Daily Tech News 26 May 2024

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Financial technology startup Synapse, which provided banking services to around 100 other financial technology startups with around 10 million total customers, est mort. (Tech Crunch)

Synapse filed for Chapter 11 protection last month to sort out its financial situation without impacting customers, but that failed when the buyer it had lined up walked away.

That left no alternative but liquidation, leaving all of Synapse's customers without banking services, and all of their customers without access to their money.

It's a mess.

Synapse customer Mainvest is also going into liquidation as a result of this, and is probably not the only one.

Do you people want regulatory capture? Because this is how you get regulatory capture.

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite is 10% slower than Apple's M2 on single-threaded benchmarks - but twice as fast on multi-threaded tests. (Tom's Hardware)

The X Elite has twelve full-size cores, while the base model M2 has four full-size and four low-power cores, so that tracks.

And also signals that the X Elite is finally the real deal, a genuinely powerful and efficient Arm processor for PCs that aren't completely locked down.

Qualcomm has been working with the Linux Kernel team since last October on support for the X Elite.

Which is good, because Windows 11 Sky Captain Edition sounds like a non-starter.
Britain's NHS covered up infected blood donations that led to 3000 deaths over the course of twenty years. (UPI)

There's a lot of that going around.

In the US Isaac Asimov died of HIV contracted from a blood transfusion. That was also covered up to not cause panic.
Recycled concrete can be used in place of lime in steel production. (New Atlas)

And as a bonus, the concrete - crushed and with the sand and gravel removed - is heated by the process to the point that it reverts to cement, ready to be reused.

So far it's only been tested at a small scale - a few kilograms - but industrial trials processing thirty tons an hour are set to begin this month.

No word on how energy-efficient it is, but given how much concrete is used every day and the problem of getting rid of it afterwards, this might be useful even if it's less energy efficient than just making it anew.
Search functions in ChatGPT, Copilot, and DuckDuckGo - which I actually use - all fell over yesterday when the Bing API broke. (The Verge)

Oops.

For a few hours I had to use Google.
The Pironman 5 is a gamer case for the Raspberry Pi 5. (Liliputing)

It's a great case - adding M.2 support and full-size HDMI ports, as well as cooling fans - but it costs as much as the Pi 5 itself.
The Ecoflow Powerstream sounds like a good way to get electrocuted, but apparently is not. (The Verge)

It's an inverter that takes a feed from solar cells and pushes that into a wall socket so that you draw less power from the grid.

It does have an automated cutoff so if grid power is shut off for any reason your wires don't stay live. Which makes it completely useless as backup power... Just like the professionally installed solar cells on my roof which work exactly the same way, just without the murderous wrong-way power plug.

Disclaimer: According to to this jar of satay sauce I identify as a family of four.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Somebody remembered to hit "publish"!

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 03:59 AM (hyRRf)

2 Disclaimer: According to to this jar of satay sauce I identify as a family of four.

hahahaha

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 04:05 AM (hyRRf)

3 Morning!

Posted by: caf at May 26, 2024 04:05 AM (/+mVZ)

4 I hate being on 3rd shift. I checked the ONT and did not realize it was 4am already until someone posted pixy being up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2024 04:12 AM (nr7mR)

5 >>>Recycled concrete can be used in place of lime in steel production. (New Atlas)

Super-cool!

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 04:14 AM (hyRRf)

6 Don't use recycled concrete in your mojitos, though.

It doesn't work as well.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 26, 2024 04:26 AM (+yhUM)

7 Greetings from Oxford. Dinner last night at the Trout Inn, today is a CS Lewis focused walkabout. Having a lovely time so far.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 26, 2024 04:26 AM (a+DWt)

8 I hate being on 3rd shift. I checked the ONT and did not realize it was 4am already until someone posted pixy being up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD'

Counterpoint: I've worked 3rd for over 20 years and am NEVER going back to days if at all possible!

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 04:28 AM (43xH1)

9 concrete/cement

CONCRETE: a heavy, rough building material made from a mixture of broken stone or gravel, sand, CEMENT, and water

CEMENT: a powdery substance made with calcined lime and clay. It is mixed with water to form mortar or mixed with sand, gravel, and water to make CONCRETE

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 04:31 AM (hyRRf)

10 There are two printers at the office, identical Kyoceras. However, I use one for this Chromebook, and the other with the Linux laptop (former Chromebook). The former prints when I hit 'print' regardless of printer status (sleep, etc.) the latter has to be fully ON before printing anything, or the document gets somehow lost in the queue. I've come in days later and found my lost document in the basket where we put forgotten printed documents.
Even after turning on the printer and printing the same document again, the first sent document stays 'lost', but will print at some random later time even if I cancel the print job. I *should* remember to turn it on every time but I don't, so it happens a lot...

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 04:32 AM (43xH1)

11 What's really annoying about the lost first document is, I can clear my 'sent' queue on the laptop, and it won't show on the printer job screen; so it looks like it's been cleared, but it isn't; it's 'in there' somewhere and can print at some totally random moment, sometimes a day later!

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 04:36 AM (43xH1)

12 6 Don't use recycled concrete in your mojitos, though.

It doesn't work as well.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 26, 2024 04:26 AM (+yhUM)

you put the lime in the coconut

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 04:38 AM (hyRRf)

13 Haven't had internet all night

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 04:40 AM (j/7x6)

14 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 04:40 AM (fwDg9)

15 7 killed and over 50 wounded this week in Chicago.

Must of been a slow week.

https://heyjackass.com/

Posted by: Outside of Life at May 26, 2024 04:47 AM (89Sog)

16 It might be back

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 04:51 AM (fwDg9)

17 16 It might be back
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 04:51 AM (fwDg9)

"No, no... close, but no..."

- James Cameron to Arnold Schwarzenegger

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 26, 2024 04:57 AM (+yhUM)

18 15 7 killed and over 50 wounded this week in Chicago.

Must of been a slow week.

https://heyjackass.com/
Posted by: Outside of Life at May 26, 2024 04:47 AM (89Sog)

Somebody should put together a website like that for San Francisco. It's a lot of great work; great site.

