Daily Tech News 6 May 2024

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With its player community up in arms and its reputation on fire - with 200,000 negative reviews landing in just three days - Sony has decided maybe Helldivers players on Windows don't need a PlayStation Network account after all. (MSN)

This comes a day after the game was removed from sale on Steam in 177 countries and dependencies because the PlayStation Network was not available there.

Which also goes to show how widely available Steam is. They don't care if you live in the Aland Islands or Andorra or Antarctica, if your credit card works you're in.

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The Cheyenne supercomputer has sold for $480,000, about 2% of what it cost when it was first installed. (Tom's Hardware)

The system includes 8,064 Xeon E5-2697 v4 CPUs with 18 cores each, and 4,890 64GB DDR4 ECC memory modules.

Speaking of which, I have 40GB of DDR4 SODIMMs and 2TB of NVMe SSDs left over after after my latest round of hardware upgrades. And zero free slots to put any of those into.

At least I don't have coolant leaks, unlike Cheyenne.
Intel's upcoming Z890 motherboards for Arrow Lake CPUs will feature integrated Thunderbolt 4 support. (WCCFTech)

Which would be even better if Intel hadn't introduced Thunderbolt 5 last year.
A scroll detailing the final hours of Plato, found in a cache in a villa belonging to Julius Caesar's father-in-law in Herculaneum (near Pompeii), has now been deciphered. (The Guardian)

He was not overly fond of the entertainment that evening.

The scrolls - hundreds of them - are, as you might expect given what happened to Herculaneum, mere lumps of charcoal, and it is only with modern CT scanning techniques and computer-aided reconstruction that we are able to read them. In fact, it's only last year that the first words were read this way.
Chinese government websites are as bad as government websites anywhere else, and probably worse. (The Register)

If anyone cared enough to hack them they would likely find easy pickings.

Random Vtuber Music Video of the Day

Today it's Suisei of Hololive's Generation 0.

While Nijisanji was buying a second yacht, Hololive was spending $20 million on a state-of-the-art 3D motion capture studio.

Disclaimer: Fleem.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:42 AM

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1 yay

Posted by: m at May 06, 2024 04:45 AM (o3SCB)

2 Arghh!!!

Morning pixy.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 06, 2024 04:46 AM (+xYe0)

3 Pixy, at the top of the ONT, can you tell us if that photo is real or AI? And how can we tell?

Posted by: m at May 06, 2024 04:46 AM (o3SCB)

4 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2024 04:47 AM (omVj0)

5 >>>Disclaimer: Fleem.

Gesundheit.

Posted by: m at May 06, 2024 04:47 AM (o3SCB)

6 Evening and morning to all you gray-box people out there!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2024 04:48 AM (omVj0)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 06, 2024 04:48 AM (T4tVD)

8 Jar of Hearts

https://youtu.be/MsGVPnw24js

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 06, 2024 04:50 AM (+xYe0)

9 I am waiting for Pixy to tell us what is the Mother of all Motherboards.

Posted by: Drunk Miklos doing 110kb/sec at May 06, 2024 04:52 AM (g3rvw)

10 3 Pixy, at the top of the ONT, can you tell us if that photo is real or AI? And how can we tell?
Posted by: m

Looks real to me. Nothing is out of place except for the things that realistically end up out of place in a photo like this, like the random power cord hanging down for no reason at all.

The pups in particular are realistically derpy. AI has trouble getting animals right.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 06, 2024 04:53 AM (BLOW1)

11 One of my favorite movies was 'war games'. I know its probably fictional, but always thought 'Wamper' was a great name for a 'gaming computer' in Cheyenne Mountain.

Posted by: Colin at May 06, 2024 04:53 AM (/z/eU)

12 It's somewhere between 4pm and 8pm in Pixyworld, I think.

Posted by: m at May 06, 2024 04:54 AM (o3SCB)

13 Anime?

Watched 'Genocidal Organ' the only way I could find it for free, on a Chinese site in Japanese with no subtitles. I still found it dumb.

Ran across 'Project A-ko' and forgot what it was, and dozed off during it to half-wake up during the big invasion scene, and remembered it then and why it's not really the kind of thing you want to be caught watching...

