Daily Tech News 23 March 2024

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If I'm presented with two resumes for a new hire, one a recent Harvard graduate with a PhD in precisely the field I am hiring for, and the other a community college dropout whose only programming experience is putting together a popular Minecraft modpack, I'm hiring the Minecraft kid.

Just saying.
A quick and perhaps useful summary of the Apple antitrust case. (Tech Crunch)

The one thing of note is this line describing Apple's response to the suit:
And in regulating the behaviors that the DOJ claims are monopolistic, Apple's competitive advantage in the market would be diminished and iPhone customers negatively impacted in the process.
Well, yeah.

Diminishing competitive advantage in the market is the entire point of antitrust actions.

And Apple claiming that following the law would negatively affect its customers has been the company's response to every interaction with regulators for the past decade at least.

It's kind of boring, guys. At least come up with a new lie.
Meanwhile The Verge barfed up this. (The Verge)

There were some in yesterday's comment section arguing I was favoring the woke fascist idiots at the DOJ over the woke fascist idiots at Apple who at the end of the day at least produce something.

But if you read even a small part of this pile of drivel - and I certainly wouldn't suggest reading more than that - I think we can all agree that the worst of the lot are the journalists reporting on this story.

In this case we're dealing with Sarah Jeong, the journalistic equivalent of Cymothoa exigua.

Don't look that up if you don't want nightmares.

You should probably avoid looking up C. exigua as well.

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Micron has shown off samples of its new DDR5-8800 256GB MCR memory modules. (AnandTech)

These use two sets of memory chips the same way other high-capacity modules do, but with a difference: The chips are interleaved so that bytes of data are read from both banks of chips at once, doubling the bandwidth.

This is how a high-capacity server module can be as fast as the best overclocked desktop modules.

Kind of neat, but not something that's likely to trickle down to the consumer space any time soon.

It does give a single-socket 4th generation Epyc server nearly 900GB per second of memory bandwidth, though. That used to be a lot.
The first nuclear fusion rocket engine is ready for delivery. (Interesting Engineering)

I'm not sure how seriously to take this report, but the device does spray ionising radiation all over the place, so it's doing something.
Users are complaining on Twitter that Instagram and Threads are restricting political content from recommendation results. (Ars Technica)

This apparently is a new setting in the respective apps, which silently appeared and was silently turned on for everyone.

On the other hand, Threads did specifically announce that they intended to do this.
34 nations met in Brussels to pledge to build more nuclear reactors. (Associated Press)

This has upset all the right people.
"Nuclear, all the evidence shows, is too slow to build. It's too expensive. Much more expensive than having peasants ploughing the fields by hand," said the remarkably named Lorelei Limousin of Greenpeace. "The government must focus on developing real solutions that work for people - like abandoning the poor to starve in the dark while I swan off to Majorca - not nuclear energy which has been established as safe and reliable for decades. Shit. One of you polish that up before it goes to press."

Disclaimer: Based on a false story. Only the names have been left unchanged to indict the guilty.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:04 AM

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1 Morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 04:08 AM (vd8XM)

2 G'day Bruce!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 23, 2024 04:10 AM (BLOW1)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2024 04:12 AM (fwDg9)

4 Are you not called Bruce then?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 23, 2024 04:13 AM (BLOW1)

5 >> Are you not called Bruce then?

Maybe his name is Robert.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 23, 2024 04:15 AM (w6EFb)

6 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 23, 2024 04:15 AM (ju2Fy)

7 Are you not called Bruce then?
Posted by: Pixy Misa

"This here's the wattle, the emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle or you can hold it in your hand. Amen."

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 04:16 AM (vd8XM)

8 One of you polish that up before it goes to press."

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 04:17 AM (vd8XM)

9
For what I was rambling about with Windows 10/11 experimental "UTF-8" "locale" and code page support. Go to:

Control Panel > Clock and Region > Region > Administrative tab > Change system locale button > enable "Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support"

That will set the code page to "UTF-8" (which is doing violence to the meaning of "code page", and an encoding scheme.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 23, 2024 04:17 AM (w6EFb)

10 In this case we're dealing with Sarah Jeong, the journalistic equivalent of Cymothoa exigua.

Don't look that up if you don't want nightmares.

Holy crap!

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 04:18 AM (vd8XM)

11 I nedz covfefe

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2024 04:20 AM (fwDg9)

12 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports that Oakland finally has a new police chief, after a year. He is from Lubbock,Texas.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 04:23 AM (RIvkX)

13
If you set that, you may blow everything up. So don't do it. But if you want to play, there it is.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 23, 2024 04:23 AM (w6EFb)

14 Yeah, I saw some of the UTF-8 commentary.

UTF-8 is a very smart encoding. Shame about what the Unicode Committee has done with it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 23, 2024 04:26 AM (BLOW1)

15 >> UTF-8 is a very smart encoding.

Yep, Ken Thompson came up with that on the fly. Before he was assimilated by Google.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 23, 2024 04:28 AM (w6EFb)

16 I'm up too early for coffee. That is pathetic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 04:35 AM (RIvkX)

17 In this case we're dealing with Sarah Jeong, the journalistic equivalent of Cymothoa exigua.
Don't look that up if you don't want nightmares.
You should probably avoid looking up C. exigua as well.

1) Ha!

B) I looked it up, but I'd seen those before, so no nightmares. I just didn't remember its Latin name.

iii) Who hasn't had a body part entirely replaced by a parasitic insect, though?

4) Ha! again.

Posted by: mikeski at March 23, 2024 04:45 AM (DgGvY)

18 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 23, 2024 04:49 AM (Hpgos)

19 Who hasn't had a body part entirely replaced by a parasitic insect, though?

Posted by: mikeski

Are there parasites that infect parasites?

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 04:50 AM (vd8XM)

20 Evening and morning to all the early risers and late toilers! Pixy is about to go off daylight saving time, while we have just begun it. I don't know what that means except that it reflects the great dichotomy between the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern.

(I dredged up "dichotomy" out of my brain, and even spelled it right? Maybe I did get enough sleep last night!)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 04:53 AM (omVj0)

21 8 "One of you polish that up before it goes to press."

HA!
Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 04:17 AM (vd8XM)

But it's ... a turd.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 04:54 AM (o3SCB)

22 10 In this case we're dealing with Sarah Jeong, the journalistic equivalent of Cymothoa exigua.

Don't look that up if you don't want nightmares.

Holy crap!
Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 04:18 AM (vd8XM)

Bruce, you were warned.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 04:55 AM (o3SCB)

23 Bruce, you were warned.
Posted by: m

The critter looks like a sand flea.

More knowledge today though. I never thought of fish having tongues.

Morning m!

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 04:58 AM (vd8XM)

24 Having some coffee while I wake the rest of the way up. Big black Stirling had to start nuzzling and bumping me just now. He's used to me being up earlier than this.

He's gonna have a shock today: vet trip, to see if there's some reason he has thinning spots in his fur. Whatever it is, it doesn't affect little Dagny; she has fur to spare. (Though if she could donate some to her "big brother," he'd look like a black-haired guy who isn't bothering to touch up the gray in his beard.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 04:58 AM (omVj0)

25
Raining here now, as promised. It's supposed to stop before sunset, though, and be sunny here tomorrow.

Why is no one marketing turdpaste? You know, for polishing those turds.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 23, 2024 04:58 AM (xG4kz)

26 How's the moving going, Bruce?

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 04:58 AM (o3SCB)

27 Why is no one marketing turdpaste? You know, for polishing those turds.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 23, 2024

***
As with many things, no one wants to do the hands-on research!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 04:59 AM (omVj0)

28 Why is no one marketing turdpaste? You know, for polishing those turds.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

They are afraid of the lawsuits when some idjit would use it for toothpaste.

