Daily Tech News 4 January 2025

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Microsoft is planning to spend $80 billion on AI datacenters in 2025. (Thurrott)

Why?
"In many ways, artificial intelligence is the electricity of our age, and the next four years can build a foundation for America's economic success for the next quarter century," Microsoft president and vice chair Brad Smith writes. "It's clear that artificial intelligence is poised to become a world-changing General-Purpose Technology, or GPT. AI promises to drive innovation and boost productivity in every sector of the economy. The United States is poised to stand at the forefront of this new technology wave, especially if it doubles down on its strengths and effectively partners internationally."
Because you don't get a market cap of $150 billion by not creating the Torment Nexus.

Tech News

Canadian online accounting firm Bench has apparently been bought by Employer.com in a slightly-after-the-last-minute deal. (Tech Crunch)

Bench shut down very abruptly just after Christmas, leaving tens of thousands of customers without their accounting and tax information, only promising that the information would be available for download "soon".
If you were playing Marvel Rivals on your Steam Deck or Mac, congratulations, your century-long ban has been repealed. (Ars Technica)

It's not officially supported, and if you did get it working on anything other than Windows, the anti-cheat measure would make sure it didn't stay that way.
Speaking of Windows, Microsoft offered up a little Christmas gift: Your scanners don't work. (The Register)

If you are running the Windows 11 24H2 update, at least. The problem is marked as fixed, but the problem is not fixed.
It's your fault that Hollywood keeps churning out the same boring crap. (The New York Times) (archive site)

The ten top movies of 2024 were all sequels or derivative works.
The problem is that Americans tend to say one thing and do another: They complain that Hollywood does not make enough original films, only to stay home or go elsewhere when studios call their bluff. Over the past year, the moviegoing masses rejected originals like "Here," "Fly Me to the Moon," "Argylle," "Horizon: An American Saga," "Harold and the Purple Crayon," "Lisa Frankenstein," "Y2K" and "Megalopolis."
But those movies sucked.
To be fair, all of those films received soft-to-poor reviews, diminishing their appeal.
No shit, Sherlock.
Our security, not yours: If you used online store MyGiftCardSupply to buy gift cards as gifts, the gift was you. (Tech Crunch)

The store required you to upload your ID to prove you are legitimate.

And stored all those documents - hundreds of thousands of them - on a server without a password.

Not At All Tech News

Ceres Fauna of Hololive English Council / Promise had her final stream today, before heading off to parts unknown.

To commemorate her tenure, here's a link to a picture of every Hololive talent. All of them. Retired talents like Kiryu Coco. Short-termers like Mano Aloe. Fired talents like Uruha Rushia. Forgotten talents like Hitomi Chris, who only ever streamed once. Hololive China, which only streamed on Bilibili. All of them.

Twitter link.
Reddit link.

Yes, there are a lot of them. The great majority are still active.

For those following along at home:

Mano Aloe is Delutaya.
Kiryu Coco is Kson.
Yozora Mel is Hanamiya Rica.
Tsukumo Sana returned to her art career and doesn't stream much these days. You can find her online, but don't bother her, her focus is art rather than streaming.
Amelia Watson is Dooby3d.
And Ceres Fauna is Lemonleaf.

On the Nijisanji side of things:

Selen Tatsuki is Dokibird.
Pomu Rainpuff is Maid Mint.
Zaion Lanza is Sayu Sincronisity.
Victoria Brightshield is MoguGhost.

Musical Interlude of the Day

AI Musical Interlude of the Day

The subject is AI, not the music, which is by Midas, who also did the Touch Tone Telephone cover:

Disclaimer: You only live three times. Maybe four. Five tops.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 04:01 AM (fwDg9)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at January 04, 2025 04:01 AM (VnUSN)

3 uh-oh, comments were eaten

Posted by: m at January 04, 2025 04:02 AM (VnUSN)

4 ... and then they came back!

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

5 I didn't do it. Nobody saw me. You can't prove anything!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 04, 2025 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

6 I promise.

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

7 heh heh heh you wield magical cob-logger tools

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

8 AI promises to drive innovation and boost productivity in every sector of the economy.

Innovation. From the company that brought you Clippy and the Zune.

Posted by: t-bird at January 04, 2025 04:11 AM (ueHpO)

9 I didn't do it. Nobody saw me. You can't prove anything!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 04, 2025 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

Being able to create your own hash kind of gives you away.

Posted by: t-bird at January 04, 2025 04:12 AM (ueHpO)

10 Mornin'

AI, like Wind and Solar, is going to solve all the worlds problems! It will be better than a chicken in every pot and a unicorn in every driveway!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 04, 2025 04:16 AM (cPl+1)

11 Clippy and the Zune
Posted by: t-bird

Hootie and the Blowfish sounds like a silly name, until you hear what they used to be called.