Then YT for some reason recommended 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace', which I'd never heard of, and if you like that kind of Police Squad/Danger 5-type humor, it's a riot.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 06, 2024 04:54 AM (43xH1)

14 10 3 Pixy, at the top of the ONT, can you tell us if that photo is real or AI? And how can we tell?
Posted by: m

Looks real to me. Nothing is out of place except for the things that realistically end up out of place in a photo like this, like the random power cord hanging down for no reason at all.

The pups in particular are realistically derpy. AI has trouble getting animals right.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 06, 2024 04:53 AM (BLOW1)

Thanks!

Posted by: m at May 06, 2024 04:54 AM (o3SCB)

15 Looks real to me. Nothing is out of place except for the things that realistically end up out of place in a photo like this, like the random power cord hanging down for no reason at all.

The pups in particular are realistically derpy. AI has trouble getting animals right.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

She is my wife! Uh...Morgan Fairchild!

Posted by: Jon "Miklos" Lovitz, congenial liar at May 06, 2024 04:55 AM (g3rvw)

16 G'Day everyone
It's Monday again, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2024 04:56 AM (fwDg9)

17 It's somewhere between 4pm and 8pm in Pixyworld, I think.
Posted by: m at May 06, 2024 04:54 AM (o3SCB)

Well, that narrows it down.

Sorta.

Posted by: JT at May 06, 2024 04:56 AM (T4tVD)

18 LenNeal and others, I mentioned on the ONT that Moneygeek dot com suggests that for a lower-end property, in Indiana, it's possible to land home insurance for $50/month. I chose the lowest settings on their calculator, and of course that doesn't take into account things like not being in a flood zone. Does that sound impossible?

How can I find out a good rough figure? I do not want to make an offer on a property I really like, only to sit down and find out that home insurance will drive the monthly payment out of my range.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2024 04:58 AM (omVj0)

19 G'Day everyone
It's Monday again, isn't it?
Posted by: Skip

How I hated Blue Mondays.

Much better now

Posted by: Fats Domino at May 06, 2024 04:58 AM (g3rvw)

20 The pups in particular are realistically derpy. AI has trouble getting animals right.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 06, 2024 04:53 AM (BLOW1)

Works for me.

Posted by: Catherine Princess of Whales at May 06, 2024 04:58 AM (+xYe0)

21 10 New Boeing Whistle Blowers: You can't Kill Us All!!!1

Agent Johnson:....

The Other Agent Johnson:...

Agent Johnson: HAHAHAHH.... WEEZ... COUGH... COUGH... These people.... I can't even...

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 06, 2024 04:59 AM (XV/Pl)

22 She is my wife! Uh...Morgan Fairchild!
Posted by: Jon "Miklos" Lovitz, congenial liar'

Lynn-Holly Johnson gave up her career for me!

Posted by: LenNeal, bigger liar at May 06, 2024 04:59 AM (43xH1)

23 It's somewhere between 4pm and 8pm in Pixyworld, I think.
Posted by: m at May 06, 2024

***
My GMT watch, set to Sydney time, says 7 pm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2024 04:59 AM (omVj0)

24 Yep, just hit 7PM, time to set up more servers.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 06, 2024 05:01 AM (BLOW1)

25 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2024 05:01 AM (sAmhv)

26 How can I find out a good rough figure? I do not want to make an offer on a property I really like, only to sit down and find out that home insurance will drive the monthly payment out of my range.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Umm

Ask a local insurance agent?

My agent handles home and car, very competent lady. I have Auto Owners for everything, (Not a paid endorsement) but good agents will shop around for you.

Posted by: Miklos who pays the bills at May 06, 2024 05:01 AM (g3rvw)

27 time to set up more servers.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Love, match, game

Posted by: Miklos who saw tennis once at May 06, 2024 05:02 AM (g3rvw)

28 in Indiana, it's possible to land home insurance for $50/month. I chose the lowest settings on their calculator, and of course that doesn't take into account things like not being in a flood zone. Does that sound impossible?'

No, not impossible. Sounds about right for a lower-cost house in a not-so-urban town in the Midwest. I paid less than that for years with my house, until car insurance skyrocketed, and it was cheaper for me to bundle home with auto with my Farm Bureau. But this year I'm likely going to switch to another outfit.
Things change.

