8)

92 @80

>>cant you run linux in a sandbox or dual boot

Sure can, Parallels works wonderfully on MacOS, but depending on the vintage of the OS, may not be supported, there are other VM's for older mac OS's.

I wouldn't necessarily install it on your daily driver if all you're going to be doing is dabbling and learning.

It's a lot simpler and straight forward to get a cheap second machine and install it on that in order to learn and tinker.

Hell, you can install numerous flavors of Linux on a 40 dollar Raspberry Pi, so that's another low cost route.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2024 06:30 AM (XV/Pl)

93 I got an email explaining how to read maps backwards.

It was spam.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 27, 2024 06:30 AM (hbjSA)

94 Pls pray for my friend Tim, he had a stroke Sunday.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 06:27 AM (ENQN6)

Okay

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2024 06:30 AM (T4tVD)

95 NYC Mayor Eric Adams Does a 'Stunning Turnaround' From Sanctuary City Awesomeness

Shit get real, fast.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 06:31 AM (ENQN6)

96
You really need to suspect something is amiss when a grown man really wants to run a troop, but does not have a kid in the scouts.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:22 AM

In my case, the Scoutmaster was married with no kids. He came to me after my abuser was told to pack his things and was expelled from the scout camp and asked me if I wanted to go home. I told him I'd stay. But I quit scouting a week or two later.

But something happened somewhere on the line. The building where my troop met was burned to the ground years later. That hardly seems coincidental. Also not coincidental is the fact that my best childhood friend joined scouting after I left and ate a bullet before graduating high school.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 06:31 AM (nIvob)

97 Just a question. Katie Porter's tag line is that she is just a mom with a minivan.

So, she would be totally ok with a 50 year old man having his way with her daughter, right?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:32 AM (2ovLw)

98 Congratulations on the new puppy! What kind?

Posted by: Mrs JTB at February 27, 2024 06:33 AM (zudum)

99 I hate moms with minivans.

Posted by: Grouchy-otoko at February 27, 2024 06:34 AM (9UlRk)

100 Aurora CO making it clear the city will not take illegals from other jurisdictions (read Denver) unless said jurisdiction also sends the funds to support/house those illegals

Posted by: Don Black at February 27, 2024 06:34 AM (geLO8)

101 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 06:35 AM (a1415)

102 "Uncommitted" is polling 9% in MI Democrat primary. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Arabs are pissed!

Posted by: logprof at February 27, 2024 06:36 AM (3T37a)

103 How widely reported has been the active airman who emulated himself at the Israeli embassy?

Posted by: logprof at February 27, 2024 06:36 AM (3T37a)

104 "Aurora CO making it clear the city will not take illegals from other jurisdictions (read Denver) unless said jurisdiction also sends the funds to support/house those illegals"

Aurora to Denver: This sounds like a 'You' problem, not a 'We' problem.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 06:37 AM (a1415)

105 With Windows 10, you just setup the machine with no network connection and you can avoid the Microsoft account, but Windows 11 will wait for the end of the planet for the network to be attached

Posted by: SMOD at February 27, 2024 06:37 AM (RovqD)

106 is that real
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 06:26 AM (ENQN6)
====

Video
http://tinyurl.com/3tj5edr8

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2024 06:37 AM (RIvkX)

107 Really? Happy, happy Rosasharn! What kind?

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 27, 2024 06:37 AM (QwWES)

108 In a statement to Variety, a BBFC spokesperson said that the film 'includes two uses of the discriminatory term ‘hottentots’.
‘Mary Poppins’ is therefore classified the film PG for discriminatory language.'

So far as I can see, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is still rated G despite Grandpa's line, "The shine from my brigadier's boots so blinded the fuzzy-wuzzy, they couldn't see to fight!"

Can't be long, though.

Work yet again. I will be very glad when this year is over.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 27, 2024 06:37 AM (Q0kLU)

109 A new study says scientists are on the verge of creating a DVD that can store 220,000 movies.

New "Super DVD" Can Hold More Movies Than You Can Ever Watch

Posted by: SMOD at February 27, 2024 06:38 AM (RovqD)

110 >>103 How widely reported has been the active airman who emulated himself at the Israeli embassy?
Posted by: logprof at February 27, 2024 06:36 AM (3T37a)

Formerly active airman.

Posted by: ZOD at February 27, 2024 06:38 AM (5HQE5)

111 >How widely reported has been the active airman who emulated himself at the Israeli embassy?

