Daily Tech News 7 July 2024

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Merle Myers did not kill himself: A former Boeing inspector says parts marked for scrap ended up being built into planes. (CNN)
Meyers, a 30-year veteran of Boeing, described to CNN what he says was an elaborate off-the-books practice that Boeing managers at the Everett factory used to meet production deadlines, including taking damaged and improper parts from the company's scrapyard, storehouses and loading docks.
This, if true, should result in felony convictions.
Beginning in the early 2000s, Meyers says that for more than a decade, he estimates that about 50,000 parts "escaped" quality control and were used to build aircraft. Those parts include everything from small items like screws to more complex assemblies like wing flaps. A single Boeing 787 Dreamliner, for example, has approximately 2.3 million parts.

Most of the parts that were meant to be scrapped were often painted red to signify they were unsuitable for assembly lines, Meyers said. Yet, in some cases, that didn't stop them from being put into planes being assembled, he said.
Lots of felony convictions.

Tech News

AMD's new 12 core 120W 9900X is about 6% slower than Intel's 20 core 253W 14700K. (WCCFTech)

Also the faster Intel chips have a habit of cooking themselves and failing though Intel is working very hard to pin the blame on someone else.
It's always DNS, except when it's the DNS server, in which case it's BGP. (Bleeping Computer)

Cloudflare's global DNS service at 1.1.1.1 got bushwhacked by Greek ISP Electronet. BGP doesn't have great protection against mistakes like this - or against deliberate attacks either.

Since 1.1.1.1 is designed to respond from a local server no matter where you are in the world, the bad BGP announcement from one Greek ISP didn't affect that many people, but it's still a fiddly system that I'm glad I don't have to worry about.
How good is ChatGPT at coding? (IEEE Spectrum)

If your problem had an answer published to the public internet prior to 2021, it's good. Otherwise not.

Of course, if that's the case you could just look up the answer yourself.
Here's a $629 ice machine. And it's not even internet-enabled. (The Verge)

My fridge cost less than that.
You could learn a lot from a CIO (chief information officer) with a $17 billion IT budget. (Tech Crunch)

Like the ability to fail upwards:
"You can't really start talking about AI if you're not in the cloud, if you're not modernizing your data, if you're not doing all the foundational stuff," she said. That has put the bank on an aggressive modernization journey based on a hybrid strategy. Some of the more critical services are running on prem in very sophisticated data centers the company built to handle its unique demands, and some are running in the cloud with the main cloud vendors: Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
JPMorgan Chase, the article notes, handles $10 trillion in transactions per day.

And they want to throw AI into that mix.

I don't even want to think about that.
Tokens are a big reason today's generative AI falls short. (Tech Crunch)

One of many big reasons.

The biggest being they are using language models without a corresponding fact model, and if you get the fact model right the language model becomes largely irrelevant.

Almost Relevant Music Video of the Day

Disclaimer: She's a model and she's spewing nonsense. (Keyboard riff.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 04:01 AM (fwDg9)

2 Pixy, not first time I suspected CW visits here
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2024/07/
bagger-288.html

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 04:03 AM (fwDg9)

3 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 04:08 AM (eE6U5)

4
$600 ice machine? Pffft. You want the gourmet ice machines, that make perfectly clear ice. They cost $1000s.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 07, 2024 04:10 AM (w6EFb)

5 Prediction: several Boeing execs are going to take flight.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 04:10 AM (eE6U5)

6 I only use the finest North Pole imported ice cubes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 04:11 AM (eE6U5)

7 Meyers, a 30-year veteran of Boeing, described to CNN what he says was an elaborate off-the-books practice that Boeing managers at the Everett factory used to meet production deadlines, including taking damaged and improper parts from the company's scrapyard, storehouses and loading docks.

That is absolutely horrifying. I sincerely hope there are lots of felony convictions.

Posted by: Tuna at July 07, 2024 04:13 AM (oaGWv)

8 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 07, 2024 04:13 AM (SuNbA)

9 Now I wonder how many "spare" parts were used to build the Starliner.

Posted by: Tuna at July 07, 2024 04:16 AM (oaGWv)

10 Lost power for couple minutes. Alarm clock need resetting.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 07, 2024 04:18 AM (SuNbA)

11 Northern Israel, a bit over an hour ago. Looks like it was filmed in Tiberias:

https://t.ly/QBkQ6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 04:18 AM (eE6U5)

12 It's clear and 68 here at the lake. Mostly sunny today with high of 88.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 07, 2024 04:20 AM (SuNbA)

13 Now I wonder how many "spare" parts were used to build the Starliner.
Posted by: Tuna at July 07, 2024 04:16 AM (oaGWv)
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Does Boeing or NASA still have any astronauts in training/waiting that are willingto ride in a future Starliner?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 04:20 AM (eE6U5)

14
Look up the ice harvesting vs refrigeration wars. Before the latter, ice harvesting was a big business. The new fangled refrigeration tech was a threat. They fought over it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 07, 2024 04:21 AM (w6EFb)

15 11 Northern Israel, a bit over an hour ago. Looks like it was filmed in Tiberias:

https://t.ly/QBkQ6
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

And the Israelis just continue to go about their business looks like.

Posted by: Tuna at July 07, 2024 04:22 AM (oaGWv)

16 Scrap? No, no. Scrappy. Those parts are scrappy. They fight to stay in the air.

Posted by: Boeing PR Flack Free-Associating at July 07, 2024 04:23 AM (YhBdy)

17 Toll! Kraftwerk! Toll!

One of those models was a dead ringer for Bild Lili.

Have to wonder how they were able to find four women in Germany at that time who shaved. Somewhat impressive for that point in the 20th Century.

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 07, 2024 04:24 AM (tmPIh)

18 Is the real metric for the $629 fridge how it freezes hot water compared to cold water?

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 07, 2024 04:26 AM (tmPIh)

19 And the Israelis just continue to go about their business looks like.
Posted by: Tuna at July 07, 2024 04:22 AM (oaGWv)
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Yes and no. 80,000 - 100,000 displaced northerners and southerners, businesses limited, closed or totally lost, Northern and Gaza envelope towns and communities gravely damaged or destroyed.

I tend to agree with that piece of dirt, Blinken: Israel has lost its sovereignty of the north. Much of the blame is on Israel itself, regardless of the pressures imposed upon it by the Biden soviet.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 04:26 AM (eE6U5)

20 Good morning early risers. I haven't been here for a while - everyone good?

Posted by: Rosasharn at July 07, 2024 04:28 AM (PzBTm)

21 Good morning early risers. I haven't been here for a while - everyone good?
Posted by: Rosasharn

No complaints here.

Posted by: Tuna at July 07, 2024 04:30 AM (oaGWv)

22 Good morning early risers. I haven't been here for a while - everyone good?
Posted by: Rosasharn

Well, the twirling has been subpar, but most everything is good.

How are you?

Posted by: Bruce at July 07, 2024 04:41 AM (szrmA)

23 So, we have Kraut Rock with Kraftwerk, how about Kraut ...Rap?

I give you Peter Fox and his single "Alles Neu":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD0A2plMSVA

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 07, 2024 04:49 AM (tmPIh)

24 I fly American occasionally (there are non-stop from CLT to SAN daily). They use Airbus aircraft. Knowing that comforts me.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 07, 2024 04:50 AM (VuZH8)

25 I had switched to a T-Mobile 5g internet device after we moved in and ATT fiber goofed around long enough to p---me off. It has worked fine since May, but the last few days it is crud. I'm getting 2.3 mb up, which is causing buffering on my Rokus and slow loading on the computer.

I think I'm in for a lengthy phone call to customer service this week.