"For that shit eating grin"

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 05:00 AM (vd8XM)

29 12 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports that Oakland finally has a new police chief, after a year. He is from Lubbock,Texas.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 04:23 AM (RIvkX)

This sounds like potentially very good news!

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 05:00 AM (o3SCB)

30 Are there parasites that infect parasites?
Posted by: Bruce

Called "hyperparasites," yes.

Common ones are fungi and wasps. The wasps are usually parasites on other wasps, which are parasites on other insects.

Wasps are asshoe.

Posted by: mikeski at March 23, 2024 05:00 AM (DgGvY)

31 15 >> UTF-8 is a very smart encoding.

Yep, Ken Thompson came up with that on the fly. Before he was assimilated by Google.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 23, 2024 04:28 AM (w6EFb)

"Assimilated." Ha! Assimilated by The Google.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 05:01 AM (o3SCB)

32 How's the moving going, Bruce?
Posted by: m

Plodding along. Getting some painting done. Some garage storage put in.

We move in 2 weeks. The day of the total eclipse. We will need plenty of flashlights.

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 05:02 AM (vd8XM)

33 30 Are there parasites that infect parasites?
Posted by: Bruce

Called "hyperparasites," yes.

Common ones are fungi and wasps. The wasps are usually parasites on other wasps, which are parasites on other insects.

Wasps are asshoe.
Posted by: mikeski at March 23, 2024 05:00 AM (DgGvY)

Meals within meals.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 05:02 AM (o3SCB)

34 OBEY

Posted by: Google at March 23, 2024 05:02 AM (Hpgos)

35 Wasps are asshoe.
Posted by: mikeski

Whatever happened to the Kovid Killer Wasps from Hell?

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 05:03 AM (vd8XM)

36
Wasps are asshoe.
Posted by: mikeski

They do not have barbs on their stingers, so they can sting you again and again.

Wasps are the Karens of the stinging insects' world.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 23, 2024 05:03 AM (xG4kz)

37 32 How's the moving going, Bruce?
Posted by: m

Plodding along. Getting some painting done. Some garage storage put in.

We move in 2 weeks. The day of the total eclipse. We will need plenty of flashlights.
Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 05:02 AM (vd8XM)

You'll have a big cheering squad here on the tech thread!

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 05:04 AM (o3SCB)

38 Finally poured a cup of coffee, stove top takes awhile

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2024 05:04 AM (fwDg9)

39 Mrs. F. made three varieties of hamentashen, cherry chocolate, chocolate butterscotch, and apricot.

She is insisting on calling them sinwartashen after the leader of Hamas.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 05:05 AM (RIvkX)

40 >>>peasants ploughing

I sense Britspeak.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 05:06 AM (o3SCB)

41 Wasps are the Karens of the stinging insects' world.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

Also see, US gubbmint.

To bad they aren't like bees too. Once the gubbmint farks ya, they rip their innards out.

Makes ya think

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 05:06 AM (vd8XM)

42 You'll have a big cheering squad here on the tech thread!
Posted by: m

Thanks!

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 05:07 AM (vd8XM)

43 Your wife has a good sense of Purim related humor and the pastries sound delicious!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024 05:08 AM (xGq4m)

44 >>>peasants ploughing

Five golden rings.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 05:08 AM (o3SCB)

45
peasants ploughing ...

I sense Britspeak.
Posted by: m

... in Loughborough. They are Lieutenants and Loughborough natives, all.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 23, 2024 05:08 AM (xG4kz)

46 Sounds like it's pouring down rain

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2024 05:11 AM (fwDg9)

47 Mrs. F. made three varieties of hamentashen, cherry chocolate, chocolate butterscotch, and apricot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

Yummy

Posted by: Bruce at March 23, 2024 05:11 AM (vd8XM)

48 46 Sounds like it's pouring down rain
Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2024 05:11 AM (fwDg9)

And you without your truck, still, I think.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 05:11 AM (o3SCB)

49 Thanks Fen, I think I'll keep her. Imma also try and whine up blueberry pancakes today, it has been weeks. I'm starting to doubt my skillz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 05:13 AM (RIvkX)

50 'Tis 60 F., humidity down a bit, but with a brisk NW wind. My usual workout path is roughly E-W, so I'll have the wind on my beam or quarter instead of full in my face or at my back.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 05:13 AM (omVj0)

51 Truck water pump went, Monday will hike to work againl

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2024 05:16 AM (fwDg9)

52
We are gonna get nailed with rain on the east coast today. Two to four inches of rain with wind gusts to 50 mph. Probably lose power again - which anymore happens about once a month.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 23, 2024 05:20 AM (RKVpM)

53 My drive home this morning is going to be a wet one. Thankfully, Saturday mornings aren't terrible, traffic wise, in Babylon DC.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 23, 2024 05:22 AM (Hpgos)

54
Probably lose power again - which anymore happens about once a month.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Don't worry, the Biden Administration is moving heaven and earth to make sure that our power outages are permanent!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 23, 2024 05:23 AM (xG4kz)

55 Not dreading the next power outage here. Got a 22kW Generac installed and it's plumbed to the natural gas line.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 23, 2024 05:26 AM (YRsIm)

56
Not dreading the next power outage here. Got a 22kW Generac installed and it's plumbed to the natural gas line.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Don't worry, the Biden Administration is moving heaven and earth to make sure that our ~~power~~ natural gas outages are permanent!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 23, 2024 05:30 AM (xG4kz)

57 Chik- Fil-A manager fixes 96 year old veterans flat tire:

https://tinyurl.com/mvn36utr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024 05:40 AM (8UtCj)

58 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 05:13 AM (RIvkX)

I think she'll probably keep you too😉.
I don't think I've ever made blueberry pancakes- just regular ones.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024 05:42 AM (8UtCj)

59 Somewhere on this blog, yesterday or the day before, was a video of a loonye-tunes woman finding Satan in the labeling of Monster Drinks. Really wish I hadn't watched that!

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 05:42 AM (o3SCB)

60 I see it's all over the web, in case anybody's sorry they missed it.

monster drinks satan

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 05:45 AM (o3SCB)

61 I didn't plan this, but here's a Christian devotional from a man in South Africa dealing with power sources and power outages:

https://tinyurl.com/82j9pd3p

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024 05:47 AM (8UtCj)

62 The youngest (local) granddaughter slept over last night, so this morning's menu will include blueberry pancakes, bacon, and eggs. And chocolate milk.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 23, 2024 05:49 AM (YRsIm)

63 I think if you're finding Satan in a monster drink unless it's called "Satan powers you up" or something, you probably have too much time on your hands.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024 05:50 AM (8UtCj)

64 Either today or yesterday my son was taking a two hour trip with five women and no men to see a play about the prophet/hero Daniel. I hope it was yesterday. The weather is bad today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024 05:53 AM (8UtCj)

65 Fistbump for Fenson

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 05:57 AM (RIvkX)

66 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 05:57 AM (RIvkX)

He laughed about it. He's not exactly smooth talking Mr. Charm but I think they're all in his college prayer group so it's not as if he doesn't know them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024 05:59 AM (8UtCj)

67 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 06:01 AM (T4tVD)

68 I seem to be getting lots of morbidly obese ads

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2024 06:02 AM (fwDg9)

69 Truck water pump went, Monday will hike to work againl
Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2024 05:16 AM (fwDg9)

Remember the words of Shakespeare... "Into each life, shit happens". (or something like that)

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 06:04 AM (T4tVD)

70 I've been getting slo-mo eye drop ads

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 06:04 AM (RIvkX)

71 No idea why that been looking for American Thinker website articles today and on tablet all morning only yesterdays come up. Knew would get on phone and today's would show right up.

