Daily Tech News 3 January 2024

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Net Neutrality is dead. Again. (Reuters) (archive site)

The FCC's long-running smash-and-grab attempt to enforce Net Neutrality rules by classifying ISPs as Title II common services looks to have been killed off for good by the Sixth Circuit ruling that ISPs are Title I information services, and that given the Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision nullifying Chevron deference, the FCC can fold its regulations until they are all sharp corners and shove them where the sun don't shine.

Given that the Republicans are going to be taking over the FCC in a couple of weeks, there is unlikely to be an appeal; even the commies running the show right now have given up.

Not that Net Neutrality is inherently bad, rather that categorising ISPs as Title II carriers hands all the power to a different bunch of crooks without actually fixing anything.

Tech News

The Onyx Boox Note Max is a laptop from another dimension. (Liliputing)

Extremely thin at just 4.6mm, it has a 3200x2400 e-ink display. Black and white only on this model; it's aimed at reading and note-taking, though it does run a full version of Android and can run other applications. Badly.

Interesting though.
Samsung is hedging its bets at CES with a 27" 240Hz 4k OLED gaming monitor and also a 27" 3D 4k monitor. (Tom's Hardware and Ars Technica)

Very little detail on the 3D model as yet except that it doesn't require glasses, having the lenses built into the display panel. How well this will work is uncertain.

(Poorly. It will work poorly.)
What else can we expect at CES next week? Mostly AI slop. (Tech Crunch)

Hooray.
Speaking of AI slop, Facebook is committed to it. (New York Magazine)

Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp will all be working to replace human users with bots, which will... Entirely defeat the purpose of the entire enterprise.

Don't look at me.
Usage of Windows 10 grew at the expense of Windows 11 in December, despite the fact that free support of Windows 10 ends this year. (The Register)

Retail customers will be able to pay $30 for one year of extended support when free support ends in October. After that you're on your own.

Which is pretty much true regardless.
Passkeys are here and they suck. (Ars Technica)

The most obvious problem is that ever time a site offers to let you log in with a passkey, a different provider hijacks the login and offers to take care of things for you. And sometimes you can't even tell which provider has hijacked things for you.

The biggest problem is that even when you have a passkey you need to set up a password first. And you have to have a recovery mechanism because you're going to forget your password. So adding a passkey, right now, makes you less secure, not more.
My stackable Phase Connect plushies arrived, after spending 17 months in Production Hell and another month stuck in the Canada Post parking lot.

Most of them. I think there's one set yet to ship.
I'm rich and have no idea what to do with my life. (Vinay)

This man is insufferable.

Musical Interlude of the Day

Disclaimer: So are they all, all insufferable men.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 04:00 AM (VnUSN)

2 Thank you, Pixy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:00 AM (a1415)

3 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2025 04:00 AM (omVj0)

4 G'Day everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 04:03 AM (fwDg9)

5 Oops! A little late.

Evening and morning to all you early risers, late toilers, and anticipators of the weekend! I got back to work yesterday, and it was indeed as scaly as I expected. Not horrendously busy, but I felt I didn't get enough sleep and dragged myself through the day. This morning, am doing better and will go work out in a short while.

'Tis Freya's Day! Callooh, callay!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2025 04:03 AM (omVj0)

6 Snow looks like it's coming but only saying 2 inches, either way better get prepared this afternoon for it

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 04:04 AM (fwDg9)

7 As noted earlier, my MiL's return to B'More via Amtrak on Tuesday may be delayed by 9-11 inches of snow falling up there on Monday.

Yeah me!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:05 AM (a1415)

8 >>>I'm rich and have no idea what to do with my life. (Vinay)
This man is insufferable.

Similarly:

Netflix @netflix
Love is in the details. ✨ With Love, Meghan, a new series, premieres January 15.

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 04:06 AM (VnUSN)

9 So Sparkle Markle is working again?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:08 AM (a1415)

10 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2025 04:08 AM (6PUpl)

11 Mornin'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:09 AM (a1415)

12 Net Neutrality is dead. Again.

When it died the first time, 8.5 trillion humans died and entire galaxies vanished. What calamity will befall the universe this time.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2025 04:10 AM (6PUpl)

13
mdtlion
@mdtlion
7h
Meghan Markle’s New Netflix Show Promises Cooking Tips, Privacy, and… a Shower Scene?

In a bold move to rebrand her “We Want Privacy” world tour, Meghan Markle has dropped the trailer for her latest Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. The eight-episode cooking show reportedly features glamorous Hollywood friends, authentic bee-keeping (in a rented garden), and, according to the rumour mill, a surprise shower scene. Nothing says “relatable” quite like elevating the ordinary while fully glammed up in a steaming bathroom.

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 04:11 AM (VnUSN)

14 (looks at clock)

Oh yea, Mornin'. I get off work in a couple of hours.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2025 04:11 AM (6PUpl)

15 "What calamity will befall the universe this time."

A COB Mystery Click to Yoko singing?

At which point the universe simply ends.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:20 AM (a1415)

16 What is with Democrat Governors and Death Row pardons?

https://tinyurl.com/bddjzs7t

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:21 AM (a1415)

17 >>>I'm rich and have no idea what to do with my life. (Vinay)
This man is insufferable.

It all reads very bot-like.