Posted by: Bruce at July 07, 2024 04:53 AM (szrmA)

26 w00t

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 04:54 AM (64Zez)

27 Hi Bruce! I'm okay. Been sleeping in a bit on Fridays. I've missed the early morning gang.

Posted by: Rosasharn at July 07, 2024 04:55 AM (PzBTm)

28 toow

Posted by: Bruce at July 07, 2024 04:55 AM (szrmA)

29 Hi Bruce! I'm okay. Been sleeping in a bit on Fridays. I've missed the early morning gang.
Posted by: Rosasharn

Sleep is good. Glad you are okay

Posted by: Bruce at July 07, 2024 04:56 AM (szrmA)

30 Fireworks for most of the towns in this area today.

Many booms hopefully, but, rain is showing for this afternoon and evening.

Posted by: Bruce at July 07, 2024 05:06 AM (szrmA)

31 Kraftwerk - The Model

Mesmerizing.

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 05:10 AM (64Zez)

32 The RNC is working to stab Trump in the back:

https://t.ly/oqiVt

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 05:10 AM (eE6U5)

33 "Most of the parts that were meant to be scrapped were often painted red to signify they were unsuitable for assembly lines, Meyers said. Yet, in some cases, that didn't stop them from being put into planes being assembled, he said.
Lots of felony convictions."

Hah! QC and Production are the same everywhere.

'These are bad.'
'They're the only parts we have! We have to hit our numbers!'
'But... they're bad. And they are going into passenger planes for fuck's sake!'
'Ah, it'll be all right.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 07, 2024 05:11 AM (y31cs)

34 32 The RNC is working to stab Trump in the back:

SSDD.

Posted by: Rosasharn at July 07, 2024 05:12 AM (PzBTm)

35 RE the Boeing dumbassery: it's important to understand that in any FAA approved production inspection system there is an FAA guy or an FAA team (depending on the size of the production entity) who is supposed to surveil the entity and verify that the entity is following it's production manual and system, including the checks and balances. This latest dumbassery just indicates that the FAA has much to blame for Boeing's dumbassery, too. People on both sides, the regulator and the company, need to be held accountable.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 07, 2024 05:13 AM (YRsIm)

36 The RNC is working to stab Trump in the back:

https://t.ly/oqiVt
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 05:10 AM (eE6U5)
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Snakes in the grass:

https://t.ly/G7Y1q

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 05:13 AM (eE6U5)

37 Also at dailytimewaster:

And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 05:15 AM (64Zez)

38
First prize is a round trip flight anywhere in the world on a Boeing jet. Second prize is two round trip flights anywhere in the world on a Boeing jet.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 05:16 AM (RKVpM)

39 28 toow
Posted by: Bruce at July 07, 2024 04:55 AM (szrmA)

bzzt

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 05:17 AM (64Zez)

40 Third prize is, you're fired. Or maybe it was a set of steak knives. That David Mamet and his discursive tangents...

Posted by: John Drake Remembers Glengarry Glen Ross at July 07, 2024 05:19 AM (tmPIh)

41 They will be held accountable. Airlines will stop buying Boeing airframes. Boeing will go out of business. Think Sears-Roebuck, JC Penney, and Montgomery Ward.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 07, 2024 05:20 AM (VuZH8)

42 23 So, we have Kraut Rock with Kraftwerk, how about Kraut ...Rap?

I give you Peter Fox and his single "Alles Neu":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD0A2plMSVA
Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 07, 2024 04:49 AM (tmPIh)

Cool. Kinda grows on you.

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 05:22 AM (64Zez)

43 For JJ: any regrets yet?

https://t.ly/FIsLk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 05:26 AM (eE6U5)

44 Cool. Kinda grows on you.
Posted by: m

Indeed - that bit at the end where he's effectively doing Schroeder at the piano gets me every time.

Posted by: John Drake Remembers Glengarry Glen Ross at July 07, 2024 05:26 AM (tmPIh)

45 33 QC and Production are the same everywhere.

'These are bad.'
'They're the only parts we have! We have to hit our numbers!'
'But... they're bad. And they are going into passenger planes for fuck's sake!'
'Ah, it'll be all right.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 07, 2024 05:11 AM (y31cs)

It reminds me of the allowable x% of this grain product is bugs. Except airplane, therefore different.

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 05:27 AM (64Zez)

46 41>>> I like to think that, but the reality is that Boeing will prevail because for them to suffer as they should would lead to the exposure of the failure of the FAA. What's more likely to happen is we're gonna get an expansion of the regulatory side in terms of new people and new/refined 'systems'.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 07, 2024 05:27 AM (YRsIm)

47 44 Cool. Kinda grows on you.
Posted by: m

Indeed - that bit at the end where he's effectively doing Schroeder at the piano gets me every time.
Posted by: John Drake Remembers Glengarry Glen Ross at July 07, 2024 05:26 AM (tmPIh)

I liked the drummers monkeying around in the outtakes.

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 05:28 AM (64Zez)

48 20 Good morning early risers. I haven't been here for a while - everyone good?
Posted by: Rosasharn at July 07, 2024 04:28 AM (PzBTm)

Nice to "see" you, Rosasharn!

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 05:31 AM (64Zez)

49 Scott Adams has shown over the years to be a very good facial and body language reader:

https://t.ly/Ni_0V

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 05:32 AM (eE6U5)

50 Beginning in the early 2000s, Meyers says that for more than a decade, he estimates that about 50,000 parts "escaped" quality control and were used to build aircraft.

--

(tries to remember what hiring and promotion practices really picked up steam in the early 2000s)

Posted by: Moron Robbie remembers Magic Johnson's advice - Stay positive! at July 07, 2024 05:32 AM (2qB63)

51 Posted by: Rosasharn at July 07, 2024 04:28 AM (PzBTm)

Good morning, stranger! I missed your twirl?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 07, 2024 05:33 AM (YRsIm)

52 Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ satellites across the System! (Notice I do not specify which "System." I do not wish to commit myself in case of lawsuits.)

Slept a straight six hours last night! Not as good as a straight eight and especially not as good as a V-8, but I'm happy. Today's my last free day until I have to go back to the electron mines. Tomorrow's start will be tough, as I am having blood drawn in the morning, so no coffee or food until then. And 50,000 emails to delete when I get back. Joy.

Anyway: How has your Independence Day weekend been?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 05:35 AM (omVj0)

53 Scott Adams has shown over the years to be a very good facial and body language reader:

https://t.ly/Ni_0V

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That guy was one of the leaders that met in DC for the routine meeting of the group of press, military, government, etc. bigwigs that would discuss how November-January was going to happen prior to the coup, wasn't he?

Posted by: Moron Robbie remembers Magic Johnson's advice - Stay positive! at July 07, 2024 05:35 AM (2qB63)

54 Good morning early risers. I haven't been here for a while - everyone good?
Posted by: Rosasharn at July 07, 2024

***
Rosasharn hath returned! Welcome!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 05:36 AM (omVj0)

55 LOL via @jarvis_best

@BobcatneySpears
Together, we can make a difference.
Every year, thousands of journos are duped by political campaign staff.
Get help today at openyourfuckingeyes.org. Don't be a statistic.

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 05:36 AM (64Zez)

56 I liked the drummers monkeying around in the outtakes.
Posted by: m

I can imagine Peter Fox outlining his vision for the video with the producer: "Wait, what? A symphony orchestra of ourangoutangs? Chimp masks?"

Posted by: John Drake Remembers Glengarry Glen Ross at July 07, 2024 05:36 AM (tmPIh)

57 I do have a workout planned for sometime in the next hour. You'll notice I am carefully NOT looking at the local CBS outlet's site with the temp, humidity, and heat index. I'll wait until I come back, look at it, and no doubt have a retroactive heat stroke. But if I look in advance, I won't go.