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2024 06:07 AM (fwDg9)

72 Raining pretty good out thar......

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 06:09 AM (T4tVD)

73 School bus driver from New Orleans gets kids and herself out of bus before it's engulfed in flames:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3vyzjt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024 06:09 AM (R66DZ)

74 Good morning to one and all.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 23, 2024 06:12 AM (6coM3)

75 Hiya BenHad !

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 06:15 AM (T4tVD)

76 School bus driver from New Orleans gets kids and herself out of bus before it's engulfed in flames:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3vyzjt
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024 06:09 AM (R66DZ)

That was nice of her !

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 06:16 AM (T4tVD)

77 JT, good morning. Is Spring springing at your house yet?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 23, 2024 06:19 AM (6coM3)

78 JT, good morning. Is Spring springing at your house yet?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 23, 2024 06:19 AM (6coM3)

Not quite yet; theoretically next week.

Skip's my go-to guy on the weather.

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 06:23 AM (T4tVD)

79 I've only seen one customer at our birdbath

But they have been eating about $10 of birdseed every 2 weeks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

80 I found the list of house gopers voting against the $1.2 trillion fiasco. Troy Nehls is a loser.

Anybody have the goper senator list?

Posted by: DanMan at March 23, 2024 06:27 AM (8uzBS)

81 MTG has filed to have Mike Johnson removed from Speaker.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 23, 2024 06:31 AM (6coM3)

82 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I suppose I should get around to finishing the Sunday Morning Book Thread sometime today...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 23, 2024 06:33 AM (BpYfr)

83 I suppose I should get around to finishing the Sunday Morning Book Thread sometime today...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

What's da rush ?

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 06:35 AM (T4tVD)

84 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 23, 2024 06:36 AM (DeFcY)

85 Relaxed morning at work. Coffee, BATS sandwich, and no hijinks.

Posted by: Eromero at March 23, 2024 06:36 AM (o2ZRX)

86 since he ain't on the no vote side Nehls voted for the bill

Posted by: DanMan at March 23, 2024 06:38 AM (8uzBS)

87 Remember the words of Shakespeare... "Into each life, shit happens". (or something like that)
Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 06:04 AM (T4tVD)
----------
I think it goes more like:

Life's but a walking shadow
A poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is seen no more.
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.

Sorry if I don't have the line breaks right.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 23, 2024 06:38 AM (DeFcY)

88 I think we can all agree that the worst of the lot are the journalists reporting on this story.

If there are 4 sides to a story JournOList take the wrong 3 every fucking time.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 23, 2024 06:40 AM (ENQN6)

89 Captain Obvious, you left out ‘But he was a good boy, won’t he? I remember that time…’

Posted by: Eromero at March 23, 2024 06:41 AM (o2ZRX)

90 Along with croaker, the parasite is commonly found in the mouths of sea trout and several snapper species.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 23, 2024 06:42 AM (ENQN6)

91 Captain Obvious, you left out ‘But he was a good boy, won’t he? I remember that time…’
Posted by: Eromero at March 23, 2024 06:41 AM (o2ZRX)
-----------
Yeah, I'm slipping.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 23, 2024 06:43 AM (DeFcY)

92 Remember TuCa in those last one or two days, on FNC, before they fired him? He had that scared-rabbit face, having in the last couple shows done some Ray Epps and J6 tapes expose stuff. He'd gotten too close to the truth for the leftist scum up at the top floor at Fox.

The Jessica Tarlov smear act, the one she did on FNC's "The Five," lying about Tony Bobulinksi and then doing a non-apology "clarification" after ToBo's lawyers lit into her and FNC, it produced the same scared-rabbits.

ToBo's lawyers demanded a true apology, insisting the Friday show BEGIN with Tarlov doing it. Instead, the show, with Tarlov but minus the fiery Judge Janine, went on as if nothing had happened. Tarlov did not lead, it was Gutfeld followed by Watters or whatever. All as if nothing had happened. No mention at all of it.

Except for the faces and the notably quiet lead-in segment. I want to see Tarlov and FNC pay ToBo a half a billion in punitive.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at March 23, 2024 06:45 AM (KiBMU)

93 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 23, 2024 06:48 AM (a1415)

94 Good to see Ronna land on her hooves.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 06:48 AM (2ovLw)

95 Mr. Gaga @ 92-
hate means never having to say you’re sorry. Gore out front should told you.

Posted by: Eromero at March 23, 2024 06:48 AM (o2ZRX)

96 G'mornin' everyone!

When Pixy says "don't look this up", I tend to take him at his word.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 23, 2024 06:49 AM (PFYt9)

97 I am sure the progressive propaganda will slip right through those filters.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 06:50 AM (2ovLw)

98 Live 12-inch eel removed from Vietnamese man’s abdomen after it slid up his anus

Pixy how bout this!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 23, 2024 06:51 AM (ENQN6)

99
and you'd probably get more useful creative thought out of the minecraft kid anyway. "higher ed" is worse than merely useless.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 23, 2024 06:52 AM (PFYt9)

100 I skimmed the Jeoung piece, or however she spells her name.

Sneering opinion, I was thinking there might be a tiny taste of journalism, but no, none was there.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at March 23, 2024 06:52 AM (KiBMU)

101 Posted by: rhennigantx

Australia prolly has something worse.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 06:52 AM (2ovLw)

102 Rep. David Trone (D), who has already spent 22 million dollars of his own money to run for a Senate seat out of Maryland has some image problems.

As the owner of the Total Wine empire, he is pretty committed to taking away our 2nd Amendment rights. Now suddenly facing the challenge from Lockdown Larry Hogan, and emerging stories of his temper, and disregard for black constituents, he could be facing one serious election challenges.

https://tinyurl.com/2jcs52bz

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 23, 2024 06:52 AM (a1415)

103 But Apple corporate donations to dems will still be 99.99999999999%

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 06:53 AM (2ovLw)

104 You ain't black if you don't vote for me.

Yes, massah.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 06:54 AM (2ovLw)

105 School bus driver from New Orleans gets kids and herself out of bus before it's engulfed in flames:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3vyzjt
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024

***
Fen, that school is not very far from where I work. It's right next door to the Notre Dame Seminary Graduate School of Theology. I pass it on my drive in each morning. Heroic work by that driver!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 06:54 AM (omVj0)

106 Cherry chocolate. Just sayin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 06:55 AM (RIvkX)

107 This foundation of ‘rightspeak’ is cemented by 2-minute Trump hate. It’s already in the room but can be turned off. For the time being.

Posted by: Eromero at March 23, 2024 06:55 AM (o2ZRX)

108 “This is a mass starvation of people, engineered and orchestrated, following the killing of another 30,000, 70 per cent of whom were women and children,” AOC said. “There is hardly a single hospital left. And this was all accomplished, much of this accomplished, with US resources and weapons.”

They had peace and what was basically a country on Oct 6. They chose war.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 23, 2024 06:56 AM (ENQN6)

109 Back home, sitting in the recliner watching golf. Glad the traffic was low. Only saw one accident but it was a multicar one. On the Beltway. Maybe 5-6 cars, near the cement barrier on the left side. It's dark, rainy, and of course, the idiots around here drive like they are F1 drivers.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 23, 2024 06:58 AM (sAmhv)

110 LOL SFp!

btw, SFp, I was consulting the horde cookbook the other day , checking my memory of the meatloaf recipe, and my eye wandered up the page, where I read the tail end of your meatloaf recipe ...
I tried adding 2 tablespoons of Red Boat to my own mix!
Good stuff!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 23, 2024 06:59 AM (PFYt9)

111 MTG has filed to have Mike Johnson removed from Speaker

I have mixed opinions of that. He is obviously not going to toe the line and have congress produce an actual budget, so yeah he needs to go. OTH, as long as the R's control the committees, we have some hope that the corruption and malfeasance of the administration remains under the spotlight.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 23, 2024 06:59 AM (YRsIm)

112 102 Rep. David Trone (D), who has already spent 22 million dollars of his own money to run for a Senate seat out of Maryland has some image problems.