Posted by: LenNeal, bigger liar at May 06, 2024 05:02 AM (43xH1)

29 Good luck, Pixy!

Posted by: m at May 06, 2024 05:03 AM (o3SCB)

30 I wonder what horrors await us this week. I suppose cleaning up and repairing the damage at our 'great universities',
assuming the mostly outside rabble have left. All that plywood, I hope its reused somewhere, its not cheap. All those tents which are very nice. I saw being dumped into dumpsters..

Posted by: Colin at May 06, 2024 05:03 AM (/z/eU)

31 Which also goes to show how widely available Steam is. They don't care if you live in the Aland Islands or Andorra or Antarctica, if your credit card works you're in.

If you can pay for it, your good. Free Markets.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2024 05:03 AM (sAmhv)

32 Miklos is correct, ask for a quote over the phone to send to an email directly from a local agent in the area you're looking at. Best way to do it.

Posted by: LenNeal, bigger liar at May 06, 2024 05:04 AM (43xH1)

33 Good luck, Pixy!
Posted by: m

The Secretary will deny all knowledge of your actions.

Minx will self-destruct in 3...2...1

Posted by: Miklos guesses that Pixy is actually named Jim at May 06, 2024 05:06 AM (g3rvw)

34 30 I wonder what horrors await us this week. I suppose cleaning up and repairing the damage at our 'great universities',
assuming the mostly outside rabble have left. All that plywood, I hope its reused somewhere, its not cheap. All those tents which are very nice. I saw being dumped into dumpsters..
Posted by: Colin at May 06, 2024 05:03 AM (/z/eU)

Very funny tweet I saw somewhere. A (UCLA?) college student was complaining that his wallet and phone and Apple tag were in a dumpster on campus; he wanted to retrieve his stuff; the interview was taking place in front of the dumpster. Another tweeter said: that'll be some great video!

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

35 @18

>>How can I find out a good rough figure? I do not want to make an offer on a property I really like, only to sit down and find out that home insurance will drive the monthly payment out of my range.

Figure a 1k per year if the property is not in a flood plain, figure 2k per year if it's next to a flood plain or any area that has weather related issues.

You'll probably pay less but that is a good place to start without getting a quote from an insurance agent.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 06, 2024 05:07 AM (XV/Pl)

36 Well, I should explain my auto insurance skyrocketed due to a richly-deserved OWI, and I didn't drive for 3+ years and never did the SR22 high-risk insurance because I'm a cheap bastard.

So of course my car insurance was expensive when I started driving again, and it was way cheaper to bundle it with Home. But that was years ago now, and my driving record is now perfect, not even a parking ticket in well over 10 years.

Posted by: LenNeal, bigger liar at May 06, 2024 05:07 AM (43xH1)

37 Miklos who saw tennis once

Then it was elevennis !

Posted by: JT at May 06, 2024 05:08 AM (T4tVD)

38 I am sure ONT picture is real. I get a woman's face on all kinds of different ads and think it's AI done

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2024 05:09 AM (fwDg9)

39 The funniest part of not touching a steering wheel for 3 years was when I did start driving, I'd forget I was doing it. I was so used to being a passenger I'd forget I was, you know, driving the thing!

"Whoa, this car is all over the road! Who's driving? Oh shit, it's ME!"

Posted by: LenNeal at May 06, 2024 05:10 AM (43xH1)

40 Morning all!

Thracian Slave Girl sounded a little pitchy.

...Plato...

Posted by: Bruce at May 06, 2024 05:10 AM (OntR4)

41 Then it was elevennis !
Posted by: JT

Then we left for the West....

Posted by: the Elvenists at May 06, 2024 05:10 AM (g3rvw)

42 But anyway, I would think a range of $600-1000/year is doable for Home coverage.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 06, 2024 05:12 AM (43xH1)

43 https://youtu.be/URnwNr3LYJk

I also have to set up some servers ... and train one of my clients on the procedure ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 06, 2024 05:13 AM (+xYe0)

44 Should be at fairly close to home job all week, unless called to do something else. Could use the less travel time.

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2024 05:15 AM (fwDg9)

45 I also have to set up some servers ... and train one of my clients on the procedure ...
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

I am much pleasing for Trainings to take your job

Posted by: "Greg" at the Bangalore Call Centre of Excellence at May 06, 2024 05:16 AM (g3rvw)

46 Should be at fairly close to home job all week, unless called to do something else. Could use the less travel time.
Posted by: Skip

In bed or out of bed.