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 04:59 AM (hyRRf)

19
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 26, 2024 05:08 AM (tljrc)

20 Coffee is on, it will be awhile

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 05:09 AM (fwDg9)

21 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 05:23 AM (T4tVD)

22 My favorite computer cases are the ones people make out of old cardboard boxes and scraps of plywood.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 05:24 AM (43xH1)

23 Evening and morning to all the Sunday people!

We're midway, here in the U.S., through a three-day weekend. Nice to know that I don't have to get up and hurry-hurry at this time tomorrow. (That will happen on Tuesday, but it usually does.)

'Tis 80 F. in Da Swamp. At four a.m. I haven't looked to see what the heat index is; I like my hair non-white, thank you. Well, I'll take my workout a little easier, I guess.

What did you folken do for your Saturday night?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 26, 2024 05:26 AM (omVj0)

24 Kind of Old News in sidebar -

As I suspected, the language about using force to execute a warrant is standard boilerplate on all warrant forms. Or at least that's what the FBI claims (and it seems like a simple thing to check.)
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So, what verbiage was used on the warrant for Biden's improvised SCIFs (garage and other locations he stashed classified docs) he used pre-Junta days and nominally controlled daily by others?

How about Hunter's gun vault? Ain't no mere mortal gonna be charged with firearms violations with stormtroopers going in shooting (the most recent - airport manager).

AND - How often are plain clothes advised when advised when targeting a location known to have armed security, especially when security is another LEO with superior jurisdiction?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 26, 2024 05:28 AM (cOq4q)

25 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 26, 2024 05:31 AM (ju2Fy)

26 ☕️ is up

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 05:33 AM (fwDg9)

27 Confused dreams last night, things I don't even recall well. Maybe it's the melatonin I'm taking? I've heard it can lead to pretty vivid dreams.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 26, 2024 05:42 AM (omVj0)

28 This morning's episode of The Invaders on MeTV, from early in its first season, does not have everybody looking kind of orange-ish. Good thing, as one of the guest stars is Susan Strasberg. I'd hate to see her tinted that color.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 26, 2024 05:44 AM (omVj0)

29
No word on how energy-efficient it is, but given how much concrete is used every day and the problem of getting rid of it afterwards, this might be useful even if it's less energy efficient than just making it anew.

___________

Like all "cyclical" processes, it's useful for getting rid of old concrete, not making new concrete.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2024 05:45 AM (MoZTd)

30 Chance of storms today, better chance of storms tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 05:54 AM (fwDg9)

31 Observing ospreys - An Upper Room devotional Christian reflection from the Book of James vs1:2-8:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3jhkvj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2024 05:56 AM (ZavZg)

32 Chance of storms today, better chance of storms tomorrow
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 05:54 AM (fwDg9)

That's just ducky !

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 05:57 AM (T4tVD)

33 Recycling concrete is not uncommon on larger jobs.

Replacing a residential driveway not so obvious but at the landfill it may be segregated and reused as cover over the days mixed waste to crushed and reused.
Larger projects (demolished large concrete buildings) a crusher rebar seperator may be brought on site for recycling.

I've seen airfield re-paving jobs bring in crusher, screening, concrete batch plants and basically have the hardtsand tore up, run through the plants, and back down again.
Asphalt roads repaving is often done same way even if plants are invisible/offsite.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 26, 2024 05:58 AM (cOq4q)

34 Observing ospreys - An Upper Room devotional Christian reflection from the Book of James vs1:2-8:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3jhkvj
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2024 05:56 AM (ZavZg)
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So is that like a "VTOL you so" message?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 26, 2024 06:01 AM (5eP0x)

35 "Follow your dreams", they say.

Well i don't want to be hanging out with the boss from my last job in my long- since- passed grandmother's kitchen arguing about the best toaster to install in a '72 Nova, and then we go into the living room and it for some reason is now a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant and we're just like "well yeah obviously what else would it be".

So no.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 26, 2024 06:01 AM (+yhUM)

36
Off to Mass. The first time I've been able to go to my usual parish (which is 45 miles away) in a month.

I thought each week I'd be going, so I now have a sizable stack of collection envelopes to drop into the basket.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2024 06:11 AM (MoZTd)

37 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 26, 2024 06:01 AM (5eP0x

I don't know what VTOL you do means. Sorry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2024 06:12 AM (XkYcA)

38 Fen- Vertical Takeoff or Landing

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 06:13 AM (fwDg9)

39 My dreams most often involve trying to get somewhere with some urgency, involving navigating M.C. Escher-type train stations, highways that lead nowhere, obstacles, etc.

Also, being late for work.
Neither of which are at all restful.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 06:14 AM (43xH1)

40 35 "Follow your dreams", they say.

Well i don't want to be hanging out with the boss from my last job in my long- since- passed grandmother's kitchen arguing about the best toaster to install in a '72 Nova, and then we go into the living room and it for some reason is now a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant and we're just like "well yeah obviously what else would it be".

So no.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 26, 2024 06:01 AM (+yhUM)

; )

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 06:16 AM (hyRRf)

41 Posted by: Skip

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2024 06:19 AM (GrCbs)

42 Lately I've had TWO dreams with my ex-wife in them, where we reconnected and, uh... 'did stuff', leading to my waking up in terror, reflexively hoping to Hell she's not pregnant.

Scary, scary dreams!!!

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 06:19 AM (43xH1)

43 Internet is going in and out again

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 06:22 AM (7tt6P)

44 I used duckduckgo exclusively after it came out until just recently. Noticed search results were becoming ridiculously non-responsive. Compared results for same search terms against Google and Google blew it away. I hate Google. I still use DDG just not exclusively except when I need an image - Google's image results layout is dumb. I have the feeling Google eventually slithers in and takes over any other search that becomes popular and then destroys it.

Posted by: Son of Dad at May 26, 2024 06:24 AM (8JB5s)

45 g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 26, 2024 06:24 AM (tQtDb)

46 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
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Greetings from Oxford. Dinner last night at the Trout Inn, today is a CS Lewis focused walkabout. Having a lovely time so far.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 26, 2024 04:26 AM (a+DWt)
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Have a beer at the Bird and Baby for me!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 26, 2024 06:27 AM (mUnoX)

47 Fen- Vertical Takeoff or Landing
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 06:13 AM (fwDg9)

Won't her arms get tired ?