As the owner of the Total Wine empire, he is pretty committed to taking away our 2nd Amendment rights. Now suddenly facing the challenge from Lockdown Larry Hogan, and emerging stories of his temper, and disregard for black constituents, he could be facing one serious election challenges.

https://tinyurl.com/2jcs52bz
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

His commercials are the most smug, self-righteous, piles of vomit in the Babylon DC region. He's not even in my state but I loathe the bastard. I hate election time anyway but mostly the commercials. His are the worst.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 23, 2024 07:02 AM (sAmhv)

113 the LOL was re the sinwartashen

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 23, 2024 07:02 AM (PFYt9)

114 Six am here. I'm done with my workout and cleanup, finished breakfast, and fed the furry thugs long ago. Time to relax a bit before I have to run out to vote and wash the car. Stirling to the shop, pick up some cat chow, and get my shirts from the cleaners . . .

Why is it Saturday is as busy as a weekday?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 07:03 AM (omVj0)

115 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

116 >His commercials are the most smug, self-righteous, piles of vomit in the Babylon DC region.
---

Is this the guy who said 'jigaboo' on camera?

Posted by: Don Black at March 23, 2024 07:05 AM (oCjPU)

117 my current rep is a new kid in the house, talked a tough line which enough of us believed; I looked in vain for his vote on the honor roll yesterday, as I have looked in vain on other votes ... he seems to have joined the junior gop-e.
*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 23, 2024 07:06 AM (PFYt9)

118 Puddleglum

Driving on the Beltway prepared me for driving in Napoli.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

119 Hope your kittuh is ok, Wolfus.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 23, 2024 07:07 AM (sAmhv)

120 Hmmm, ewetub has been doing a robotic slow down intermittently. Just for a few seconds. Strange.

I woke up trying to remember what the Oceania National Anthem tune was.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2024 07:07 AM (di6C2)

121 "Is this the guy who said 'jigaboo' on camera?"

Yes, 'Republican Jigaboo'.

Word from black conservatives is that Democrats often refer to black Republicans as Jigaboos, but only amongst polite (Democratic) company.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 23, 2024 07:07 AM (a1415)

122 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

May your horde of guard Mallards protect you from Haitians.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

123 116: Don Black

Yep

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 23, 2024 07:08 AM (sAmhv)

124 I tried adding 2 tablespoons of Red Boat to my own mix!
Good stuff!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 23, 2024 06:59 AM (PFYt9)
===
I've also used Maggi sauce lately
https://tinyurl.com/mr3aa9n5

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

125 "May your horde of guard Mallards protect you from Haitians."

Heh!

We have mallards, and no Haitians.

So maybe there is something to that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 23, 2024 07:09 AM (a1415)

126 Hmmm, ewetub has been doing a robotic slow down intermittently. Just for a few seconds. Strange.

I woke up trying to remember what the Oceania National Anthem tune was.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2024 07:07 AM (di6C2)
====

Uploading its data on your viewing habits, comrade.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

127 Byeeee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 23, 2024 07:10 AM (DeFcY)

128 Apple v DOJ?

A pox on all their houses.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2024 07:10 AM (di6C2)

129 that's the plan here, NaCly!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 23, 2024 07:10 AM (PFYt9)

130 Uploading its data on your viewing habits, comrade.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2024 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

Heh. It probably is something in their continuing quest to get people to stop using adblock.

https://tinyurl.com/2jeu38y4

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2024 07:11 AM (di6C2)

131 85 Relaxed morning at work. Coffee, BATS sandwich, and no hijinks.
Posted by: Eromero at March 23, 2024 06:36 AM (o2ZRX)

The B is for bacon?

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 07:11 AM (o3SCB)

132 Hope your kittuh is ok, Wolfus.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 23, 2024

***
This is the thinning fur business I mentioned earlier. He's not licking the areas or scratching; there is fur there, not bare skin; and he eats, plays, and purrs as a healthy two-year-old cat should. I wonder if it's some kind of allergy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 07:13 AM (omVj0)

133 FenelonSpoke

That was one lucky school bus driver. Oh, her instincts were good to get off the bus, with the kids first.

She also pre-trips her bus daily. That is a DOT requirement. Surprising her school district does not enforce that.

But: Flame in the front near the engine makes going out the back safer. And her close call was going back on the bus to turn off the engine. She should have done that right before she gets the kids off the bus.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

134 huh, thx SFp, interesting!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 23, 2024 07:14 AM (PFYt9)

135 ...AOC said...

That stupid bint says a lot of things. Too bad someone didn't remind her that the Palis raped women, and their corpses, and committed all kinds of savagery on 10/7. And apparently, the majority of the Palis approve of that and want Hamas back in charge. Maybe remind her too, that they were given a lush and vibrant area for their own 'state' at the expense of the jews living there and proceeded to destroy it out of spite.

People who defend the Palis are just ignorant, stupid, evil or some combination of those three. They need to be called out publicly and shamed every fucking time they open their pie hole.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 23, 2024 07:14 AM (YRsIm)

136 CHIPS subsidy applicants to include their plans "to employ qualified workers who face systemic barriers to quality employment, including those with criminal history records."

Putting criminals into facilities with pieces of sand worth billions of dollars seems a touch risky.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 23, 2024 07:14 AM (ENQN6)

137 sock_rat_eez

The Left hate not getting to us. They think pawning the Rubs applies to us.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

138 That was one lucky school bus driver. Oh, her instincts were good to get off the bus, with the kids first.

She also pre-trips her bus daily. That is a DOT requirement. Surprising her school district does not enforce that. . . .

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024

***
Forget it, Salty. It's Nawlins.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 07:15 AM (omVj0)

139 Although, wasn't it 'Brother' in 1984?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2024 07:15 AM (di6C2)

140 FenelonSpoke

Please give your stalwart husband an extra hug if you mention my comments to him.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

141 People who defend the Palis are just ignorant, stupid, evil or some combination of those three. They need to be called out publicly and shamed every fucking time they open their pie hole.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 23, 2024 07:14 AM (YRsIm)

Their ignorance on a topic is in inverse correlation to their fervency.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2024 07:17 AM (di6C2)

142 true! all the worse because it's incomprehensible to them, being humorless themselves.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 23, 2024 07:19 AM (PFYt9)

143 Wolfus Aurelius,

Noted.

What part of real America are you thinking about when you escape your wretched hive of villainry?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

144
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2024 07:22 AM (kQ2Qm)

145 FenelonSpoke

Five to one. Good odds for your son.

Does he want Horde relationship starting advice? Probably not.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

146
What part of real America are you thinking about when you escape your wretched hive of villainry?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024

***
At the moment, sir, the SW corner of Indiana looks awfully good. I can drive up in two days to look it over and see if I feel comfortable there. Believe me, I loved what I saw of Kansas, but house prices are still pretty good in IN, and I *think* property taxes are lower than in KS (right?).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 07:25 AM (omVj0)

147 CrotchetyOldJarhead

Some people only learn from their own pain. If you had a nearby Brute Squad, would you tell them to Hamas her? Sounds harsh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

148 Wolfus Aurelius

Well, good luck. I still think Salina would be a good fit, but the good news is it is a two-body problem.