Posted by: logprof
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actually I think he deleted himself

Posted by: Don Black at February 27, 2024 06:38 AM (geLO8)

112 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:22 AM (2ovLw)

That could certainly be suspect. On the other hand, my 92 year old congregation member had three girls and no boys/ but he knew a lot of boys from the neighborhood- and ran scout troops for years because he enjoyed doing camping and hiking. Etc and wanted to do that with boys and teach them values and love of country. One of the kids on his troop told him " You were like a father to me" and still calls him Mr ( rather than by his first name ) to this day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2024 06:39 AM (Ki//m)

113
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Does a 'Stunning Turnaround' From Sanctuary City Awesomeness

The parents of the nursing student killed by someone that NYC should have either 1). Incarcerated or 2). Called ICE to deport - have a slam dunk case against New York City.

Two million in damages, two billion in punitive. What lawyer would not take that case?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 06:39 AM (nIvob)

114 @105

>>but Windows 11 will wait for the end of the planet for the network to be attached

The other inherent problem with needing an email account to setup a computer is that setting up a computer for a young child is now more complex and fraught with peril as it now forces your child to be online at all times.

In fact overall, setting up a Windows machine for a child is extraordinarily problematic to impossible.

If I didn't have a metric crap ton of MS Stock, I would be working towards their destruction night and day.

Now, I mostly try to avoid it at all costs.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2024 06:41 AM (XV/Pl)

115 New "Super DVD" Can Hold More Movies Than You Can Ever Watch
Posted by: SMOD at February 27, 2024 06:38 AM (RovqD)

But can I lift it ?

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2024 06:42 AM (T4tVD)

116 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 27, 2024 06:42 AM (NBVIP)

117 The Boy Scouts of America is morally bankrupt and should be 100% financially bankrupt. They knew pedophiles were in the organization.

Update:
The public schools of America are morally bankrupt and should be 100% financially bankrupt. They know pedophiles are in the organization.

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at February 27, 2024 06:42 AM (9X60i)

118 >>Katie Porter's tag line is that she is just a mom with a minivan.

A minivan with blacked-out windows, a bag of Snickers on the front seat, and tags that read "KIDYKAB"

Posted by: ZOD at February 27, 2024 06:43 AM (5HQE5)

119 46
Half of this country is so far beneath average IQ that if it wasn't for the autonomous part of their brain they wouldn't remember to breath.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 05:50 AM (nIvob)
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Well there is a blonde joke like that.

Posted by: Ciampino - that's a lot of splunge at February 27, 2024 06:47 AM (qfLjt)

120 Now how about a non-lethal protest at the Ukrainian Embassy?

Posted by: logprof at February 27, 2024 06:47 AM (3T37a)

121 118 >>Katie Porter's tag line is that she is just a mom with a minivan.

A minivan with blacked-out windows, a bag of Snickers on the front seat, and tags that read "KIDYKAB"
Posted by: ZOD

The Jame 'Buffalo Bill' Gumb Special.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 06:47 AM (sAmhv)

122 Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 06:27 AM (ENQN6)

Sorry about your friend, Tim. Will pray for him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2024 06:47 AM (i9c8y)

123 If Windows loads require giving AI a look at everything you do, I'm having trouble distinguishing between MSFT and the CCP., except I own stock in one and not the other.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 27, 2024 06:48 AM (74s8k)

124 So by the time I got done reading every word in this article about a shooting, my new-speak detectors pegged.

http://tinyurl.com/ysdb9ytx

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 06:48 AM (a1415)

125 124 So by the time I got done reading every word in this article about a shooting, my new-speak detectors pegged.

http://tinyurl.com/ysdb9ytx
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

AI wrote it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 27, 2024 06:51 AM (sAmhv)

126 46
A blonde goes into the beauty and hair parlor with her walkman on her head. "I need to take that walkman off your head," says the beauty specialist as she notices the blonde.

"You can't! I'll die!" retorts the blonde.

"I can't cut your hair with the walkman on your ears!" says the beauty specialist getting annoyed.

"I said you can't take it off, or I'll die!"

The beauty specialist, outraged and flustered, grabs the walkman and throws it off the head of the blonde. Within seconds, the blonde dies. When the specialist picks up the walkman to listen, she hears it repeating "breath in, breath out, breath in".

http://tinyurl.com/59kv6up8

Posted by: Ciampino - that's a lot of splunge ... at February 27, 2024 06:52 AM (qfLjt)

127 "AI wrote it."

I don't doubt it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 06:55 AM (a1415)

128 *looks skeptically*

But there's an important caveat to the fresh reporting. While Iran's enriched uranium is at this significantly higher level compared to 2015, the IAEA says the last several months have actually seen a reduction of its overall stockpile:

Iran reduced its stockpile of near weapons-grade nuclear material over the past 3½ months, the United Nations’ atomic watchdog said Monday, a surprise step likely to be welcomed by Western countries who have been alarmed by Iran’s buildup of highly enriched nuclear fuel.