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 04:25 AM (VnUSN)

18 the Vinay link:

Loom: In 2015, the company was founded by Vinay Hiremath, Shahed Khan, and Joe Thomas in San Francisco, California.

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 04:27 AM (VnUSN)

19 Blue Origin has scheduled it's first launch of the New Glenn rocket for this weekend. Sunday Jan 5th@ 11:30 PM.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 03, 2025 04:30 AM (QB+5g)

20 I would rather go back to bed

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 04:31 AM (fwDg9)

21 I think Megan should try an episode where she's in one of those flying squirrel suits dodging mountain peaks.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 03, 2025 04:33 AM (QB+5g)

22 The outward appearance is they h8 killing people who murder.
I am not sure their real agenda

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 04:33 AM (fwDg9)

23 15 "What calamity will befall the universe this time."

A COB Mystery Click to Yoko singing?

At which point the universe simply ends.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:20 AM (a1415)

Somewhat blessedly?

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 04:39 AM (VnUSN)

24 Very little detail on the 3D model as yet except that it doesn't require glasses, having the lenses built into the display panel. How well this will work is uncertain.

(Poorly. It will work poorly.)

>>>>>>

So it's a giant. Nintendo 3DS screen.

Posted by: Buzzion at January 03, 2025 04:40 AM (mK5Lf)

25 7 As noted earlier, my MiL's return to B'More via Amtrak on Tuesday may be delayed by 9-11 inches of snow falling up there on Monday.

Yeah me!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:05 AM (a1415)

Trains cant handle snow? Non of those old school badass train super snowblowers?

Posted by: a dude in MI at January 03, 2025 04:41 AM (+I6Y/)

26 25: The above ground stations on the DC Metro shut down if snow goes higher than 6 inches. Something about the 'third rail' (or whatever its called), which is electrified, can't handle snow over it. Fire is bad.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2025 04:44 AM (6PUpl)

27 "Trains cant handle snow? "

Train should not be effected too much.

Transportation beyond Baltimore Penn Station to her house could be problematic.

She has a gentleman who picks her up at the station, but snow in the city can cause some real issues.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:45 AM (a1415)

28 So Sparkle Markle is working again?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:08 AM (a1415)
-

Fred Berfle's daughter?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 04:46 AM (1xs6C)

29 Passkeys are here and they suck.

There is no magical technological solution to poor coding on the one side and stupidity on both sides.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2025 04:50 AM (ExV1e)

30 "Fred Berfle's daughter?"

Fannie Farkle

https://tinyurl.com/2n89va96

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:51 AM (a1415)

31 Mostly cloudy, around freezing point
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 04:52 AM (fwDg9)

32 Netflix @netflix
Love is in the details. ✨ With Love, Meghan, a new series, premieres January 15.
Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 04:06 AM (VnUSN)

They're doing a documentary about her starting an OnlyFans?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2025 04:53 AM (ExV1e)

33 Down to 27.3 degrees, still 99% RH.

And Margo has arrived to announce that it is her feeding time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:53 AM (a1415)

34 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 03, 2025 04:55 AM (dg+HA)

35 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 04:56 AM (cY18j)

36 Hard water in the birdbath.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:57 AM (a1415)

37 Hard water in the birdbath.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:57 AM (a1415)
-

Calgon?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 04:58 AM (1xs6C)

38 The outward appearance is they h8 killing people who murder.
I am not sure their real agenda
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 04:33 AM (fwDg9)

In this case it only reduced the number of death row inmates by 10% and he claims that they reviewed all the cases and felt they were appropriate in these cases.

I prefer the Texas approach where the Governor can only pardon/commute sentences if that action has been approved by a board. Makes it so one person can't unilaterally decide to do whatever they want.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2025 04:58 AM (ExV1e)

39 In a bold move to rebrand her

I think she and Netflix are about to find out something all of us already know: no one cares.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 03, 2025 04:58 AM (cl15i)

40 My stackable Phase Connect plushies arrived, after spending 17 months in Production Hell and another month stuck in the Canada Post parking lot.

Most of them. I think there's one set yet to ship.

Unlooked for danger.
You'll have bonded with the shipped ones before the others arrive. Only envy and stackable plushie murder can follow.
Get out while you can.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 03, 2025 05:00 AM (cl15i)

41 I think she and Netflix are about to find out something all of us already know: no one cares.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 03, 2025 04:58 AM (cl15i)

I don't understand why Netflix is so determined to shove money at that pair.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2025 05:00 AM (ExV1e)

42 38 The outward appearance is they h8 killing people who murder.
I am not sure their real agenda
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 04:33 AM (fwDg9)

In this case it only reduced the number of death row inmates by 10% and he claims that they reviewed all the cases and felt they were appropriate in these cases.

I prefer the Texas approach where the Governor can only pardon/commute sentences if that action has been approved by a board. Makes it so one person can't unilaterally decide to do whatever they want.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2025 04:58 AM (ExV1e)

Agreed, though in this case, so much of the federal government is in lockstep with the "President."

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 05:00 AM (VnUSN)

43 "I think she and Netflix are about to find out something all of us already know: no one cares."

I'm guessing that Harry might.

A little bit of Meghan probably goes a long way.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 05:03 AM (a1415)

44 41 I think she and Netflix are about to find out something all of us already know: no one cares.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 03, 2025 04:58 AM (cl15i)

I don't understand why Netflix is so determined to shove money at that pair.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2025 05:00 AM (ExV1e)

I am guessing "contract."