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 06:29 AM (T4tVD)

48 Internet is going in and out again
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 06:22 AM (7tt6P)

Pixy must be fixin' sumpin'

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 06:29 AM (T4tVD)

49 Screamie -

Have fun and stay safe !

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 06:30 AM (T4tVD)

50 Maddie Kitty doesn't believe me when I tell her that I don't want her getting into the garbage. Sheesh.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 26, 2024 06:32 AM (mUnoX)

51 Foggy out

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 06:32 AM (fwDg9)

52 It's my Verizon so it's only me

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 06:33 AM (fwDg9)

53 "Internet is going in and out again
Posted by: Skip"

Get that thing a doggy door.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 06:36 AM (vFG9F)

54 44 Noticed search results were becoming ridiculously non-responsive. Compared results for same search terms against Google
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DDG sometimes is stuck on stupid. I then go to Bing or Google.
I always get better results with Google or Bing but avoid them because they are evil.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 06:40 AM (E78bp)

55 Talk about crappy service:

Pilot 'parachutes out of crashing plane with six other passengers on board'.

All of the passengers survived. I can't wait to hear the rest of the story.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

56
"It is unclear whether the other passengers were also able to escape the Cessna before it struck the ground"

What kind of news story is this anyway? How about get some facts together first DM?

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 06:43 AM (vFG9F)

57 Tennis player Arthur Ashe also died of HIV contracted from a blood transfusion.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 26, 2024 06:44 AM (PiwSw)

58 It's my Verizon so it's only me
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 06:33 AM (fwDg9)

Starts singing....

Verizon was a wooden Indian
standing by the door....

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 06:46 AM (T4tVD)

59 Completely overcast out thar

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 06:47 AM (T4tVD)

60 There was a never-to-be sufficiently-damned mouse in the garbage. Maddie was right.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 26, 2024 06:48 AM (mUnoX)

61 8 I hate being on 3rd shift. I checked the ONT and did not realize it was 4am already until someone posted pixy being up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD'

Counterpoint: I've worked 3rd for over 20 years and am NEVER going back to days if at all possible!
Posted by: LenNeal

65% of my working adult life has been 3rd shift (I assume you all mean midshift). Yes, I much prefer it. I like quiet. Mon-Fri, daytime hours, at the five-sided nuthouse in Arlington is miserable. Nightshift, on the other hand, is nice.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 26, 2024 06:48 AM (sAmhv)

62 60 There was a never-to-be sufficiently-damned mouse in the garbage. Maddie was right.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 26, 2024 06:48 AM (mUnoX)

Kitty: 1
Hooman: 0

Posted by: Maddie at May 26, 2024 06:50 AM (PiwSw)

63 Kitty: 1
Hooman: 0
Posted by: Maddie at May 26, 2024 06:50 AM (PiwSw)
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Now I've gotta get some mousetraps.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 26, 2024 06:51 AM (mUnoX)

64 46 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
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Greetings from Oxford. Dinner last night at the Trout Inn, today is a CS Lewis focused walkabout. Having a lovely time so far.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 26, 2024 04:26 AM (a+DWt)
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Have a beer at the Bird and Baby for me!
Posted by: Captain Obvious,

If The Brew House and The Welsh Pony still exist, I used to go there before stumbling to the nightclubs. There are better pubs in Oxford though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 26, 2024 06:51 AM (sAmhv)

65 55 Talk about crappy service:

Pilot 'parachutes out of crashing plane with six other passengers on board'.

All of the passengers survived. I can't wait to hear the rest of the story.
Posted by: fd

A profile in selfless courage for our modern age! LOL!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 26, 2024 06:53 AM (sAmhv)

66 Pilot 'parachutes out of crashing plane with six other passengers on board'.

All of the passengers survived. I can't wait to hear the rest of the story.
Posted by: fd

A profile in selfless courage for our modern age! LOL!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 26, 2024 06:53 AM (sAmhv)
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Makes me want to root for 'chute failure.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 26, 2024 06:54 AM (mUnoX)

67 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 26, 2024 06:55 AM (mUnoX)

68 65% of my working adult life has been 3rd shift (I assume you all mean midshift). Yes, I much prefer it. I like quiet. Mon-Fri, daytime hours, at the five-sided nuthouse in Arlington is miserable. Nightshift, on the other hand, is nice.
Posted by: Puddleglum'

Some years 21:00-06:00, others 20:00-06:30, currently 00:00-08:30.

I'm never, ever voluntarily returning to day work, never.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 06:56 AM (43xH1)

69 67 Byeee...
Posted by: Captain Obvious

The passengers paid up front so all cool.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 26, 2024 06:56 AM (sAmhv)

70 We had a tornado watch but didn't see one. Wasn't much of a storm.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 26, 2024 06:58 AM (yeEu9)

71 Happy Race Day

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 07:00 AM (ENQN6)

72 Case in 3rd shift point: I was talking to a day-guy I know and he was bitching about all the time he wastes in meetings. At my current position we have had 3 meetings in 10 years.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 07:00 AM (43xH1)

73 Happy Race Day
Posted by: rhennigantx'

YES! YES!

Posted by: Race Hustlers Of America, Inc. at May 26, 2024 07:01 AM (43xH1)

74 I worked rotating shifts for a while at a steel fabricator. It was really hard to keep adjusting. I found that I actually like the "midnight shift". It gave me the most flexibility.

I could either stay up when everyone else was going to work or hit the sack and be awake during the day or the evening.

I was young then so that probably is a big factor.

Posted by: pawn at May 26, 2024 07:02 AM (QB+5g)

75 "Six people contract ‘brain worms’ from eating undercooked bear kabobs"

What a Boo Boo.

Posted by: Yogi at May 26, 2024 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

76 It has begun to rain here

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 07:04 AM (T4tVD)

77 The one consistent thing about 3rd shift is that in every night shift, the day people are absolutely convinced that people who work nights don't do anything. They are convinced of this. They truly believe we all just lounge around in an empty facility all night.
I'm completely serious, day people are utterly convinced into their bones we do nothing and are lazy layabouts hiding on the night shift from Real Work, which they do.
In fact all night shifts are hard work, much harder than day walkers, but little or no drama, which you simply cannot put a price on.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 07:04 AM (43xH1)

78 74

Rotating shifts are the work of Lucifer. I've seen only one person adjust to that, and they were a single male weirdo with no life whatsoever, who did not even have a goldfish.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 07:06 AM (43xH1)

79 You could try Ecosia.org. They have some sort of tree planring thing going on. It's not a bad search engine.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 26, 2024 07:07 AM (yeEu9)

80 Lately I've had TWO dreams with my ex-wife in them, where we reconnected and, uh... 'did stuff', leading to my waking up in terror, reflexively hoping to Hell she's not pregnant.