Posted by: mikeski at January 04, 2025 04:22 AM (DgGvY)

12
Ah, "Argylle", where practically everything you saw in the trailer was taken from the first half of the movie, the Big Reveal was a "hunh?" moment, and Baylor Fort Worth Shemp had a bod built by bombing itself with bon-bons. That I slept through practically everything after the B R moment was probably my medulla oblongata saying, "Enough, already!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 04:35 AM (xG4kz)

13 Coffee in 8 minutes

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 04:39 AM (fwDg9)

14
BTW, that chicken light and sound show wake up alarm for the a-hole neighbors almost killed me from laughing so hard. Thanks, whoever cobbed last night's ONT!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 04:41 AM (xG4kz)

15
Oh, so this device's link in my nick goes to the Random Pokémon Generator. I wondered what had happened to that.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 04:44 AM (xG4kz)

16
The Musical Interlude needed moar cowbell.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 04:52 AM (xG4kz)

17 Pixy goes so far over my head.

It's like I don't exist.

Posted by: eleven at January 04, 2025 05:12 AM (iziT8)

18 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 05:23 AM (fwDg9)

19 Everyone sleeping in this morning?

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 05:24 AM (fwDg9)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 04, 2025 05:25 AM (tljrc)

21 And 1st coffee got cold

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 05:27 AM (fwDg9)

22 No, doesn't look like I'll get back to sleep

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 05:35 AM (NQtI0)

23 14 BTW, that chicken light and sound show wake up alarm for the a-hole neighbors almost killed me from laughing so hard. Thanks, whoever cobbed last night's ONT!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 04:41 AM (xG4kz)

Where is that?

Posted by: m at January 04, 2025 05:39 AM (VnUSN)

24 I gave up, usually 1 hour laying awake and might as well get moving

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 05:40 AM (fwDg9)

25 21 And 1st coffee got cold
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 05:27 AM (fwDg9)

uh-oh

Posted by: m at January 04, 2025 05:41 AM (VnUSN)

26 Planning on fried potatoes, ham eggs and pepper, just haven't started yet

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 05:51 AM (fwDg9)

27 AI promises to drive innovation and boost productivity in every sector of the economy.

Manifestos written while you wait!

Posted by: FBI Publishing Dept. at January 04, 2025 05:52 AM (7FFC8)

28 Day 5 of a seasonal cold. No pain. That's good Day 4 was the worst. Just tired. Took some pills (otc stuff). Enjoying a cup of coffee.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 04, 2025 05:52 AM (ZmEVT)

29 I don't really understand the purpose of artificial intelligence, unless it's to create boobettes in bikinis, some of whom seem to be missing arms or fingers or George Washington as a black man. How did we survive millennia without this?!!!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 05:53 AM (rYs1b)

30 AI is the eternal method of separating fools from their money.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 04, 2025 05:55 AM (ZmEVT)

31 Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 04, 2025 05:52 AM (ZmEVT)

Sorry; I had that. It did seem to hang on. I hope you feel better soon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 05:56 AM (rYs1b)

32 8 AI promises to drive innovation and boost productivity in every sector of the economy.

Innovation. From the company that brought you Clippy and the Zune.

Posted by: t-bird at January 04, 2025 04:11 AM (ueHpO)
----
Did wee forget EDLIN and BOB?

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 4th at January 04, 2025 06:04 AM (i0xsb)

33 The wind has picked up and the cold is seeping into the house. The furnace is working but my bedroom is the coldest room in the house. I need to do some work on it today. Will give up on it in a bit and move to the living room. Time for tea anyway

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 06:06 AM (NQtI0)

34 Evening and morning to all the Saturday early risers and late toilers. 'Tis Saturn's Day, the day to be saturnine (right?). If I knew how I should look while I'm being saturnine, the whole concept would be easy for me.