Big black Stirling cat just gacked up something. I got to him in time to slide him onto the tile entryway just inside my door and off the carpet. He doesn't do this often. I'm not sure I've ever seen the little one, Dagny, do it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 05:43 AM (omVj0)

58 Let us welcome Great Britain's new overlords, same as the old ones:

https://tinyurl.com/6hw4vk8x

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 05:46 AM (eE6U5)

59 On MeTV, The Invaders has a 1967 episode about the first flight to the moon. The flight craft, thanks to the Invaders, "explodes over the ocean 3 miles into the flight. In the real life Apollo lunar program, three astronauts perished aboard Apollo 1 after a fire consumed the capsule while still on the launch pad." (From IMDb)

Yet, as we know, the U.S. kept right on with the lunar program. If a disaster like that happened today, the entire program would be suspended pending years of exhaustive and exhausting investigations, application of new safety procedures, billions of dollars . . . and it would still be canceled. We have become a society terrified of the least discomfort or setback.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 05:53 AM (omVj0)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 05:53 AM (omVj0)

61 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at July 07, 2024 05:59 AM (P+D4R)

62 I fell back to sleep

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 06:02 AM (fwDg9)

63 INDEED

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 06:02 AM (64Zez)

64 Tha' lil nugget dawg is asleep in my lap, snoring, and my coffee cup is empty....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 07, 2024 06:05 AM (YRsIm)

65 Lammy, the new Brit Foreign Minister is going to make the ousted Cameron look like a Zionist.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2024 06:05 AM (xpCR0)

66 (64Zez)

New hash! Instead of getting 40 winks, I can get 64Zez!

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 06:06 AM (64Zez)

67 30 minute documentary on the deep state:

https://tinyurl.com/8n4jkm9w

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 06:09 AM (eE6U5)

68 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 07, 2024 06:25 AM (i/vCG)

69
According to Global Warming/Climate Change experts, they agree that Tropical Storm Beryl should intensify as it traverses the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

It is not.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 06:34 AM (RKVpM)

70 "It is not."

It is to please reboot your router, and let me know if that resolves the issue.

Posted by: Global Warming/Climate Change Tech Support at July 07, 2024 06:42 AM (a1415)

71 @65

>>Lammy, the new Brit Foreign Minister is going to make the ousted Cameron look like a Zionist.

The British Subjects have voted themselves a whole metric f**kton of pain.

That is if British Elections aren't as fake and gay as ours are.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2024 06:44 AM (XV/Pl)

72 I'm not sure I've ever seen the little one, Dagny, do it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 05:43 AM (omVj0)
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She's just better at hiding it!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 07, 2024 06:48 AM (BpYfr)

73 G'morning, all!

Judging by this link to Insty, Biden's removal cause may have been determined.

https://instapundit.com/658713/

Follow that with this link to Sage Steele, and it's not hard to see that chess pieces are beginning to be moved on the board.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2z966x

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 06:50 AM (a1415)

74 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 07, 2024 06:52 AM (dg+HA)

75 Whoa...

We're down to only 95% humidity outside!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 06:54 AM (a1415)

76 Coffee finally in hand

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 06:56 AM (fwDg9)

77
Birdbath has a little more evidence of water in it then last night. Experts agree that this evidence of climate change portends a future of rising sea levels, hot summers, and cold winters.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 06:56 AM (RKVpM)

78 "We're down to only 95% humidity outside!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice"

We are at 99% again. I wonder sometimes if the hygrometer is covered with condensation in the mornings.

Posted by: fd at July 07, 2024 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

79 Dear JPMorgan

Can your AI write COBOL?

If not stop.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 07, 2024 06:59 AM (yW/+k)

80 Apparently, Joe thinks Normandy is in Italy. He's fine.

Posted by: fd at July 07, 2024 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

81 Where does the Bay of Campeche end and the Gulf of Mexico start?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 07, 2024 07:01 AM (yW/+k)

82 Birdbath has a little more evidence of water in it then last night. Experts agree that this evidence of climate change portends a future of rising sea levels, hot summers, and cold winters.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 06:56 AM (RKVpM)
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Yup. That's how SCIENCE! works...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 07, 2024 07:02 AM (BpYfr)

83 Banks are now saying they will have to charge for checking accounts since the Biden administration limited charges for overdrafts and other service charges. Thanks Joe!

Posted by: fd at July 07, 2024 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

84 Miy birdbaths self filled last night, needed the rain

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 07:03 AM (fwDg9)

85 I'm back from my workout and cleanup. Some coffee and a slice of peanut butter toast, and then I have to decide if I'm going out again to wash and gas up the car. Gas is above half a tank, so I don't need that today, and the idea of going back out into that will-sapping heat is . . . will-sapping. But it does need a wash. And I don't want to do it in the afternoon, or after work tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 07:08 AM (omVj0)

86 Good morning horde.

I was clumsy yesterday and managed to splash hot greasy water on my arm .

Seems petty to ask but could you say a little prayer that it heals well?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 07, 2024 07:09 AM (Ka3bZ)

87 Seems to me Sundowner dared God to remove him from office on Friday nights interview replay

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 07:09 AM (fwDg9)

88 Banks are now saying they will have to charge for checking accounts since the Biden administration limited charges for overdrafts and other service charges. Thanks Joe!
Posted by: fd at July 07, 2024

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Which banks? All the majors like Chase?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 07:09 AM (omVj0)

89 Seems to me Sundowner dared God to remove him from office on Friday nights interview replay
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024

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How obvious were the edits they employed to keep him from looking like a rutabaga?

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

90 Gen. Mike Flynn Jr. has an opinion:

https://tinyurl.com/3ucpk4ky

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:11 AM (eE6U5)

91 vmom, prayers for healing on the arm.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:12 AM (a1415)

92 Seems to me Sundowner dared God to remove him from office on Friday nights interview replay
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024
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That's never a wise idea...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 07, 2024 07:12 AM (BpYfr)

93 "Gen. Mike Flynn Jr. has an opinion: "

Ouch.

Short, to the point.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:13 AM (a1415)

94 Thanks VIA

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 07, 2024 07:13 AM (Ka3bZ)

95 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 07:14 AM (RIvkX)

96 "Which banks? All the majors like Chase?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius"

Yes, Chase, and others will follow suite. Another example of how the Federal government helps us.

Posted by: fd at July 07, 2024 07:14 AM (vFG9F)

97 When it comes to copyright law, his Tennessee goth judge nails it:

https://tinyurl.com/zd23fpa9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:14 AM (eE6U5)

98 So we waited till about 5:30 last night to go to the pool.

I've been in cooler bath water..

Relaxing, but not refreshing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:16 AM (a1415)

99
Experts agree that car-washing is one of the main drivers of climate change. The water used evaporates into the atmosphere and creates clouds, locking in the heat of the suns rays. Recommendations include ticketing cars that appear clean, and after three tickets removing them to a junk yard for crushing.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 07:16 AM (RKVpM)

100 When it comes to copyright law, his Tennessee goth judge nails it:

https://tinyurl.com/zd23fpa9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:14 AM (eE6U5)
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Some of the comments are to DEI for!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:16 AM (eE6U5)

101 Normandy, Tuscany.

Same difference.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 07, 2024 07:19 AM (VuZH8)

102 Diversity

Equity

Idiocracy

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:19 AM (a1415)

103 @93

>>Short, to the point.

Remember, according to Sally Yates, it was Biden who pushed to go after Flynn using the Logan Act.

Biden is vicious, vindictive, malevolent, and unscrupulous animal, the day he shuffles off this mortal coil will be a day of rejoicing for a great many people.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2024 07:19 AM (XV/Pl)

104
Seems petty to ask but could you say a little prayer that it heals well?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 07, 2024 07:09 AM

I'll say a little prayer for you.The moment I wake up. Before I put on my makeup.

Posted by: Dionne Warwick at July 07, 2024 07:19 AM (RKVpM)

105 Ow, vmom! Prayer said.

Posted by: sal at July 07, 2024 07:19 AM (y7DxH)

106 North Carolina, prepare to be invaded:

https://tinyurl.com/2jzx8xv8

500,000,000 taxpayer buckeroos:

https://tinyurl.com/ymtbpdfw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:19 AM (eE6U5)

107 "Normandy, Tuscany.

Same difference."