Iran still has enough near-weapons grade material to fuel almost three nuclear weapons, underlining its status as a threshold nuclear-weapon state. However, by diluting some of its 60% enriched uranium in recent weeks to lower-grade material, its stockpile fell for the first time since it started producing the 60% nuclear fuel in 2021.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 06:56 AM (S+llt)

129 SpaceX wants to fly Starship in three weeks, and the FAA might agree, pending protests from Luddite Inc.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 27, 2024 06:56 AM (J6Kki)

130
So by the time I got done reading every word in this article about a shooting, my new-speak detectors pegged.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 06:48 AM

I was thinking about a scenario like this recently. Tens of thousands of Chinese flow across the border, secure guns, and then engage in totally random acts of violence keeping US citizens hiding in their own homes, afraid to even go out and vote on Election Day.

There's a Black Swan waiting somewhere in the wings this year.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 06:57 AM (nIvob)

131 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

132 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 06:59 AM (a1415)

133 Mornin', Horde.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 27, 2024 07:00 AM (Wnv9h)

134 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

The cold is returning. But that is in line with this thing called Winter.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

135
We shouldn't judge all Senators by the one who showers naked with his daughter, secures millions in bribes, and has a crack-head son. Got it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 07:01 AM (nIvob)

136 RBG writes in 2019:

The court ruled against Indiana for assessing a fine that was “grossly disproportionate” to the gravity of the offense. The state was seeking to confiscate defendant Tyson Timbs’ $42,000 Land Rover. The value was more than four times the maximum $10,000 fine that he was liable for in a criminal case that involved controlled substances and conspiracy to commit theft.

“The Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is an incorporated protection applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause,” the justices found.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:03 AM (ENQN6)

137 129 SpaceX wants to fly Starship in three weeks, and the FAA might agree, pending protests from Luddite Inc.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 27, 2024 06:56 AM (J6Kki)

FAA's imposition on SpaceX has nothing to do with Ludditism. It's about sending hither swarms of officers to harass Elon's people, and eat out his substance

Posted by: blaster at February 27, 2024 07:03 AM (IFNME)

138 Divide by Zero

Those entities (CCP & US Gov) are in cahoots, fur sure.

That high trust country we were raised in is gone.

I would challenge groups to get actual voter counts from urban polling places. If there is a discrepancy with voters and ballots, discard that site.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

139 “The Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is an incorporated protection applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause,” the justices found.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:03 AM (ENQN6)

Attention New York State....

Posted by: blaster at February 27, 2024 07:04 AM (IFNME)

140
However, by diluting some of its 60% enriched uranium in recent weeks to lower-grade material, its stockpile fell for the first time since it started producing the 60% nuclear fuel in 2021.

Yes, the uranium stockpiled has gotten smaller by diluting it. Some minor 2nd grade math is required to see the error.

We're into 'chocolate ration' reporting.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 07:05 AM (nIvob)

141 Morning peeps

Lot's of thunder and lightning around 5:30AM. Never really did get back to sleep.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 27, 2024 07:06 AM (Q4IgG)

142 138 Divide by Zero

Those entities (CCP & US Gov) are in cahoots, fur sure.

That high trust country we were raised in is gone.

I would challenge groups to get actual voter counts from urban polling places. If there is a discrepancy with voters and ballots, discard that site.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

Is it PA that has 56 counties with more voters than voting aged people?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:06 AM (ENQN6)

143 >“The Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is an incorporated protection applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause,” the justices found.

Posted by: rhennigantx
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good catch
and good luck getting a NY appeals court to rule the Trump judgment 'excessive'

Posted by: Don Black at February 27, 2024 07:07 AM (geLO8)

144 "According to a Johns Hopkins University study, Black students who had at least one black teacher by third grade were 13% more likely to enroll in college".

What a stupid worthless waste of time. They are saying that because they have non-black teachers, black students are less likely to go to college. Academia is full of racist retard leftys that wrap themselves in toilet paper they call a diploma.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at February 27, 2024 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

145 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

NOT frozen !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2024 07:07 AM (T4tVD)

146 Divide by Zero

Has the Iranian uranium stockpile gotten smaller by the about for 3 gun-type or implosion type weapons packages?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

147 I would challenge groups to get actual voter counts from urban polling places. If there is a discrepancy with voters and ballots, discard that site.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

This sounds like a hate crime.