Such a scamp.

Posted by: Auntie Miklos at May 06, 2024 05:17 AM (g3rvw)

47 I am much pleasing for Trainings to take your job

Posted by: "Greg" at the Bangalore Call Centre of Excellence at May 06, 2024 05:16 AM (g3rvw)

Apply here: https://www.youtube.com/@OdooMates/videos

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 06, 2024 05:18 AM (+xYe0)

48 Apply here: https://www.youtube.com/@OdooMates/videos
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

I love how you do that Odoo Hoodo

Posted by: Baby Coc Mikleuse, and his All Girl Tonton Macout Steel Band at May 06, 2024 05:21 AM (g3rvw)

49 Have Iris flowers up
Foggy and light rain
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2024 05:26 AM (fwDg9)

50 Perfection is short in this world, and I remind myself of that every day.

Posted by: Imperfect Baby Doc Mikleuse, and his All Girl Tonton Macoute Steel Band at May 06, 2024 05:26 AM (g3rvw)

51 that was almost haiku

Posted by: Don Black at May 06, 2024 05:27 AM (/7KEl)

52 that was almost haiku
Posted by: Don Black

That would require sushi for breakfast.

Which is no-go (in the Japanese language)

Posted by: Miklos-san at May 06, 2024 05:30 AM (g3rvw)

53 I am much pleasing for Trainings to take your job
Posted by: "Greg" at the Bangalore Call Centre of Excellence'

I will do for cheaper.

Posted by: Not at all shady dude in Ukraine at May 06, 2024 05:32 AM (43xH1)

54 Wondering if anyone knows whether wearing a smart watch all the time is recommended? The green flashing lights taking my pulse constantly, is this ok?

Posted by: CanuckJack at May 06, 2024 05:33 AM (1cCGi)

55 I will do for cheaper.

Posted by: Not at all shady dude in Ukraine at May 06, 2024 05:32 AM (43xH1)

Plus 10%

Posted by: Brandon at May 06, 2024 05:33 AM (+xYe0)

56 I will do for cheaper.
Posted by: Not at all shady dude in Ukraine

Got a sister?

Posted by: Mail Oder Brides by Miklos (se habla Ukrainski) at May 06, 2024 05:34 AM (g3rvw)

57 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 06, 2024 05:35 AM (ju2Fy)

58 I will just sit over here with Clayton, Jugdish, and Sidney

Posted by: Miklos with red plastic cup in hand at May 06, 2024 05:36 AM (g3rvw)

59 Then it was elevennis !
Posted by: JT at May 06, 2024 05:08 AM (T4tVD)

Elevennis has lefteded the buildiding.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 06, 2024 05:40 AM (+yhUM)

60 Elevennis has lefteded the buildiding.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

So Wise men say

Posted by: Miklos with twitchy Elvis upper lip at May 06, 2024 05:43 AM (g3rvw)

61 But anyway, I would think a range of $600-1000/year is doable for Home coverage.
Posted by: LenNeal at May 06, 2024

***
I could do $50-60 a month, but I'll call the agent for a house I really like on Realtor and see if I can get a number for a local insurance agent. It'll help, too, to know what my car insurance might be, bundled with the home stuff. Thanks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2024 05:43 AM (omVj0)

62 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 06, 2024 05:43 AM (tQtDb)

63 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OnH-e4A6e3g

Posted by: Putin's Girl Friend at May 06, 2024 05:48 AM (+xYe0)

64 G'mornin' everyone!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Lunchtime in Budapest

Posted by: Miklos out-points at May 06, 2024 05:49 AM (g3rvw)

65 Wolfus, check out Farm Bureau for rates. They were about 40-50% less than All State and Safeco when son got insurance last year. He also gave them his car so that may have gotten extra discount.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 06, 2024 05:51 AM (ju2Fy)

66 very possible that lunch in Budapest will be tastier than today's breakfast in Wisconsin. Bon appetit!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 06, 2024 05:55 AM (tQtDb)

67 & speaking of which, I'll brb ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 06, 2024 05:56 AM (tQtDb)

68 Good morning early risers!

Posted by: Rosasharn at May 06, 2024 05:57 AM (PzBTm)

69 very possible that lunch in Budapest will be tastier than today's breakfast in Wisconsin. Bon appetit!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Hungarians eat cheese too, ya know.