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 05:03 AM (VnUSN)

45 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl!*

First twirl of 2025!

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 03, 2025 05:03 AM (PzBTm)

46 "snow in the city can cause some real issues."

Free TVs!!!!

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 03, 2025 05:03 AM (QB+5g)

47 "I don't understand why Netflix is so determined to shove money at that pair."

They just write it off.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 05:04 AM (a1415)

48 45 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl!*

First twirl of 2025!
Posted by: Rosasharn at January 03, 2025 05:03 AM (PzBTm)

My goodness! Look who's here! And twirling!

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 05:04 AM (VnUSN)

49 Devotional -Isaiah 30-:15-18

In quietness and trust is our strength

"In everything"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 05:05 AM (oQKD+)

50 50

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 05:05 AM (VnUSN)

51 "My goodness! Look who's here! And twirling!"

Does bring an upbeat feel to the morning, yes?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 05:05 AM (a1415)

52 Thank you, Rosasharn!

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 05:07 AM (VnUSN)

53 22 The outward appearance is they h8 killing people who murder.
I am not sure their real agenda
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 04:33 AM (fwDg9)

It's false though. It is like making a mockery of piety. It rings hollow because they have all the sympathy in the world for the killers and make a show of that sympathy by rending their garments and tearing their hair, meanwhile they spit in the face of the victims.

One of the only true functions of government is to be able to give impartial justice to people who have been wronged. This protects society while preventing mob justice and vigilantism. Instead, they wound the victims yet again by extending their empathy to the people who are destructive of society and the common good- and the individual. And it is all for show. 'Look at how decent and fundamentally good I am!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 03, 2025 05:08 AM (bss/y)

54 Southern raised. Bluegrass- Forever and ever. Amen. I didn't know this song, but I like it:

https://tinyurl.com/yrsfuzt5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 05:09 AM (oQKD+)

55 Forgot the link for #49. Sorry:

https://tinyurl.com/5n8skxuu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 05:10 AM (oQKD+)

56 I have just made a scrumptious fried egg, turkey, and cheese breakfast sammich.

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 05:11 AM (VnUSN)

57 "Singing" cat: 😊

https://tinyurl.com/4apujk7t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 05:13 AM (oQKD+)

58 "I have just made a scrumptious fried egg, turkey, and cheese breakfast sammich."

* Opens USB Port*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 05:13 AM (a1415)

59 Time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 05:14 AM (a1415)

60 58 "I have just made a scrumptious fried egg, turkey, and cheese breakfast sammich."

* Opens USB Port*
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 05:13 AM (a1415)

Uh-oh, I, um, have just snarfed a scrumptious fried egg, turkey, and cheese breakfast sammich. The snarfing is how I know it was scrumptious.

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 05:14 AM (VnUSN)

61 Today, 25 years ago and a bitterly cold day our newborn son came home with us from the hospital. We placed him in his car seat, and his little blue cap was sliding off his head so that he looked rather inebriated. We are grateful to God for him:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 05:22 AM (PUlyo)

62 54: Fen, that song was originally done by Randy Travis in the 80s. FYI. :-)

youtu.be/sgJXbIP83A8

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2025 05:25 AM (6PUpl)

63
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 03, 2025 05:25 AM (tljrc)

64 *Calgon?*

You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at January 03, 2025 05:25 AM (dg+HA)

65 Are y'all in league with one another?

(fwDg9) (dg+HA)

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 05:28 AM (VnUSN)

66 Net Neutrality is dead. Again.

Very succinct and well-written summary of this ongoing battle. The only way you could have made it shorter is to say "Net Neutrality is dead. Again. And the Communist commentariat at Ars Technica are in fine form today."

https://is.gd/kukE4s

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 03, 2025 05:29 AM (Q8Bj8)

67 Morning,Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at January 03, 2025 05:31 AM (AN2gy)

68 Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2025 05:25 AM (6PUpl)

Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 05:32 AM (j3E0V)

69 Randy Travis's "Three Wooden Crosses" is one of the great country and inspirational songs:

https://tinyurl.com/4tb4vv8k

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2025 05:33 AM (omVj0)

70 Wish him a Happy Birthday from all of us, FS!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 05:34 AM (cY18j)

71 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl!*

First twirl of 2025!
Posted by: Rosasharn at January 03, 2025

***
And just fifty-one more to go! Morning, Rosasharn. How was Xmas for you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2025 05:35 AM (omVj0)

72 Tech question . Is an iPad better than a laptop?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2025 05:36 AM (XTmTf)

73 Fear of the unknown. Christian devotional John 16:31-35

https://tinyurl.com/3emx5vfk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 05:36 AM (j3E0V)

74 Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 05:34 AM (cY18j)

That's very kind of you. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 05:38 AM (j3E0V)

75 Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 05:34 AM (cY18j)

Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 05:42 AM (8qPqx)

76 Feels like a Cabernet weekend...

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 03, 2025 05:49 AM (dg+HA)

77 I use a tablet for reading and browsing the Internet from my easy chair. I prefer it to a laptop for that. It's not an Ipad though, just a cheap sub $100 android tablet.

For anything else, work, typing, buying stuff, banking,etc, I use a desktop.