Miss Linda had a bad migraine yesterday, woke up with it in fact. I hope she's doing better today. As for me, I slept enough, have fed the furry thugs, and am having coffee and a wake-up pipe. Tire shop today for a new TPMS sensor, and I may visit a coffee shop for a latte. You?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 06:08 AM (omVj0)

35 AI is the eternal method of separating fools from their money.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

I thought that's what Globull Warming/Cooling/Drought/Flooding/....??
was for

Posted by: Bruce at January 04, 2025 06:08 AM (BurQ9)

36 Day 5 of a seasonal cold. No pain. That's good Day 4 was the worst. Just tired. Took some pills (otc stuff). Enjoying a cup of coffee.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 04, 2025

***
I had that last month. The post-nasal drip and coughing hung on longest.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 06:09 AM (omVj0)

37 Just a snow coating outside

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 06:09 AM (fwDg9)

38 Fraudster unveils plan to turn Minnesota lakeside into big Muslim town

https://mol.im/a/14248327

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 4th at January 04, 2025 06:10 AM (i0xsb)

39 I don't see AI having any application in the horse training business so I'm good.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 04, 2025 06:10 AM (XTmTf)

40
g'mornin', 'Ben Had

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 04, 2025 06:16 AM (tljrc)

41 Day 5 of a seasonal cold. No pain. That's good Day 4 was the worst. Just tired. Took some pills (otc stuff). Enjoying a cup of coffee.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

I had that. 4 or 5 days of congestion then a week or so of just being so tired. Yesterday was the first day I felt half way decent.

Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2025 06:16 AM (oaGWv)

42 Online weather says S IL 24°F
I need to get a new IN/OUT temperature station. The outside sensor to my 15 yearold LaCrosse clock/thermometer broke when dropped. A replacement is almost as much as the whole unit so I'm looking at a cheaper unit.

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 4th at January 04, 2025 06:18 AM (i0xsb)

43 I don't see AI having any application in the horse training business so I'm good.
Posted by: Ben Had

Unless you're aiming to advertise your business using AI generated pictures of horses with 5 hooves and 2 tails.

Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2025 06:18 AM (oaGWv)

44 AltonJackson, Good morning, How did the fuel filter change go?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 04, 2025 06:19 AM (XTmTf)

45 It's 25 here with a high of 27, 13mph winds. Snow is supposed to hit tonight. They were worried about ice but seems cold enough to get just snow.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 06:20 AM (NQtI0)

46 11 degrees up in NW IL. So happy we are avoiding the snows to our south. Can't imagine how cold we'd be with a foot of snow on the ground....brrr.

Posted by: lizabth at January 04, 2025 06:22 AM (Jfw7U)

47 This is heartbreaking - Hundreds of animals killed in Dallas shopping center fire

https://mol.im/a/14249293

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 4th at January 04, 2025 06:22 AM (i0xsb)

48 Tuna, hahaha. Funny thing but the only advertising I have ever had has been word of mouth.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 04, 2025 06:23 AM (XTmTf)

49 If I were Trump I would scrap that medal as having been debased, and come up with a new one.

Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom

https://trib.al/KznyYDT

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 4th at January 04, 2025 06:24 AM (i0xsb)

50
How did the fuel filter change go?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 04, 2025 06:19 AM

probably have to give the filter change a miss for today

19 degrees going up to a high of 21 with a pretty consistent 20 mph wind; not really conducive to laying under the truck on the driveway

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 04, 2025 06:24 AM (tljrc)

51 It's supposed to be warmish today and tomorrow, but rain late on Sunday is, we're told, bringing some real winter (for here): lows about 39, highs around 47. The colorful natives will be complaining bitterly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 06:26 AM (omVj0)

52 Good morning, good people from the "Don't know what part of winter this is nor do I care" Adirondacks. There HAS been a lot of 2" drops, that slick up the roads real nice and must be plowed or sanded. They're real budget killers plus you run short or mistime a delivery and things get spicy quick. Add to this the enormous amount of road repair done -election year, anyone?. You wind up with the slipperiest substance known to drivers, fresh smooth blacktop with no lane marking.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at January 04, 2025 06:27 AM (hKoQL)

53 Kindly Englishmen take a homeless man out for wonderful evening of food and. camaraderie and fun:

https://tinyurl.com/5n6m4cxd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 06:27 AM (1CrR5)

54 Snow/icepacalypse. Per weather.com. 18 right now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2025 06:30 AM (bss/y)

55 Our family had a lovely night out yesterday at a French restaurant to celebrate son’s birthday The food was delicious and the waiter was great. We could see the Christmas lights on the trees outside the window and it was beautiful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 06:30 AM (1CrR5)

56 It's a shame people don't seem to like Horizon. I thought it was pretty good.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 04, 2025 06:31 AM (NehaE)

57 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 06:30 AM (1CrR5)

Many happy returns, Fen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2025 06:31 AM (bss/y)

58 Mugshot shows transformation of TV star as he's arrested again.

https://mol.im/a/14248181

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 4th at January 04, 2025 06:32 AM (i0xsb)

59 >Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom
----

do they have a PMOF vending machine at the White House or what
screw it- just give one to everybody

Posted by: Don Black at January 04, 2025 06:33 AM (/7KEl)

60 Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2025 06:31 AM (bss/y)

Thanks so much !Son Is a nice young man
and said, “Thanks for the lovely evening, mom and dad.”