Posted by: Miklos von Edamer und Trappist at May 06, 2024 05:59 AM (g3rvw)

70 Good morning ☕

Posted by: Don Black at May 06, 2024 05:59 AM (/7KEl)

71 No covfefe or breakfast this morning. Pet scans at 9. Although, I did eat a hamburger at 2:30a.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 06, 2024 06:00 AM (ju2Fy)

72 Good morning early risers!
Posted by: Rosasharn

We are here for the Twirl Workshop

Posted by: Miklos with Yoga mats if needed at May 06, 2024 06:00 AM (g3rvw)

73 No covfefe or breakfast this morning. Pet scans at 9. Although, I did eat a hamburger at 2:30a.
Posted by: olddog in mo

I hate PET scans

Not me personally, but the ALIEN IMPLANTS IN MY HEAD and Fluffy, the Actual pet.

Posted by: Miklos just does what they say, mainly at May 06, 2024 06:02 AM (g3rvw)

74 This comes a day after the game was removed from sale on Steam in 177 countries
-

Wait, what? This seems a tad unwise. Well, if your goal is making lots of money. If your goal is something else I think this is very smart.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms and you told them not to follow their dreams at May 06, 2024 06:03 AM (0rQxu)

75 This comes a day after the game was removed from sale on Steam in 177 countries

If I had those 177 countries, I could beat anybody at Risk.

Posted by: Strategiklos at May 06, 2024 06:05 AM (g3rvw)

76 Speaking of China, IIRC JackStraw linked this pleasant twitter video last night if anyone didn't see it:

"A Chinese employer working in Africa shows who is boss on the continent.

Many African countries still don’t know what they have gotten themselves into after signing all three commercial agreements with China. "

https://tinyurl.com/2vu2mo56

Some black people were once inconvenienced on our continent and need an additional $34T, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 06, 2024 06:09 AM (0rQxu)

77 Rabbi's daughter from "The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews" reflects on "choosing your own adventure" and the choice to be close to God:

https://tinyurl.com/y3zs3ft7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2024 06:11 AM (DWRqm)

78 Rabbi's daughter from "The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews" reflects on "choosing your own adventure" and the choice to be close to God:

https://tinyurl.com/y3zs3ft7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I don't understand this one.

Apparently you are going to be a sacrificial victim either way.

Posted by: Miklos has Free Will at May 06, 2024 06:15 AM (g3rvw)

79 - Wolfus, I don't know what part of Southern Indiana you're thinking about and while it's not all the same, some gorgeous country there.
Hoosier National Forest, Morgon-Monroe State Forest and the like. I lived just west of Indy for years. Went there as little as possible.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 06, 2024 06:21 AM (xZpzx)

80 Posted by: Miklos has Free Will at May 06, 2024 06:15 AM (g3rvw)

😉. I wouldn't read it too literally, dear one . I think the point was that our choices lead us to God or away from Him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2024 06:23 AM (DWRqm)

81 Boker Tov Patriots

Look like the Israeli Gov has lost all patience with hamas and the Biden and will soon go into Rafahm if they have not already. Good

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 06, 2024 06:27 AM (pVWRI)

82 I don't understand this one.
Apparently you are going to be a sacrificial victim either way.
Posted by: Miklos has Free Will'

Christianity is not transactional and does not require sacrificing something to get something from God. I have no need to do any of this goat business. I'm not Jewish.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 06, 2024 06:27 AM (43xH1)

83 Wolfus, I don't know what part of Southern Indiana you're thinking about and while it's not all the same, some gorgeous country there.
Hoosier National Forest, Morgon-Monroe State Forest and the like. I lived just west of Indy for years. Went there as little as possible.
Posted by: TeeJ at May 06, 2024

***
Teej, I'm thinking of Evansville and the small towns nearby, including Henderson and Owensboro, KY. I need to be close to medical stuff, of course, shopping like food, and places to work on my car. But I want something as different as possible from The Pesthole in Lousy-ana. Quiet and less dangerous would be nice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2024 06:28 AM (omVj0)

84 Okay, like Skip, I gotta hit the road. Back later!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2024 06:28 AM (omVj0)

85 lost all patience with hamas
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 06, 2024 06:27 AM (pVWRI)

Hamas will not give up their goal of global jewish genocide.