Posted by: blaster at February 27, 2024 07:07 AM (IFNME)

148 rhennigantx

I think it is every deep blue cities, even in red states, and in every blue state with a Soros Secretary of State.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

149 No fine is too excessive when the offender has said "pussy".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 07:09 AM (2ovLw)

150 rhennigantx

The Jill Stein recount in Detroit was shut down so fast, but we saw enough.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

151 ""According to a Johns Hopkins University study, Black students who had at least one black teacher by third grade were 13% more likely to enroll in college". "

JHU is located in Baltimore.

Baltimore is the same city where black public school students on a televised interview felt that they could only learn from teachers that...'look like me'.

Racism...it's baked into the cake.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 07:10 AM (a1415)

152 Iran will kill 1 million Palestinians when it nukes Israel, and the left will not bat an eye.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 07:11 AM (2ovLw)

153 Limiting elections to 100% of eligible voters is white colonialist thinking.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 07:12 AM (2ovLw)

154
Has the Iranian uranium stockpile gotten smaller by the about for 3 gun-type or implosion type weapons packages?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 07:07 AM

My thoughts exactly. But wrong-think by the nightmare we live in today. Poor Israel. But their retribution will shock the world back into reality.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 07:12 AM (nIvob)

155 My lived experience of my ancestors is voting 1000 times with a xerox machine.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 07:12 AM (2ovLw)

156 Cat Ass Trophy

There are loss of older liberal ladies that think Trump is anti-woman. They ignore men on women sports teams, eradication of females in abortion, gay ascendancy, and trans surgery ending people as contributors to the human genome.

Plus Trump is on his third wife, and hosted beauty contests.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

157 Hah, NaCly, that was my first thought, too! Seems likely.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 27, 2024 07:12 AM (QwWES)

158 The future is already written. Jerusalem survives.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 07:13 AM (2ovLw)

159 >> black public school students ... felt that they could only learn from teachers that...'look like me'
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 07:10 AM (a1415)

Challenge accepted.

School resegregation.

Next.

Posted by: ZOD at February 27, 2024 07:14 AM (5HQE5)

160 Would love to chat more, but work preps start now.

Have a splendid day, everyone.

Be the example less thoughtful or informed people can look up to. For the true believers of evil, have a plan and heads on a swivel.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2024 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

161 "Iran will kill 1 million Palestinians when it nukes Israel, and the left will not bat an eye."

But they will at least have died doing what they loved.

Watching Jews die.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 07:15 AM (a1415)

162 80 Don't mess with it. If you want to learn Linux, get some inexpensive refurbed HP sff computer off of Amazon, you could probably pick up something decent for less than 150 bucks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2024 06:08 AM (XV/Pl)

cant you run linux in a sandbox or dual boot

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 06:24 AM (ENQN6)
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The older the computer the less memory it's got so that becomes as issue with two OSs loaded and running. Just run Mint off a USB stick or a CD/DVD disk.

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #01 at February 27, 2024 07:15 AM (qfLjt)

163 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 07:15 AM (a1415)

164 High speed wireless laser color printers you can operate from your smart phone while sitting on your couch streaming a movie.
You're welcome.

Posted by: The Patriarchy at February 27, 2024 07:17 AM (NBVIP)

165 Don't worry. The government will only use its new powers of trampling constitutional rights in this one extreme case. It will never do it again. Certainly will never lower the threshold of extreme circumstances. Unless someone comes along who is as bad as trump. Or we think will be as bad as trump. We really need a new government agency to identify future trumps early. The agency for identifying future trumps needs more funding and manpower. Of course I would never make any cuts to the agency for identifying future trumps, it does so much good. Just last year it eliminated 1 million Trumps.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 27, 2024 07:17 AM (2ovLw)

166 Physicists have achieved the first demonstration of non-abelian anyons in a quantum processor.

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What's this about disabled onions? Are they edible still and from what disability are they suffering may I ask? Trouble peeling off all the complex and imaginary layers?

Will the Math make me cry?

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #02 at February 27, 2024 07:18 AM (qfLjt)

167 Klamath Dam Removal: ‘It’s an Environmental Disaster.

I will not post the link as it is easy to find.

There is mud 2 miles into the Pac Ocean.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:19 AM (ENQN6)

168 "According to a Johns Hopkins University study, Black students who had at least one black teacher by third grade were 13% more likely to enroll in college". "
JHU is located in Baltimore.

Like going to kollege solves all the problems for all the people that go to them. Learn a trade, go to work, avoid commie kollege and all it's nonsense.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 27, 2024 07:19 AM (2ijlT)

169 Most users hate Win 11. Microsuck doesn't care though, the users are trapped forever once they sign on with their Microsuck ID. Everything you do after that point is monitored, double if you have a geemail account too.