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 06:34 AM (1CrR5)

61
Among J'Blowme's honorees is

Robert Francis Kennedy, the slain former New York senator and US Attorney General

Well, hell, why not just award a "Stiffie" to George Washington. Or Benjamin Franklin?

What a fookin' joke J'Blowme is.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 06:36 AM (xG4kz)

62 Making room- a Christian devotional on Matthew 3:1-12;

https://tinyurl.com/5n6vvbtb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 06:37 AM (1CrR5)

63
The PMOF to be awarded to RFK is nothing but spite against RFKjr.

What a vicious shit J'Blowme is.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 06:38 AM (xG4kz)

64 "Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom"

It will mean as much as a Nobel prize. I'd be more honored by a gift certificate to Baskin Robbins.

Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025 06:39 AM (vFG9F)

65 16 days and we'll be rid of these jackals

Posted by: Don Black at January 04, 2025 06:39 AM (/7KEl)

66 Coffee, boudain, and news, sticks to your ribs.

Posted by: Eromero at January 04, 2025 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

67 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2025 06:42 AM (WXNFJ)

68 Kamala botched the Pledge of Allegiance. Is anyone surprised? Give that woman a medal!

Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025 06:42 AM (vFG9F)

69 Dad, 73, is excited for his first client for his stained glass studio workshop:

https://tinyurl.com/5dckjkv5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 06:42 AM (1CrR5)

70 Good morning. 26 degrees here and going up to 42 today. No snow in he forecast so far.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 04, 2025 06:43 AM (iAdx3)

71 I am under no illusion that Bribe'em will not continue to shit all over this country till his last moment in office.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 04, 2025 06:43 AM (XTmTf)

72 You can hang a PMOF on the screen door to pull it shut. Keep the flies out.

Posted by: Eromero at January 04, 2025 06:44 AM (v+5CS)

73
Kamala botched the Pledge of Allegiance. Is anyone surprised? Give that woman a medal!
Posted by: fd

I still want to see a transcipt from that numpty arguing a case in court.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 06:44 AM (xG4kz)

74 a PMOF makes a great paper weight or doorstop

Posted by: Don Black at January 04, 2025 06:45 AM (/7KEl)

75 on the back of the PMOF:

MADE IN CHINA

Posted by: Don Black at January 04, 2025 06:46 AM (/7KEl)

76 AI is a deal with the devil. And taking a measure of the caliber of dealmakers occupying the seats of power across the political and corporate culture, it is not a happy prospect.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 04, 2025 06:47 AM (h/ffs)

77
My mistake. I ought to have posted

The PMOF to be awarded to the deceased RFK is nothing but spite against RFKjr.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 06:47 AM (xG4kz)

78 59 >Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom
----

do they have a PMOF vending machine at the White House or what
screw it- just give one to everybody
Posted by: Don Black at January 04, 2025 06:33 AM (/7KEl)
Gonna look like May Day in the old USS, all them medals.

Posted by: Eromero at January 04, 2025 06:48 AM (v+5CS)

79 Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Does it come as an ankle monitor?

Posted by: t-bird at January 04, 2025 06:48 AM (7+zW5)

80 That Washington DC shooting during the night

https://tinyurl.com/5s4njbsh

Posted by: Ciampino - I only have ice for you at January 04, 2025 06:49 AM (i0xsb)

81 Morning peeps. A brisk, and dark 16F here in Bourbon Country. Apparently we're in the path of a nasty winter storm that is supposed to bring not snow, but ice to our area.

Praying the power stays on. It'll be Tuesday before we're out of the storm's path, but if we lose power it'll just be the beginning of what I think could be a long, miserable stretch.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 04, 2025 06:49 AM (Q4IgG)

82 USSR is what I meant, comrades.

Posted by: Eromero at January 04, 2025 06:49 AM (v+5CS)

83
on the back of the PMOF:

MADE IN CHINA
Ask us about our 'Ten Percent to the Big Guy' internships!
Posted by: Don Black

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 06:49 AM (xG4kz)

84 64 "Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom"

---------

I hope Soros goes swimming with it on.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 04, 2025 06:50 AM (dDmld)

85 George Romney gets a medal. Ralph Lauren gets a medal. Bil! Nye and Bono get medals. What a joke.

Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025 06:51 AM (vFG9F)

86 Biden's PMOF awards ceremony

https://tinyurl.com/2k22mr6a

Posted by: Don Black at January 04, 2025 06:52 AM (/7KEl)

87 I'm trying to think of one of Hillary's many outstanding achievements that benefitted the nation.

Not getting anything.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 04, 2025 06:52 AM (dDmld)

88 Old time hymn:

“Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus”

https://tinyurl.com/yw7vafcc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 06:52 AM (VPVkH)

89 It will mean as much as a Nobel prize. I'd be more honored by a gift certificate to Baskin Robbins.
Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025 06:39 AM (vFG9F)
---
FJB is all out of those...He's used them all up himself.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 04, 2025 06:54 AM (BpYfr)

90 I'm trying to think of one of Hillary's many outstanding achievements that benefitted the nation.

Not getting anything.
Posted by: Cicero

"Like wiping with a cloth?" said the smarted woman in America.