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2025 05:50 AM (vFG9F)

78 Tech question . Is an iPad better than a laptop?
Posted by: Ben Had

No. Period. End of discussion. Exception: watching cat videos.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 03, 2025 05:53 AM (Q8Bj8)

79 I love this story:

Seattle waffle shop owner shuts down business over new $20-plus minimum wage law: ‘I’ve cried every day’

Luckenbach, who named the cafe after her late dachshund, said that while in theory she supports workers earning a higher minimum wage, in practice she has been unable to keep up with the change.

Luckenbach, who is gay, said “the hardest thing” about shutting down her business is that it “takes away a safe space for people.”

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2025 05:54 AM (vFG9F)

80 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 03, 2025 05:55 AM (hoCmQ)

81 Luckenbach, who named the cafe after her late dachshund, said that while in theory she supports workers earning a higher minimum wage, in practice she has been unable to keep up with the change.

Luckenbach, who is gay, said “the hardest thing” about shutting down her business is that it “takes away a safe space for people.”
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2025 05:54 AM (vFG9F)
---
Funny how that works. Reality ALWAYS gets the last vote.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2025 05:57 AM (BpYfr)

82 I work with such slackers

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 05:58 AM (0Sv+K)

83 Good morning morons

Luckenbach, who named the cafe after her late dachshund, said that while in theory she supports workers earning a higher minimum wage, in practice she has been unable to keep up with the change.
=-==

Keep fvcking that chicken.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2025 05:58 AM (RIvkX)

84 If Luckenbach is a "she" and she's "gay" does that also make her a lesbian? How does that work exactly?
And what does this person's bedroom sexual preferences have to do with the story?

Posted by: Boring sexually normal person at January 03, 2025 05:59 AM (dg+HA)

85 I work with such slackers
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 05:58 AM (0Sv+K)

*starts typing faster*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2025 05:59 AM (RIvkX)

86 My wife has an iPad, but she generally only uses it for entertainment purposes (surfing the internet, reading books, playing simple games). If you are doing more conventional business-related tasks, I'd think you could do that cheaper on a laptop.

But what do I know? No one should take tech advice from me.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 03, 2025 05:59 AM (cl15i)

87 Fags support wage slavery.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 03, 2025 05:59 AM (2Jptx)

88 84 If Luckenbach is a "she" and she's "gay" does that also make her a lesbian? How does that work exactly?
And what does this person's bedroom sexual preferences have to do with the story?
Posted by: Boring sexually normal person at January 03, 2025 05:59 AM (dg+HA)

This comment is not a safe space!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 03, 2025 06:00 AM (cl15i)

89 She's with Willie, Waylon, and the boys.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2025 06:00 AM (dR6yv)

90 Seattle waffle shop owner shuts down business over new $20-plus minimum wage law: ‘I’ve cried every day’

Seattle residents literally voted for this and every other loopy communist agenda item that you can come up with. Repeatedly.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 03, 2025 06:01 AM (Q8Bj8)

91 Luckenbach, who is gay, said “the hardest thing” about shutting down her business is that it “takes away a safe space for people.”

What the f*ck does being gay have to do with this?

Maybe there should be an exception to the minimum wage for businesses owned by homosexuals?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2025 06:02 AM (d9fT1)

92 89 She's with Willie, Waylon, and the boys.
***
golfclap

Posted by: Pepperidge Farm at January 03, 2025 06:02 AM (dg+HA)

93 Happy birthday FenSon!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2025 06:02 AM (RIvkX)

94 "And what does this person's bedroom sexual preferences have to do with the story"

Points. They get points.

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2025 06:02 AM (vFG9F)

95 Tech question . Is an iPad better than a laptop?
Posted by: Ben Had

Depends on purpose and preference.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2025 06:03 AM (ExV1e)

96 Thanks for the input on the question.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2025 06:05 AM (XTmTf)

97 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2025 06:02 AM

I appreciate that!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 06:05 AM (MQJVv)

98 79, yeah, wow, a genuine case of "getting what you voted for, good and hard".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 06:06 AM (cY18j)

99 Probably not will show up until 6:30, and all gone shortly after 1pm

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 06:07 AM (HedPL)

100 I used to have a different nic, just to look at websites.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2025 06:07 AM (XTmTf)

101 "79, yeah, wow, a genuine case of "getting what you voted for, good and hard".
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"

She had 10 years in business. It seems like she might have learned something during that time.

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2025 06:08 AM (vFG9F)

102 Getting a faint WiFi

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 06:08 AM (0Sv+K)

103 She should have waited for the coffee droids to roll out.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 03, 2025 06:09 AM (2Jptx)

104 I used to have a different nic, just to look at websites.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2025 06:07 AM (XTmTf)

I'd say a tablet then... Apple is pretty easy to use but you pay a premium.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2025 06:09 AM (ExV1e)

105 Have you tried rebooting your system?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 03, 2025 06:10 AM (2Jptx)

106 Ben Had, some people really like their Ipads, and that's ok. I find them frustrating and overpriced for my use though. I just buy a cheap android tablet every few years, or sooner if I crush it with my chair like the last one.

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2025 06:11 AM (vFG9F)

107 It depends on what you want the device to do. I have an iPhone and iPad and that is more than enough because I don't use use either for professional level work.

