Daily Tech News 22 June 2024

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NASA has adjusted the scheduled return date of Boeing's Starliner, currently docked with the ISS, from June 26 to don't call us, we'll call you. (Ars Technica)

In fact, the originally scheduled return was the 14th of June, which is in, uh, a week ago. NASA planners have repeatedly delayed the return:
"We are letting the data drive our decision making relative to managing the small helium system leaks and thruster performance we observed during rendezvous and docking and seeing how soon Elon can get a Crew Dragon up there."
It is better than just saying YOLO and losing another two astronauts.

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The FDA has approved a gene therapy drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy. (Ars Technica)

Good news, right?

Well, the drug failed clinical trials last year, and FDA scientists and statisticians say there is basically no evidence the drug does anything at all.

Derek Lowe, a pharmaceutical researcher who has been blogging about this stuff for about as long as blogs have existed notes that this is the fourth similar drug from this company that has received FDA approval without showing success in clinical trials. (Science)
Have you ever seen one of those videos of what happens to a whale when it dies and sinks to the seafloor? That was the entertainment media and Game of Thrones, for an entire decade. (The Verge)

They're waiting for the next whalefall, but worried that they might not survive that long.

Oh no.

Anyway.

I read the first book in the series long before the TV show appeared - the series of books is called A Song of Ice and Fire, and the first book is called A Game of Thrones - and while it is is skillfully written the characters are miserable people. I didn't care about any of them, and I stopped reading.
Softbank CEO Says AI That's 10,000X Smarter Than Humans Is Inevitable. (Hot Hardware)

I'm sure he does.

Softbank invested $16 billion in WeWork, an office sharing company now valued at $500 million, so I wouldn't give too much credit to their predictive abilities.
Systemd 256.1 is out, fixing many many bugs. (The Register)

It will still delete all your files if you look at it wrong, but it's supposed to do that.

Fuck systemd.
Is your computer too fast? Your screen too big? Your mouse too... Mouse? The Pocket 386 cures all that. (Liliputing)

It's a pocket-sized notebook with an Intel 386SX running at 40MHz, 8MB of RAM - yes, megabytes, and a 7" 800x480 display.

Disclaimer: Unless it doesn't.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes. Evening, Pixy.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 22, 2024 04:05 AM (hoCmQ)

2 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 22, 2024 04:10 AM (BLOW1)

3 A Game of Thrones - and while it is is skillfully written the characters are miserable people. I didn't care about any of them, and I stopped reading.

It is not just that the characters are miserable. GRM (He in no way deserves the second R) gets off on them being miserable. It's torture porn. He is a fat, disgusting little piece of shit.

Feh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 04:11 AM (i4fVr)

4
Whalefall is to be the next James Bond movie and it will be chock full of body positivity playas.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 22, 2024 04:12 AM (xG4kz)

5
F'dallah predicts that when the ISS is retired and programmed to be consumed by burning up as it re-enters the atmosphere, Boeing's leaky capsule will still be moored to it.

Heckova job, Boeing!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 22, 2024 04:16 AM (xG4kz)

6 I've read and enjoyed the Song of Ice and Fire books. He clearly lost his way after book three, and the time between volumes is so preposterous that one can't really continue reading the series even in the unlikely event he finishes the series - something I'd never do at this point; life's too short. (I happened on the series at a sweet point, when for volumes were out and the fifth was only a year or so away.) The real problem with the series is that if you kill off significant characters with this kind of abandon you limit where the story can go, and most of remaining characters are such anti-heroes and villains that it's hard to care which if the boring ends he chooses.

Posted by: But I'm Sure George Made Bank at June 22, 2024 04:21 AM (ho+Wf)

7 GRM (He in no way deserves the second R) gets off on them being miserable.

I understand that Martin set out to write an epic fantasy series that erased the very notion of honour, and if true he succeeded. Well, he stopped writing before it was close to complete, but that just makes it meta.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 22, 2024 04:24 AM (BLOW1)

8 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 04:31 AM (fwDg9)

9 "findings about two significant issues with the Starliner spacecraft: five separate leaks in the helium system that pressurizes Starliner's propulsion system and the failure of five of the vehicle's 28 reaction-control system thrusters as Starliner approached the station."

Other than that, she's cherry...

...Boeing...

Posted by: Bruce at June 22, 2024 04:46 AM (VoD15)

10 Boeing seems to be having a rather bad run of luck lately (in the Heinlein sense.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 04:54 AM (i4fVr)

11 I understand that Martin set out to write an epic fantasy series that erased the very notion of honour, and if true he succeeded. Well, he stopped writing before it was close to complete, but that just makes it meta.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 22, 2024 04:24 AM (BLOW1)

Yeah, that sounds about right.

A favorite:
https://tinyurl.com/3wwfcxdb

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 04:57 AM (i4fVr)

12 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 22, 2024 04:59 AM (FmapG)

13 Hot night, no prospects for it getting better next week

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 05:02 AM (fwDg9)

14 69 here, with 97% humidity.

Kentucky.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 05:09 AM (i4fVr)

15 Does the ISS have multiple docking areas? Or does this hunk of shit sitting there completely maroon everybody on it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:11 AM (BpZ5k)

16 Suppose to get to 99 today (Babylon DC). I'm guessing the AC will break in my ancient, craptastic, condo.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 22, 2024 05:12 AM (FmapG)

17 Suppose to get to 99 today (Babylon DC). I'm guessing the AC will break in my ancient, craptastic, condo.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 22, 2024 05:12 AM (FmapG)

Make the service call now. That way when it finally does crap out, you saved a couple days of waiting.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:14 AM (BpZ5k)

18 If he calls it won't break.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 05:15 AM (i4fVr)

19 Mostly hoping fir rain, it hasn't here in a few weeks

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 05:16 AM (fwDg9)

20 18 If he calls it won't break.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 05:15 AM (i4fVr)

"Oh, hey, it started working again just as you were pulling up!"

Get them to throw a charge on it while they're there so they can still make a buck off you, and all is well.

Dang. I was kidding. But now that the devious part of my brain has coffee in it, this is starting to sound feasible....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:17 AM (BpZ5k)

21 17 Suppose to get to 99 today (Babylon DC). I'm guessing the AC will break in my ancient, craptastic, condo.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 22, 2024 05:12 AM (FmapG)

Make the service call now. That way when it finally does crap out, you saved a couple days of waiting.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Nope. Central A/C. The condo staff will do what they can to keep it running.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 22, 2024 05:17 AM (FmapG)

22 Nope. Central A/C. The condo staff will do what they can to keep it running.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 22, 2024 05:17 AM (FmapG)

Well Godspeed to you then. And Godtemperature and Godposition as well. All the extrinsic Godproperties, really.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:20 AM (BpZ5k)

23 Whales beat Giants in wet conditions. Came downstairs and the clock thermometer said 84F.

Posted by: Jamaica at June 22, 2024 05:22 AM (IG7T0)

24 Evening and morning for a Saturday! "What is so rare as a day in June?" If the poet had lived in Da Swamp, he'd have made it "a day in November" or "March." While there are no guarantees that a given day in those months is livable, your odds are better than in June for sure.

Anyway! 'Tis morning, with a full day ahead. How 'bout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 22, 2024 05:23 AM (omVj0)

25 74.3 degrees in the back yard.

Dew point of 74.0 degrees.

That's....moist.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2024 05:26 AM (a1415)

26 Dew point of 74.0 degrees.

That's....moist.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2024 05:26 AM (a1415)

Ironic. The higher the dewpoint, the less you do.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:29 AM (BpZ5k)

27 Cool photos of things on twitter.

https://tinyurl.com/mv98b7nc

Posted by: 13times at June 22, 2024 05:29 AM (7oo37)

28 Currently 60F. Forecast 100F midday...

UGH!!!