At least Hitlery will never be president.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2025 06:54 AM (WXNFJ)

91 "...and the instruments through which we shall be able to do this will be amazingly simple compared with our present telephone. A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket.”

Someone at Insty posted this Nikola Tesla quote, predicting the rise of the cell phone in 1926.

What i find hilarious is that he could see that coming clear as day, but not that there would be zero point zero dudes wearing vests.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 04, 2025 06:55 AM (+iIV1)

92 Since this has been posted I'll add the link.
Kamala doesn't know the Pledge of Allegiance. She may know a Chinese one though.
This woman was almost president.

https://tinyurl.com/uptwzdyu

Posted by: Ciampino - I only have ice for you at January 04, 2025 06:55 AM (i0xsb)

93 https://tinyurl.com/3byudxrr
Powerlineblog.com week in pictures

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 06:55 AM (fwDg9)

94
I'm trying to think of one of Hillary's many outstanding achievements that benefitted the nation.

Not getting anything.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Bless your luck that you weren't given the same assignment for Red Kammie as an honoree.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 06:56 AM (xG4kz)

95 Morning peeps. A brisk, and dark 16F here in Bourbon Country. Apparently we're in the path of a nasty winter storm that is supposed to bring not snow, but ice to our area.

Praying the power stays on. It'll be Tuesday before we're out of the storm's path, but if we lose power it'll just be the beginning of what I think could be a long, miserable stretch.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 04, 2025

***
Like my worries with hurricanes -- but, I suspect, at least you don't have to worry about flooding.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 06:56 AM (omVj0)

96 Kamala botched the Pledge of Allegiance. Is anyone surprised? Give that woman a medal!

Its more interesting to see the creative ways that the Enemedia is obfuscating it. Newsweak starts off by stating the PoA, then uses lots of random words to suggest that she started, stopped and rejoined everyone else. Another just says "Pledge Allegiance to the United States..." then spends the remainder of the article on attacks of JD for the crime of noticing.

We can't hate the Enemedia enough.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 06:56 AM (rHxhM)

97 Getting a leftist to recite the pledge of allegiance is akin to getting a vampire to eat garlic.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 04, 2025 06:56 AM (h/ffs)

98 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 04, 2025 06:56 AM (hoCmQ)

99 The wind has picked up and the cold is seeping into the house. The furnace is working but my bedroom is the coldest room in the house. I need to do some work on it today. Will give up on it in a bit and move to the living room. Time for tea anyway

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 06:06 AM (NQtI0)

Space heaters are your friend. (We've got one in every bedroom and the cats' litterbox room.)

Posted by: pookysgirl's house is nearly a century old at January 04, 2025 06:57 AM (dtlDP)

100 85 George Romney gets a medal. Ralph Lauren gets a medal. Bil! Nye and Bono get medals. What a joke.
Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025

***
Like with money, the more medals there are, the less each one is worth.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 06:57 AM (omVj0)

101 >At least Hitlery will never be president.
----

Trump's greatest gift to the world

Posted by: Don Black at January 04, 2025 06:57 AM (/7KEl)

102 Someone at Insty posted this Nikola Tesla quote, predicting the rise of the cell phone in 1926.

What i find hilarious is that he could see that coming clear as day, but not that there would be zero point zero dudes wearing vests.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Zombie Fred Flintstone was close - He had a desk phone.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2025 06:58 AM (WXNFJ)

103 "Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom"

I think they are still pissed that PDJT awarded Rush Limbaugh with the Medal too.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 07:00 AM (rHxhM)

104 Like the Nobel Peace prize, these Presidential "medals of freedom" mean nothing. It's so... Soviet in nature.

I got a Meritorious Civilian Service Medal upon retirement from the Army. I've no idea where it is. Buried somewhere in my office here at home.

It was delivered years after I retired. So I'm not sure how "meritorious" it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 04, 2025 07:00 AM (Q4IgG)

105 Like wiping with a cloth?" said the smarted woman in America.

At least Hitlery will never be president.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2025 06:54 AM (WXNFJ)

That line was so perfectly Hilarian.