Posted by: fd at February 27, 2024 07:20 AM (vFG9F)

170 But their retribution will shock the world back into reality.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 07:12 AM (nIvob)
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I'll believe it if I live to see it...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 27, 2024 07:22 AM (7fElN)

171 BBIAB..

Toodles.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 27, 2024 07:22 AM (a1415)

172 My son is currently waiting out a 30day pause for changing the security email on a microsoft account. When he set up his computer, he linked it to an account that he rarely used and also set up to use a PIN instead of login and password. A Windows update invalidated the PIN and he had to go to the microsoft account to reset it. Of course, that required multi-factor authentication using a phone number that he hasn't had for 4 years. MS allowed him to add a new email address but there's a 30-day waiting period before it becomes effective. He can't even re-install from scratch because he didn't know to upload the bitlocker key to his account and then get a copy. Needless to say, he's not happy.

Posted by: mark at February 27, 2024 07:22 AM (l8wwz)

173 164 High speed wireless laser color printers you can operate from your smart phone while sitting on your couch streaming a movie.
You're welcome.
Posted by: The Patriarchy at February 27, 2024 07:17 AM (NBVIP)

But there is no twisty thing to play with whilst on the phone with boyfriend.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:22 AM (ENQN6)

174 Biden wants a cease fire during Ramalamadingdong. I've got a better idea. A cease fire after Ramalamadingdong, once Mecca is glassed over.

Posted by: fd at February 27, 2024 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

175 MS allowed him to add a new email address but there's a 30-day waiting period before it becomes effective.

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It's almost like they want people to use $6 keys from Russia and registry hacks that activate the system.

It's also my understanding that any old Windows code will work, so if you've got a computer you don't use but still have the number you can enter it and it will activate.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 27, 2024 07:24 AM (YT46P)

176 We are getting a Sheltie puppy. We lost our old (17 years old) gal last fall and have just 3 now.

She is a blue merle (that's the color) and almost 11 weeks old.

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 27, 2024 07:26 AM (PzBTm)

177 "According to a Johns Hopkins University study, Black students who had at least one black teacher by third grade were 13% more likely to enroll in college". "
JHU is located in Baltimore.

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I don't understand this one at all and don't see how there isn't 100% enrollment in the community. Get Bs and Cs and you can get a free ride at multiple schools around the country. Get As and Bs and you can get a free ride at nearby schools. Get all As and you pick your school, Ivies included.

And instead...

Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 27, 2024 07:26 AM (YT46P)

178 165, there it is in a nutshell, coming on full speed.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 27, 2024 07:27 AM (QwWES)

179 "Posted by: mark"

It's almost like Microsuck doesn't give a shit about users. I will be so glad when I no longer have to have anything to do with those socialist Marxist commie bastards.

Posted by: fd at February 27, 2024 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

180 "According to a Johns Hopkins University study, Black students who had at least one black teacher by third grade were 13% more likely to enroll in college". "
JHU is located in Baltimore.

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I wonder if Johns Hopkins would release the data on when kids have all black teachers throughout every grade.

And, for that matter, all white teachers. Imagine the racism of being in a high performing school of that scenario.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 27, 2024 07:29 AM (YT46P)

181 My graphics card is 3.5 years old. It is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. It is showing it's age while playing BG3. Could I get a recommend for a new compatible card that'll carry me for a bunch more years before I replace the entire PC? Much apperciated.

Posted by: Pete at February 27, 2024 07:31 AM (BTI0u)

182 Scientists plan to begin pumping chemicals into the sky over the next few weeks and months from several countries around the globe, including the U.S., Australia and Israel.

The idea, promoted by Gates and leftist billionaire George Soros, involves pumping manmade white clouds containing chalk dust and other chemicals into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight away from the Earth’s surface.

Remember this:
As of 2037, Humanity had been mining from the moon for decades. Unfortunately, they had over-mined the moon by 2037, causing it to drift out of its orbit colliding with the earth's atmosphere, tearing the moon apart and sending debris crashing to Earth.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:32 AM (ENQN6)

183 Growing up I had teachers from the 4 corners of the globe. White, black and various ethnic backgrounds.

In and around the capitol city back in the day you found a lot of foreign nationals who worked for embassies, lobbyists, whatever. Their families typically were here for at least the duration of a particular administration, sometimes much longer.

My elementary school class photos look like mini - UN assemblies.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 27, 2024 07:35 AM (Q4IgG)

184 "She is a blue merle (that's the color) and almost 11 weeks old.
Posted by: Rosasharn"

I had a blue Merle sheltie. He came from the pound. I'll save that story for another day. His name was "Merle". What a bundle of energy. He ran circles around my GSD. I had to give Merle away after a couple of years because he started to assert his dominance over my GSD and they were not getting along anymore.