Otherwise, all is well.

Posted by: JQ at June 22, 2024 05:31 AM (njWTi)

29 Regarding George RR Martin: The hell of it is, he was a good writer once. I remember his "A Song for Lya" appearing in Analog in the mid-'70s, a Hugo nominee I think in its day. And I still love his Fevre Dream, an adventure thriller set along the pre-Civil War Miss. River, with steamboats and vampires! At the time (ca. 1983) it was described as "a mix of Mark Twain and Stephen King," and it was. I recommend it.

I read the first of the Thrones books, and found it long and not that involving. His characters kept saying, "Winter is coming," and it never seemed to get any closer.

An epic fantasy that erases the notion of honor? That's like a detective story without a solution, or a vampire tale where no one ever gets killed by a vampire. No thanks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 22, 2024 05:32 AM (omVj0)

30 Media and government panic mongering over two or three summer days of 100f temps.

Posted by: 13times at June 22, 2024 05:33 AM (IT/vo)

31 I guess the question is, why "erase honor" in your story? To serve as a grim warning of the kind of brutal hellscape a world without honor is? Or to say "lol look they're all bastards tee hee now watch them all kill each other"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:35 AM (BpZ5k)

32 Does GoT count as dystopian?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:36 AM (BpZ5k)

33 100+F = "summer" here. I hate it, but am stuck here.

Panic? Naw... just deal. Fans, portable a/c units, lotsa cool showers... Only solution is to move away.

F the media. Any of those "reporters" live without a/c?
HAHAHA, I doubt it... WTF do they know about suffering thru the heat? Bleh!

Posted by: JQ at June 22, 2024 05:38 AM (njWTi)

34 31 I guess the question is, why "erase honor" in your story? To serve as a grim warning of the kind of brutal hellscape a world without honor is? Or to say "lol look they're all bastards tee hee now watch them all kill each other"?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:35 AM (BpZ5k)

I think he was trying to 'keep it real.' He really is a piece of shit. I think THAT is how he views the world. Capricious. Cruel. Nihilistic.

It's kind of like a really shitty version of Don Quixote with no redeeming qualities.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 05:40 AM (i4fVr)

35 "lol look they're all bastards tee hee now watch them all kill each other"?
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Something wrong with that? Heh.

Posted by: JQ at June 22, 2024 05:40 AM (njWTi)

36 35 "lol look they're all bastards tee hee now watch them all kill each other"?
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Something wrong with that? Heh.
Posted by: JQ at June 22, 2024 05:40 AM (njWTi)

IIRC, he has said that he drew his inspiration from the 30 Years War.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 05:44 AM (i4fVr)

37 IIRC, he has said that he drew his inspiration from the 30 Years War.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 05:44 AM (i4fVr)

So, start a story and take thirty years to finish it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:46 AM (BpZ5k)

38 I guess the question is, why "erase honor" in your story? To serve as a grim warning of the kind of brutal hellscape a world without honor is? Or to say "lol look they're all bastards tee hee now watch them all kill each other"?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:35 AM (BpZ5k)

I think he was trying to 'keep it real.' He really is a piece of shit. I think THAT is how he views the world. Capricious. Cruel. Nihilistic.

It's kind of like a really shitty version of Don Quixote with no redeeming qualities.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024

***
Maybe Martin's worldview had changed between the high quality (with honor) of Fevre Dream and the Thrones books.

You can show the reader what a hellscape a world without honor would be -- but then have at least one character *with* honor, struggling against it and making a difference, even if a tiny one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 22, 2024 05:46 AM (omVj0)

39 Oh. Oooops.

Posted by: JQ at June 22, 2024 05:46 AM (njWTi)

40 74.3 degrees in the back yard.

Dew point of 74.0 degrees.

That's....moist.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2024

***
It's warmer than that here. And I'm afraid to look up the dewpoint.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 22, 2024 05:47 AM (omVj0)

41 Newsom

“ Last week,Tule River Tribe & CDFW reintroduced a family of beavers into the South Fork Tule River”

“This is expected to positively effect the water supply & improve drought & wildfire resilience”

Wildfire resilience!

Posted by: 13times at June 22, 2024 05:47 AM (7WHNV)

42 Sorry, too many 'adult beverages' tonight...

Missed the plot.

Ugh.

Anyone know what's up w/JT?

Posted by: JQ at June 22, 2024 05:48 AM (njWTi)

43 Temp has dropped outside.

73.8 degrees, with a 73.5 dew point.

Nice thing about that is that it's 73.4 degrees inside. With a 46.9 degree dew point, and 38% relative humidity. And the A/C hasn't run in quite a while.

Say what you want about newer construction, but the vapor barrier design here works.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2024 05:48 AM (a1415)

44 Good morning morons

Local TV news is all about Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and it seems as if she got involved in pay-to-play with the waste contractors.

A story as old as time...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 05:48 AM (RIvkX)

45 "A" family of beavers.

What did that cost the state? Five million? Ten?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:49 AM (BpZ5k)

46 You can show the reader what a hellscape a world without honor would be -- but then have at least one character *with* honor, struggling against it and making a difference, even if a tiny one.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 22, 2024 05:46 AM (omVj0)

Yeah, I don't think that is his idea.

Interesting idea though. I remember reading Shippey saying that Tolkien with The LOTR series was trying to show a world in need of a Redeemer (namely Christ.) Also that he was trying to replicate the ... fatalism of Nordic traditional myths when in the end, evil will win and the world will come to ruin. The idea that the greatest courage/honor is in fighting KNOWING that no matter what you do, you will lose- but fighting anyway.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 05:50 AM (i4fVr)

47 seems as if she got involved in pay-to-play with the waste contractors
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...and forgot to send ten percent to The Big Guy...

Posted by: JQ at June 22, 2024 05:50 AM (njWTi)

48 Local TV news is all about Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and it seems as if she got involved in pay-to-play with the waste contractors.

A story as old as time...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 05:48 AM (RIvkX)

What is with Waste and Sewage?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 05:50 AM (i4fVr)

49 Speaking of the Big Guy....

Is Jimmy Carter still with us?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2024 05:51 AM (a1415)

50 "Fk you, pay me!"

Posted by: Paulie at June 22, 2024 05:51 AM (njWTi)

51 And explicitly GRM decided to show a character like you describe, Wolfus. A character of honor and nobility. He has him beheaded to no purpose and to great spectacle in the first book.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 05:52 AM (i4fVr)

52 Saying 97 next two days, chance of T-storms next 3 days

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 05:52 AM (fwDg9)

53 What is with Waste and Sewage?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 22, 2024 05:50 AM (i4fVr)

They're invisible. Under the radar. I'm guessing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:52 AM (BpZ5k)

54 Morning, JQ, Warai, Aetius! Hope it's not, and won't be, too unpleasant where you are. Once I finish my breakfast and my pipe, I need to run out and wash the car. Then I'll detail me and head out to the barber and the grocery (Aldi). Miss Linda wants to go to Whole Foods to redeem one of her endless series of coupons, too.

The Mardi Gras bead recycling drop box near my work has moved out to the suburbs, and maybe we'll have a chance to drop off that ten-pound bag of colorful Chinese plastic while we're out there.

The Killer Kittens From Outer Space are doing well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 22, 2024 05:53 AM (omVj0)

55 s Jimmy Carter still with us?
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Wiki still says "is" instead of "was"...

Posted by: JQ at June 22, 2024 05:53 AM (njWTi)

56 Exactly Pixy Misa, I read George R.R. Martin's first book in the series and saw how he was basically writing to torture the characters and readers. I knew there was going to be zero good endings. So that was it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 22, 2024 05:54 AM (v9ZTy)

57 It'll be hot here, maybe some rain. I had rooftop work the last few days, so now I'm firmly in "yeah it's hot whatever" mode, so i might actually get something done outside this weekend.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:55 AM (BpZ5k)

58 Cat, The Mighty Hunter, has returned... without any rodent meat.

Poor kitty, will just have to settle for packaged kibbles!