Scary, scary dreams!!!
Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024

***
LN, I dreamed the other night that the ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, in her prime, was featured in a magazine layout. (No, not *that* kind.) This was some kind of thing where they compared her figure to "ideal" proportions, actually measuring, and concluded that she was indeed ideal.

I felt odd all day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 26, 2024 07:10 AM (omVj0)

81 Well, off to bed.

Later daywalkers!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 26, 2024 07:13 AM (sAmhv)

82 Good morning. National Health Service….everything that the socialist say something is, it turns out to be the opposite.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 26, 2024 07:13 AM (eczYh)

83 Lately I've had TWO dreams with my ex-wife in them, where we reconnected and, uh... 'did stuff', leading to my waking up in terror, reflexively hoping to Hell she's not pregnant.

Scary, scary dreams!!!
Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024

***
LN, I dreamed the other night that the ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, in her prime, was featured in a magazine layout. (No, not *that* kind.) This was some kind of thing where they compared her figure to "ideal" proportions, actually measuring, and concluded that she was indeed ideal.

I felt odd all day.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 26, 2024 07:10 AM (omVj0)
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As a distraction, watch Frasier, Season 6, Episode 5.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 26, 2024 07:13 AM (5eP0x)

84 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2024 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

85 Out of curiosity, since this is such a beloved subject here, what, exactly, does anyone expect from a search engine?
What are you looking for, that is so hard to find? What do you use it for? News of a particular political slant? Part numbers? Information reinforcing an already held view, that isn't Hard Left? I admit to being baffled by endless discussion of 'search engines' as the Internet, by its nature, rewards minute bits of context-less 'information' and is not to be found in a quick search on any search engine.
I have a few sources on SubStack, and other less visible feeds, but for current News-news I consider any public, generally used search engine of any kind to be all but useless.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 07:16 AM (43xH1)

86 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 26, 2024 07:18 AM (dg+HA)

87 As a distraction, watch Frasier, Season 6, Episode 5.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

--Wherein Frazier is vacationing in the South Pacific and runs into Lilith in the cabin next door?

Posted by: logprof at May 26, 2024 07:18 AM (pRY2u)

88 Looks like President Trump will be on Tim Pool tomorrow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2024 07:18 AM (RIvkX)

89 The folks in charge here need to be hung - all of them:

https://tinyurl.com/4a7pu3ct

(JPost)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 26, 2024 07:18 AM (5eP0x)

90 Morning peeps

Weather looks sort of sketchy for later today and tonight. I hate severe weather at night. Two years ago we had to bail on this place in the middle of the night and seek shelter in town due to tornados.

That sort of sucked.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 26, 2024 07:19 AM (Q4IgG)

91 --Wherein Frazier is vacationing in the South Pacific and runs into Lilith in the cabin next door?
Posted by: logprof at May 26, 2024 07:18 AM (pRY2u)
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That was a much earlier episode as I recall.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 26, 2024 07:19 AM (5eP0x)

92 Imagine that tech startup bank goes belly up during a GOP admin - we'd hear about it in depth, from every mainstream outlet 24/7 names of all tech CO's affected, interviews with investors screwed over, stories of dire impending doom, not.....a story thin on info in ..."tech crunch" whatever that is. No bad news during dem admins.

Posted by: Son of Dad at May 26, 2024 07:19 AM (8JB5s)

93 Hey! I could have played in the Super Bowl but Barack sent me to Scranton to fix the plague. No kidding. Joe Namath told me he was so relieved that he got free rides to doctors appointments. I am not joking. When we called Tom Selleck about a reverse mortgage on the White House, he told me that when I turned down the role of Magnum PI, he cried for 3 days. I'm serious. We are going to pay off the debt by refinancing the Lincoln memorial and selling the Washington monument to Jeff Bezos so he can launch it into space. Just try to stop me, pal.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at May 26, 2024 07:20 AM (vFG9F)

94 With search engines, it's also an operating principle of mine that anything being seen now, is almost always the result of a long trail of precursor events, and the answer to the What Where Why Who How is not to be found in immediate observation. That's only the When.
If I want to know what is going on in, say, Gaza, I look for resources from at least 20 years ago and move forward from that.

Posted by: LenNeal at May 26, 2024 07:21 AM (43xH1)

95

Asimov was banging his side piece for more than 10 years before dumping his old bag? Bold move Cotton...

Posted by: Surprise Anal Otter at May 26, 2024 07:22 AM (qYCvK)

96 Happy Race Day
Posted by: rhennigantx'

The Sherriff is near ?

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 07:23 AM (T4tVD)

97 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Serving customers

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2024 07:24 AM (T4tVD)

98 The more I learn about the "Signal" app, the happier I am that I did not install it on my phone per #1 son's request. My policy of "NO APPS" has once again proven to be a wise one. I don't even get texts. To heck with the way of the future.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

99 I use it a lot for work, checking for known issues, manuals to configure stuff. Other than that, general lookup

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 26, 2024 07:31 AM (yeEu9)

100 That was a much earlier episode as I recall.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

--Heh, immediately popped in my head. Hilarious, but Lilith was always hilarious until the silly contrived breakup with Frazier on Cheers.

Posted by: logprof at May 26, 2024 07:32 AM (pRY2u)

101 Will that recycled concrete allow the cheese topping to stick to the pizza pie? Also will it thicken gravy? CBD?

Posted by: Ciampino - Do male & female camels have different names?!. at May 26, 2024 07:33 AM (qfLjt)

102 At the Homely Depot site with intent to shop one specific item.
No where on the site is the ubiquitous search term tab.
There is no place to enter my search term.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 07:34 AM (E78bp)

103 98 The more I learn about the "Signal" app, the happier I am that I did not install it on my phone per #1 son's request. My policy of "NO APPS" has once again proven to be a wise one. I don't even get texts. To heck with the way of the future.
Posted by: fd
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Hear, hear.
Texts are necessary for me. But I spent a day turning things off and deleting apps when I got my new phone.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 07:36 AM (E78bp)

104 At the Homely Depot site with intent to shop one specific item.
No where on the site is the ubiquitous search term tab.
There is no place to enter my search term.
Posted by: Braenyard

Search field is right up top when I pull their site.