I gave him to a couple who, no kidding, lived on a farm in the country where he would have plenty of room to run and play. It was a sad day for me, but it was the best for Merle.

Posted by: fd at February 27, 2024 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

185 What's insidious is teaching an entire generation to look at a person of a different race and involuntarily think "They're Not Like Me".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 27, 2024 07:36 AM (VoAdT)

186
The idea, promoted by Gates and leftist billionaire George Soros, involves pumping manmade white clouds containing chalk dust and other chemicals into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight away from the Earth’s surface.

The output from solar panels to our electric grid will necessarily increase from 2% to 0%.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 07:37 AM (nIvob)

187 It's almost like Microsuck doesn't give a shit about users. I will be so glad when I no longer have to have anything to do with those socialist Marxist commie bastards.
Posted by: fd at February 27, 2024 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

It's just like Goolag or Fartbook.

The hump sitting at the keyboard is not "the user".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 27, 2024 07:38 AM (VoAdT)

188 The idea, promoted by Gates and leftist billionaire George Soros, involves pumping manmade white clouds containing chalk dust and other chemicals into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight away from the Earth’s surface.

The output from solar panels to our electric grid will necessarily increase from 2% to 0%.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 07:37 AM (nIvob)
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What are those chemicals going to do to Earth's water supplies when they inevitably fall back down as rain?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 27, 2024 07:38 AM (7fElN)

189 128 *looks skeptically*

But there's an important caveat to the fresh reporting. While Iran's enriched uranium is at this significantly higher level compared to 2015, the IAEA says the last several months have actually seen a reduction of its overall stockpile:
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So they are either hiding some or have already made some 'bombs'. There is no other explanation as U-235 doesn't just disappear for no reason.

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #03 at February 27, 2024 07:38 AM (qfLjt)

190 My graphics card is 3.5 years old. It is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. It is showing it's age while playing BG3. Could I get a recommend for a new compatible card that'll carry me for a bunch more years before I replace the entire PC? Much apperciated.
Posted by: Pete

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It's a bad time to buy right now with the new Nvidia 5s coming out at the end of the year, so you might want to look into the FSR mod. It's apparently working wonders with old cards and making them continue to be viable, and the 1660Ti was a pretty good one already. (Enough so that I'd pick one up for cheap for a secondary desktop and not think twice about it.)

http://tinyurl.com/23kfj4c7

I'm running a $250 Intel Arc 770 right now and have been more than pleased with it on a 1440 gaming monitor with Cyberpunk, Red Dead, etc., but it won't do VR at all if that's what you need.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 27, 2024 07:39 AM (YT46P)

191 "What are those chemicals going to do to Earth's water supplies when they inevitably fall back down as rain?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

Chalk dust? Hunter will probably try to snort it.

Posted by: fd at February 27, 2024 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

192

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 27, 2024 07:40 AM (X4yCj)

193 Migrant security guards paid up to $90 an hour as NYC taxpayers fleeced by no-bid contracts rushed out by City Hall, audit reveals

Same as COVID

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:40 AM (ENQN6)

194 193 Migrant security guards paid up to $90 an hour as NYC taxpayers fleeced by no-bid contracts rushed out by City Hall, audit reveals

Same as COVID
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:40 AM (ENQN6)

E pluribus argentum

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 27, 2024 07:41 AM (VoAdT)

195 What's insidious is teaching an entire generation to look at a person of a different race and involuntarily think "They're Not Like Me".
Posted by: Warai-otoko

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And that was what made Obama such a terrible president and his time in office so destructive. He brought back tribalism and reinforced it where it already existed. And tribalism can't be overcome without time and tolerance and education. Violence is much, much more likely. Which I suspect was the point.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 27, 2024 07:41 AM (YT46P)

196 130
I was thinking about a scenario like this recently. Tens of thousands of Chinese flow across the border, secure guns, and then engage in totally random acts of violence keeping US citizens hiding in their own homes, afraid to even go out and vote on Election Day.

There's a Black Swan waiting somewhere in the wings this year.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 06:57 AM (nIvob)
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That would invite an uprising of armed citizens and a weapons-free attitude on every Chinese in the country, including all the millions who are good Americans.

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #04 at February 27, 2024 07:41 AM (qfLjt)

197 Self-checkouts are disappearing from retailers. Here’s why.

It’s the not-so-secret secret: retail chains are doing away with these lanes, and many do not want to talk about it.