Posted by: JQ at June 22, 2024 05:58 AM (njWTi)

59 >>> What did that cost the state? Five million? Ten?

Yes. They’ve been planting beaver in moist places throughout NorCal. To improve “water storage,” and to enwetten tribal meadows.

Posted by: 13times at June 22, 2024 05:58 AM (RFoC2)

60
The local weather prognosticators have a "Mug-O-Meter" based on dew point.

Right now, per my little weather station (ambient weather ws-2000), temp is 66F and dew point is 64F.

Interior inside, temp is 75F and dew point is 53F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 22, 2024 05:58 AM (w6EFb)

61 I underslept

Posted by: Don Black at June 22, 2024 06:04 AM (/7KEl)

62 Violence against bodega workers.
I have been told by my TV that violence against bodega workers is bad. No word yet if the robbery is bad, too.
No guns, just beatings and stabbings.

Posted by: Jamaica at June 22, 2024 06:07 AM (IG7T0)

63 If I was Jimmy I would be sure my meeting with God would not go well

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 06:07 AM (fwDg9)

64 Sunny, mild, high of 69

Boy F. and I will walk a few miles in the Panhandle, Haight Ashbury, and Cole Valley, then we'll stop for a drink before I take him to Special Olympics track practice at Kezar Stadium. He is going to the state meet in Cupertino next weekend.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 06:07 AM (RIvkX)

65 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 22, 2024 06:09 AM (86W+h)

66 45 "A" family of beavers.

What did that cost the state? Five million? Ten?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 05:49 AM (BpZ5k)

per beave

Posted by: m at June 22, 2024 06:09 AM (NHMTR)

67 This is literally our heat wave. Which isn’t anything of the sort. CAL office of emergency services displayed a map with the valley painted RED.

Thursday was 91f and 16% hum.
Friday was 100f 16-20% hum
Saturday 104f 20% hum
Sunday 82f

Posted by: 13times at June 22, 2024 06:10 AM (n/VGw)

68 > Thanks very interesting blog!
Posted by: supporters at June 22, 2024 06:08 AM (B9f2f)

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Posted by: Don Black at June 22, 2024 06:11 AM (/7KEl)

69 At least this year in December will be The Hottest ever, not 3rd or 4th

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 06:12 AM (fwDg9)

70 Jimmy doesn't wake up every day.

My mom had a very peaceful last two weeks of her life.

She basically slept through it.

She woke up in the hospital and looked at two of my brothers and said "What am I doing here?" She wanted to die in her own bed.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 22, 2024 06:12 AM (VuZH8)

71 >>> Thanks very interesting blog!

You're no Machines For Sale.

Posted by: fluffy at June 22, 2024 06:13 AM (86W+h)

72 65 Thanks very interesting blog!
Posted by: supporters at June 22, 2024 06:08 AM (B9f2f)

Would you like to buy a comma?

Posted by: m at June 22, 2024 06:14 AM (NHMTR)

73 Good riddance, Boeing

Posted by: In Exile at June 22, 2024 06:15 AM (kzzyk)

74 Birdbath status!

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 22, 2024 06:15 AM (dg+HA)

75 "Would you like to buy a comma?"

Why buy, when you can Rent-To-Own!

Posted by: Punctuation 2 Go at June 22, 2024 06:16 AM (a1415)

76 Thanks very interesting blog!
Posted by: supporters at June 22, 2024 06:08 AM (B9f2f)
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 06:16 AM (RIvkX)

77
Thanks very interesting blog!
Posted by: supporters

You jock straps are all alike

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 22, 2024 06:16 AM (xG4kz)

78 Bird Bath is scrubbed, filled, and ready to go.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2024 06:17 AM (a1415)

79 Got home internet back up last night, took almost 3 hours. The new modem wasn't provisioned at the storefront, no record of it on my account, and there was no record of my returning the old one; and the tech who was supposed to replace my drop on Thursday recorded they'd been here, when they never showed up at all.
To provision the new modem had to do a 'Chat' which was clearly a bot: 'AI', but honestly the prompts and responses were as coherent as any Pakistani lady working from a hut.
I'd switch providers but my 'hood's infrastructure is shit: Poorest Place In The State and simple cost/benefit analysis tells Telecoms that upgrading the area simply isn't worth it.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 22, 2024 06:17 AM (bFId9)

80 Mornin' everyone. Time for coffee and the morning 45 minute walk.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 22, 2024 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

81
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I miss the times when &mpers&nds
were reserved for the special few!

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Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 22, 2024 06:19 AM (xG4kz)

82 If I was Jimmy I would be sure my meeting with God would not go well
Posted by: Skip'

Mine's not going to.
"I give you all this, and eternal life on top of it, and THIS is what you do with it? A lifetime of shitty behavior and mayhem?"

It's like your terrific dad trusts you with the keys to the family car and you wreck it while getting your trashy girlfriend pregnant.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 22, 2024 06:20 AM (bFId9)

83 She woke up in the hospital and looked at two of my brothers and said "What am I doing here?" She wanted to die in her own bed.
Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 22, 2024 06:12 AM (VuZH

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Hospitals suck.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 06:22 AM (RIvkX)

84
Jimmy

That guy takes longer to shove off than it does
for the McCains to wrap up burying Juan.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 22, 2024 06:23 AM (xG4kz)

85 "That guy takes longer to shove off than it does
for the McCains to wrap up burying Juan."

About the only thing that takes longer is one of Ace's movie reviews.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2024 06:24 AM (a1415)

86 >>> Bird Bath is scrubbed, filled, and ready to go.

Scrubbing the bird bath is an under-appreciated task.

Posted by: fluffy at June 22, 2024 06:24 AM (86W+h)

87 Now, my *office* shares infrastructure with a heavy-hitting DoD contractor and the internet there is amazing, top of the heap fiber. Best internet in the whole State according to others at the building.
So I've ended up with internet on exact polarity of Worst And Best within an easy walk.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 22, 2024 06:25 AM (bFId9)

88 "Scrubbing the bird bath is an under-appreciated task."

Plus we have a solar powered spray pump in the middle of it.

So the needs to be broken down and cleaned at least once per week.

But, the birds like it...so..

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2024 06:26 AM (a1415)

89 My new bird bath has yet to see a customer as far as I see

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 06:26 AM (fwDg9)

90
*trudges in*
*slumps into chair*
*sips coffee*
*feels human*

Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 22, 2024 06:27 AM (MoZTd)

91 "My new bird bath has yet to see a customer as far as I see"

What kind of ad campaign you using?

Facebook?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2024 06:27 AM (a1415)

92 Here is a very good explication of the current crisis by David Volodzko (utube)

https://youtu.be/qgcWV_ptS6s

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 06:28 AM (RIvkX)

93 Mrs. F. decided the chickadees using our birdbath are actually wrens.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

94 OK, gotta finish loading the car up.

Next stop....NAS Oceana, Va.

Later.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 22, 2024 06:29 AM (a1415)

95 The cellular companies in my 'hood don't do wireless internet, at least none I've found so far. There are a few internet providers that run on the phone lines, but that runs on the back of the property; my house has never had a phone line to it as long as I've owned it; and would require running a drop across the back yard, which I don't want, and my understanding is, the lines by me aren't fiber anyway and offer no improvement. I think Starlink might be available but requires a fairly substantial outlay in specialized equipment, and, Wisconsin Winters don't play well with satellite dishes.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 22, 2024 06:30 AM (bFId9)

96
Ugh.

Sometime this weekend I will have to read up on the Pennsylvania blather on what it means for a public charity to be a "registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation and a PA Purely Public Charity."