My analysis is that every state has a need for tax dollars, and each one finds a way to extract what they need is varying ways.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

149 People who defend the Palis are just ignorant, stupid, evil or some combination of those three. They need to be called out publicly and shamed every fucking time they open their pie hole.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 23, 2024 07:14 AM (YRsIm)

I run into a lot of people - a whole lot - who are simply insistent that everyone, in different parts of the country as well as different parts of the world, are generally the same. With the same system of values and priorities.

Its just not true. We have distinct cultures in the United States, believe me, there are VASTLY different cultures around the globe. And not just the superficial shit like clothes and food. Fundamental, often incompatible, differences in value systems.

But you'll never hammer that into the head of someone who's never left their own little burg, and takes comfort in their assumptions.

Posted by: Factoids at March 23, 2024 07:31 AM (Yt2B/)

150 Powerline funnies

https://tinyurl.com/5n8k4s84

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 23, 2024 07:34 AM (Cp1vk)

151 Well, good luck. I still think Salina would be a good fit, but the good news is it is a two-body problem.

My analysis is that every state has a need for tax dollars, and each one finds a way to extract what they need is varying ways.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024

***
I'll keep an eye on Salina, though the last I looked Realtor did not show many properties in my price range. If I dislike IN for some reason, I'm still thinking about moving farther west.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 07:34 AM (omVj0)

152 112 102 Rep. David Trone (D) ....

As the owner of the Total Wine empire, he is pretty committed to taking away our 2nd Amendment rights.

https://tinyurl.com/2jcs52bz
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I'm not seeing the cause and effect there.

His commercials are the most smug, self-righteous, piles of vomit in the Babylon DC region. He's not even in my state but I loathe the bastard. I hate election time anyway but mostly the commercials. His are the worst.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 23, 2024 07:02 AM (sAmhv)

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 07:34 AM (o3SCB)

153 Everyone have a wonderful Spring day, filled with new flowers, rainbows, and frivolity.

Time for chores. May no Haitian pals of Cannibal Bob squat on your property.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

154 "Don't look that up if you don't want nightmares."

I'm going to heed that advice.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 23, 2024 07:37 AM (qPw5n)

155 Live in about 15 minutes

Roscosmos - Soyuz 2.1a - Soyuz MS-25 - LS 31/6 - Baikonur KAZ

Scheduled for Mar 23, 2024
Soyuz MS-25 is a planned Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight to launch from Baikonur to the International Space Station from Launch Site 31/6 of the Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
A new launch attempt is set for Saturday, March 23, 8:36am EDT, 12:36 UTC, 13:36 CET and 17:36 local Baikonur Time.

https://tinyurl.com/4ampz4w7

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE? Yes it is! at March 23, 2024 07:40 AM (qfLjt)

156 https://youtu.be/FPi0RiAsegQ?si=AbWLTkPp-ZW7ADFc
Gruel
Never tried brandy in my oatmeal

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2024 07:41 AM (fwDg9)

157 NaCly Dog...

Concur. There would be nothing to gain by being physical with people like that.

Short of tossing them out to live amongst the people they profess to patrons for, it's better to just highlight and shame them for their stupidity and their support for that kind of behavior.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 23, 2024 07:42 AM (YRsIm)

158 May no Haitian pals of Cannibal Bob squat on your property.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

If they do, they'd better be wearing lifejackets !

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 07:43 AM (T4tVD)

159 Salty, I just looked at Realtor for Salina, and there are a few properties that look nice. No idea about neighborhoods, though. And the property taxes are higher than similarly priced houses in Evansville, IN.

Odd thing: I choose 1+ car garage and the number of properties drops from 12 to 1. Yet the first one of the 12 I looked at has a garage. I guess their filters are not always reliable.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 23, 2024 07:43 AM (omVj0)

160 Never tried brandy in my oatmeal
Posted by: Skip

She's a fine girl.

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 07:44 AM (T4tVD)

161 Don't look that up if you don't want nightmares.

You should probably avoid looking up C. exigua as well.

--
Couple this to that fish that swims up the urethra and it would be a double nightmare.
At least the latter doesn't replace the dick!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ciampino - well, I'm awake now at March 23, 2024 07:44 AM (qfLjt)

162 The song Republican Jigaboo was cut from the Wizard of Oz.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 23, 2024 07:44 AM (ENQN6)

163 152 112 102

Cut-and-paste fail; retrying.

Rep. David Trone (D) .... As the owner of the Total Wine empire, he is pretty committed to taking away our 2nd Amendment rights.

https://tinyurl.com/2jcs52bz
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I'm not seeing the cause and effect there.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 07:46 AM (o3SCB)

164 I heard from someone who knows a person whose dad worked in one of Trump's companies in the 80's and he said that he heard from someone who knew a person who was in a meeting with trump one time when he called the janitor the "n" word.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 07:49 AM (2ovLw)

165 at the The Verge article:

By Sarah Jeong, features editor who publishes award-winning stories about law, tech, and internet subcultures. A journalist trained as a lawyer, she has been writing about tech for 10 years.

Stuff we can riff on.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 07:49 AM (o3SCB)

166 Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2024 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

LOL.Well, He hasn't asked any advice as of yet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 23, 2024 07:51 AM (XkYcA)

167 This is like waiting for The Great Pumpkin !

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 07:52 AM (T4tVD)

168 C.A. T. @ 164-
The janitor was the (n)ew guy.

Posted by: Eromero at March 23, 2024 07:52 AM (o2ZRX)

169 CNN Now Says Mar-a-Lago Is Worth $240 Million—Only 5 Months Ago, They “Fact-Checked” Trump For Disputing Crooked Judge Engoron’s $18 Million Valuation

Rush's widow sold their place for $150. It is about 2 miles down the road.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 23, 2024 07:52 AM (ENQN6)

170 Up and frustrated that the "I can't breathe and should wake up to fix that" hormone is truly dead in Pooky. I lose so much sleep over this...

Posted by: pookysgirl is very tired of this at March 23, 2024 07:55 AM (dtlDP)

171 "A journalist trained as a lawyer...."

So, law school grad who either couldn't get a job in the profession, or someone who worked as a lawyer for 2 years and bailed out before the stress drove her to wash down an entire bottle of Ativan with a tall glass of vodka?

Posted by: PabloD at March 23, 2024 07:55 AM (2Fraf)

172 Good morning everyone. I pray the Horde is well.

Soon off to buy new wall ovens. This is after a new exhaust hood, cooktop, backsplash tile, counters and sink. And to think, all I wanted was a new microwave. The good news is at least I'll have nothing left for Joe's 'economy' to be devalued.

Sheesh.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2024 07:57 AM (WXNFJ)

173 @169

>>CNN Now Says Mar-a-Lago Is Worth $240 Million—Only 5 Months Ago, They “Fact-Checked” Trump For Disputing Crooked Judge Engoron’s $18 Million Valuation

As was obvious to anyone who had to functioning synapses, the entire operation was an effort to expropriate Trumps wealth and properties under color of law.

The people we are dealing with are monsters, they must be treated accordingly.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 23, 2024 07:58 AM (XV/Pl)

174 Launch is at T - 38 minutes

Posted by: Ciampino - well, I'm awake now at March 23, 2024 07:58 AM (qfLjt)

175 This Sarah Jeong name rings a bell with me. Was she also the "healthcare journalist" (Propagandist) who called the Kermit Gosnell case a "local crime story" and refused to write about it?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 23, 2024 08:00 AM (Ayynh)

176 the The Verge article:

>>>if you read even a small part of this pile of drivel - and I certainly wouldn't suggest reading more than that

I read it. I'm wondering what kind of amphetamines she's on.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:04 AM (o3SCB)

177 As was obvious to anyone who had to functioning synapses, the entire operation was an effort to expropriate Trumps wealth and properties under color of law.