Patience??

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 06, 2024 06:29 AM (+xYe0)

86 Better would be a prayerful, slow, thoughtful reading of the Book of Romans.
Tack on Matthew chaps 5,6 and 7 if it's been awhile.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 06, 2024 06:30 AM (xZpzx)

87 Jesus sacrificed himself so that we might have new life. The New Testament talks repeatedly about submitting ourselves to God. Other than that I have No interests is religious arguments with people who either need to get to work or haven't gone to bed yet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2024 06:32 AM (DWRqm)

88 @86, @87 ... both appear to be replies but I can't figure out to whom they are replying ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 06, 2024 06:36 AM (+xYe0)

89 wtf was that video

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 06, 2024 06:36 AM (ENQN6)

90 Not as much forest in the Evansville area but still some pretty country fairly close.
A drive to the Brown County State Park area and the rest isn't far and highly recommended in the fall when all those hardwoods are turning. Also in the spring when the dogwoods and redbuds are blooming.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 06, 2024 06:37 AM (xZpzx)

91 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Phlegm

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 06, 2024 06:37 AM (Be/+i)

92 89 wtf was that video

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 06, 2024 06:36 AM (ENQN6)

Chinese HR ?

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 06, 2024 06:40 AM (+xYe0)

93 "Someone here the other night suggested I haven't made her part of the decision process about where to go (because NOT going is NOT an option). Not true."

That was me.

I re-read my comment and was going to amend it with "She doesn't FEEL like you have..." but I figured you probably understood her enough that my quip was enough.

You have a problem on your hands.

Posted by: pawn at May 06, 2024 06:40 AM (QB+5g)

94 Good morning morons

Local TV news is a wasteland

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2024 06:41 AM (RIvkX)

95 Good morning morons

Local TV news is a wasteland
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2024 06:41 AM (RIvkX)
---------
A teenage wasteland, or just in general?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 06, 2024 06:42 AM (Be/+i)

96 Local TV news is a wasteland
Posted by: San Franpsycho

We charge by the eyeball, Sir

Posted by: Local TV at May 06, 2024 06:43 AM (g3rvw)

97 My telepathy chip is clearly malfunctioning. Perhaps a covfefe refill will do the trick.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 06, 2024 06:45 AM (+xYe0)

98 That video has a good beat, and you can dance to it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

99 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

100 That video has a good beat, and you can dance to it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 06:47 AM (u82oZ)
----------
The director was kind of a dick, though.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 06, 2024 06:47 AM (Be/+i)

101 Wolfus,

it's a pretty big thing for her obviously. Moving in together and moving away at the same time. This gets harder to do as folks get settled into their ways.

She's looking at completely changing her entire lifestyle.

Maybe you should keep your place there and find a new one and go back and forth a while. Ease her into it while she adjusts to not having you around.

Just an idea.

Posted by: pawn at May 06, 2024 06:48 AM (QB+5g)

102 Two young boys stop game to help elderly man across street:

https://tinyurl.com/3abnb3yv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2024 06:49 AM (L/l0Z)

103 That video has a good beat, and you can dance to it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Fess up.

Which one is you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IkV-FYo9os

Posted by: Miklos, diggin' it at May 06, 2024 06:50 AM (g3rvw)

104 Should be at fairly close to home job all week, unless called to do something else. Could use the less travel time.
Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2024 05:15 AM (fwDg9)

Nice !

Posted by: JT at May 06, 2024 06:50 AM (T4tVD)

105 Nevergiveup

The IDF needs to play the theme music from Rawhide to get the residents to move to a new tent city.

The US military gave no such warning to Tokyo, Dresden, Hamburg, Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

So the IDF is more moral than the US.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

106 Bus driver reads Bible and takes notes while on breaks from work:

https://tinyurl.com/49bekvux

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2024 06:51 AM (L/l0Z)

107 Miklos, diggin' it

**Snort**

The white guy that can barely clap his hands to the rhythm, of course.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

108 SONY reversed, and this quickly? That's surprising.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 06, 2024 06:55 AM (O7YUW)

109 FenelonSpoke

I hear your beloved son has a place to stay near his new job. Good news.