I do dread having to do that, but we may be crossing a line from one classification to another this year because ** reasons **. We may even have to schedule a meeting with our accountant to discuss the matter. Again, ugh!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 22, 2024 06:32 AM (xG4kz)

97 Now that my pipe is done and I've had breakfast and coffee, it's time to suit up (old jeans, a T-shirt) and head out to wash the car. If I do the job just as it gets light, it'll be less hot (though more humid), and i"ll have time to get cleaned up and shaved before I venture out again for the barber.

I'm hoping that after retirement my Saturdays won't be so crowded with errands. At least not all of them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 22, 2024 06:34 AM (omVj0)

98 Again, ugh!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 22, 2024 06:32 AM (xG4kz)

Just make sure you got permits for each of the beavers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 22, 2024 06:34 AM (BpZ5k)

99 Maybe that's problem, I haven't advertised, just put it out there.
Maybe a sign
Free Bird Bath is needed

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 06:34 AM (fwDg9)

100 Good morning! I think the key to getting birds to the bath is to have food nearby, and to clean out the reservoir every other day or so. Keeps the skeeters down too.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 22, 2024 06:34 AM (YRsIm)

101
What kind of ad campaign you using?

Facebook?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

There's no point in using BirdNet (they have yet to figure out that avian critters find their name repellent).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 22, 2024 06:38 AM (xG4kz)

102 Speed test on my coax cable internet from Evil Cable Company reads 313 down, 10 up; Interesting as it's the low plan of 300, which is all I need; 313 is over that. Hm. The upload is kinda pathetic but about right for my own old and low-end equipment, and for the copper twizzlers run around here.
Again, the *office* has blazing-fast internet so if I need a conference call or anything like that I do it there, not at home.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 22, 2024 06:39 AM (bFId9)

103 Making French Toast with strawberries on top

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 06:41 AM (fwDg9)

104
... clean out the reservoir every other day or so.

You do need to do this. A bath in full bloom after a week will convince you to do so, as our avian friends are dirty after all.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 22, 2024 06:41 AM (xG4kz)

105 With bird baths, The Kid runs those and at first it took about two weeks for the birds to figure it out.

Put out a seed block, one of those huge bricks from Farm & Fleet, and it took almost a week for the critters to figure THAT out, but once they did, that block was gone in three weeks! I couldn't believe it.
There's trail cam footage of a local CAT eating off that block! I'm like, what a strange cat...

Posted by: LenNeal at June 22, 2024 06:42 AM (bFId9)

106 Good morning to one and all.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 22, 2024 06:43 AM (8i5Iz)

107 Morning peeps

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 22, 2024 06:43 AM (Q4IgG)

108
There's trail cam footage of a local CAT eating off that block! I'm like, what a strange cat...
Posted by: LenNeal

Cats are assholes, and vegan cats are the worst assholes.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 22, 2024 06:44 AM (xG4kz)

109 >>> Plus we have a solar powered spray pump in the middle of it.
So the needs to be broken down and cleaned at least once per week.

I hope the birdies appreciate all the effort.

The hardest part of cleaning ours is to not crush the tree frog that lives underneath when putting it back in place.

Posted by: fluffy at June 22, 2024 06:44 AM (86W+h)

110 mornin yall. I don't want to alarm you, but Experts Say the Earth's core is slowing down.

Posted by: fd at June 22, 2024 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

111 Yeah, not only did the cat eat off the seed block, then it sat down in front of the trail cam all condescending, and told it all about how it was making a moral choice, and blah blah blah really irritating.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 22, 2024 06:49 AM (bFId9)

112 To the cat's credit, about two weeks later it freaked out completely and ate a bird, and that seems to have been the last of its annoying little vegan phase.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 22, 2024 06:51 AM (bFId9)

113 We have 2 feeders located under the trees and one out in the open. The bird bath is next to the one in the open space. The two under the trees are always in use, but the cardinals and jays usually don't come to the bath. The smaller birds seem to get more use of it.

You guys with solar pumps, does the pump move enough water to make it splash, or is it more of a gurgle?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 22, 2024 06:53 AM (YRsIm)

114
Experts Say the Earth's core is slowing down.
Posted by: fd at June 22, 2024 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

Climate change. Late-stage capitalism. Systemic racism.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 22, 2024 06:54 AM (MoZTd)

115 > mornin yall. I don't want to alarm you, but Experts Say the Earth's core is slowing down.
---------
And the poles are reversing, solar flares, climate change, rising seas, invasive species, etc.

Think I'll have a drink.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 22, 2024 06:55 AM (Q4IgG)

116 I'm hoping that after retirement my Saturdays won't be so crowded with errands. At least not all of them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

You get to divide Saturday errands into the rest of the week when you retire.

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 06:55 AM (oaGWv)

117 mornin yall. I don't want to alarm you, but Experts Say the Earth's core is slowing down.
Posted by: fd at June 22, 2024 06:48 AM (vFG9F)
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Wait. I've seen this movie. It was stupid then and it's stupid now.

I'm guessing we only have a billion years or so before we are all DOOMED!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 22, 2024 06:55 AM (BpYfr)

118 You guys with solar pumps, does the pump move enough water to make it splash, or is it more of a gurgle?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 22, 2024 06:53 AM (YRsIm)
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Gurgle. Just enough to keep the water circulating.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

119 Most Americans don't want freedom.

Michael Malice (short version)

https://tinyurl.com/5yd6r8ze

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 22, 2024 06:56 AM (ae+dx)

120 "The Core" I saw that movie.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 22, 2024 06:56 AM (8i5Iz)

121 I looked at the solar pumps and they only move water when the sun is shining, the ones I saw didn't have batteries; and in WI the freeze possibility is so unpredictable I decided it was probably not worth it.
As far as I can tell when the sun is shining on them it's kind of a spray but the actual flows vary depending on conditions.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 22, 2024 06:57 AM (bFId9)

122 I guess the question is, why "erase honor" in your story? To serve as a grim warning of the kind of brutal hellscape a world without honor is? Or to say "lol look they're all bastards tee hee now watch them all kill each other"?
=====

Anybody else remember Stephen R Donaldson?

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 22, 2024 06:57 AM (MIKMs)

123 - @110 fd

Your comment caused a newest, bestest, skillion dollar idea to pop into my head. The last one was when fiber optics were coming out, or at least into use. Could have resulted in "Predator" type camo.

This one would be an emoji type thing.
Too bad I haven't the slightest idea how to program up something like that.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 22, 2024 06:58 AM (aDAOz)

124 The answer to 'is your computer too fast' has always been "Just install Windows".

Sheesh!

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #01 at June 22, 2024 06:59 AM (qfLjt)

125 I guess the question is, why "erase honor" in your story? To serve as a grim warning of the kind of brutal hellscape a world without honor is? Or to say "lol look they're all bastards tee hee now watch them all kill each other"?
=====

Anybody else remember Stephen R Donaldson?
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 22, 2024 06:57 AM (MIKMs)
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I tried reading the first Thomas Covenant series, but gave up after the main character rapes a young woman. Never tried reading any more Donaldson again.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 22, 2024 07:00 AM (BpYfr)

126
For the summer, we've cut the number of feeders down to two trays and a tube feeder, plus a window feeder outside Her Majesty's study. There's a fountain, a birdbath and a ground bath.

I have to move the feeders a bit closer to the house. The little guys hide in the firebushes and flit over to the feeders on the lawn and the distance needs to be cut a bit.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 22, 2024 07:01 AM (MoZTd)

127 I did see a solar pump at a Menards display that had a respectable fountain, a few feet high, but it was like $300 or something like that! To do that the panel has to be huge. The small ones don't do much.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 22, 2024 07:02 AM (bFId9)

128 there is a picture of a dude with the pocket 386 in his pocket.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 07:05 AM (ENQN6)

129 103 Making French Toast with strawberries on top

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 06:41 AM (fwDg9)
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Tell me you have the maple syrup dispenser ready?