Posted by: Tuna at May 26, 2024 07:37 AM (oaGWv)

105 Ecosia.org, nothing ventured...

I use wireless mouse and keyboard. The mouse cursor has become unruly and virtually useless. I don't know if Beelink (computer) is amped out or the mouse. I did clean the lens and it has a new battery.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 07:40 AM (E78bp)

106 Since I won't be here tomorrow for Memorial Day, I thought I'd share this story of a brave young Union soldier, Alonzo Cushing, killed at Gettysburg. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2014 :

https://tinyurl.com/8f9kcsmu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2024 07:42 AM (XkYcA)

107
Search field is right up top when I pull their site.
Posted by: Tuna
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I'm using Opera, there must be something blocking.
I'll fire up Brave and see what I get.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 07:42 AM (E78bp)

108 @POTUS
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George Floyd should be alive. He deserved so much more.

Today, I join all those who loved him and all those touched by the civil rights movement he inspired in remembering the tragedy and injustice of his death.

He changed the world.

Now, let's act in his memory.

Need I say more about hows (D) feel about criminals?

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 07:45 AM (ENQN6)

109 And here's a story of an Italian American, John Basilone who grew up in Central Jersey and was a Marine and hero, dying in WWII:

https://tinyurl.com/yp82hf7a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2024 07:45 AM (XkYcA)

110 Yep, It's something in Opera. Search field comes up functional in Brave.

I chose Opera because it comes with a free VPN. It does have some features that are convenient.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 07:45 AM (E78bp)

111 You know who else changed the world?

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

112 Let me rephrase that.

You know who else who was drug addict who changed the world?

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

113 Indy 500 SUNDAY, MAY 26 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET NBC
Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway Sunday, May 26, 6:00pm/et Green flag: 6:22pm/et FOX

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 07:47 AM (ENQN6)

114

Reportedly Asimovs son had. at the time of his arrest, the largest collection of pedophile shit ever collected by prosecutors. Not just naked 14 year olds but baby r×pe shit. Daddy must have been evan sicker than reported...

Posted by: Elderly Git at May 26, 2024 07:48 AM (qYCvK)

115 I used to use Opera all the time. I think they got bought out by the Chinese or something. Using Brave now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 26, 2024 07:48 AM (yeEu9)

116 S. IL here. The morning storm has arrived. We also expect severe weather in the afternoon/evening.

Posted by: Ciampino - Dog and wife missing. Reward for Dog at May 26, 2024 07:51 AM (qfLjt)

117 >>Since I won't be here tomorrow for Memorial Day, I thought I'd share this story of a brave young Union soldier, Alonzo Cushing, killed at Gettysburg. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2014 :

https://tinyurl.com/8f9kcsmu
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2024 07:42 AM (XkYcA)
**********
Wasnt he a main character in the series The Pacific?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 26, 2024 07:53 AM (eczYh)

118 115
I use WaterFox, a fork of Firefox out of the UK.

Posted by: Ciampino - Dog and wife missing. Reward for Dog. at May 26, 2024 07:53 AM (qfLjt)

119 @POTUS
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George Floyd should be alive. He deserved so much more.

Today, I join all those who loved him and all those touched by the civil rights movement he inspired in remembering the tragedy and injustice of his death.

He changed the world.

Now, let's act in his memory.
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Yes, let's hold up as a paragon of virtue and exemplar to be lauded, a common thug.

Only a damn racist would do such a thing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2024 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

120 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2024 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

121 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2024 07:54 AM (u82oZ)
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This is my plan for today's Memorial Day bbq

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2024 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

122 Most Americans seem to think concrete and cement are synonyms. Nearly all novelists do. Must be taught in colleges and universities.

Posted by: Jim at May 26, 2024 07:55 AM (zhWvq)

123 >>>>>Since I won't be here tomorrow for Memorial Day, I thought I'd share this story of a brave young Union soldier, Alonzo Cushing, killed at Gettysburg. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2014 :

https://tinyurl.com/8f9kcsmu
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2024 07:42 AM (XkYcA)
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Wasnt he a main character in the series The Pacific?
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Whoops, I screwed up (again) I meant John Basilone. Better go get some coffee.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 26, 2024 07:55 AM (eczYh)

124 San Franpsycho

Good morning to you and yours.

Yes, Thomas Sowell or George Floyd as a role model. The Left chose ... poorly.

They are our internal barbarians.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2024 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

125 John Basilone’s story was featured in HBO’s miniseries “The Pacific” which was their follow-up to “Band of Brothers” .

Basilone’s part of the story is the most interesting of the entire series, in my opinion.

However, The Pacific was nowhere near as good as Band of Brothers The producers simply tried to cram way too much into a small space by following three different men in different units in various locations instead of following one company of soldiers throughout the entire war as in “BofBs”.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 26, 2024 07:56 AM (6ydKt)

126 Oi. Don't use that Power flow in a house with small children...

Posted by: Voyager at May 26, 2024 07:57 AM (nmL8W)

127 About 25 minutes until I leave for the Walmart shopping trip. Since I refuse to use self-checkout, and they don't staff the real checkouts until 7:30 am or later, I don't want to get there before that.

I plan to be back in time to have part two of my breakfast while I peruse the Book Thread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 26, 2024 07:57 AM (omVj0)

128
Today, I join all those who loved him and all those touched by the civil rights movement he inspired in remembering the tragedy and injustice of his death.

Biden confused drug addict thug with Martin Luther King?
Yep; Biden marched in Selma with George Floyd.

Great Movement-Burning and violence and "Defund the Police" aside from the fact that BLM only did stuff "Big large Mansions" for the people who started the grift.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2024 07:57 AM (XkYcA)

129 Elderly Git

Well, in his autobiographies, Asimov does not come off well. He wrote well, but lived (outside of his house) a poor life. He was a self-involved jerk.