Did Biden visit the German military cemetery on Ford Island?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:20 AM (a1415)

108 Besides, prayer is never petty. It all hangs together.

Posted by: sal at July 07, 2024 07:21 AM (y7DxH)

109 Wolfus,

The media is keeping everyone's hair on fire because that has become the normal state of many peoples mental state.

They have honed this skill well and the public laps it up like heroin.

Just wait till Elon toasts someone. It's coming, it's the nature of the business.

People will be screaming for the murderers at SpaceX to be shot. I doubt that he will ever recover.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2024 07:21 AM (QB+5g)

110 I was clumsy yesterday and managed to splash hot greasy water on my arm .

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 07, 2024 07:09 AM (Ka3bZ)
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With or without blisters?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:22 AM (eE6U5)

111 Just wait till Elon toasts someone.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2024 07:21 AM (QB+5g)
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Seems Musk wants to toast lotsa folks:

https://tinyurl.com/w6u72rn6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:25 AM (eE6U5)

112 *The media is keeping everyone's hair on fire because that has become the normal state of many peoples mental state.*

Embrace the power of the OFF button.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 07, 2024 07:26 AM (dg+HA)

113 Going along with mom's experience, the other day I was running one of the sink faucets and noticed it was a tad hotter than what I prefer for a max temperature. I had actually noticed if previously, when we bought the house, but it never rose to 'Maybe I should check that out' level of concern.

148 Degrees coming out the faucet.

So off to the heater we go and take off the access plates for the two elements.

Yup, both of them set well above the 'HOT' marking on the limit screws.

Now.....120 degrees max.

I feel a little bit better.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:26 AM (a1415)

114 "Which banks? All the majors like Chase?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius"
*
Yes, Chase, and others will follow suite. Another example of how the Federal government helps us.
Posted by: fd at July 07, 2024

***
Chase always did charge if your balance was below a certain point. I'm well above that. If they start that on me, I'll look into moving everything to my savings bank, a smaller regional one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 07:28 AM (omVj0)

115 Musk is also toasting TRAITORS:

https://tinyurl.com/5cvd35dk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:28 AM (eE6U5)

116 >>110 I was clumsy yesterday and managed to splash hot greasy water on my arm . Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 07, 2024 07:09 AM (Ka3bZ)

Huh.

Zod was bored yesterday and splashed hot greasy water on his eyeballs.

YMMV.

Posted by: ZOD at July 07, 2024 07:30 AM (P+D4R)

117 Like the McDonnell merger and the Chicago Move, Boeing did these horrifying things over twenty years ago. We just turned on them in the last 12 months. Face up to it: they pulled it off. It all worked. We all stood there and watched them do it.

But we're mad as hell...now.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at July 07, 2024 07:31 AM (zdLoL)

118 >>Chase...bank

Travelers Insurance Group eats bags of dicks.

Posted by: ZOD at July 07, 2024 07:31 AM (P+D4R)

119 Heat index of 94 right now, at 6:30 frickin' a.m. I'll either wash the car this p.m. if Miss Linda drags me out to World Market to use one of her endless coupons -- she can help me with a quick rinse and dry -- or maybe I'll do it myself tomorrow on the way home from work. Not that it will be much less hot either time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 07:31 AM (omVj0)

120 vmom a prayer for complete and speedy healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

121 Let's chant together:

"Four less years! Four less years!"

https://tinyurl.com/4k3pz83y

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:32 AM (eE6U5)

122 Rather than kill a bull shark that was attacking people at a Texas beach, wildlife officials just towed it back out to sea. They say it came into the shallows because of the approaching hurricane. Poor thing, climate change is making sharks hungry.

Posted by: fd at July 07, 2024 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

123 "But we're mad as hell...now."

Two weeks.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2024 07:33 AM (QB+5g)

124
Yup, both of them set well above the 'HOT' marking on the limit screws.

Now.....120 degrees max.

I feel a little bit better.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:26 AM

Yeah, they should have winter and summer settings. Some of the high end boilers that I've looked into have outdoor sensors and adjust the hot water temperature accordingly.

The run length and pipe insulation (if you have any) are two other variables. Last year I tore out the ceiling in my garage and installed about 60 feet of pipe insulation, then repaired the ceiling. Amazing difference in how long hot water stays hot now. My wife gets up at seven am say, and pulls the hot water into the bathroom. Three hours later I turn a faucet on to wash my hands and the water is hot within a second or two.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 07:34 AM (RKVpM)

125 >>climate change is making sharks hungry.
Posted by: fd at July 07, 2024 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

(that little Kintner boy spills out all over the dock)

Posted by: ZOD at July 07, 2024 07:34 AM (P+D4R)

126 Morning peeps

Went to feed the cats... their Tupperware container of food is.... gone.

One word; raccoon.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 07:34 AM (Q4IgG)

127 Big black Stirling is curled on the cushion next to me, and even standoffish little Dagny is here, grooming herself next to a stack of library books on the table.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 07:38 AM (omVj0)

128 G'mornin, everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at July 07, 2024 07:39 AM (MKEsG)

129 If Google Maps sends you down Lemming Road, don't do it!

Posted by: fd at July 07, 2024 07:42 AM (vFG9F)

130 "One word; raccoon."

Two words; Trash Panda

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:42 AM (a1415)

131 "148 Degrees coming out the faucet."

That is way too hot.

An older person could easily end up in the hospital for scalding.

Tempering valves can allow you to have a high reserve of hot water (if you need it/teenagers) and a safe delivery temperature.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2024 07:42 AM (QB+5g)

132 Good Sunday morning, fine people.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 07, 2024 07:44 AM (SfhV1)

133 'Murica!

https://tinyurl.com/4etffszz

( Can't say that I like the AI biometric part of it, though)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:44 AM (a1415)

134 Free campaign advertising. All Donald Trump needs to do is to link to this and say "I approve this message":

https://tinyurl.com/2mr5f8xw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:44 AM (eE6U5)

135 > "One word; raccoon."

Two words; Trash Panda
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It was a one quart, sealed container too. The lid was especially hard to remove. IIRC it wasn't full, but probably had about 2/3 in it.

And, of course the security cameras picked up.... nothing.

But I have several short videos of cats licking themselves.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 07:46 AM (Q4IgG)

136 "But we're mad as hell...now."
Two weeks.

SOON.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at July 07, 2024 07:48 AM (zdLoL)

137 ☕️

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 07:49 AM (/7KEl)

138 ""148 Degrees coming out the faucet."

That is way too hot. "

Yup.

That's why I brought it back down to 120 degrees.

The furthest shower from the heater has thermal limits, so I suspect they decided for higher tank temps, and allow the limits to keep the shower safe.
But the sinks don't have that luxury.

Anyhow, it's a 50gallon tank, with twin 4,500 watt heating elements.
And all the faucets have flow limiters, so it's not like it's gonna get all the hot water sucked out of it in a hurry. And all the pipes are insulated as well.

So, I think we'll be fine now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:49 AM (a1415)

139 hot water burn baby

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 07:51 AM (/7KEl)

140 This could be a very interesting week

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 07:51 AM (fwDg9)

141 "This could be a very interesting week"

As in 'Week of December 7th, 1941' interesting?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:53 AM (a1415)

142
“I'm finance director for Donald Trump in Mississippi, so we raise money. I've talked to a number of very wealthy individuals that God has blessed, that say I can't give money to Donald Trump because the FBI would show up at my door.”

“I tell them, think of what you just said. If you make a legitimate, honest campaign contribution to the Republican nominee for President, the FBI will come to your door. And they acknowledge that's a reality in the United States of America.”

I agree. I'd like to send Trump some shekels but I've been down the road before... I'll leave it at that.