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #02 at June 22, 2024 07:06 AM (qfLjt)

130 Anybody else remember Stephen R Donaldson?

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 22, 2024 06:57 AM (MIKMs)

Yup. Thomas Covenant series. I was a teenager still living at home when I picked up and read that series. Book 1 went sailing down the hall, smashing into the bathroom door... in front of my mother... who is a librarian. (I'd hit the rape scene and I was less than impressed, shall we say.)

I figured I was doomed with that action of showing that much disrespect to a book, mom being a librarian and all, but she understood and just asked me, "That bad, huh?"

I struggled mightily to get through that series, and I hated the main character the whole way through.

I'll never do that to myself again, and I never read another thing that author wrote.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 22, 2024 07:07 AM (O7YUW)

131 https://tomklingenstein.com/fauci-was-just-a-symptom/

Long article but very good uncovering CDC bureaucracy

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 07:07 AM (fwDg9)

132 I am entertaining the idea of a large bowl type fountain that spills into a stream that feeds the pond. The pond pump will move about 5k gal/hr so it could also feed a birdbath that drained into the same spillway.

I usually put the feeders under the eaves in the winter to keep them accessible without having to trudge out into the yard, but mostly to draw them closer to the bay window. Keeps them out of the wind but he seeds fall into the rock path and sprout in the spring.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 22, 2024 07:09 AM (YRsIm)

133 If SpaceX has to rescue the starliner crew, Musk might be able to buy Boeing for pennies on the dollar.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 22, 2024 07:09 AM (rsqyi)

134 Congressional Progressive Caucus chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) let out a laugh after MSNBC host Joy Reid read a Fox News chyron describing the rape of a 13-year-old girl in New York City by an illegal immigrant aloud during Reidâs show earlier this week.

ha funny haha

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 07:10 AM (ENQN6)

135 134 Congressional Progressive Caucus chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) let out a laugh after MSNBC host Joy Reid read a Fox News chyron describing the rape of a 13-year-old girl in New York City by an illegal immigrant aloud during Reidâs show earlier this week.

ha funny haha
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 07:10 AM (ENQN6)

?

Posted by: m at June 22, 2024 07:11 AM (NHMTR)

136 I recently bought a jug of maple syrup but that's neither here or there

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 07:11 AM (fwDg9)

137 USAID was one of the first to scream about the sandmaggots being starved to death. That organization is being run by none other than "the US should invade Israel to save the Fakestinians" Samantha Power.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 22, 2024 07:11 AM (8i5Iz)

138 I recently bought a jug of maple syrup but that's neither here or there
Posted by: Skip

The real thing or Mrs. Butterworth's?

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:12 AM (oaGWv)

139 134 Congressional Progressive Caucus chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) let out a laugh after MSNBC host Joy Reid read a Fox News chyron describing the rape of a 13-year-old girl in New York City by an illegal immigrant aloud during Reidâs show earlier this week.

ha funny haha
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 07:10 AM (ENQN6)

I'm not seeing that at any legitimate sites. YMMV

Posted by: m at June 22, 2024 07:13 AM (NHMTR)

140 Daughter has ordered that 1TB SSD (she had birthday money from friends). I'll need to copy the boot 256GB SSD to it. Any recommended free software for this job?

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #03 at June 22, 2024 07:15 AM (qfLjt)

141
Last night's dream was that I found out on Election Day that I was running for Congress against some Stacey Abrams type of opponent. But I didn't file or campaign and no one asked me.

I'm afraid I don't know how it turned out. I can assure you, I would not be a squish.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 22, 2024 07:16 AM (MoZTd)

142 Daily Mail has the Jayapal story. Ugly inside and out.

Posted by: fd at June 22, 2024 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

143 140 Daughter has ordered that 1TB SSD (she had birthday money from friends). I'll need to copy the boot 256GB SSD to it. Any recommended free software for this job?

I like Beyond Compare.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 22, 2024 07:16 AM (dg+HA)

144 I'm not seeing that at any legitimate sites. YMMV
Posted by: m

NY Post has an article about it.

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:17 AM (oaGWv)

145 Some bird found the bird bath, just cleaned it out and refilled it

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 07:17 AM (fwDg9)

146 I'm not seeing that at any legitimate sites. YMMV

Posted by: m at June 22, 2024 07:13 AM (NHMTR)

NY Post.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 22, 2024 07:17 AM (jrAJI)

147 139
I'm not seeing that at any legitimate sites. YMMV

Posted by: m at June 22, 2024 07:13 AM (NHMTR)
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I posted this on the ONT

https://tinyurl.com/2mjj5zp7

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #04 at June 22, 2024 07:18 AM (qfLjt)

148 Congressional Progressive Caucus chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) let out a laugh after MSNBC host Joy Reid read a Fox News chyron describing the rape of a 13-year-old girl in New York City by an illegal immigrant aloud during Reidâs show earlier this week.

ha funny haha
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 07:10 AM (ENQN6)

I'm not seeing that at any legitimate sites. YMMV
Posted by: m at June 22, 2024 07:13 AM (NHMTR)
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Watch last night's Gutfeld.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 07:19 AM (RIvkX)

149 I'm afraid I don't know how it turned out. I can assure you, I would not be a squish.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

But would big Stacey squish you?

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:20 AM (oaGWv)

150 Anybody else remember Stephen R Donaldson?

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 22, 2024 06:57 AM (MIKMs)

His Thomas Covenant books were awfuy- never got thru the one I attempted.

BUT his Mirror duology - Mirror of her Dreams / A Man Rides Through is actually one of my favorites.

Like night & day.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 22, 2024 07:21 AM (Ka3bZ)

151
The red-winged blackbirds have all migrated back up north, so our customers are mostly sparrows and some cardinals. We also have some firebushes, lavender and Little John bottlebrushes for the hummingbirds, bees and butterflies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 22, 2024 07:21 AM (MoZTd)

152 But would big Stacey squish you?
Posted by: Tuna

She might roll right over him in a debate

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 22, 2024 07:22 AM (Ka3bZ)

153 How about this story:

Mystery as two US Border Patrol agents are found dead - with one in hotel room in Çolumbia after prostitute tryst and the other by suicide before cops could interview him.

Posted by: fd at June 22, 2024 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

154 143 140 Daughter has ordered that 1TB SSD (she had birthday money from friends). I'll need to copy the boot 256GB SSD to it. Any recommended free software for this job?

I like Beyond Compare.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 22, 2024 07:16 AM (dg+HA)
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Thanks, I'll check it out.

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #05 at June 22, 2024 07:24 AM (qfLjt)

155 Beware. CBD is up. Maple syrup references are likely to be monitored.

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:24 AM (oaGWv)

156 142 Daily Mail has the Jayapal story. Ugly inside and out.
Posted by: fd

It was more of a scoff laugh

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 22, 2024 07:25 AM (Ka3bZ)

157 I do remember Donaldson being heavily marketed and not finishing anything he wrote. Whatever his unpleasant writing, he made bank.

vmom -- As much as I admire and enjoy your perspective, I couldn't finish that either.

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 22, 2024 07:25 AM (MIKMs)

158 Birds....

A couple weeks ago we spotted a Baltimore Oriole in a tree. First time we've seen one in KY. (Well, around here anyway.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 22, 2024 07:26 AM (Q4IgG)

159 153 How about this story:

Mystery as two US Border Patrol agents are found dead - with one in hotel room in Çolumbia after prostitute tryst and the other by suicide before cops could interview him.

Posted by: fd at June 22, 2024 07:23 AM (vFG9F)
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Have we moved our border that far south? It would be more convenient for the invaders.