When he was up for tenure, he told his department head the only reason people will remember him was because he employed Isaac Asimov. Smooth move. /s

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2024 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

130 Welp. I broke the blog.

Time for chores.

Have a wonderful day, everyone. May you bask in wonder and great weather.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2024 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

131 S'mores bites. The graham cracker crust did not hold together well. Am dissapoint.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2024 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

132 POTUS
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George Floyd should be alive. He deserved so much more.

Today, I join all those who loved him and all those touched by the civil rights movement he inspired in remembering the tragedy and injustice of his death.

He changed the world.

Now, let's act in his memory.

Need I say more about hows (D) feel about criminals?
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 07:45 AM (ENQN6
Seems George Floyd, Biden’s controllers, chose poorly. They have no place in my thoughts on Memorial Day, a day which apparently was set to honor half of those lost at Fredericksberg.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2024 08:10 AM (NxC5+)

133 I see the Goldfinches are back looking for their Nyjer seed. I had to take the feeder sock down as it was getting pretty nasty. When the seeds get wet they clump together and mold.

The birds weren't going for that mess.

Neither was I.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 26, 2024 08:11 AM (Q4IgG)

134 One can often tell the moral guideposts of a community by the qualities of those whom they elevate to the roll of 'Hero'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:11 AM (a1415)

135 Speaking of changing the world, the guy who invented leaded gas and freon is now being vilified.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:12 AM (uH1zk)

136 Thought the ladies honored them both even though half were...

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 08:14 AM (E78bp)

137 Disclaimer: According to to this jar of satay sauce I identify as a family of four.

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* Costco Kettle Krinkle Cut Himalayan Salt Potato Chips have entered the post *

Posted by: ShainS -- Future Secretary of Retribution candidate at May 26, 2024 08:14 AM (bu09+)

138 This shit just pisses me off. CNN: "The Man Who Almost Destroyed The Planet, Twice".

"The most harmful inventor in history"

Bullshit. Without Thomas Midgley Jr. the world would be a vastly different place. How many of you f'n experts could survive without AC?

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:17 AM (uH1zk)

139 Leaded gas played a large part in winning WWII I think.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 08:17 AM (E78bp)

140 ""The most harmful inventor in history" "

I thought that we all died from DDT?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:18 AM (a1415)

141 Lots of YouTube videos on the soldiers in Easy Company, many very new. Lots of facts got wrong in the series

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 08:18 AM (fwDg9)

142 "History" Channel:

"This 1920s Inventor Sped Up Climate Change With His Chemical Creations"

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:18 AM (uH1zk)

143 Do you people want regulatory capture? Because this is how you get regulatory capture.

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Forget it, Pixy ... it's Hooverville.

Posted by: ShainS -- Future Secretary of Retribution candidate at May 26, 2024 08:18 AM (bu09+)

144 " Leaded gas played a large part in winning WWII I think.
Posted by: Braenyard"

History revisionism. WWII could have been avoided except for climate change. And the Jews.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:19 AM (uH1zk)

145 Campaign of ending DDT killed more people than it saved

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 08:20 AM (fwDg9)

146 @POTUS
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George Floyd should be alive. He deserved so much more.

Today, I join all those who loved him and all those touched by the civil rights movement he inspired in remembering the tragedy and injustice of his death.

He changed the world.

Now, let's act in his memory.

Need I say more about hows (D) feel about criminals?

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 07:45 AM (ENQN6)

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Next you'll be telling me that their heroes are the greatest mass murderers in history (Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Fauci, et. al.).

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- Future Secretary of Retribution candidate at May 26, 2024 08:20 AM (bu09+)

147 "Campaign of ending DDT killed more people than it saved"

But it was mostly poverty stricken brown children in Africa.

So for the left....it's a win.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:21 AM (a1415)

148 "Next you'll be telling me that their heroes are the greatest mass murderers in history (Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Fauci, et. al.).

Wait, wut?
Posted by: ShainS"

Let us not forget Thomas Midgley Jr, who's mad climate change plan has killed billions.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:21 AM (uH1zk)

149
"The Pacific" writers weren't willing to create a "Miracle Ben" character who managed to serve in the RAF at The Battle of Britain, returned to the States to experience the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, then volunteered for the Doolittle Raid and became one of the survivors of it?

Whyever not?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 26, 2024 08:23 AM (xG4kz)

150 Let us not forget Thomas Midgley Jr, who's mad climate change plan has killed billions.
Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:21 AM (uH1zk)

Hey, hey, don't stomp on our press releases!

Posted by: The Gaza Ministry of Health at May 26, 2024 08:23 AM (PiwSw)

151 "Thomas Midgley Jr. was an American chemist and inventor whose inventions continue to influence all of us today. He was born on 18 May 1889, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. His intention was to help mankind, but two of his greatest inventions threatened life on Earth."

WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF THOMAS MIDGLEY JR!!!

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:24 AM (vFG9F)

152 "The Horrendous Thomas Midgley Jr. — The Biggest One-Man Environmental Disaster"

"The Man Who Poisoned the World With Leaded Gasoline"

This guy was worse than Hitler. Maybe even worse that DJT.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:26 AM (vFG9F)

153 Which is good, because Windows 11 Sky Captain Edition sounds like a non-starter.

Makes sense, Microsoft, during their Build Conference last week was flogging both AI and the ARM Windows OS so hard that I called both a home solar panel salesman and a time-share dealer for relief from Microsoft's sales pressure.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 26, 2024 08:27 AM (iruKY)

154 "but two of his greatest inventions threatened life on Earth."

So what say we build a new UN world headquarters.

In Kenya.

With no A/C.

To save the planet.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:27 AM (a1415)

155 What's your reason for watching CNN?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 26, 2024 08:27 AM (dg+HA)

156 26 ☕️ is up
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 05:33 AM (fwDg9)

I thought this meant "nood."

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 08:27 AM (hyRRf)

157 But for the threat of rain I should clean out the truck today.
F-1 at 10am at Monaco

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 08:28 AM (kAdPa)

158 My coffee, extremely sad we don't see Krak much

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 08:28 AM (kAdPa)

159 Thomas Midgley Jr?

I've never heard of him until now. Why the sudden interest in him? Is it because he's white?