Steal One Get One Free Juneteeth Sale

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:42 AM (ENQN6)

198 There's a Black Swan waiting somewhere in the wings this year.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 06:57 AM (nIvob)
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That would invite an uprising of armed citizens and a weapons-free attitude on every Chinese in the country, including all the millions who are good Americans.
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #04 at February 27, 2024 07:41 AM (qfLjt)

Red Dawn was not supposed to be an instructional video.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 27, 2024 07:42 AM (VoAdT)

199 Your high-trust society just got shitcanned.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:43 AM (ENQN6)

200 hahaha, I hate self-checkouts because they put Americans out of work, and they hate self-checkouts because someone is stealing Tic-Tacs.

I think I see the decades-old problem.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 27, 2024 07:43 AM (YT46P)

201
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 27, 2024 07:44 AM (bEb2S)

202 That would invite an uprising of armed citizens and a weapons-free attitude on every Chinese in the country, including all the millions who are good Americans.
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #04 at February 27, 2024 07:41 AM (qfLjt)

My guess is the Chinese steal more of our trade secrets than all other countries combined.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:45 AM (ENQN6)

203 There's a Black Swan waiting somewhere in the wings this year.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 06:57 AM (nIvob)
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That would invite an uprising of armed citizens and a weapons-free attitude on every Chinese in the country, including all the millions who are good Americans.
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #04 at February 27, 2024 07:41 AM (qfLjt)

I don't believe that. If it happened, the state and federal LEOs would clamp down on the 'armed citizens' so hard it would make Waco look like a day in the park.

Remember, they are there to 'protect' their pensions and 'serve' their government masters.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 27, 2024 07:46 AM (Q0kLU)

204 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 27, 2024 07:46 AM (pVWRI)

205 It's almost like Microsuck doesn't give a shit about users. I will be so glad when I no longer have to have anything to do with those socialist Marxist commie bastards.
Posted by: fd at February 27, 2024 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

Unfortunately, that will only happen after you're dead and gone.

Posted by: thatcrazyjersey guy now with twice the crazy at February 27, 2024 07:46 AM (iODuv)

206 Hmmm, looks like I'll have to put this up again.

TuCa interview of lady who lived through china's cultural revolution and came to America in the 80's.
Shows parallels to what's going on now.

41 min of process.
Then, boom, why we're allowing it now.
If only every American would watch it. Sadly...

Posted by: TeeJ at February 27, 2024 07:47 AM (o3xwr)

207 FREE WiFi? Gross. I only want expensive WiFi. Dolla dolla bill, y'all.

Posted by: Lil' Hunty at February 27, 2024 07:47 AM (0FoWg)

208 My guess is the Chinese steal more of our trade secrets than all other countries combined.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 27, 2024 07:45 AM (ENQN6)

Look at any research paper from a science/engineering field. From any country, really, not just China or the U.S.

Chinese professor at the end. Chinese first author. Thirty Chinese co-authors, and wayyyyy way towards the end of the list, one Thai or Vietnamese kid who did all the actual work.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 27, 2024 07:47 AM (VoAdT)

209 The Chinese nationals here are probably more concerned with the government they bought than they are with the citizenry. I mean, what's the point of destroying the infrastructure or killing civilians in a country your own government owns?

We're useful idiots to the Chinese. Our political betters have demonstrated that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 27, 2024 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

210 Hiya Cap'n Grampa !

Posted by: JT at February 27, 2024 07:48 AM (T4tVD)

211 NO YELLOW

Posted by: Lil' Hunty at February 27, 2024 07:48 AM (0FoWg)

212 "Unfortunately, that will only happen after you're dead and gone.
Posted by: thatcrazyjersey guy now with twice the crazy"

I'm holding out for Russian hackers to completely take over Office dot com and hold everyone's data hostage until Ukraine surrenders.

Posted by: fd at February 27, 2024 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

213
What are those chemicals going to do to Earth's water supplies when they inevitably fall back down as rain?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 27, 2024 07:38 AM

A quick check says they are ph 7.4-8.0 which is the opposite of acid, but not by much.

I have a portable solar panel and battery with constant read out. A tiny little cloud passes overhead, even the contrail from a jet, and the output is cut in half. To me, that's the bigger issue.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 27, 2024 07:48 AM (nIvob)

214 I'm holding out for Russian hackers to completely take over Office dot com and hold everyone's data hostage until Ukraine surrenders.
Posted by: fd at February 27, 2024 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

Shit, I might actually get something done if that happens.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 27, 2024 07:49 AM (VoAdT)

215 I see Jonathan Last over at the Bulwark sparks up the last of his pathetic reputation as a political analyst much like Airman Arson the other day in a "Its all for you, Nikki!" suicide attempt at suggesting she was really the winner in the SC primary.