You can count on us for advice, ya know.

Seriously, I hope you two turtledoves thrive soon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

110 Christian devotional- More than a sliver of hope:

https://tinyurl.com/64jjh2sf

And that's it for today. May you know that God loves you and you are a blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2024 06:56 AM (L/l0Z)

111 SONY reversed, and this quickly? That's surprising.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Ever try to rewind a Sony Betamax?

Posted by: Miklos is so old.... at May 06, 2024 06:56 AM (g3rvw)

112 106 Bus driver reads Bible
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2024 06:51 AM (L/l0Z)

@ the link I read: "Philippines" ... 80% catholic, last time I looked.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 06, 2024 06:56 AM (+xYe0)

113 May you know that God loves you and you are a blessing to others!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

As are you!

Posted by: Miklos at May 06, 2024 06:57 AM (g3rvw)

114 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight

Most directors I knew were assholes, burning with creative fury.

Based on my two meager IMDB entries and community theater as a misspent yute.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

115 - @107 - NaCly - Steve Martin, You mean I'm always going to be this color? just popped into my head.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 06, 2024 06:58 AM (xZpzx)

116 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight

Most directors I knew were assholes, burning with creative fury.

Based on my two meager IMDB entries and community theater as a misspent yute.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 06:57 AM (u82oZ)
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I've had various directors, but never had one assault the leading lady.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 06, 2024 06:58 AM (Be/+i)

117 Based on my two meager IMDB entries and community theater as a misspent yute.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

If yer gonna misspend yer youth, at least develop some skill at pool.

Posted by: W. C. Miklos-Fields at May 06, 2024 07:00 AM (g3rvw)

118 TeeJ

LOL.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

119 "The US military gave no such warning to Tokyo, Dresden, Hamburg, Hiroshima or Nagasaki."

It's not so clear:

https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2013/04/26/a-day-too-late/

The last couple paragraphs at that site really are worth reading in regard to this issue. It starts off with this:

"The leaflets were not part of any humanitarian mission. They were part of a campaign of “Psychological Warfare,” as was very explicit within their organization in the military. "

Posted by: pawn at May 06, 2024 07:02 AM (QB+5g)

120
The US military gave no such warning to Tokyo, Dresden, Hamburg, Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 06:51 AM

The USA did drop some pamphlets on some key Japanese cities involved in their war effort prior to dropping of the atomic bombs - advising people to get out of Dodge. Which ones I don't know.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 06, 2024 07:02 AM (RKVpM)

121 And that's it for today. May you know that God loves you and you are a blessing to others!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Isn't it always a nice way to wake up reading Fen's comments?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 06, 2024 07:02 AM (Cp1vk)

122 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 06, 2024 07:03 AM (dg+HA)

123 The USA did drop some pamphlets on some key Japanese cities involved in their war effort prior to dropping of the atomic bombs - advising people to get out of Dodge. Which ones I don't know.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 06, 2024 07:02 AM (RKVpM)
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There's a section on the leafletting we did in the Wiki article on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was...mixed.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 06, 2024 07:03 AM (Be/+i)

124 Divide by Zero

It was only for Hiroshima.

Nagasaki was a secondary target, and that mission almost ran out of av gas at the end.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

125 And NaCly, as far as contact, I think you had my ph# when we met up so I could send stuff to Texas for MoMe.
If so, that hasn't changed. Shoot me a text.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 06, 2024 07:04 AM (xZpzx)

126 Divide by Zero

This is a smart military blog. Knowledge is deep here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

127 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Closed to the public on Mondays.

Only swim lessons for the hatchlings.

Posted by: Swim Coach Miklos at May 06, 2024 07:05 AM (g3rvw)

128 TeeJ

That was two phones ago. But I will look in the archives. That meeting with cpo mom and you was so much fun.

Got a new idea.

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

129 Morning peeps

Gloomy start to the day. Looks like more rain is on the way. Glad I got the yard mowed yesterday.

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

130
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 06, 2024 07:07 AM (bEb2S)

131 Glad I got the yard mowed yesterday.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2024 07:07 AM (Q4IgG)
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My back yard needs the lady with the scythe from a few days ago.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 06, 2024 07:08 AM (Be/+i)

132 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 06, 2024 07:10 AM (Be/+i)

133 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight

Like burning out the heart of other cities was not enough warning. Both A-bombs together only did 3% of the damage conventional bombs did to all Japanese urban areas.