Posted by: dantesed at May 26, 2024 08:28 AM (Oy/m2)

160 "What is the worst human invention ever made? : r/AskReddit

Thomas Midgley Jr. invented both leaded gasoline AND Freon, killing millions and weakening the planet's ozone layer."

Gah. The internet is loaded with this BS. Inventions that helped us get to the modern society that we enjoy are worse than any torture device ever devised.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:29 AM (vFG9F)

161 "What's your reason for watching CNN?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty "

I don't and won't. I did read the headline though and that was enough.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:30 AM (vFG9F)

162 >>So what say we build a new UN world headquarters.
In Kenya.
With no A/C.
To save the planet.

"Dear G*d, no!"
-- Children of Kenya

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2024 08:30 AM (cCVOS)

163 "What is the worst human invention ever made?

Television.

Posted by: dantesed at May 26, 2024 08:30 AM (Oy/m2)

164 I guess that there is an argument to be made that the refinement of antibiotics caused an artificial increase in human lifespan.

Thereby increasing the burden of supporting an increased number of older people on the limited resources of an already struggling planet.

Gee...'stupid think' is fun!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:30 AM (a1415)

165
Is it because he's white?
Posted by: dantesed

Asked and answered.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 26, 2024 08:32 AM (xG4kz)

166 "Why the sudden interest in him? Is it because he's white?
Posted by: dantesed "

White male inventor. If some black guy had discovered that putting lead in gasoline prevented detonation and would advance automotive technology to the next level, they would give him a whole f'n month.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:32 AM (vFG9F)

167 Most Americans seem to think concrete and cement are synonyms.

And if every politician who promised to "take concrete steps" was telling the truth, we'd all die of falling off the porch.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 26, 2024 08:33 AM (zdLoL)

168 >What is the worst human invention ever made?

Fire. Fire bad.

Posted by: Frankensteen's Monster at May 26, 2024 08:33 AM (SYTee)

169 lead in gasoline prevented "pre"-detonation.

We wouldn't want to completely eliminate detonation, now would we?

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:34 AM (vFG9F)

170 >>"The most harmful inventor in history" "

"Ahem"
-- Fauci, Daszak, "Bat Lady" at Wuhan Institute of Virology

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2024 08:35 AM (cCVOS)

171 "His intention was to help mankind, but two of his greatest inventions threatened life on Earth."
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So he's a hero to the Left? I'm so confused....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 26, 2024 08:35 AM (BpYfr)

172 The "climate crisis" agenda knows no bounds. Everything is problematic to that group of retards.

They'll find someone else to vilify soon enough.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 26, 2024 08:36 AM (Q4IgG)

173 Mornin' Horde!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 26, 2024 08:36 AM (O7YUW)

174 Well, a guy wrote a major SAE paper on the use of alcohol as an anti-knock additive, and was advised to retract it. He then endorsed the use of tetraethyl lead for the same purpose.

And that was 'Boss' Kettering.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 26, 2024 08:36 AM (zdLoL)

175
-- Fauci, Daszak, "Bat Lady" at Wuhan Institute of Virology
Posted by: Lizzy

The Mengele Triplets

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 26, 2024 08:36 AM (xG4kz)

176 >>And if every politician who promised to "take concrete steps" was telling the truth, we'd all die of falling off the porch.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2024 08:36 AM (cCVOS)

177 Thomas Midgley Jr's legacy as the man who killed Gaia will live on until the last person says his name.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:37 AM (vFG9F)

178 "If some black guy had discovered that putting lead in gasoline prevented detonation and would advance automotive technology to the next level, they would give him a whole f'n month."

Actually, evidence suggests that a transgendered black female single mother of three had initially developed the concept of refrigeration using fluorocarbons, but quickly realized the danger to the planet.

She then stopped her research, voluntarily giving up the potential for millions of dollars of wealth, and locking her research in a safe, to protect the planet.

Thomas Midgley Jr then stole her research.

And the rest is history.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:37 AM (a1415)

179 >>-- Fauci, Daszak, "Bat Lady" at Wuhan Institute of Virology

"Yoohoo!"
-- MRA vaccine inventors

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2024 08:38 AM (cCVOS)

180 "homas Midgley Jr then stole her research.

And the rest is history.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice"

That bastard. They should dig his up and try him for crimes against humanity.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:39 AM (vFG9F)

181
I remember writing a paper on leaded gasoline in high school. Teacher said she expected it to be boring but actually enjoyed the topic. I got an 'A' of course. One day I was working at one of my many part time jobs while still in high school, at the car wash. Customer's car would not shut off due to pinging. I suggested he buy slightly higher octane gas until the problem went away. He gave me a nice tip. Adjusted for inflation about ten bucks.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 26, 2024 08:39 AM (RKVpM)

182 Internet still going out and in

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2024 08:40 AM (fwDg9)

183 "Internet still going out and in
Posted by: Skip "

It's a living.

Posted by: Pornhub at May 26, 2024 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

184 Sun and moon, bless the Lord
Stars of Heaven, bless the Lord
Let all the earth bless the Lord
Praise and exalt Him above all forever

Good morning Horde!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 26, 2024 08:42 AM (3OazS)

185
"Our family was so poor that, as a kid, we atr lead paint chips with Momma's fresh salsa"

-- Joey "Brain Damage" Biden

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 26, 2024 08:42 AM (xG4kz)

186 Do Covid-19 vaccines require refrigeration?

Do any AIDS medications require refrigeration?

Does wine taste better slightly chilled?

Yeh...Progressives should be damn glad for the invention of refrigeration.

Otherwise we would still be cutting ice blocks in winter, and chopping down trees to get sawdust for insulation.

And stepping in horse shit in the streets from the horse drawn ice carts everywhere.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:43 AM (a1415)

187 I take full ownership. Now fuck off.

Posted by: zombie Thomas Midgley Jr at May 26, 2024 08:43 AM (vFG9F)

188 IF one had a search engine that worked [see earlier folderol], one could quickly find that Midgley suffered rather mightily for his presumed sins and probably doesn't need the further contrived hatred of a bunch of know-nothing snot noses.