America 2.0 - fundamentally transformed

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 07:53 AM (RKVpM)

143 "I agree. I'd like to send Trump some shekels but I've been down the road before... I'll leave it at that. "

If we can vote by dropping ballots off at untended Ballot Drop Boxes, we should be able to drop off cash donations the same way.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:55 AM (a1415)

144 This could be a very interesting week
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 07:51 AM (fwDg9)
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Let me ruin it for everybody. This is not safe for work, home or your sanity. This is really awful:

https://tinyurl.com/3245t97s

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 07:57 AM (eE6U5)

145 Dec 7 1941 changed the world, this week could change the Marxists party at least.
They pull the plug on Sundowner means they will go with The Ho
Not pulling the plug means they wait for convention and it's plan 2, the Ho is out.
Waiting for the convention then switching to Ho makes no sense, though it's known Leftism is one stage thinking

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 07:59 AM (fwDg9)

146 Does Biden drink coffee? Prune juice? Box of raisins?

Posted by: dantesed at July 07, 2024 08:00 AM (Oy/m2)

147
If we can vote by dropping ballots off at untended Ballot Drop Boxes, we should be able to drop off cash donations the same way.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 07:55 AM

That's a thought. We're now well into the 'show me the man and I'll show you the crime' area.

I never read the book about three felonies a day, but I get the gist of it. This regime would have Mother Teresa in jail for money laundering.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 08:00 AM (RKVpM)

148 "Let me ruin it for everybody. This is not safe for work, home or your sanity. This is really awful: "

Yeh....that's f'n bad.

Wait till she finds out that you can re-use corn kernels.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:01 AM (a1415)

149 "Let me ruin it for everybody. This is not safe for work, home or your sanity. This is really awful:"

That's not so bad.

Posted by: Guy who makes croutons from toenail clippings at July 07, 2024 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

150 Presidentish has a campaign event in Philadelphia at the convention center today about noon.

How big will the crowd be?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 07, 2024 08:01 AM (dg+HA)

151 > Presidentish has a campaign event in Philadelphia at the convention center today about noon.

How big will the crowd be?
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Dozens.

But the photos and video will make it appear like thousands.

It's magic.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 08:02 AM (Q4IgG)

152 "How big will the crowd be?"

Counting security, media and Staff?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:03 AM (a1415)

153 Can't get over this video of Biden dissing this black girl. For a bit I thought he somehow didn't see her, or was distracted by the old white bitch next to her.

But no, they make direct eye contact, she smiles, says hello. He simply refuses to engage or go in for the hug he's given everyone else. Then turned his back on her to take engage in hugs and kisses and selfies with the women next to her.

And this is the only black person in the shot at all.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 08:04 AM (5p7BC)

154 What 3-letter word best describes security at LAX?

https://tinyurl.com/4peewr9s

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 08:04 AM (eE6U5)

155 why do Biden's Handlers keep going back to Philly? Philly is a gimme for them

I know why- Philly's close
They can take Joe there and back the same day- low risk

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:04 AM (/7KEl)

156
I've been in the Philly convention center and it's not huge. I don't think they have any seating, so it's a standing room only event. Parking costs a small fortune, so my guess would be maybe a hundred might show up. Unless bribery is involved.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 08:05 AM (RKVpM)

157 >What 3-letter word best describes security at LAX?

Lax

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:05 AM (/7KEl)

158 Is it common to get yeast infections so often that you can bake with them?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 08:07 AM (5p7BC)

159 and they wanna keep PA in the traces, sure

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:07 AM (/7KEl)

160 Can't get over this video of Biden dissing this black girl. For a bit I thought he somehow didn't see her, or was distracted by the old white bitch next to her.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 08:04 AM (5p7BC)
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Video:

https://tinyurl.com/49w2evr5

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 08:07 AM (eE6U5)

161 Let me ruin it for everybody. This is not safe for work, home or your sanity. This is really awful:

Oof. I could have done without that.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 07, 2024 08:07 AM (/HDaX)

162 "Is it common to get yeast infections so often that you can bake with them?"

Sometimes

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 07, 2024 08:08 AM (a1415)

163 >What 3-letter word best describes security at LAX?

Lax
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:05 AM (/7KEl)
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https://youtu.be/cqlf-dT-N64

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 08:09 AM (eE6U5)

164 "Can't get over this video of Biden dissing this black girl. For a bit I thought he somehow didn't see her, or was distracted by the old white bitch next to her. "

Saw that yesterday.

And the survey says.....

Joe Biden doesn't really like touching black people!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:10 AM (a1415)

165 Oof. I could have done without that.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 07, 2024 08:07 AM (/HDaX)
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So...

Who's having pancakes for breakfast?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 08:10 AM (eE6U5)

166 What 3-letter word best describes security at LAX?

DOA?

Posted by: dantesed at July 07, 2024 08:10 AM (Oy/m2)

167 Fkin deer ate tops off my cucumbers

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 08:10 AM (fwDg9)

168 86 I was clumsy yesterday and managed to splash hot greasy water on my arm .
Seems petty to ask but could you say a little prayer that it heals well?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 07, 2024 07:09 AM (Ka3bZ)

You betcha! Blessings on you, vmom.

Posted by: m at July 07, 2024 08:11 AM (64Zez)

169 Presidentish has a campaign event in Philadelphia at the convention center today about noon.

How big will the crowd be?
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Dozens.

But the photos and video will make it appear like thousands.

It's magic.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 08:02 AM (Q4IgG)
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In one of the episodes of Rings of Power, they used video editing to copy/paste extras into a crowd to make it look larger than it was. I expect the same here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 07, 2024 08:11 AM (BpYfr)

170 "Who's having pancakes for breakfast?"

Just some toast for me, thanks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:11 AM (a1415)

171 Philadelphia has always been Delaware's news location.

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 08:12 AM (fwDg9)

172
My theory still is that Joe Biden really wants out and will keep shooting himself in the foot daily.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 08:12 AM (RKVpM)

173 It's all fun and games with banks using AI until the AI decides to add $1,000,000 to some janitor's weekly paycheck as a prank. Without Manny around to explain why not to do so.

Posted by: Another Anon at July 07, 2024 08:13 AM (QNMaY)

174 Can't get over this video of Biden dissing this black girl. For a bit I thought he somehow didn't see her, or was distracted by the old white bitch next to her.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 08:04 AM (5p7BC)
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Video:

https://tinyurl.com/49w2evr5
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 08:07 AM (eE6U5)
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WOW!

Much worse. Scroll down there and see the full video and read the comments.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2024 08:14 AM (eE6U5)

175 "My theory still is that Joe Biden really wants out and will keep shooting himself in the foot daily."

He should set his sights higher than that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:14 AM (a1415)

176 It's all fun and games with banks using AI until the AI decides to add $1,000,000 to some janitor's weekly paycheck as a prank. Without Manny around to explain why not to do so.
Posted by: Another Anon at July 07, 2024 08:13 AM (QNMaY)
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I'd be more worried about an AI programmed to make the accounts more "equitable" thanks to the DEI programmers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 07, 2024 08:15 AM (BpYfr)

177 My theory is, China is waiting to see who the next President is, before they decide whether or not to attack Taiwan

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:15 AM (/7KEl)

178 Later in the day "Doctor" Jill and her pet cadaver have another campaign event in Harrisburg.
Grueling schedule. You'd have to have Jimmy Carter level stamina to keep up.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 07, 2024 08:16 AM (dg+HA)

179
Fkin deer ate tops off my cucumbers

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 08:10 AM

I told my wife that deer are repelled by the scent of human urine so she just about daily pees in a cup and pours it on the wooden retaining wall where her cucumbers are planted. So far, so good.

But after every rain have to make sure to replenish the area again.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 08:16 AM (RKVpM)

180 Had pancakes yesterday and they were awesome

Mrs. F. grates a little lemon peel in the batter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 08:16 AM (RIvkX)

181 What’s left of Hurricane Beryl might be over East Texas by Wednesday. Interesting.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2024 08:17 AM (5zRhj)

182 Chuckling over this one:

Jonathan Turley - "Biden and his allies spent months claiming the democracy will end and gay people will simply be "disappeared." There was admittedly little room left to escalate the rhetoric aside from death squads and a court approved "Assassin's Creed."