Trivia. In 1974, the last holdout of IJN soldiers surrendered, in Morotai Island, Indonesia.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

134 Have a great day, everyone.

May there be thriving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2024 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

135
There's a section on the leafletting we did in the Wiki article on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was...mixed.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 06, 2024 07:03 AM

The link that 'pawn' put up is of the same mixed conclusion. It's a very interesting question with perhaps a little Winston Smith level of historical rewriting.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 06, 2024 07:13 AM (RKVpM)

136

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 06, 2024 07:16 AM (X4yCj)

137 "Prosecutors in a court filing said that in some of the boxes FBI agents seized from President Trump’s Florida resort, the order of papers has been changed from shortly after the seizure,” reports The Epoch Times. "Prosecutors compared scans of the boxes done in 2022 under orders from Judge Cannon to the present state of the boxes and noticed that the order is not the same."

It is all fake!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 06, 2024 07:16 AM (ENQN6)

138 "Glad I got the yard mowed yesterday."
Grrrr - see @131
And yet another cloudy, windy and rain later, day in store.
Plus need to get over and bring widow's trash trolley back to garage and pick her some lettuce and volunteer spinach.
Don't take that wrong. She's one person I could never do enough for and be blessed to have the opportunity!

Posted by: TeeJ at May 06, 2024 07:17 AM (xZpzx)

139 Maryland has committed to a monumental task of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The project, set to be completed by the fall of 2028, is projected to cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, according to David Broughton, spokesperson for the Maryland Department of Transportation.

So, the bridge will cost $10B and open in 2038.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 06, 2024 07:21 AM (P9xGM)

140 It's rike Betamax onry worse!

Me go seppuku now!

Posted by: Sony Jap Guy at May 06, 2024 07:21 AM (4a+k3)

141 Transgender college runner Sadie Schreiner won three women's events at the Liberty League championship meet (Division III) on Saturday.

Schreiner, of the Rochester Institute of Technology, won the 400 meter with a 55.07, and the 200 meter at 24.14.

Both times would have been DEAD last in the men's races at the meet.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 06, 2024 07:21 AM (ENQN6)

142 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Serving customers

Posted by: JT at May 06, 2024 07:22 AM (T4tVD)

143 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Closed to the public on Mondays.

Only swim lessons for the hatchlings.
Posted by: Swim Coach Miklos at May 06, 2024 07:05 AM (g3rvw)

Balderdash !

Posted by: JT at May 06, 2024 07:23 AM (T4tVD)

144 It started out mostly sunny yesterday and I thought the yard would be dry. It wasn't. My push mower needs to be cleaned up. The tractor also needed to be hosed off, and the mowing deck cleared of debris. A mixture of wet grass, twigs, mud, etc.

My back is letting me know how old I am this morning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2024 07:23 AM (Q4IgG)

145 Me go seppuku now!
Posted by: Sony Jap Guy

Got toilet paper ?

Posted by: JT at May 06, 2024 07:25 AM (T4tVD)

146 Just Now: Biden’s former Covid Czar, Dr. Jha—who’s now Dean of Public Health at Brown, responds to the NYT article & the failures of government to help the vaccine injured.

Just a year or so ago he was selling boosters on PBS.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 06, 2024 07:29 AM (ENQN6)

147 @141- God help us and watch over your children.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 06, 2024 07:31 AM (xZpzx)

148 Time to get around. Sun parousia, sort of.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 06, 2024 07:34 AM (xZpzx)

149 What stopped the female athletes from Rochester Institute of Technology boycotting the race?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2024 07:35 AM (dg+HA)

150 149 What stopped the female athletes from Rochester Institute of Technology boycotting the race?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2024 07:35 AM (dg+HA)

Whats stops a Bolt from getting tits and a wig and setting all the records for 100 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 06, 2024 07:38 AM (ENQN6)

151
JJ
SEF
TON

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 06, 2024 07:38 AM (ENQN6)

152 Interesting about Plato scrolls.

The Republic contains an account of a near death experience.

Posted by: logprof at May 06, 2024 12:49 PM (DIJ9E)

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