Oh, you're too dumb to know what "wiping" means? Then i guess that's why you were also dumb enough to bodge together an h-mail server and let it fly in the wild with the damn default settings still there, and then use the stinking thing for what amounts to treasonous espionage, hanging wide open like your stupid gob when someone drops a couple balloons from the ceiling. You cow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 04, 2025 07:00 AM (+iIV1)

106 Collect five Presidential Medals of Freedom and earn a free six-inc sub of your choice*

*offer excludes hot sandwiches

Posted by: Subway at January 04, 2025 07:01 AM (dDmld)

107 Some rapper called Ice Tea got tickets for driving with a suspended license, improper display, no inspection sticker, and missing front plates. Then he called the cop an asshole because he says he was on the way to the DMV to get all that fixed. The tag on his Porsche had been expired since 2021. Jerk. You can take the hood out of the hood but you can't take the hood out of the hood.

Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

108 it would have been something for the ages to have captured the look on Hillary Clinton's face the instant she realized she'd lost to Donald Trump.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 04, 2025 07:01 AM (h/ffs)

109
The gal who invented the wheel gets a PMOF!

(You know they'd never concede that a guy did it -- "herstory" and all that.)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 07:01 AM (xG4kz)

110 olddog, I found a recipe for a soft flatbread. I used the Tuscan Herb olive oil in it. Made another batch with almond oil and orange zest. I may never buy bread again. 30 min start to finish.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 04, 2025 07:02 AM (XTmTf)

111 103 "Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom"

He's spitting in our faces at this point. That's all this is about.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 04, 2025 07:03 AM (h/ffs)

112 The South African people deserve better. On Police funds waste and corruption.

https://tinyurl.com/yc55yjkw

Posted by: Ciampino - Love at frost sight at January 04, 2025 07:03 AM (i0xsb)

113 Like the Nobel Peace prize, these Presidential "medals of freedom" mean nothing. It's so... Soviet in nature.

The problem with issuance of the PMoF in the past four years is that there was no functioning President to award the medal.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 07:04 AM (rHxhM)

114 108 it would have been something for the ages to have captured the look on Hillary Clinton's face the instant she realized she'd lost to Donald Trump.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 04, 2025 07:01 AM (h/ffs)

Ugh. She probably had some asshole from Langley drop by and tell her in person right around Halloween. And then explain to her what the plan was and what her lines were gonna be.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 04, 2025 07:04 AM (+iIV1)

115
You can take the hood out of the 'hood but you can't take the 'hood out of the hood.

Nice one, fd!

Put it in the AoSHQ Style guide!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 07:05 AM (xG4kz)

116 Whoopie Goldberg deserves at least two PMOFs. I hope she's on the list.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 04, 2025 07:05 AM (dDmld)

117 “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

Calvin Coolidge

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 07:05 AM (l7RQo)

118 Ice T must have fallen on hard times.

Is it hard to come up with the prop tax on the Bentley?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 04, 2025 07:06 AM (ZmEVT)

119 Like the Nobel Peace prize, these Presidential "medals of freedom" mean nothing. It's so... Soviet in nature.

Of course, the perfect response to this should be Pardoning all of the J6 political prisoners, then bringing them up to a very public venue and giving them a choice of receiving the PMoF or a Trump Watch.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 07:06 AM (rHxhM)

120 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 04, 2025 07:06 AM (dg+HA)

121 And then explain to her what the plan was and what her lines were gonna be.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 04, 2025 07:04 AM (+iIV1)

".... oh, no, the virus will be quite real, but don't worry, it's not as bad as we're gonna make it sound. Just pop a prilosec and stay home for a couple days."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 04, 2025 07:06 AM (+iIV1)

122 NBC's Kelly O'Donnell just suggested that Biden not give over critical information, about terrorist attacks, to Trump

https://tinyurl.com/mryvk3b9

Posted by: Ciampino - Love at frost sight at January 04, 2025 07:06 AM (i0xsb)

123
Good morning, Hordians, from rainy, chilly Brazoria County, TX. Little Fitz came up lame last night and is spending time here in the house. I think he sprained a muscle roughhousing with George. He's not making any complaints, though, and is resting comfortably.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2025 07:07 AM (dxSpM)

124 Whoopie Goldberg deserves at least two PMOFs. I hope she's on the list.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 04, 2025 07:05 AM (dDmld)

I mean one would be fine if you just doubled up the length of the ribbon to get it around her fat stupid neck.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 04, 2025 07:08 AM (+iIV1)

125 > Like my worries with hurricanes -- but, I suspect, at least you don't have to worry about flooding.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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We have had flooding here before. It's pretty rare, but the entire area is covered with sinkholes. Those in turn are all connected, underground, to the nearby Ohio River.