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #06 at June 22, 2024 07:26 AM (qfLjt)

160 122 I guess the question is, why "erase honor" in your story? To serve as a grim warning of the kind of brutal hellscape a world without honor is? Or to say "lol look they're all bastards tee hee now watch them all kill each other"?
=====

Anybody else remember Stephen R Donaldson?
Posted by: mustbequantum

(raises hand)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 22, 2024 07:26 AM (sAmhv)

161 But would big Stacey squish you?
Posted by: Tuna

She might roll right over him in a debate
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Gives new meaning to the term " to bulldoze ".

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:27 AM (oaGWv)

162 @shannonrwatts
·
Follow
The Rahimi case should never have been taken up by SCOTUS. To even question whether domestic abusers should have access to guns shows just how extreme this court has become.

Gun control idiots are idiots.
Fifth ruled that rights could NOT be taken away.

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

163 That tells me they have been compromised into blackmail offenses

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 07:28 AM (fwDg9)

164 I couldn't finish that either.
Posted by: mustbequantum

How sare you sir! LOL
That's cool
I remember the King in that series kind if being a precursor to the King in Robin Hobb's Fitz series, in my mind
What I liked - heroine starts out as rather a dimbo, FAFOs, straightens out. Hero is genuinely a good guy throughout. Villain is evil.
I guess nowadays it would be marketed as YA, come to think of it.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 22, 2024 07:29 AM (Ka3bZ)

165 158 Birds....

A couple weeks ago we spotted a Baltimore Oriole in a tree. First time we've seen one in KY. (Well, around here anyway.)
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Glad to see Cal Ripken getting some exercise. Tree climbing is odd but good for him!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 22, 2024 07:30 AM (sAmhv)

166 *dare not sare
my typos have been really bad recently

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 22, 2024 07:31 AM (Ka3bZ)

167 > Glad to see Cal Ripken getting some exercise. Tree climbing is odd but good for him!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come
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Dating myself... but I was more of a Senators fan.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 22, 2024 07:33 AM (Q4IgG)

168 vmom would dare to differ

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 07:33 AM (fwDg9)

169 A couple weeks ago we spotted a Baltimore Oriole in a tree. First time we've seen one in KY. (Well, around here anyway.)
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I used to put orange halves out for them. Never caught sight of one though.

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:34 AM (oaGWv)

170 Every Democrat that voted for this shit or helped with the steal is guilty of the rapes and murders.

Sinful anger is one of the seven deadly sins.

Righteous anger is not.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 22, 2024 07:35 AM (VuZH8)

171 I used to put orange halves out for them. Never caught sight of one though.
Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:34 AM (oaGWv

Thank you.

Posted by: The field mice at June 22, 2024 07:36 AM (3QsZU)

172 Ah the Senators.

Washington: First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 22, 2024 07:36 AM (VuZH8)

173 "We are letting the data drive our decision making

--

Imagine your society reaching the point where the assumed top-flight smartest-of-the-smart folks at NASA make this sort of statement.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Images of perfect women created with AI aren't being created with tattoo prompts. at June 22, 2024 07:37 AM (b9jZi)

174 *dare not sare
my typos have been really bad recently
=====

What does it say about all of us that we know each other well enough to ignore the typos and get the joke anyway?

Posted by: mustbequantum at June 22, 2024 07:38 AM (MIKMs)

175 My biggest bird sighting thrill was when we lived in the Richmond, VA area. We had a whole flock of cedar waxwings joyfully chattering away and eating the berries off the pyracantha bushes that lined the front porch one day.

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:39 AM (oaGWv)

176
Washington: First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 22, 2024 07:36 AM

I hate the NY Yankees* and my favorite book about baseball when I was young was 'Damn Yankees".

The protagonist sold his soul to Satan and played for Washington iirc.

* Who beat the Philadelphia Phillies in four straight games in the World Series before I was born but it broke my Dads heart.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 22, 2024 07:41 AM (RKVpM)

177 That's one of the early-2000s things about this place that I really like. I don't think people would stick around if we had a bunch of folks claiming victory in a debate because someone else misspelled a word or used bad grammar.

The only time I like to point it out is because it's fascinating when someone WILL criticize someone else's grammar and they almost always made a mistake in the criticism. I wonder if there's a Law named for that?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Images of perfect women created with AI aren't being created with tattoo prompts. at June 22, 2024 07:41 AM (b9jZi)

178 > Ah the Senators.

Washington: First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.
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I have a pennant from one of the games I went to.

It's worth more than I paid for it? Instead of a buck it's worth 5. Winning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 22, 2024 07:42 AM (Q4IgG)

179 The only time I like to point it out is because it's fascinating when someone WILL criticize someone else's grammar and they almost always made a mistake in the criticism. I wonder if there's a Law named for that?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Images of perfect women created with AI aren't being created with tattoo prompts. at June 22, 2024 07:41 AM (b9jZi)
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***Grammar Nazis have entered the chat.***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 22, 2024 07:43 AM (BpYfr)

180 "Foul Ball" by Jim Bouton is suppose to be good. I should see if I can find it at my local library.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at June 22, 2024 07:43 AM (VuZH8)

181 The best memes includ a misspelling.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 22, 2024 07:43 AM (dg+HA)

182 Later, daywalkers!!

https://youtu.be/p9cu8FrP04U?si=GNxII1Fb95cEuGlU

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 22, 2024 07:44 AM (sAmhv)

183 171 I used to put orange halves out for them. Never caught sight of one though.
Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:34 AM (oaGWv

Thank you.
Posted by: The field mice at June 22, 2024 07:36 AM (3QsZU)

; )

Posted by: m at June 22, 2024 07:45 AM (NHMTR)

184 That's one of the early-2000s things about this place that I really like. I don't think people would stick around if we had a bunch of folks claiming victory in a debate because someone else misspelled a word or used bad grammar.
...
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Images of perfect women created with AI aren't being created with tattoo prompts. at June 22, 2024 07:41 AM (b9jZi)

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I often try to write like I speak, not like how I write.

e.g. Imma toast up my scone now.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

185 Been out on deck reading and watching birds, one right now is clambering down my gutter looking for goodies

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 07:45 AM (fwDg9)

186 Peple are typng on phons and tblets so I dont really care if thy make some milkshakes.

Posted by: fd at June 22, 2024 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

187 It is a wren

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 07:45 AM (fwDg9)

188 My biggest bird sighting thrill was when we lived in the Richmond, VA area. We had a whole flock of cedar waxwings joyfully chattering away and eating the berries off the pyracantha bushes that lined the front porch one day.
Posted by: Tuna

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I've only seen them a few times. That's really great.

Mine, and it still seems clear as day, was driving on a big trip and seeing a bald eagle in a creek feeding on a fish, and then three hours later seeing a bald eagle in flight. Two in one day might not seem like much to a lot of folks, but down here in the South we get a glimpse of one every year or two. It was pretty great.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Images of perfect women created with AI aren't being created with tattoo prompts. at June 22, 2024 07:46 AM (b9jZi)

189 I am definitely horrible on my phone

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2024 07:46 AM (fwDg9)

190 e.g. Imma toast up my scone now.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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(thinks about checking urban dictionary, decides against it)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Images of perfect women created with AI aren't being created with tattoo prompts. at June 22, 2024 07:47 AM (b9jZi)

191
I'm not positive about the title of the book, it could have been 'The Year the Yankees lost the pennant." Something like that. I think the Broadway play was 'Damn Yankees' though.

There's a love interest in the book named 'Lola' and JJ was saying he knew the actress who played her on Broadway.