But that would require actually looking something up, and we don't believe in that any more than the Gaians do.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 26, 2024 08:45 AM (zdLoL)

189 Windows 11 Sky Captain Edition? Is that a real title? It sounds like an immature mistake...which sadly leads me to think that it must be really true. Aye aye, Cap'n! (pic of Stimpy)

Posted by: look whats not at May 26, 2024 08:45 AM (nakGR)

190 @RollingStone
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Trump reportedly told oil industry executives this week that he will immediately approve all of their projects and expand drilling should he win in November.

More awful things he's promised if he gets a second term:

Rock N Roll now means Flintstone Type Transportation

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 08:46 AM (ENQN6)

191 "Midgley suffered rather mightily for his presumed sins "

Apparently not enough. If he were still around they would burn him at a stake.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:47 AM (vFG9F)

192 Iron Butterfly founding member and lead singer Doug Ingle dies at 78

https://mol.im/a/13460929

RIP Doug, hope you made it to In-A-Gada-Da-Vida.

Posted by: Ciampino - A Rock legend at May 26, 2024 08:49 AM (qfLjt)

193 Valley View tornado sounds bad.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 08:49 AM (ENQN6)

194 On the plus side, his lead impregnated corpse will be quite well preserved for the trial.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:49 AM (vFG9F)

195 We may have to take another look at madam Curie, and how she contributed to deaths by the millions.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:50 AM (a1415)

196 "We may have to take another look at madam Curie"

White female. Ranks just above white male. It won't be long.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:52 AM (vFG9F)

197 @190

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Trump reportedly told oil industry executives this week that he will immediately approve all of their projects and expand drilling should he win in November.

Nothing will give a bigger shot to the economy, drive down prices and put more money in the pocket of citizens than driving down the price of fuel.

Or Alternatively...

Contra the SCOAMF, there is a Magic Wand.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 26, 2024 08:53 AM (XV/Pl)

198 "We may have to take another look at madam Curie"

If only she had stayed in the kitchen where she belonged.

Posted by: davidt at May 26, 2024 08:53 AM (SYTee)

199 Pilot 'parachutes out of crashing plane with six other passengers on board'.

All of the passengers survived. I can't wait to hear the rest of the story.
Posted by: fd

Norwegian bank commercial with the same plot

https://tinyurl.com/2tvunkth

Posted by: Kindltot at May 26, 2024 08:54 AM (D7oie)

200 It's always fun to view the revision history of wikipedia articles.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:54 AM (a1415)

201 "We may have to take another look at madam Curie"

If only she had stayed in the kitchen where she belonged.
Posted by: davidt"

Her cooking would have received glowing reviews.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:54 AM (vFG9F)

202 When Asmiov was brought up on charges for the child porn and pedophilia, Robert Mueller gave him a PLEA DEAL to commute his sentence.
https://delarroz.com/2020/04/21/caught-red-handed-sci-fis- ...

Don't know the site. Interesting if true.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 08:55 AM (E78bp)

203 Also, driving down fuel costs ipso fact hurts Russia, which is apparently a big deal for the Masterminds but for some reason they are pushing policies that put more money into The Russian Bear's Pocket.

Queer. Very Queer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 26, 2024 08:55 AM (XV/Pl)

204 I'm going to make waffles now. I'll be back with pants on.

Posted by: fd at May 26, 2024 08:56 AM (vFG9F)

205 Waffle pants?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 26, 2024 08:57 AM (3OazS)

206
If I remember correctly, as it's been more then a few decades, the introduction of tetraethyl lead into gasoline would permit higher compression ratios which would provide cleaner burning engines and less pollution.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 26, 2024 08:57 AM (RKVpM)

207 "I'm going to make waffles now. I'll be back with pants on."

Only here will you find folks who will not only write those words, in that order.

But find other folks who understand its meaning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:58 AM (a1415)

208 200 It's always fun to view the revision history of wikipedia articles.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:54 AM (a1415)

The talk page is good too. You can learn way more on a subject reading through the major edits and why they happened.
You will also learn why it is right to take Wiki with a shovelful of salt.

Posted by: Reforger at May 26, 2024 08:59 AM (B705c)

209
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Posted by: rhennigantx at May 26, 2024 09:00 AM (ENQN6)

210
Pilot 'parachutes out of crashing plane with six other passengers on board'.

"As God is my witness, I thought humans could fly."

-- Pilot Arthur Carlson

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 26, 2024 09:01 AM (RKVpM)

211 Nothing will give a bigger shot to the economy, drive down prices and put more money in the pocket of citizens than driving down the price of fuel.

Or Alternatively...

Contra the SCOAMF, there is a Magic Wand.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
---------------------------------

Thousands of people back to work.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 09:07 AM (E78bp)

212 129 When he was up for tenure, he told his department head the only reason people will remember him was because he employed Isaac Asimov. Smooth move. /s
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2024 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

He seems nice!

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 09:09 AM (hyRRf)

213 Don't know the difference between lead and tetraethyl lead but it was pretty stinky. HOWEVER, at the time of its introduction we had no other technology to do the job. It was apex for about thirty years.

It took computer chips to help us move from lead.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 26, 2024 09:12 AM (E78bp)

214 164 I guess that there is an argument to be made that the refinement of antibiotics caused an artificial increase in human lifespan.

Thereby increasing the burden of supporting an increased number of older people on the limited resources of an already struggling planet.

Gee...'stupid think' is fun!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 26, 2024 08:30 AM (a1415)

Ha! I wasn't sure, at first, where you were going with that!

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 09:18 AM (hyRRf)

215 168 >What is the worst human invention ever made?

Fire. Fire bad.
Posted by: Frankensteen's Monster at May 26, 2024 08:33 AM (SYTee)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at May 26, 2024 09:18 AM (hyRRf)

216 Freespoke.com...try it. I love it as a search engine...

Posted by: Theoden at May 26, 2024 10:12 AM (4Ymiq)

217 "No word on how energy-efficient it is, but given how much concrete is used every day and the problem of getting rid of it afterwards, this might be useful even if it's less energy efficient than just making it anew."

Does that energy calculation take into account the energy expended in mining new gravel and sand?

Posted by: RonF at May 26, 2024 01:19 PM (l8nW6)

218 I think the solution is to not connect solar cells to a battery backup or the grid. Send excess power to your attic to light up some 300W bulbs, and also heat up water in an old style tub.

Posted by: MikeN at May 26, 2024 06:54 PM (XygMV)

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