When Trump wins and re-opens up the insane asylums, the men in white coats will need to get out their butterfly nets, march over to the Bulwark and chase down Johhny Battenbelfry folicking in the halls over there and stuff him in the basement at Bellvue. He's seriously mentally ill...

Posted by: Boswell at February 27, 2024 07:50 AM (K+UlC)

216 This sideshow in Atlanta is a waste of time. No judge anywhere for any reasons is going to stop any investigation of Trump.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 27, 2024 07:50 AM (gdNC/)

217 Remember breathing in the chalk when you got to clean the blackboard erasers?

Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 27, 2024 07:50 AM (YT46P)

218 This whole "dump chalk in the atmosphere" thing sounds like a gigantic smelly red herring.

Something else is going on here. I just don't know what.

Probably something as boring as yet another money laundering scheme.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 27, 2024 07:53 AM (VoAdT)

219 216 This sideshow in Atlanta is a waste of time. No judge anywhere for any reasons is going to stop any investigation of Trump.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 27, 2024 07:50 AM (gdNC/)

I pray that is not true but fear you are 99% correct.Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 27, 2024 07:53 AM (pVWRI)

220 Come mock JJ's formatting errors before he fixes them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2024 07:54 AM (GYIa4)

221 What the hell is that stink in here

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 27, 2024 07:54 AM (pVWRI)

222 I'd love to see a scientist experimentally determine the exact right amount to win by so that we know in future exactly how many votes to say we got.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 27, 2024 07:54 AM (VoAdT)

223 Posted by: Paul banned at February 27, 2024 07:53 AM (Ohm/r)

Ahh, J. Last is here, I see...creepy.

Posted by: Boswell at February 27, 2024 07:55 AM (K+UlC)

224 What the hell is that stink in here
Posted by: Nevergiveup

--

(runs away crying)

Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 27, 2024 07:55 AM (YT46P)

225 SC is an open primary and Nikki still only managed 40%?

Dang. That's extremely impressive.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's hairy nipples at February 27, 2024 07:56 AM (YT46P)

226 He brought back tribalism and reinforced it where it already existed.

Indeed, one was mildly surprised at the enthusiasm with which Whites embraced It.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 27, 2024 07:58 AM (zdLoL)

227 Going to "begin" pumping chemicals into the sky?
🤣
I became aware of this and have been watching them do it since before 9/11.
Day walker, morning threads around here in 2009, give or take...
Wacko conspiracy theory
Those are just normal contrails

Posted by: TeeJ at February 27, 2024 08:00 AM (o3xwr)

228 Jonathan Last write a book about virtue. I should do that too.

Posted by: Lil' Hunty at February 27, 2024 08:00 AM (0FoWg)

229 "By "harmful content" they mean, uh, revenge porn "

Seeing as how Democrats have described accurate descriptions of their shenanigans by Libs of Tik Tok as "revenge porn", I'd wait on the actual definition that gets applied before I cheer.

Posted by: SDN at February 27, 2024 08:54 AM (2gqBa)

230 >>>Disclaimer: Oh my God, it's full of idiots.

That'd be evergreen.

Posted by: m at February 27, 2024 08:57 AM (o3SCB)

231 Nic update

Posted by: ShainS -- Laken Riley (Business is business, and it's a murder most foul) at February 27, 2024 09:31 AM (sE7UM)

232 >>>No, I don't know what that means either.

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 27, 2024 09:42 AM (i24o9)

233 68 The_Real_Fly
@The_Real_Fly
·
Follow
"Pedophilia is not a crime, it's an identity"
- Rep Katie Porter (D)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2024 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

!!!

Posted by: m at February 27, 2024 09:54 AM (o3SCB)

234 >By "harmful content" they mean, uh

If they don't tell you the name of the bill, there's a reason.

Here's what they mean by "harmful content":
Content that sexually victimizes a child or revictimizes a survivor;
Intimate content communicated without consent;
Content that foments hatred;
Content that incites violent extremism or terrorism;
Content that incites violence;
Content used to bully a child; and
Content that induces a child to harm themselves.

It's those three in the middle that mean this bill is the Liberal government's attempt to quash anything on the Internet that they disagree with. They're using the child protection stuff as a shield - you wouldn't disagree with a law that *protects children*, would you?? - to sneak in the "saying trans women are men is hate speech and you're going to jail" part.

And they're going to get away with it, because the media is helping them, even if the media is foreign agencies the Liberal government hasn't bought lock, stock and barrel.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at February 27, 2024 11:12 AM (/0tPK)

235 > It's still possible to get around [needing a Microsoft account to set up Win1x]

Shift-F10 on first boot, then "oobe /bypassnro" should work on both Win1x Pro and Home.

Posted by: Scott at February 27, 2024 04:20 PM (kmvkg)

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