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 08:17 AM (5p7BC)

183 Mrs. F. grates a little lemon peel in the batter.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 08:16 AM (RIvkX)

Sounds delicious!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 07, 2024 08:18 AM (OX9vb)

184 My theory is, China is waiting to see who the next President is, before they decide whether or not to attack Taiwan
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:15 AM (/7KEl)
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My theory is this will be the October Surprise.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 08:18 AM (RIvkX)

185 139 hot water burn baby
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 07:51 AM (/7KEl)

That's right, Don! Hot water *burn* baby!

Posted by: Discovery Channel narrator at July 07, 2024 08:19 AM (DTX3h)

186 Imagine CinC Kamala Harris, your wartime President

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:20 AM (/7KEl)

187 And Vice President Pete Buttsecks

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:20 AM (/7KEl)

188 *Fkin deer ate tops off my cucumbers*

Try a few pieces of Irish Spring soap. Keeps them away from my tomatoes.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 07, 2024 08:20 AM (dg+HA)

189 "Imagine CinC Kamala Harris, your wartime President"

As a nation, we have become a very unserious people.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:21 AM (a1415)

190 Philly has all the ballots Joe will need to carry pa. The rest of the State should protect itself by awarding EVs by Congressional District.

Posted by: Ex GOP at July 07, 2024 08:22 AM (GpUII)

191
One time I bought some coyote piss to repel the deer and it worked... for a while. First rain it got washed away. Bottle of pee was too small to last the summer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 08:22 AM (RKVpM)

192 >As a nation, we have become a very unserious people.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
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and China is watching

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:23 AM (/7KEl)

193 Gen. Mike Flynn Jr. has an opinion:

https://tinyurl.com/3ucpk4ky
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Not a General. Mike, Jr. is LTG Mike Flynn's son. He serves as Chief of Staff and top aide at his Dad's Flynn Intel Group.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 07, 2024 08:23 AM (SuNbA)

194 As Commander In Chief, Comma Lah will be unburdened by what has been.

And the passage of time.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 07, 2024 08:24 AM (dg+HA)

195 Deer also would be repelled by land mines

Anyone know where I can get s few?

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 08:25 AM (fwDg9)

196
Try a few pieces of Irish Spring soap. Keeps them away from my tomatoes.

I can still picture my neighbors garden with Irish Spring hanging from ropes everywhere. I can also picture the wife come barrelling out her back door screaming as five or six deer grazed all around.

I think they gave up after that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024 08:26 AM (RKVpM)

197 China vs Taiwan...
Just lobbing hundreds of ballistic missiles at military targets doesn't necessarily mean the country will simply lay down for China.

A full scale invasion would probably take months, if not a year, to prep for. If that's what Xi intends.

The movement of ships and aircraft to support any offensive actions (aside from lobbing missiles) would likely be observable.

I personally think China's already infiltrated enough of Taiwan's government and critical infrastructure to do a soft coup... like they did here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 08:26 AM (Q4IgG)

198 Deer haven't been bad this year in the Bitterroot Valley, the gophers on the other hand are attempting to wipe out vegetation. We've had a population explosion of the little bastards all over the valley. My theory is that the abnormally frigid temps over the winter months ramped up their breeding instincts and with 2 cycles of producing offspring they've been overcompensating keeping their species going. Reproduce to survive in massive numbers. By the way gopher is an all inclusive term for every rat, squirrel and weasel like critter in the area. I have been waging a 3 year battle against Columbian ground squirrels and pocket gophers. I'm currently losing the battle.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 07, 2024 08:27 AM (2NHgQ)

199 Well, I'm no military expert- although I have seen Stripes

just sayin'

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:28 AM (/7KEl)

200 ... Well there is always the Bill Murray gopher solution.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 08:29 AM (5p7BC)

201 They will be held accountable. Airlines will stop buying Boeing airframes. Boeing will go out of business. Think Sears-Roebuck, JC Penney, and Montgomery Ward.
Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 07, 2024 05:20 AM (VuZH

That's how it *should* work, along with jail for the wilful sabotage (that's what it really was). Unfortunately, in our (literally) fascist economic system the feds decided that Boeing was "The One" in airplane manufacturing and suppressed any potential competition.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 07, 2024 08:29 AM (XjtdB)

202 Biden hs signed everything they asked for. He wants to beat Trump twice. Jill will make sure they steal it again.

Posted by: Jamaica at July 07, 2024 08:30 AM (HHd7w)

203 One time I bought some coyote piss to repel the deer and it worked... for a while. First rain it got washed away. Bottle of pee was too small to last the summer.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 07, 2024

***
If you drink it really slowly, it might last two summers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 08:31 AM (omVj0)

204 Although, if they simply refuse, what's Jill gonna do? Call the FBI?

Posted by: Jamaica at July 07, 2024 08:31 AM (HHd7w)

205 Does the spud administration ever get questioned on why with our roaring economic come back so much student debt has to be canceled. bidenomics must be working great.
https://tinyurl.com/45wc6mxr

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 07, 2024 08:32 AM (2NHgQ)

206 Interesting linguistic flip yesterday.

NY Post says that Kamala will be out first DEI President.

Newsom (and the rest of the X left) say it is "flat out racist!"

So isn't that an open admission that DEI is racism?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 08:34 AM (5p7BC)

207 180 Had pancakes yesterday and they were awesome

Mrs. F. grates a little lemon peel in the batter.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 08:16 AM (RIvkX)

Say no more say no more!

Posted by: blaster at July 07, 2024 08:34 AM (JSLZX)

208 Excuse me, that's 'DOCTOR Jill'

she didn't spend a whole year studying crayons and macaroni art diorams just to be called 'Jill', thank you very much

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:34 AM (/7KEl)

209 Dave in Fla. Thought about it, however the battle is being waged in a cemetery and exploding coffins isn't a good thing.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 07, 2024 08:34 AM (2NHgQ)

210 I told my wife that deer are repelled by the scent of human urine so she just about daily pees in a cup

Just admit it: this isn't really about the gardening, is it?

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at July 07, 2024 08:36 AM (zdLoL)

211 In normal times someone with dementia isn't legally able to sign anything that deals with money, their well being, anything legal, etc.

Yet, *biden has signed countless EO's and legislation, some of it created out of whole cloth and patently illegal. (Student loan forgiveness)

How is it that none of those EO's or other acts he's "signed" haven't been challenged in court using his mental state as cause? I mean... it's pretty clear he's unable to pass any sort of cognitive test.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 08:37 AM (Q4IgG)

212 Perhaps we could offset Joe's Sundowning by moving the summer White House to the north pole.

And he could winter over in Antarctica.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:38 AM (a1415)

213 The Dems demanding that Joe go out there and make speeches and show the world how vigorous and sharp as a tack he is have gone silent.

Posted by: blaster at July 07, 2024 08:38 AM (JSLZX)

214 How is it that none of those EO's or other acts he's "signed" haven't been challenged in court using his mental state as cause? I mean... it's pretty clear he's unable to pass any sort of cognitive test.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 08:37 AM (Q4IgG)

He has a team of experts!

Posted by: blaster at July 07, 2024 08:39 AM (JSLZX)

215 Strange. When smoking my pipe with the central air, where the vent blows down and to my right, my smoke goes left. Now, with the window unit blowing to my left, the smoke goes up and to my right. You'd think it would be the reverse in both cases.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 08:39 AM (omVj0)

216 Dave in Fla. Thought about it, however the battle is being waged in a cemetery and exploding coffins isn't a good thing.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 07, 2024 08:34 AM (2NHgQ)
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Unless you are trying to stop a zombie vampire horde from taking over your town...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 07, 2024 08:39 AM (BpYfr)

217 >How is it that none of those EO's or other acts he's "signed" haven't been challenged in court using his mental state as cause?