The people we are dealing with are monsters, they must be treated accordingly.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 23, 2024 07:58 AM (XV/Pl)

Has Tish James stated what she's going to do after she's killed the golden goose and scared off all the other geese? Or what she's going to do with her ill-gotten gains?

Posted by: pookysgirl is very tired of this too at March 23, 2024 08:05 AM (dtlDP)

178 Nuclear power is great in a high-trust, high-IQ nation.

Bad idea for any nation in Clown World, or the 3rd World.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at March 23, 2024 08:05 AM (/QIWP)

179 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 23, 2024 08:06 AM (dg+HA)

180 170 Up and frustrated that the "I can't breathe and should wake up to fix that" hormone is truly dead in Pooky. I lose so much sleep over this...
Posted by: pookysgirl is very tired of this at March 23, 2024 07:55 AM (dtlDP)

What can be done? Some sort of alarm?

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:08 AM (o3SCB)

181 @177

>>Has Tish James stated what she's going to do after she's killed the golden goose and scared off all the other geese? Or what she's going to do with her ill-gotten gains?

And that's the beauty of their Op, there are no victims so the AG's office, if they ultimately prevail, get half a billion dollar slush fund and walking around money to dole out.

I bet a significant amount of money somehow makes into her campaign coffers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 23, 2024 08:08 AM (XV/Pl)

182 Nuclear power is great in a high-trust, high-IQ nation.

Bad idea for any nation in Clown World, or the 3rd World.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at March 23, 2024 08:05 AM (/QIWP)
---------------
Which explains California and New York closing nuclear plants.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 23, 2024 08:09 AM (lw93O)

183 177 Tish James
Posted by: pookysgirl is very tired of this too at March 23, 2024 08:05 AM (dtlDP)

Every time I read this name I think Ba Dum Tish!

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:10 AM (o3SCB)

184 Nuclear power is great in a high-trust, high-IQ nation.

Bad idea for any nation in Clown World, or the 3rd World.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at March 23, 2024 08:05 AM (/QIWP)

Years of Soviet education of denying reality and passing the blame on to someone else when reality popped up did not help at Chernobyl.

Posted by: pookysgirl does not want to look up how badly the sarcophagus is cracking at March 23, 2024 08:10 AM (dtlDP)

185 >>Has Tish James stated what she's going to do after she's killed the golden goose and scared off all the other geese? Or what she's going to do with her ill-gotten gains?
--------------
She's going to Disneyworld! With newly-single hired wang Nathan Wade!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 23, 2024 08:12 AM (lw93O)

186 Which explains California and New York closing nuclear plants.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

American Electric Power in Ohio has a brand new nuclear plant ready to come online 30 years ago or so. All they needed was to bring U-235 on site.

But Nah! The greenies and feds made it so difficult, they converted the plant to be coal fired and passed on the $$Billion on the ratepayers.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2024 08:13 AM (WXNFJ)

187 And that's the beauty of their Op, there are no victims so the AG's office, if they ultimately prevail, get half a billion dollar slush fund and walking around money to dole out.

I bet a significant amount of money somehow makes into her campaign coffers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 23, 2024 08:08 AM (XV/Pl)

Yeah, we know that, but what has she claimed? I saw a montage of the times she vowed to Get Trump(TM) but never saw what she claimed the money would go for. (Usually we're given at least a fig leaf, like the state lotto going to education, for example.)

Posted by: pookysgirl is not giving up her cinnamon muffin at March 23, 2024 08:13 AM (dtlDP)

188 (Usually we're given at least a fig leaf, like the state lotto going to education, for example.)
Posted by: pookysgirl

Ohio claims that. However, for ever $ given to the districts from the lottery, there is a corresponding reduction of $ that is paid to them by the state dept of education.

Profit!!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2024 08:15 AM (WXNFJ)

189 Some legal scholar says as soon as James takes one of Trump's properties, he can file an 8th amendment violation in federal court.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 08:17 AM (2ovLw)

190 @187

>>Yeah, we know that, but what has she claimed?

Nothing, who's going to make here do anything?

As odious as Andrew Cuomo was, remember, Tish James essentially forced him out so the Joan Crawford's Ugly Sister could become Governor, and once Cuomo was out of the picture, Tish James dropped the charges.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 23, 2024 08:18 AM (XV/Pl)

191 I am guessing James will begin seizing properties and selling them off for $1. Then claim the judgment was not satisfied l, and seize another.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 08:19 AM (2ovLw)

192 Regardless of the talk, investment in NY will not change. Everyone knows it was all to get trump and nothing more.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 08:20 AM (2ovLw)

193 @189

>> Some legal scholar says as soon as James takes one of Trump's properties, he can file an 8th amendment violation in federal court.

And by the this sh*t gets resolved, they've taken Trumps sh*t and sold it off.

And the further beauty of the Op is that if Trump ultimately prevails down the line, it's NY taxpayers that would be on the hook for paying any kind of restitution.

These animals got this sh*t wired six ways from Sunday.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 23, 2024 08:21 AM (XV/Pl)

194 in the The Verge article:

Of course, the long saga of the Microsoft antitrust action (especially if you count the lingering tail of the appellate case) coincided with a lot of things: the founding of Google, the dot com crash, the foundings of both Tencent and Baidu, the “election” of George W. Bush, September 11th, the Iraq War.

the “election” of George W. Bush

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:23 AM (o3SCB)

195 Loew's Corporation NYC, hotels resorts pipelines and a bank or two, is owned by the Tisch family. Can't not hear it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 23, 2024 08:24 AM (zdLoL)

196 {155} ... https://tinyurl.com/4ampz4w7

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE? Yes it is! at March 23, 2024 07:40 AM (qfLjt)

Thanks! I'm watching as of now. (T minus 12 mins)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 23, 2024 08:25 AM (qPw5n)

197 Apple does produce Chinese sweatshops, but the DOJ does produce American Gulags. So it is a push

Posted by: Jonah at March 23, 2024 08:25 AM (BGQYY)

198 When I was in grad school, I met many people who had gotten their undergraduate degrees from ivy leagues schools. From that I came to the conclusion that I was far more impressed by someone with a 3.0 from a YUGE public university than I was with someone with a 4.0 from an ivy league school.

Why? The 3.0 person had to figure things out for themselves, every step of the way. The ivy leaguer had their hand held for for years.

Posted by: Someone Else at March 23, 2024 08:25 AM (IrqeV)

199 192 Regardless of the talk, investment in NY will not change. Everyone knows it was all to get trump and nothing more.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 08:20 AM (2ovLw)

For companies to relocate out of NY, it is a significant cost. A cost that does nothing to increase profit - just hits the bottom line with a CapEx. And the left knows this too. So they aren't deterred.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 23, 2024 08:25 AM (UcAQV)

200 I am guessing James will begin seizing properties and selling them off for $1. Then claim the judgment was not satisfied l, and seize another.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 08:19 AM (2ovLw)

Actual Justice Warrior, which is where I saw the montage, did a great rundown of why it was stupid of James to push for a fire sale because James is not going to get the money she obviously wants. And despite what CNN thinks, sale of real estate that's worth hundreds of millions of dollars can't happen overnight.

Posted by: pookysgirl is not giving up her cinnamon muffin at March 23, 2024 08:26 AM (dtlDP)

201 abovethelaw.com

Former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham appeared on CNN last night spilling the tea on which properties — if seized — would piss the former president off the most.

“I think if it were to happen, 40 Wall Street is probably the one that he would, I mean, he would hate it. But I think if she tried to seize Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster or Trump Tower even, I mean, those are his babies,” she said.