Posted by: Accomack at January 03, 2025 06:12 AM (SSa1Z)

108 27 and clear in western CT.
The demise of Net Neutrality caused widespread death and destruction here.
We got better.

Posted by: CTSPURSMAN at January 03, 2025 06:12 AM (Uy2Lz)

109 Doing anything with a spreadsheet on a touch screen device is worse than Hitler.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 06:12 AM (V35uE)

110 eh, that's the thing about "safe spaces", innit?

reality is excluded, how could she learn anything?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 06:12 AM (cY18j)

111 Anyone here in AllState's "good hands"?

Get out!

https://tinyurl.com/2athn7jn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:14 AM (1xs6C)

112 Tech question . Is an iPad better than a laptop?
Posted by: Ben Had

No. Period. End of discussion. Exception: watching cat videos.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Alternative idea. I have been using Microsoft Surface Pros for close to 10 years and they are the perfect compromise between a PC and a tablet provided you don't mind using Windows as your operating system. May I suggest the next time you go by a Best Buy that you stop in and fuss around with one.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 03, 2025 06:14 AM (Q8Bj8)

113 https://tinyurl.com/2athn7jn

Bad link

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2025 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

114 They had elcheapo laptop looking screen you could ad a mouse to. My brother used those for a few years. Most laptops they sell today are over priced and they don't get better over time. All the specs used to improve over time.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 03, 2025 06:15 AM (2Jptx)

115 "A lengthy post on the Bebop Waffle Shop Instagram page offered similar reflections, but also the strange admission that Luckenbach still supports the very law which put her out of business."

“I hate to close a safe space for queer people at this time but the money just isn’t there after the minimum wage increase (which I fully support),” she announced in the post, which was made in November to inform customers that their last day of business would be New Year’s Eve."

Reality. It can really bite you in the butt.

Another grim milestone of the Biden - Emhoff administration.

https://tinyurl.com/3y5zpr9y

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 03, 2025 06:16 AM (dg+HA)

116 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 03, 2025 06:17 AM (6K6Eu)

117 fd, may I give you a call?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2025 06:17 AM (XTmTf)

118 Certainly Ben Had!

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2025 06:17 AM (vFG9F)

119 I had a good natter with a publican in Ireland. Old businesses, especially pubs and restaurants, are closing up everywhere you look, because they simply can't afford to stay open. They have "bank holidays" every other day, and they have to pay anyone double time, which is double an already massive paycheck, and there's no hope of doing enough business to even pay the staff let alone turn a profit. So they just close on holidays now. Which means less business. Which means more pressure to simply close up altogether. I told him that line that the minimum wage is always Zero. He liked that one.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 06:18 AM (V35uE)

120 She had 10 years in business. It seems like she might have learned something during that time.
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2025 06:08 AM (vFG9F)
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Narrator: And yet, they never do.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 03, 2025 06:18 AM (6K6Eu)

121 fd , when is a good time?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2025 06:19 AM (XTmTf)

122 fd , when is a good time?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2025 06:19 AM (XTmTf)
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Always have a good time, all the time!

Posted by: Viv Savage at January 03, 2025 06:20 AM (6K6Eu)

123 Correct link for AllState DEI news:

https://tinyurl.com/3ysn5j28

Libs of TikTok is all over this.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:21 AM (1xs6C)

124 Off "Spinal Tap" keyboardist sock.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 03, 2025 06:21 AM (6K6Eu)

125 One of the most pernicious trends of 20th c. "Progressivism" was the death of the job.

Everything you can do to earn a buck was forced to become a career. You can't just work a job for a bit of cash or experience. It has to be enough to support a family of eight with two car loans and an underwater mortgage, no matter what it is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 06:22 AM (V35uE)

126 AllState's message after the NO terror attack:

https://tinyurl.com/3sj42en3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:23 AM (1xs6C)

127 Urine Goodhands is a terrible tranny name.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 06:23 AM (V35uE)

128 Urine Goodhands is a terrible tranny name.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 06:23 AM (V35uE)
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I know, right?

Posted by: Urethra Franklin at January 03, 2025 06:25 AM (6K6Eu)

129 72 Tech question . Is an iPad better than a laptop?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2025 05:36 AM (XTmTf)

Ben Had, I have both, and am very glad I have both, and for me the difference is like the difference between a REAL set of tools and an inexpensive, portable mini-set that you keep on hand for emergencies and small jobs.

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 06:25 AM (VnUSN)

130 "when is a good time?"

Whenever you are ready. I should be around the shop this morning.

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2025 06:25 AM (vFG9F)

131 85 I work with such slackers
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 05:58 AM (0Sv+K)

*starts typing faster*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2025 05:59 AM (RIvkX)

Ha!