Remember 'Lilith' from Cheers?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 22, 2024 07:49 AM (RKVpM)

192 168 vmom would dare to differ
Posted by: Skip

My kids would say I dare to dither

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 22, 2024 07:50 AM (Ka3bZ)

193
My biggest bird sighting thrill was when we lived in the Richmond, VA area. We had a whole flock of cedar waxwings joyfully chattering away and eating the berries off the pyracantha bushes that lined the front porch one day.
Posted by: Tuna

I should think! I'd love to see some waxwings. I'm afraid bluebirds are about as exotic as we get in these parts.

What we do get is a variety of herons and egrets. There's a drainage ditch that runs along the road and we have some low spots in the yard that accumulate water after a rain. So we see the long-legged friends gobbling up crawdads and frogs when it's wet.

I mowed the back three acres last Sunday and was followed by a flock of cattle egrets catching bugs stirred up by the mower.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 22, 2024 07:51 AM (MoZTd)

194 Instagram sends adult content to new children users (13 and under) within 3 minutes of signing up.

ok groomers

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 07:53 AM (ENQN6)

195 There was a cardinal hopping around our patio door a few days ago
But it flew away as soon as I reached for my phone to snap a pic

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 22, 2024 07:54 AM (Ka3bZ)

196 I've seen Blue Herons more commonly in Golden Gate Park than ever before. They are BIG

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

197 It is a wren
Posted by: Skip

I love little Carolina wrens and their cute upturned tail feathers. They sing "tea kettle, tea kettle tea kettle tea"

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:55 AM (oaGWv)

198
Two summers ago a heron saw my wife and I catching fish and tossing them back. So he flew over to watch. Next sunnie I caught I let flip around on the ground. Within three seconds that heron grabbed that fish and gobbled him down whole. He stayed around for a couple more snacks before flying off.

I probably broke some federal law by feeding him but it was entertaining.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 22, 2024 07:55 AM (RKVpM)

199 Mmm toasted up good, real good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

200 I've seen Blue Herons more commonly in Golden Gate Park than ever before. They are BIG
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Yes they are. Saw them daily when we vacationed on the Outer Banks. Watching them, I always thought "Yep. I see the dinosaur in them ".

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:58 AM (oaGWv)

201 A year or two ago I sent KT some snaps of a Blue Heron pulling a gopher out if it's hole in GG park.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 07:58 AM (RIvkX)

202
"Yep. I see the dinosaur in them ".

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 07:58 AM

The architecture of their legs and webbed feet looks absolutely prehistoric up close.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 22, 2024 08:00 AM (RKVpM)

203 Good morning y'all.

The puppy slept until 5:30. Unfortunately the bladder woke up at 4:00

Posted by: Muldoon at June 22, 2024 08:00 AM (uCfKO)

204 An audit by state fiscal monitors released last week revealed that SFUSD will need to lay off more than 300 employees by the end of the month and move forward with closing schools to avoid bankruptcy, all as the district projects a $420 million deficit next year.

The audit said SFUSD’s bankruptcy risk is high.

A monopoly failed when ran by govt.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 08:01 AM (ENQN6)

205 The puppy slept until 5:30. Unfortunately the bladder woke up at 4:00
Posted by: Muldoon

LOL. Poor Muldoon.

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 08:01 AM (oaGWv)

206 Instagram is the most popular social media app on Earth.

https://youtu.be/Mlf_yaPLryE

The more you know...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 22, 2024 08:02 AM (dg+HA)

207 201 A year or two ago I sent KT some snaps of a Blue Heron pulling a gopher out if it's hole in GG park.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 07:58 AM (RIvkX)

*do I need to hit urban Pictionary*

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 08:02 AM (ENQN6)

208 The architecture of their legs and webbed feet looks absolutely prehistoric up close.

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Reading the thread backwards. Are we talking about Miklos' gals again?

Posted by: Muldoon at June 22, 2024 08:03 AM (uCfKO)

209 [iIt is better than just saying YOLO and losing another two astronauts.

They'd be fine if they YOLO'd it. They have literally ten times as much helium as they need to deorbit.

At this point I'd be surprised if the astronauts didn't end up going home on Dragon, with Starliner going home on autopilot. You can never actually prove something is safe, so even if they work their issues list there's going to be a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking if something goes wrong. I doubt there's a single bureaucrat at NASA willing to take that career risk.

Posted by: Ace's liver at June 22, 2024 08:03 AM (B9Dv5)

210 Bird thrill...

Seeing a Bald Eagle in the back yard.

Once munching on a chicken.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 22, 2024 08:03 AM (Q4IgG)

211 Saw a bluebird visiting friends last week, out at the suburban/rural line. I'm urban, no fields, no bluebirds. Js excluded of course.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 22, 2024 08:05 AM (4780s)

212 Mmm... tastes like chicken.

Posted by: Bald eagle at June 22, 2024 08:05 AM (dg+HA)

213 >>> A couple weeks ago we spotted a Baltimore Oriole in a tree. First time we've seen one in KY.

Put out some jelly and they might stop in. I don't know if they will start visiting mid-season.

Maybe add a couple orange halves to draw their eye.

Posted by: fluffy at June 22, 2024 08:05 AM (86W+h)

214 The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case grilled special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors Friday on how closely Attorney General Merrick Garland oversees their work.

Under persistent questioning from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the prosecutors declined to divulge details and seemed caught off-guard by the inquiries. At one point, Smith deputy James Pearce said he was “not authorized” to discuss the level of communication that occurred between the attorney general and the special counsel.

“I don’t want to make it seem like I’m hiding something,” Pearce then said.

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 08:06 AM (ENQN6)

215 Well, the drug failed clinical trials last year, and FDA scientists and statisticians say there is basically no evidence the drug does anything at all.

Sarepta says "not quite so", Pixy. The drug works well for a considerably smaller group of patients than originally hoped for, true, but for those boys it has been a miracle. But Sarepta is always controversial.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 22, 2024 08:06 AM (PbMBZ)

216 But how the bluebird got in my pajamas I'll never know.

Posted by: Groucho at June 22, 2024 08:07 AM (dg+HA)

217 “I don’t want to make it seem like I’m hiding something,” Pearce then said.

ha
Posted by: rhennigantx

Left unsaid: "But I am."

Posted by: Tuna at June 22, 2024 08:08 AM (oaGWv)

218 I'm a grammar cop but only when my pet peeves are in play: apostrophe s for a plural; there/they're/their; etc. - anytime I have to stop and re-read something because of grammar.
I don't mind being corrected myself.

Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #08 at June 22, 2024 08:08 AM (qfLjt)

219 We saw Painted Buntings for the first time at Jekyll Island not too long ago. Mrs fd was excited, but I would have rather seen The Creature.

Posted by: fd at June 22, 2024 08:08 AM (vFG9F)

220 >>> I used to put orange halves out for them. Never caught sight of one though.

They seem to prefer jelly. They nibble at the oranges a little, but it appears to be a mostly visual appeal.

Posted by: fluffy at June 22, 2024 08:10 AM (86W+h)

221 *but it appears to be a mostly visual appeal.*

Yeah, about that...

Posted by: Do you know about the cup sizes ? at June 22, 2024 08:12 AM (dg+HA)

222 >>> We saw Painted Buntings for the first time at Jekyll Island not too long ago.

Oooo, purty.

We get indigo buntings some evenings, but they have been shy this year.

Posted by: fluffy at June 22, 2024 08:13 AM (86W+h)

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Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 08:13 AM (ENQN6)

224 "...We are letting the data drive our decision making "

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Is this a way of absolving any one actual person from actual responsibility for an actual decision?