No standing
no reasonable prosecutor
look, he's just a kindly old man
jury unlikely to reach a verdict

pick one

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:39 AM (/7KEl)

218 Still waiting for the Administration to release the Robert Hur interview tapes.

That should clear up the drum beats of senility and dementia when the American people hear Joe's strong voice and clear thoughts on tape.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:40 AM (a1415)

219 My favorite one is 'the FBI discovered the evidence has gone missing'

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:40 AM (/7KEl)

220 Dave in Fla. Thought about it, however the battle is being waged in a cemetery and exploding coffins isn't a good thing.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 07, 2024
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Unless you are trying to stop a zombie vampire horde from taking over your town...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 07, 2024

***
Shades of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 08:40 AM (omVj0)

221 " You'd think it would be the reverse in both cases."

In Australia, the reverse takes place.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:41 AM (a1415)

222 He has Parkinson's not dementia. That will be the next spin

Posted by: Jamaica at July 07, 2024 08:42 AM (0o/AH)

223 His doctor would have to make a formal diagnosis.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

224 Enjoying some Dunkin' coffee with caramel macchiato creamer.

Posted by: dantesed at July 07, 2024 08:42 AM (Oy/m2)

225 "He has a team of experts!"

How Soviet of them!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:42 AM (a1415)

226 That should clear up the drum beats of senility and dementia when the American people hear Joe's strong voice and clear thoughts on tape.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024

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Yeah, he thinks Scotch Tape and painter's tape are the best.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 08:42 AM (omVj0)

227 "He has Parkinson's not dementia. That will be the next spin"

You saw my link earlier to Insty, and the reports of the Parkinson's Doctor making multiple visits to the White House?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:43 AM (a1415)

228 Boeing at least dye-checked and x-rayed the parts, right?

Posted by: Eromero at July 07, 2024 08:43 AM (LHPAg)

229 I think I might be to point of betting the house Sundowner will not be on the 2024 ballot, unless the Marxists are throwing in the towel

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 08:44 AM (fwDg9)

230 I have seen very little evidence of Parkinsonism.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2024 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

231 Evergreen Intel
@vcdgf555
"The Iranian frigate Sahand, one of Iran's most modern warships, commissioned in 2018, sank today in the port of Bandar Abbas. Iranian state TV classified the case as an 'incident'."
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Looks like it just rolled over... LMAO

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 08:44 AM (Q4IgG)

232 The reports about the Parkinson's doc visiting the WH eight times can be covered by the spud's recently announced initiative to find a cure for the disease. I've gotten so cynical that I believe the initiative is to cover for the doc treating the spud for the disease.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 07, 2024 08:45 AM (2NHgQ)

233 and exploding coffins isn't a good thing.
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Wait, stop.

Exploding coffins would make it even more epic.

Think Michael Bay is available to direct?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 08:46 AM (5p7BC)

234 " I have seen very little evidence of Parkinsonism."

While I am not a doctor, nor have I ever examined Joe Biden, I think we can rule out ovarian cysts.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:47 AM (a1415)

235 Also Joe was gonna cure cancer
what's happening with that

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:47 AM (/7KEl)

236 Why not just go with both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's?

Fuck it... toss in cancer for the sympathy trifecta.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 08:49 AM (Q4IgG)

237 "The reports about the Parkinson's doc visiting the WH eight times can be covered by the spud's recently announced initiative to find a cure for the disease. "

Are there any visitor's log entries indicating that Customs and Border Patrol experts have ever met with the Vice President?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:49 AM (a1415)

238 215 Strange. When smoking my pipe with the central air, where the vent blows down and to my right, my smoke goes left. Now, with the window unit blowing to my left, the smoke goes up and to my right. You'd think it would be the reverse in both cases.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 08:39 AM (omVj0
Hard to say til we get you in the wind tunnel at Boeing.

Posted by: Eromero at July 07, 2024 08:49 AM (LHPAg)

239 If Trump wins this fall, and we get DeSantis or another real conservative in '28, historians of the future will say, "For twenty years beginning in 2008, the United States underwent a period of insanity. It took two decades to recover -- at least partially. But much damage had been done."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 08:50 AM (omVj0)

240 Why not just go with both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's?

Fuck it... toss in cancer for the sympathy trifecta.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2024 08:49 AM (Q4IgG)
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There was an episode of the Simpson's where Mr. Burns was diagnosed with every known disease, all carefully balanced against each other, cancelling each other out to some extent. Mr. Burns took it as a sign of his immortality.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 07, 2024 08:51 AM (BpYfr)

241 "President Joe Biden will not speak as planned at a teachers union convention Sunday in Philadelphia after staff at the National Education Association went on strike and set up picket lines outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The organization had been scheduled to conclude its annual conference there this weekend before labor negotiations broke down.

Biden, who has been a champion of unions, said he would not cross the picket line to appear at the event."

(From Phillyvoice dot com)

How convenient.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 07, 2024 08:51 AM (dg+HA)

242 If you didn't see yesterday at American Thinker a xdoctor lays out his observations what Sundowner has

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2024 08:51 AM (fwDg9)

243 When you've lost John Zogby

https://tinyurl.com/3u2mu5wj

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:51 AM (a1415)

244 If Bieing winds up with another haunted plane because they used scrap parts, they deserve it.

Posted by: pookysgirl, recalling a Mr. Ballen video at July 07, 2024 08:52 AM (dtlDP)

245 "Biden, who has been a champion of unions, said he would not cross the picket line to appear at the event."

(From Phillyvoice dot com)

How convenient."

I had commented the other day that after that somewhat shaky report of a medical event on AF-1, we would see if Joe sees his own shadow this weekend, or if we need to start demanding daily Proof-of-Life.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:53 AM (a1415)

246 The biggest being they are using language models without a corresponding fact model, and if you get the fact model right the language model becomes largely irrelevant.
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As succinct appraisal as I have seen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 07, 2024 08:55 AM (XeU6L)

247 "President Joe Biden will not speak as planned at a teachers union convention Sunday in Philadelphia after staff at the National Education Association went on strike and set up picket lines outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The organization had been scheduled to conclude its annual conference there this weekend before labor negotiations broke down.
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Let me get this straight...a union is interfering with a union meeting?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 07, 2024 08:57 AM (XeU6L)

248 You sometimes find the craziest threads on Airliners.net.

Be glad you didn't get the chicken.

https://tinyurl.com/yc7t7xrb

Page two of the comments has some photos of the food in question.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 08:57 AM (a1415)

249 Exploding Coffins was the garage band name for the group that would ultimately go on to be known as Def Jam.

Posted by: Not a joke at July 07, 2024 08:57 AM (dg+HA)

250 If recent polls, many finally switching to LV samples, have any validity, then PDJT is truly hated by much of the voting public. Biden has now obvious mental problems, maybe Parkinsons, maybe Alzheimers, maybe both, he cannot walk, he hardly recalls names, he sleeps a good part of the day, and yet the zombie president is gaining ground in most of the battleground states.

Unbelievable.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2024 08:58 AM (GxCWX)

251 A White House staffer who has worked closely with President Joe Biden for years has revealed how the commander-in-chief's mental acuity has seemingly declined.

The senior White House official who worked with the Biden during his presidency, vice presidency and 2020 campaign told the New York Times he no longer believes the 81-year-old has what it takes to defeat Trump.

That official, who declined to be named so he could speak openly, said the president has shown more and more signs of his age in recent months - speaking more slowly, haltingly and quietly.

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 08:58 AM (/7KEl)

252 Morning Consult is the worst poll, sheesh. Fluctuates all over the place.

Last night I posted yesterday's results, with Biden ahead in MI and WI (outlier against what everyone else is seeing).

Today they have Trump up 7 in Pennsylvania, and over 50%.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 08:59 AM (5p7BC)

253 Morning pole is best pole.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 09:00 AM (a1415)

254 and yet the zombie president is gaining ground in most of the battleground states
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No, Trump's lead has expanded in all the battlegrounds. Morning Consult (which I just trashed) is the only outlier.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 09:01 AM (5p7BC)

255 Not a joke, thanks. I couldn't come up with a good Exploding Coffins opened for. With my musical tastes they would have opened for Enya!