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 06:27 AM (VnUSN)

132 I'm back - just mixed up a loaf of bread for dinner tonight. It's good to see you all!

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 03, 2025 06:29 AM (PzBTm)

133 It's good to see you all!
Posted by: Rosasharn at January 03, 2025 06:29 AM (PzBTm)
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Likewise!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 03, 2025 06:30 AM (6K6Eu)

134 It's good to see you all!
Posted by: Rosasharn at January 03, 2025 06:29 AM (PzBTm)
-

/slides webcam cover back in place

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:31 AM (1xs6C)

135 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:23 AM (1xs6C)

Allstate's comment was tone deaf. I guess because they don't want to offend Muslims by calling mass murder and my guess if they don't believe in the concept of "sin" despite the comment about prayers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 06:36 AM (2Xq8m)

136 134 It's good to see you all!
Posted by: Rosasharn at January 03, 2025 06:29 AM (PzBTm)
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/slides webcam cover back in place
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:31 AM (1xs6C)

; )

Posted by: m at January 03, 2025 06:38 AM (VnUSN)

137 Progressive isn't even that progressive.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 03, 2025 06:38 AM (2Jptx)

138 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 03, 2025 06:40 AM (6K6Eu)

139 PayDay. Not just a candy bar.

Posted by: Eromero at January 03, 2025 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

140 Progressive is regressive

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 06:42 AM (0Sv+K)

141 Progressive isn't even that progressive.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 03, 2025 06:38 AM (2Jptx)
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Is Guy Co misogynist?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:42 AM (1xs6C)

142 @111/Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey:

Your link goes to an unrelated post on X, not something about Allstate...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2025 06:48 AM (O7YUW)

143 And you fixed it later, I just hadn't got there yet.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2025 06:51 AM (O7YUW)

144 3D displays without glasses have been around for decades. They just have one problem: only one person can use it at the time because head tracking is needed to make it work. This was fine in a handheld device like the Nintendo 3DS but a bit different for a large gaming screen. I've lost count of the number of times I saw these demoed at CES and E3 since the 90s. It works great until two people come close enough to confuse the head tracking.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 03, 2025 06:52 AM (/0z9K)

145 New Orleans FBI Agent "No Terror" Nosering has undergone change:

https://tinyurl.com/nhbkx3nm

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:56 AM (1xs6C)

146 BTW, remember NOLA Police Chief Granny Klampet? Some background news, in case you had any doubt:

https://tinyurl.com/wk2k3zkp

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:59 AM (1xs6C)

147 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2025 06:48 AM (O7YUW)
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I corrected my link further down and provided an additional one.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 07:00 AM (1xs6C)

148 And you fixed it later, I just hadn't got there yet.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2025 06:51 AM (O7YUW)
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And as I said I fixed it later and you just hadn't got there yet.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 07:00 AM (1xs6C)

149 Morning peeps. It's dark and breezy this morning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2025 07:01 AM (Q4IgG)

150 Good morning to everyone. It’s 32 degrees here in western NC and going up to high 40s today. Hope everyone has a great day and weekend.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 03, 2025 07:02 AM (Fl+sH)

151 @135/FenelonSpoke: Did you catch the weird physical bounces between sentences in the Allstate CEO's body language?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2025 07:04 AM (O7YUW)

152 Minimum wage, ubi, any kind of thumb on the scale shenanigans does less than nothing to help people. Force companies to give more money for the same amount of wealth generating activity? You're not making the job they're doing more valuable. You're just making the money you give them for it less valuable. It's really a form of inflation, isn't it?.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 07:04 AM (V35uE)

153 First Friday of the New Year

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2025 07:08 AM (gbOdA)

154

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 03, 2025 07:09 AM (OytbU)

155 good point, W-o!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 07:10 AM (cY18j)

156 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2025 07:04 AM (O7YUW)

No; Not specifically that, but his entire speaking style was quite odd and not in keeping with addressing the violence. How clueless do you have to be to talk about "imperfections" in such a case? Imperfections! If you had too much dirt of the bottom of you car floor that would be an imperfection.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 07:10 AM (mG3ht)

157 152 Minimum wage, ubi, any kind of thumb on the scale shenanigans does less than nothing to help people. Force companies to give more money for the same amount of wealth generating activity? You're not making the job they're doing more valuable. You're just making the money you give them for it less valuable. It's really a form of inflation, isn't it?.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 07:04 AM (V35uE)

I just a read a study and it said that nobody learned to play guitar, no body got that cert in IT, etc etc.
My guess is EBT is even worse.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2025 07:11 AM (gbOdA)

158 We're supposed to get a few hundred PCs, docks and monitors today. They have to be hauled in and labelled. None of this is considered "fun."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 03, 2025 07:12 AM (CHHv1)

159 But, yes, the "bouncing" is weird and inappropriate body language

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2025 07:13 AM (mG3ht)

160 I do a lot of work on a laptop. I have an iPad. It looks great and probably is great at many things, I just haven't found them yet and it's not compelling me to look for them.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 03, 2025 07:15 AM (CHHv1)

161 If these fools were to be unionized to preclude the precious dears from working weekends might that mean we would have SOME cessation of their attention, do you suppose?

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at January 03, 2025 07:17 AM (hKoQL)

162 BTW, remember NOLA Police Chief Granny Klampet? Some background news, in case you had any doubt:
https://tinyurl.com/wk2k3zkp
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:59 AM (1xs6C)

Another bitter faced, cropped haired old bint who makes a living being a professional scold and harridan. Most likely a career man hater and lesbian pervert. Nawlins should be ashamed of themselves for hiring such a person.