“You’ve got the Sterling golf course in Virginia. Any of the properties with golf courses, I think, would absolutely devastate him”

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:26 AM (o3SCB)

202 *it's NY taxpayers that would be on the hook for paying any kind of restitution.*

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at March 23, 2024 08:26 AM (dg+HA)

203 Soyuz launch T - 10 minutes
https://tinyurl.com/4ampz4w7

Posted by: Ciampino - Space at March 23, 2024 08:26 AM (qfLjt)

204 178 Nuclear power is great in a high-trust, high-IQ nation.

Bad idea for any nation in Clown World, or the 3rd World.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at March 23, 2024 08:05 AM (/QIWP)

people forget, or never knew, how pathetically idiotic the Chernobyl breakdown really was. The operators were doing a kind of "safety test" to determine if they had the correct procedures to respond to an emergency, and this included shutting down all of the automatic shutoff controls. It was their "safety test" that destroyed the reactor and caused it to explode.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2024 08:27 AM (S6gqv)

205 With the attack on Russia, this is going to put the people into a real conundrum.
Attack on Russia = GOOD
Targeted Christians = GOOD
Done by ISIS = BAD

So, are they anti-Russia? Then they are pro-terrorists. Stand and support Russia's victims = now they are pro-Russia and pro-Christian.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 23, 2024 08:27 AM (UcAQV)

206 If you were wondering whatever happened to her, there is a border czar Kamala Harris sighting in Parkland Fl. scheduled for today, in support of ignoring the 2A

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 23, 2024 08:28 AM (kMR81)

207 193. Thomas I have a different view of this. I would walk thru fire to support Trump, but since 2017, I feel he and his family should have given up on NYC and other Blue areas, and sold out.

Do you realize how he props up these dumps with payroll, Insurance, vendor jobs etc. I support Capitalism, but the Trumps waited to long

Posted by: Jonah at March 23, 2024 08:28 AM (BGQYY)

208 203 Soyuz launch T - 10 minutes
https://tinyurl.com/4ampz4w7
Posted by: Ciampino - Space at March 23, 2024 08:26 AM (qfLjt)

cool

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:29 AM (o3SCB)

209 people forget, or never knew, how pathetically idiotic the Chernobyl breakdown really was. The operators were doing a kind of "safety test" to determine if they had the correct procedures to respond to an emergency, and this included shutting down all of the automatic shutoff controls. It was their "safety test" that destroyed the reactor and caused it to explode.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2024 08:27 AM (S6gqv)

And a shift change was in there too.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows too much about this stuff at March 23, 2024 08:30 AM (dtlDP)

210 Trump needs to shake it all up. Start by being the first corp in the country, to say we do not require a degree for entry level jobs. Hope others follow suit. American universities, even in red states, are marxist shitholes.

Posted by: Jonah at March 23, 2024 08:30 AM (BGQYY)

211 206 If you were wondering whatever happened to her, there is a border czar Kamala Harris sighting in Parkland Fl. scheduled for today, in support of ignoring the 2A
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 23, 2024 08:28 AM (kMR81)

I, I ... nope, I wasn't wondering.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:31 AM (o3SCB)

212 @207

>>I feel he and his family should have given up on NYC and other Blue areas, and sold out.

Trumps entire brand, psyche and soul is wrapped up in NYC, its the city that made the man and is largely responsible for the aspects we love about Trump

It's also a non-trivial undertaking to relocate one's empire.

What is happening to him and his family is monstrous and see no short or long term solution for him other than to keep moving forward.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 23, 2024 08:33 AM (XV/Pl)

213 199. Not True. Many mid level companies have left NYC.

Wall Street is the big domino, but sadly it is controlled by left wingers these days. Mainly the hedge funds and trash like Goldman and Jamie Dimon

Posted by: Jonah at March 23, 2024 08:33 AM (BGQYY)

214 Late to this thread - but as someone who has professional experience dealing with Apple and its absolutely absurd series of compromises you HAVE to accept in order to play ball in their ecosystem, I'm 10000% behind this antitrust suit (which started, btw, in the Trump administration).
Apple has consistently and purposely diminished its own users' experience in order to strongarm people into (re)purchasing their products and essentially getting locked into their ecosystem. Between this action and the EU's DMA, I am so happy that they are finally being brought down.
Apple offers ludicrously overpriced hardware with locked down, inflexible software that is akin to selling a kid's bike with training wheels at F1 car prices.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 23, 2024 08:35 AM (5DEIi)

215 Thomas, things change. He is 77. NYC is a slum, and holding onto it is stupid on his part. His people do not live there, they live in every rural small town in America. I get pissed when I see him at his Golf Course in Jersey. Why subsidize Chicago and NYC anymore? F it.

Posted by: Jonah at March 23, 2024 08:36 AM (BGQYY)

216 I hope they're ok!

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:37 AM (o3SCB)

217 If President Trump gets a heads up on when the new yawk goons show up to steal his property, he should immediately fill the property up with Haitians. Lots and lots of Haitians and give them plenty of tires, gasoline, bic lighters and machetes.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 23, 2024 08:37 AM (R/m4+)

218 Modern nuke plants are a completely different design than Chernobyl's. I have a few shares of stock in a uranium company. At some point, you'll see more nuke plants. It's the only way to make enough power without oil or coal.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 23, 2024 08:37 AM (yeEu9)

219 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

FULL !

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 08:38 AM (T4tVD)

220 @214

>>Apple offers ludicrously overpriced hardware with locked down, inflexible software that is akin to selling a kid's bike with training wheels at F1 car prices.

Again, there are alternatives in the market place, if you don't like what Apple is doing, get a google phone or a Samsung phone or a Nokia phone or a Windows Phone, or if you are developer, develop for those platforms.

This lawsuit is nonsensical bullsh*t that serves no one but the masterminds and DerpState.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 23, 2024 08:38 AM (XV/Pl)

221 Fusion is almost here! Soon....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 23, 2024 08:39 AM (5ZgUj)

222 >>In this case we're dealing with Sarah Jeong,

OH.
Yeaaaaaah. I remember

HER

Toxic, white-hating NYT reporter. TOXIC.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2024 08:39 AM (6IDWi)

223 192 Regardless of the talk, investment in NY will not change. Everyone knows it was all to get trump and nothing more.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 23, 2024 08:20 AM (2ovLw)

I wish more people on our side would wake up to this fact.

Nothing will change in NYC.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 23, 2024 08:39 AM (5DEIi)

224 Is being good launch

Posted by: Don Black at March 23, 2024 08:40 AM (oCjPU)

225 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

FULL !
Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 08:38 AM (T4tVD)
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Raining there too, is it?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 23, 2024 08:40 AM (5ZgUj)

226 224 Is being good launch
Posted by: Don Black at March 23, 2024 08:40 AM (oCjPU)

Yes, is being.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:41 AM (o3SCB)

227

Suspect in Russian terror attack shivering in fear:

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1771496785145376774

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 23, 2024 08:41 AM (RKVpM)

228 Fearless Leader pleased

Posted by: Don Black at March 23, 2024 08:41 AM (oCjPU)

229 Space Affairs staff is hanging around in the comments at the flight site.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:43 AM (o3SCB)

230 Again, there are alternatives in the market place, if you don't like what Apple is doing, get a google phone or a Samsung phone or a Nokia phone or a Windows Phone, or if you are developer, develop for those platforms.