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 07, 2024 09:01 AM (2NHgQ)

256 All you big brained folk need to head to the NOOD book thread.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 09:01 AM (a1415)

257 library's open

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2024 09:02 AM (/7KEl)

258 Noodus biblioteca

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 07, 2024 09:02 AM (omVj0)

259 Let me get this straight...a union is interfering with a union meeting?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

It's a mad, mad, mad world.

Posted by: Tuna at July 07, 2024 09:02 AM (oaGWv)

260 David Axelrod - "He's not winning this race ... It's more likely that he'll lose by a landslide than win narrowly."

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 09:04 AM (5p7BC)

261 I guess it's a good thing that Boeing doesn't make our nuclear subs.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 09:05 AM (a1415)

262 35
Actually it has been a while now for that scenario. At some point the regulators deferred the QC inspections to the manufacturer for 'speed and convenience' so Boeing has been doing its own thing for ever.

Posted by: Ciampino - Oui Inspecteur, apparement c'est choquant at July 07, 2024 09:06 AM (qfLjt)

263 Well Dave, you are certainly entitled to your view, and the poll I was looking at was NYT/Siena btw, but the essential point is that Trump should be doing far better than he is.

Maybe voters are already looking ahead to Harris, and ignoring Biden.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2024 09:07 AM (hTeRG)

264 Siena has Trump up 6.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 09:15 AM (5p7BC)

265 While I agree that this race should lean heavily toward Trump. I can not discount the effects of 8 years of media lies, the general lack of understanding of national security and civics by the general population, nor the reliance on government for largess by a not small number of US citizens.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 09:18 AM (a1415)

266 Hard to say til we get you in the wind tunnel at Boeing.

I once got involved in testing the air handlers of an indoor range by using colored smoke bombs. We were working on (at my insistence) converting from straight evacuator fans to a positive pressure plenum with baffles on the exhaust pickups.

Several pretty good 'rump' engineers were in on the project, who could do arithmetic and everything, and we thought we had progressed beyond the cigarette-held-aloft and wet-finger-in-breeze stage. We all got a quick education in just how complex aero engineering really is. Upshot? It is damn hard to push smoke.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at July 07, 2024 09:18 AM (zdLoL)

267 263
Maybe voters are already looking ahead to Harris, and ignoring Biden.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Most media polls are trash to begin with and any movement right now is chiefly due to random fluctuations in sampling. Summer is a particularly difficult time for pollsters due to vacays, more time spent outdoors, and so on. Plus, you have the shift from registered voters to likely by some pollsters which generally is not appropriate until September or so.

Last time I checked, Trump is doing better in the registered and all voter screens than likely voters. This is partially due to Trump appealing to casual voters while the true Dems are pretty much locked in at their 40 some odd percentage (varies by state).

Trump's people have not said much this go around but I think we are looking at the same turnout strategy in 2020 and this is a personal constituency--not for the GOP itself (much as Nixon's silent majority was in 1972). Combined with preference cascading, looks like 1980 where the map expands too rapidly for the incumbent to counter. Don't think adding Kamala to the mix (which at this late stage is probably the only thing the Dems can do differently) helps.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 09:19 AM (/0X3E)

268 *Fkin deer ate tops off my cucumbers*

Try a few pieces of Irish Spring soap. Keeps them away from my tomatoes.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 07, 2024 08:20 AM (dg+HA)

Uhh, we ARE talking vegetables, right?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at July 07, 2024 09:22 AM (iODuv)

269 Has there been any actual proof of life for Biden since the interview on Friday?

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

270 "Uhh, we ARE talking vegetables, right?"

No...that's mostly the Left.

Oh wait......

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 09:24 AM (a1415)

271 "It is damn hard to push smoke."

This is a great summation of the problem. Similar to pushing rope.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2024 09:25 AM (QB+5g)

272 265 While I agree that this race should lean heavily toward Trump.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
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Lower propensity voters, by and large, are reactive and essentially vote against far more than for a party in power. The US is not exempt from the trends being seen in Western Europe where the general population has had it with illegals, net zero crap, massive inflation in basic living standards, and endless wars. These folks don't know what they want but can easily determine what they don't want and that is generally whoever is in power.

Not really a right or left issue. As a bonus, the media is now down for most voters at the same level as politicians for credibility. Basically (and I think you see a bit of this in polling), only the boomers and silents pay much attention to the MSM anymore.

Younger voters 18-34 are moving actually to the right and these are the most disconnected from the DNC MSM axis. Influencers, texts, and ads, don't overcome shitty actual conditions for voters.

Strange times and the old rules seem to be failing in application. Basically the Obama machine including the cheating machine has aged out because of internal contradictions.

Posted by: whig at July 07, 2024 09:27 AM (/0X3E)

273 This Patriot Front BS in Tennessee?

Video just came out showing them all piling out of the back of a U-Haul truck.

They are all in their "uniform" with masks on when they get out.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 09:33 AM (5p7BC)

274 The issue of bad parts finding their way back into production is "Who benefits?" Who is getting some money out of clandestine high-tech dumpster diving? People who do this are risking their jobs.

So someone pulled a box of non-conforming parts out of the cage and falsified a bunch of paperwork to get the parts back in production. Do you know how hard it is to do this? And how does this person benefit? Someone is paying them? What is the incentive other than making a production bonus and those are usually scrutinized at a couple of levels.

I know it happens but I really don't think it happens very often and it's certainly harder when the parts are part of a critical apparatus.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2024 09:36 AM (QB+5g)

275 "Video just came out showing them all piling out of the back of a U-Haul truck. "

Did anyone ever track down who had rented that particular U-Haul truck for that day?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 07, 2024 09:37 AM (a1415)

276 "My fridge cost less than that."

Tell us where you got that 'fridge."

Posted by: Kevin at July 07, 2024 09:42 AM (qQlXB)

277 Thanks for posting Pixy Misa! My employer has spent 5 years trying to move us over from TPS (Clarion) to SQL. Next, we will need to convert all applications of our crude ERP to C#. We will probably try to use ChatGPT to convert some of the simpler applications. Fun times.

Posted by: scrood at July 07, 2024 10:04 AM (DSPID)

278
All models are wrong.
Some are useful.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at July 07, 2024 10:49 AM (LdpYW)

279 thanks for the prayers all!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 07, 2024 11:27 AM (Ka3bZ)

280 "Like the ability to fail upwards:"

I see a lot of cases where you have execs/VP's in charge of technical shit who fail to understand that at some level they have to stop filling seats with upwards-failing retards and actually delegate to those who know how to do things, lest you get the "this person in charge of IT shit has a music degree resulting in a massive breach" problem. And you have to do it at a high enough level to properly supervise your people in the trenches, enforcing functional practices.

I have seen A LOT of real world examples. Most recently some cost-cutting MBA Grima Wormtongue jackass convinced our higher ups to move from a custom datacenter to some cheapass AWS bullshit which cost us about 100 million dollars on the first day it was supposed to go live. The dot-not-feather fucktards over there failed in a mind-blowing number of ways all at the same time.

Posted by: somedood at July 07, 2024 11:36 AM (6kPB8)

281 Shannon Bream: "Our team spent days reaching out to dozens of law makers, Biden advocates, and allies, but not a single guest was willing or able to come on to defend Joe Biden."

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 07, 2024 11:38 AM (5p7BC)

282 99% of "AI" work these days seems to just be people trying to hide the fact that nobody knows how to make a generalized information model or even what one might look like.

Posted by: Cortillaen at July 07, 2024 12:26 PM (6kADi)

283 F*ck you, Merle Meyers, if you knew faulty parts were being reused in Boeing aircraft since THE EARLY 2000's and you're only now coming forward.

Posted by: p-squared at July 07, 2024 12:39 PM (i3SWt)

284 Meyers has no business flapping his gums unless he has evidence. Evidence is easy, they have to retain the records forever so what part, what date, what job number would be all you would need to have an investigation turn up something.

As they say extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2024 04:50 PM (QB+5g)

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