Posted by: Engelbert Humperdink at January 03, 2025 07:17 AM (lX1hk)

163 The Chantoozies are a singing harem. I find that acceptable.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2025 07:17 AM (wEEgo)

164 @148/Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey: Heh. Yup. Just finished my big mug of coffee so hopefully my neurons will pick up the pace.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2025 07:17 AM (O7YUW)

165 I actually kind of like EBT purely as a mechanism. I was on unemployment for a little while and that's how i got my money. But UI isn't free, i paid for it with my labor, i had my contributions taken out of my paychecks. It is bad, though, as a means of making it a little too easy to open the fire hose of cash from the federal coffers directly into the pockets of people who make a living opening up as many streams of funding from uncle Sam as they can and who *haven't* contributed anything towards it except for "organizing" "communities" or whatever.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 07:18 AM (V35uE)

166 So, several photos of the cyber truck bomber's personal effects have surfaced. Anyone else find it weird that his driver's license and passport, which you'd presume where on his person, are hardly scorched from the fire and explosion inside the vehicle? Yet, other items found inside the truck are toast...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2025 07:18 AM (Q4IgG)

167 Another bitter faced, cropped haired old bint who makes a living being a professional scold and harridan. Most likely a career man hater and lesbian pervert. Nawlins should be ashamed of themselves for hiring such a person.
Posted by: Engelbert Humperdink at January 03, 2025

***
The dump should be ashamed of itself for many miore reasons than just that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2025 07:19 AM (J2vNu)

168 Yet, other items found inside the truck are toast...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2025 07:18 AM (Q4IgG)

"OK, honey, I'm off to work. Probably won't be home for dinner. "

"Oh wait, don't forget your wallet!"

"Ach! Thanks, babe! That could have been a disaster!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 07:21 AM (V35uE)

169 the "bouncing" was probably electric shocks from his offstage handlers, to keep him talking on-script

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 07:24 AM (cY18j)

170 166 - there are so many things that don't add up, sit straight, or fit together about that whole thing ... the mind boggles.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 07:27 AM (cY18j)

171 I don't really read that "bouncing" as significant. It's just garden variety TEDtalk word-vomit corpo-speak bullshittery. Look at me. I'm saying something important. I'm in a suit and exfoliated to high hell and back. Words words words words blergh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 07:29 AM (V35uE)

172 9 Blue Origin has scheduled it's first launch of the New Glenn rocket for this weekend. Sunday Jan 5th@ 11:30 PM.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 03, 2025 04:30 AM (QB+5g)
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You've got to give the time zone.
From Space Affairs:
Launch Date: January 6, 2025 (TBD)
Launch Time: 12:00 a.m. CT, 0600 UTC, 07:00 CET

so 1:00 AM Eastern

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 3rd at January 03, 2025 07:29 AM (i0xsb)

173 170 166 - there are so many things that don't add up, sit straight, or fit together about that whole thing ... the mind boggles.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 07
This is why you can’t believe any ‘authority’ now. Lying bastages.

Posted by: Eromero at January 03, 2025 07:30 AM (jgmnb)

174 I swear that Net Neutrality is the Jason Voorhees of laws. It doesn't matter how many times you kill it, it rises up and tries again.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 03, 2025 07:31 AM (lXCUP)

175 so 1:00 AM Eastern
Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 3rd at January 03, 2025 07:29 AM (i0xsb)

Pffft. Why even bother if you're not gonna give the Julian date.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 07:31 AM (V35uE)

176 Got to admit, if USAA sponsored the Sugar Bowl and its CEO made a statement like that, I'd be shopping for another insurance company today, 40-plus years as a member be damned.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2025 07:31 AM (Y1sOo)

177 "It's not terrorism" = It's terrorism

"It was terrorism" = it wasn't terrorism

"We have no fucking clue man like i don't even know what you're talking about, and even if i did, We Can't Comment On Ongoing Investigations" = We did it

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 07:33 AM (V35uE)

178 Just popping in to say that I love these posts.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at January 03, 2025 07:33 AM (xjYcl)

179 174 I swear that Net Neutrality is the Jason Voorhees of laws. It doesn't matter how many times you kill it, it rises up and tries again.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 03, 2025 07:31 AM (lXCUP)

The real goal of Net N is too restrict flow. It claims all bit are equal but the real goal from day 1 was to make some bits more equal.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2025 07:34 AM (gbOdA)

180 Tonight

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Thuraya 4-NGS
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: January 3, 2025 (ET)
Launch Time: 8:27 p.m. ET / January 4, 0127 UTC, 02:27 CET

https://www.youtube.com/live/JWvFLGnw2zE

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 3rd at January 03, 2025 07:34 AM (i0xsb)

181 If you don't know the difference between man and women your opinion of terrorism is worthless

Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2025 07:34 AM (0Sv+K)

182 So, I just looked up the college football playoff brackets. It's interesting that every single team with a bye lost.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

183 Got to admit, if USAA sponsored the Sugar Bowl and its CEO made a statement like that, I'd be shopping for another insurance company today, 40-plus years as a member be damned.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2025 07:31 AM (Y1sOo)
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What did the insurance executive say?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2025 07:35 AM (SpZGl)

184
'sposed to be well below freezing for the foreseeable future

guess who has to be out on the driveway replacing the fuel filter on their truck this weekend?

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 03, 2025 07:36 AM (tljrc)

185 “We need to overcome an addiction to divisiveness and negativity… & accept people’s imperfections and differences”??!!!

Progressivism is a disease that makes murder and death a necessary occurrence you need to learn to deal with.