This lawsuit is nonsensical bullsh*t that serves no one but the masterminds and DerpState.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 23, 2024 08:38 AM (XV/Pl)

Of all of those different types of phones that you mentioned, only two really exist anymore. Google's phone and Samsung - of which I own and I paid 2x what any iPhone cost at the time because its *actual* cutting-edge tech (Galaxy Z Fold 4).
If you want to develop apps for iOS, you have to use a Mac for some reason - even though its all just source code in the end. If you want to publish an app on the iOS ecosystem, you have to publish it on the App Store with their draconian, nonsensical rules. For example, I wanted to release an app where you could download individual configuration files for the app that would allow it to enable different functionality - each one costing a mere 0.50 USD. Apple denied my app. Why? Because I was referencing external source files to those published with the app on the appstore.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 23, 2024 08:44 AM (5DEIi)

231 Raining there too, is it?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Like there's no tomorry !

Posted by: JT at March 23, 2024 08:44 AM (T4tVD)

232 People in the comments are saying "fake" and "good AI" LOL.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:44 AM (o3SCB)

233 "perfect ride to orbit"

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:46 AM (o3SCB)

234 ...and mostly because Apple knows that they couldn't get a cut of that sweet 0.50USD that I was going to charge through my own website cart system.

You can't get around this issue by sideloading apps outside of the app store on it either. Imagine buying a PC and then having the manufacturer tell you what applications you're allowed to have on it? Imagine being a developer that has new and innovative ideas for new apps such as contactless payment systems - only to have Apple deny your app and instead steal that tech for themselves.
They are a den of thieves, liars and charlatans and deserve nothing but the holy fires of purgatory for their predatory ways.
Again, there's nothing WOKE about monopoly busting. The work for this lawsuit started under Trump's administration.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 23, 2024 08:46 AM (5DEIi)

235 Soyuz! Soyuz! Soyuz! All persons having business ... are admonished to draw near!

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:48 AM (o3SCB)

236 @230

>>Apple denied my app. Why? Because I was referencing external source files to those published with the app on the appstore.

Apple does not owe you a living or owe you anything other than is within there terms of service, which I am sure you agreed to when you registered to be a developer.

Once you understand that, perhaps you will see things differently.

You should probably develop for Google or Samsung, you'll surely be happier developing for those platforms.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 23, 2024 08:49 AM (XV/Pl)

237
During his initial interrogation, he said he was paid to carry out the attack by someone who recruited him through the Telegram messaging service.

Police: “What did you do in Crocus?”
Suspect: “Shot.”
Police: “Whom?”
Suspect: “People.”
Police: “For what?”
Suspect: “For money. Half a million Rubles.”
Police: “Where did you get the weapons?”
Suspect: “They delivered the weapons themselves.”
Police: “Who are they?”
Suspect: “I don’t know. They wrote by Telegram without a name, without anything.”
Video:
https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1771489518006263866

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 23, 2024 08:49 AM (RKVpM)

238 Good launch, though there was this wobble of the Soyuz craft after the engines were lit and before the craft started to climb gave me a moment of concern.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 23, 2024 08:49 AM (qPw5n)

239 >>Suspect in Russian terror attack shivering in fear:

Reminds me of the movie "Hotel Mumbai" (good one) - young men brainwashed and probably drugged up go on a rampage. True believers looking for their glorious, suicidal demonstration to Allah of their worthiness.

That dude probably never imagined he'd survive and have to face his victims, shaking now that the adrenaline, drugs and religious fervor have worn off. He's lucky if the mob only does to him what he did to his victims.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2024 08:50 AM (6IDWi)

240 >>During his initial interrogation, he said he was paid to carry out the attack by someone who recruited him through the Telegram messaging service.

That's it?
Someone sends you money and you mass murder?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2024 08:51 AM (6IDWi)

241
Skinny terror suspect, just for background, half a million rubles = $5,433.23 in USD.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 23, 2024 08:51 AM (RKVpM)

242 Adjusting to progressive lenses is very difficult still, three days in

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 23, 2024 08:52 AM (k4T9M)

243 .

NOOD

"The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival" was up at 8:34 EDT.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 23, 2024 08:54 AM (qPw5n)

244 Someone sends you money and you mass murder?!?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2024 08:51 AM (6IDWi)
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Ok. Sure.

Posted by: Antifa Democrats at March 23, 2024 08:54 AM (k4T9M)

245 >Good launch, though there was this wobble of the Soyuz craft after the engines were lit and before the craft started to climb gave me a moment of concern.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
---

I noticed that too
bet that was a 'holy shit' moment onboard!

Posted by: Don Black at March 23, 2024 08:54 AM (oCjPU)

246 Soyuz = tech

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 08:56 AM (o3SCB)

247
Telegram was founded in 2013 by Nikolai and Pavel Durov.[13][14] Its servers are distributed worldwide, while the headquarters are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[15][16] Telegram is the most popular instant messaging application in parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.[17][18]

Maybe this is how the USA knew a couple days ago something was going down and advised US citizens in Russia to avoid certain locations. Encryption? Sure.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 23, 2024 08:58 AM (RKVpM)

248 236 Apple does not owe you a living or owe you anything other than is within there terms of service, which I am sure you agreed to when you registered to be a developer.

The things you are permitted to put in your terms of service are different when you control 64% of the market than when you control 6%.

That's the law. Apple doesn't like it, and pretends it's not true, but it's the law.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 23, 2024 08:58 AM (BLOW1)

249 Need any CS interns?

Posted by: Burton M at March 23, 2024 08:59 AM (XveoD)

250 248 236 Apple does not owe you a living or owe you anything other than is within there terms of service, which I am sure you agreed to when you registered to be a developer.

The things you are permitted to put in your terms of service are different when you control 64% of the market than when you control 6%.

That's the law. Apple doesn't like it, and pretends it's not true, but it's the law.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 23, 2024 08:58 AM (BLOW1)

That's a useful summary.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 09:00 AM (o3SCB)

251 247 Telegram

Maybe this is how the USA knew a couple days ago something was going down and advised US citizens in Russia to avoid certain locations. Encryption? Sure.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 23, 2024 08:58 AM (RKVpM)

I hope that's not true. Is that true?

Posted by: m at March 23, 2024 09:01 AM (o3SCB)

252 “Diminishing competitive advantage in the market is the entire point of antitrust actions.“

Anti-trust law targets anti-competitive behavior, not competitive advantage. Well, in theory, anyway.

Posted by: R C Dean at March 23, 2024 09:38 AM (KVdgg)

253 "Salty, I just looked at Realtor for Salina, and there are a few properties that look nice. No idea about neighborhoods, though. And the property taxes are higher than similarly priced houses in Evansville, IN."

Go east a few miles and look into Abeline. A few years back the wife and I were on walkabout - actually, pickup and trailer driveabout - and we stopped for the night in Abeline. Spent 3 days there. It's a farm town economically, but with enough tourist/cultural things to leaven it: Eisenhower museum, Independent Telephone Museum combined with county museum, Greyhound Museum, etc. Classic small town America with some sprinkles on it. I retired to N Az because I like high desert, but if I liked "flat", I'd pick it.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 23, 2024 01:39 PM (pUEW7)

254 I'm hiring the Minecraft kid.

Based solely upon the credentials you posted, I'd make the same decision. Hopefully the Minecraft kid isn't a person of pronouns.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at March 23, 2024 02:22 PM (DTX3h)

255 >I'm hiring the Minecraft kid

Argh. It's a glib answer to a difficult problem. Software engineering is non-trivial, and I've worked with enough self-taught developers to know that they're much more prone to the Dunning-Kruger effect. I know that someone with a CS degree is going to at least have had exposure to Big-O algorithm analysis, queuing and graph theory, and concurrency. And enough exposure to hardware to understand why you don't write code you care about in a dynamically typed scripting language.

Still won't stop them from trying to turn everything into microservices, though.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at March 23, 2024 11:40 PM (0Go0g)

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