Posted by: Muldoon at June 22, 2024 08:13 AM (uCfKO)

225 You morons think everything I say has to have some kind of nasty connotation just because I live in a blue sh*thole.

I'm not that hip.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 08:13 AM (RIvkX)

226 Java noodity.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 22, 2024 08:13 AM (dg+HA)

227 > The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case grilled special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors Friday on how closely Attorney General Merrick Garland oversees their work.
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The current rules of lawfare suggest the entire prosecution team should be in prison tomorrow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 22, 2024 08:14 AM (Q4IgG)

228 The audit said SFUSD’s bankruptcy risk is high.

A monopoly failed when ran by govt.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 22, 2024 08:01 AM (ENQN6)
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All those people responsible have already moved on to higher office (Matt Haney) or bigger jurisdictions (Richard Carranza).

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 22, 2024 08:14 AM (RIvkX)

229 I'll need to copy the boot 256GB SSD to it. Any recommended free software for this job?
Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #03 at June 22, 2024 07:15

I used Macrium Reflect when I cloned my boot HDD to a new SSD. Worked fine, and easy.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 22, 2024 08:16 AM (iRX3h)

230 ...We are letting the data drive our decision making "

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Is this a way of absolving any one actual person from actual responsibility for an actual decision?
Posted by: Muldoon

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Great point. Like when a boss knows what she wants to do and "forms a committee" to confirm it's a great idea, ma'am, and then when it's a failure there is no one specifically to blame since she let data drive her decision to do the pointless thing she dreamt up.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Images of perfect women created with AI aren't being created with tattoo prompts. at June 22, 2024 08:17 AM (b9jZi)

231 79 degrees (real feel 89) at 8 am in our corner on NJ. Meh. Just another summer day. I grew up without AC, just window fans, back in the 50's, so I'm amused at the media clowns running around with their hair on fire. Drama queens. I retired after working in the TV industry after 35 plus years, so none of this nonsense surprises me.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at June 22, 2024 08:18 AM (iODuv)

232 140 Daughter has ordered that 1TB SSD (she had birthday money from friends). I'll need to copy the boot 256GB SSD to it. Any recommended free software for this job?
Posted by: Ciampino - Sat Update #03 at June 22, 2024 07:15 AM (qfLjt)

Some SSD companies provide free cloning software, you just have to download off of their site.

Crucial, for instance, offers a free cloning program.

There are some things you have to do going from a smaller capacity drive to a larger one. You’ll need to partion 256GB of space on the new 1TB and clone to that partition, then you can remove that partition later on if you want.

You’ll also need to do the clone correctly to keep Windows activation.

JayzTwoCentz explains that here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3bFUXA91yU

He also has several more videos on drive cloning if you need more help. I find his tutorials to be pretty good.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 22, 2024 08:19 AM (6ydKt)

233 Daughter has ordered that 1TB SSD (she had birthday money from friends). I'll need to copy the boot 256GB SSD to it. Any recommended free software for this job?
Posted by: Ciampino

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I've had enough success with Easeus that I bought their full product.

The thing I've discovered with lots of modern computers is you might need to perform the backup/cloning after going straight into the cloning software (on a USB or similar) at boot. I've had multiple attempts fail while trying to perform it inside Windows. Probably a pointless security feature.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Images of perfect women created with AI aren't being created with tattoo prompts. at June 22, 2024 08:21 AM (b9jZi)

234 I don't think people would stick around if we had a bunch of folks claiming victory

I am pleased you are able to feel so good about yourself.
There's nothing like claiming racial and cultural IQ supremacy and spelling it wrong. Really puts you on top of the flaming ass heap.

Cheap punk talk is...cheap.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 22, 2024 08:23 AM (zdLoL)

235 Good to see you Way, Way Downriver. I'm still praying for you.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Images of perfect women created with AI aren't being created with tattoo prompts. at June 22, 2024 08:24 AM (b9jZi)

236
I have an outdoor 'solar shower' so the heat doesn't bother me much. I don't count, but I could be rinsing and cooling off 20 times a day.

Current outdoor project is weed killing. It's an invasion of invasive junk like I've never seen before at this level.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 22, 2024 08:24 AM (RKVpM)

237 Ciampino,
Now that I’ve thought about it a few more minutes, since you’re not moving to a new system (motherboard) you might not need to worry about Windows activation. But you’are going to need an USB SSD enclosure to clone the new drive.

Do you even need to clone, though?
You could just keep her 256 as the boot drive, and add the 1TB as a second drive. Does her motherboard have a second M.2 slot on the mobo?

If it does that would make your job a lot easier.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 22, 2024 08:30 AM (6ydKt)

238 Current outdoor project is weed killing. It's an invasion of invasive junk like I've never seen before at this level.
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Climate scientists all, every one of them, blame heterogenic global warming.for your problem! Bigger government means fewer weeds!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 22, 2024 08:32 AM (B92C0)

239 Telegraph newspaper ranks the Bond films this morning, and they think number 1 is "From Russia With Love" from 1963. TJM thinks its "Goldfinger".

Time for the Octagon!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 22, 2024 08:39 AM (YvtIA)

240 Oops/ meant that for the new thread

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 22, 2024 08:40 AM (YvtIA)

241 Sarepta says "not quite so", Pixy. The drug works well for a considerably smaller group of patients than originally hoped for, true, but for those boys it has been a miracle. But Sarepta is always controversial.

Posted by: Huck Follywood

That's exactly the problem. The one thing you absolutely cannot do is redefine the study group after the results are in. At that point the trial is a failure and you have to start over.

You can say "Hmm. That's interesting." and run a fresh trial based on that data. That's okay as long as all your controls are in place. But the existing trial is dead.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 22, 2024 09:04 AM (BLOW1)

242 ou can say "Hmm. That's interesting." and run a fresh trial based on that data. That's okay as long as all your controls are in place. But the existing trial is dead.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 22, 2024 09:04 AM (BLOW1)
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Yes, they redesigned the trial group, but lets remember the disease, while heterogenous, is always (100 %) fatal and patients suffer horribly. The drug this article criticizes saves those patients, and these boys are riding bicycles and kicking soccer balls because of this approval. The process criticisms the author makes may have some validity, I cannot say, but his sweeping conclusion is wrong, and a horrible death sentence for those children. Real lives are saved and pain gone.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 22, 2024 09:59 AM (zqxn2)

243 The Pocket 386 looks like fun, for those of us who remember the days of MS-DOS and memory models. I wonder if it would run the Coherent OS?

As for the drug trial, Duchenne's is such a horrible disease that anything that helps anyone with it is a godsend.

Posted by: Nemo at June 22, 2024 10:36 AM (S6ArX)

244 Re: Song of Ice and Fire - I first heard it as episodes on the audiobook channel of XM radio in 2008. It was the first book, and I got hooked. I bought and read all 4 of the books that were out, and discovered that my paperback copy of A Feast for Crows (book 4) was missing the last 60 pages due to a printing error! This wasn’t widely reported, so I assumed that a lot of people who bought the book (or at least that paperback print run)didn’t finish it, because I found other paperbacks with the same error. I like the books because the story is good, plenty of exciting things happen, and
every single character is at risk. I still liked book 5, but not as much as the others because there were
too many setups, and not enough payoffs. The previous books had the same amount of setups, and plenty of logical answers & exciting resolutions to intriguing mysteries and situations.
Not so book 5.
Critical Drinker said Martin will never finish the series, & I think he’s right. He said it was because Martin is too old (he’s 75), and unlike the tv shows, he has no one to help him. He said the tv shows and doing prequel books is much easier, and finishing books 6 and 7 is exceedingly hard.

Posted by: Cowboy Wally at June 22, 2024 10:57 AM (VpSgV)

245 Starliner's problematic thrusters are attached to the "service module", a component that detaches from the capsule before re-entry and burns up in the atmosphere. That's the reason for the extended stay: once they detach the service module and come home, there's no more data collection for this particular problem.

Posted by: craig at June 22, 2024 08:49 PM (+uCyM)

246 I really like it when individuals get together and share opinions.
Great site, stick with it!

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