See every communist regime for last 100 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2025 07:38 AM (gbOdA)

186 Unfortunate circumstances have me up early today, so I thought I'd say hi.

Hi.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sayng hello at January 03, 2025 07:39 AM (N2VkE)

187 guess who has to be out on the driveway replacing the fuel filter on their truck this weekend?
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 03, 2025 07:36 AM (tljrc)

May all your rusty clamps and jankity terminals come apart and go back together with ease.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 07:39 AM (V35uE)

188
So, I just looked up the college football playoff brackets. It's interesting that every single team with a bye lost.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Why don't we call you think they call it, "Bye!"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 03, 2025 07:40 AM (xG4kz)

189 >>What did the insurance executive say?

Used a cowardly act by an Islamist as opportunity to pump woke bullshit down down my throat.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2025 07:41 AM (Y1sOo)

190
May all your rusty clamps and jankity terminals come apart and go back together with ease.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 07:39 AM

thank you very much

it's the filter on the '01, so rusty & jankity is the order of the day

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 03, 2025 07:42 AM (tljrc)

191 I'm done, think I'll take a little walk in the woods, perhaps find a couple ruffed grouse with suicidal tendencies. Actually, 4 would make a fine feast for 2 people, with sausage stuffing, green beans, mashed and a half gallon or so of some of the better gravy you'll ever taste. For dessert some Stewart's Philly Vanilla alongside the Cherry pie I did yesterday. So if you'll excuse me, I shall attempt to turn fantasy into reality.

Have an excellent day, good people.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at January 03, 2025 07:42 AM (hKoQL)

192
“I hate to close a safe space for queer people at this time but the money just isn’t there after the minimum wage increase (which I fully support),”

__________

"Queer people". Like it's not enough to be SSA and live a quiet, normal life (or at least "normal" in SSA sense). No, you gotta act out, fly your freak, be offensive, be obnoxious and demand everyone applaud you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2025 07:43 AM (dxSpM)

193 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2025 07:43 AM (cY18j)

194
JJ
SEF
TON

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 03, 2025 07:43 AM (gbOdA)

195 Lunatic murders people, i have to Be Better.

Sportsball player slugs his broad. I have to Be Better.

Politician lies her face off and gins up a riot. I have to be Less Divisive.

When are all these plastic television assholes with their shitty little commercials gonna stop trying to make me believe that i'm the one who burned their fucking meatloaf? I ain't your bitch. Piss off.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2025 07:45 AM (V35uE)

196 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

How's your shoulder?

Posted by: Tuna at January 03, 2025 07:45 AM (oaGWv)

197 The State Department has closed its "Global Engagement Center" censorship office and moved the employees to another department doing the same thing, in hopes Rubio won't figure out the shell game.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2025 07:45 AM (SpZGl)

198 37 Hard water in the birdbath.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2025 04:57 AM (a1415)
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Calgon?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 04:58 AM (1xs6C)
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California is gone!? Did the Big One happen?

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 3rd at January 03, 2025 07:45 AM (i0xsb)

199
"A lengthy post on the Bebop Waffle Shop Instagram page offered similar reflections, but also the strange admission that Luckenbach still supports the very law which put her out of business."

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You big dummy.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 03, 2025 07:47 AM (t1fZA)

200 Luckenbach, who is gay, said “the hardest thing” about shutting down her business is that it “takes away a safe space for people.”

Posted by: fd at January 03, 2025 05:54 AM (vFG9F)
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Funny how these cretins always need safe spaces. Try an empty Congress room folks, seems like there are no repercussions there.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Signor at January 03, 2025 07:50 AM (i0xsb)

201 We’re using some high speed app called watchguard AuthPoint, to log in to see our emails from retards. Complete fucking horseshit. We’re not building nuclear weapons here.

It’s just idiocy and I give my password to everyone.

It’s a joke.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 03, 2025 07:55 AM (fY84s)

202 144 3D displays without glasses have been around for decades. They just have one problem: only one person can use it at the time because head tracking is needed to make it work. This was fine in a handheld device like the Nintendo 3DS but a bit different for a large gaming screen. I've lost count of the number of times I saw these demoed at CES and E3 since the 90s. It works great until two people come close enough to confuse the head tracking.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 03, 2025 06:52 AM (/0z9K)
- - - - - - - -
Granted, the original Nintendo 3DS had you looking front at the screen, no head tracking, but still with the 3D effect. Given the use case of the handheld (held in hands in front of face), this was doable. The upgraded "New 3DS" incorporated a front camera with head tracking to improve the 3D display and viewing angles.

The original was released in 2011. New 3DS in 2014-2015. The technology could have come far in a decade.

The actual question is whether it'll actually be in demand. or just a stupid gimick, as Alucard the Abridged has stated elsewhere.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 03, 2025 08:52 AM (QNMaY)

203 183 Got to admit, if USAA sponsored the Sugar Bowl and its CEO made a statement like that, I'd be shopping for another insurance company today, 40-plus years as a member be damned.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2025 07:31 AM (Y1sOo)
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What did the insurance executive say?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2025 07:35 AM (SpZGl)

123 Correct link for AllState DEI news:

https://tinyurl.com/3ysn5j28

Libs of TikTok is all over this.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2025 06:21 AM (1xs6C)

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