When the water's up, it's up everywhere... but we're on a small knoll so, yea, no worries about it. But the road out of here... it's been underwater before.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 04, 2025 07:08 AM (Q4IgG)

126
Are Gus Hall, Bernadette Dohrn and the Rosenbergs also on the PMoF list as well?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2025 07:09 AM (dxSpM)

127 Whoopie Goldberg deserves at least two PMOFs. I hope she's on the list.

Huh? We are awarding the PMoF based on volume?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 07:09 AM (rHxhM)

128
The asterisk P*MOF -- like the PMOF, but awarded by an electoral fraud.

Not unlike Barry Bonds' home run record.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 07:09 AM (xG4kz)

129 Time for me to shave and shower!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 07:09 AM (omVj0)

130 I have two oil radiators that I use, for really cold weather. Just hate to set one up in the bedroom. I didn't put up plastic on the windows because I thought they'd be working on the house by now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 07:10 AM (NQtI0)

131 The gal who invented the wheel gets a PMOF!

(You know they'd never concede that a guy did it -- "herstory" and all that.)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

I understand it was a female Indian. But those sexist Braves kept her down and buried knowledge of the her invention.

You know - The squawkie wheel gets the cease.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2025 07:10 AM (WXNFJ)

132 When the water's up, it's up everywhere... but we're on a small knoll so, yea, no worries about it. But the road out of here... it's been underwater before.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 04, 2025 07:08 AM (Q4IgG)

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When the levee breaks, mama you got to move.

*puffs pipe thoughtfully*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 04, 2025 07:10 AM (dDmld)

133 107 Some rapper called Ice Tea got tickets for driving with a suspended license, improper display, no inspection sticker, and missing front plates. Then he called the cop an asshole because he says he was on the way to the DMV to get all that fixed. The tag on his Porsche had been expired since 2021. Jerk. You can take the hood out of the hood but you can't take the hood out of the hood.

Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025 07:01 AM (vFG9F)
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Sounds almost like he was going for the sovereign citizen routine.

Posted by: Ciampino - Love at frost sight at January 04, 2025 07:13 AM (i0xsb)

134 drive innovation and boost productivity …. effectively partner ….
——-

Don’t forget to leverage synergies !

Posted by: Common Tater at January 04, 2025 07:15 AM (qQhFt)

135 Pulled over in your porsche? For tags and inspection? Sober? And you ain't even got a dime bag on you?

Fuck me. When did Ice T transition to being a cracker?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 04, 2025 07:16 AM (+iIV1)

136 Good morning Hadrian. How’s the shoulder? Did the chiropractor help? Hope you’re doing better.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 04, 2025 07:17 AM (NLph6)

137
Don’t forget to leverage synergies !
Posted by: Common Tater

Nor to immanentize the eschaton!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 07:18 AM (xG4kz)

138
Don’t forget to leverage synergies !
Posted by: Common Tater at January 04, 2025 07:15 AM (qQhFt)

__________

For Best of Breed performance.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2025 07:18 AM (dxSpM)

139 If they continue to push AI, my internet time is gonna go way down. Can't stand the look of the artwork and AI written work is even worse.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 07:18 AM (NQtI0)

140 drive innovation and boost productivity …. effectively partner ….
——-

Don’t forget to leverage synergies !
Posted by: Common Tater

I didn't see "core competency" anywhere.

Final grade = "C"

Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2025 07:19 AM (WXNFJ)

141 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 04, 2025 07:20 AM (cY18j)

142 New Orleans attack: Brit victim is stepson of Will and Harry's nanny

https://mol.im/a/14249463

Posted by: Ciampino - I love you snow much at January 04, 2025 07:20 AM (i0xsb)

143
Good morning Hadrian. How’s the shoulder? Did the chiropractor help? Hope you’re doing better.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 04, 2025 07:17 AM (NLph6)

__________
.
Thank you for asking. I'm doing better for certain values of "better". I didn't expect my chiropractor to work miracles and he didn't but the visit helped quite a bit. I may try going to Mass tomorrow and see if I can get through it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2025 07:21 AM (dxSpM)

144 January 6 is a very important day. It is "Black Monday" in the NFL. Many coaches/assistants/other people get fired on this day.

Posted by: Don Black at January 04, 2025 07:22 AM (/7KEl)

145 49 If I were Trump I would scrap that medal as having been debased, and come up with a new one.

Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom

https://trib.al/KznyYDT
Posted by: Ciampino

The Babylon Bee can't keep up.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 04, 2025 07:22 AM (sAmhv)

146 137
Don’t forget to leverage synergies !
Posted by: Common Tater

Nor to immanentize the eschaton!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 07:18 AM (xG4kz)
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So you are all down to using words stochastically now?

Posted by: Ciampino - I love you snow much at January 04, 2025 07:23 AM (i0xsb)

147 Remember we have a plethora of puns in reserve!

Yes it's a threat!

Posted by: Ciampino - I love you snow much at January 04, 2025 07:24 AM (i0xsb)

148 Face it, there are just not enough three-letter-people to monitor every phone and every camera ... that's what ai is for.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 04, 2025 07:24 AM (cY18j)

149
I'm also set to see an orthopedist on Monday, which I hope gives some definitive diagnosis with a course of recovery.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2025 07:27 AM (dxSpM)

150 >>>>I'm also set to see an orthopedist on Monday, which I hope gives some definitive diagnosis with a course of recovery.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2025 07:27 AM (dxSpM)
******
I hope you find some resolution to this. Best wishes for a healthy New Year.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 04, 2025 07:29 AM (NLph6)

151
I do hope that J'Blowme says to Hitlery, "Here's something that you can wipe -- like, with a cloth!" as he places the medal around her jowly neck.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 07:31 AM (xG4kz)

152 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2025 07:32 AM (a1415)

153 I do like living here.

Arming school employees...

An I idea that I can support.

https://tinyurl.com/y5n6ja4j

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2025 07:34 AM (a1415)

154 53 Kindly Englishmen take a homeless man out for wonderful evening of food and. camaraderie and fun:

https://tinyurl.com/5n6m4cxd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 06:27 AM (1CrR5)
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Reminds me, together with another post, of a movie plot "Surviving The Game" with Ice-T.

Posted by: Ciampino - I love you snow much at January 04, 2025 07:34 AM (i0xsb)

155 27 AI promises to drive innovation and boost productivity in every sector of the economy.
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I don't think they have thought this through. Who is gonna buy their shitty software when everyone's job has been replaced by AI?

Posted by: Wardo at January 04, 2025 07:36 AM (Vw5oS)

156 13 years ago I competed in a shooting competition on History Channel called The Ultimate Soldiers Challenge. My partner in this competition was Matt Burg (aka Matt Livelsberger) Last night when I saw old photos of him on the news, I put together that it was the same guy.

https://tinyurl.com/3bt2b4u5

Posted by: Ciampino - I love you snow much at January 04, 2025 07:37 AM (i0xsb)

157
I think it hilarious that Facebook wants to boost the presence of AI and AI bots in its offering.

Once it becomes that -- Fakebook, IOW -- do they really think that folks will stick around in an ambiguous burgoo of AI drivel?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2025 07:40 AM (xG4kz)

158 The fact that George Soros is included in this award ceremony tells me all I need to know.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 04, 2025 07:42 AM (O7YUW)

159 Listening to CJN Speaks, there is a ideological connection of our government covering up Muslim crimes and England doing the same.

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 07:45 AM (fwDg9)

160 Third victim blown up in Hawaii fireworks blast is identified

https://mol.im/a/14249193

Drone video of the blast is something to see.

Posted by: Ciampino - I love you snow much at January 04, 2025 07:50 AM (i0xsb)

161 159 Listening to CJN Speaks, there is a ideological connection of our government covering up Muslim crimes and England doing the same.
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 07:45 AM (fwDg9)

Of course. It's nothing new here either. Forget about muslims for a minute. The government and media here have not been honest about illegal immigrant crime or black crime here for the last couple of decades at the very least. We know they haven't. It's obvious. Same old, same old ...

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 04, 2025 07:50 AM (NehaE)

162 The internet is dead.

Posted by: Your friendly neighborhood AI software at January 04, 2025 07:50 AM (dg+HA)

163 *biden's staff, the handlers are the ones pushing out the pardons, the commutations and these PMoF's. Someone right there with him will tell *biden who's he's giving a medal to. Otherwise he'd have no clue.

Only scripted video snippets will ever be shown, or still photos.

If there was a shred of integrity in our government, congress, they'd be questioning every single one of these "events." Prove *biden actually dreamt it all up and knows what he's doing.

Everybody knows he can't. And didn't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 04, 2025 07:53 AM (Q4IgG)

164 Instead of years in prison, I've decided to fine Donald Trump $37,500,000,000,000 which will pay off our national debt.

You're welcome, America.

Posted by: Judge Merchan at January 04, 2025 07:53 AM (mvzMR)

165 158 George Soros getting the award. That means the black hearted hunky will be out of his compound for a bit, giving the Malaysian Secret Police a chance to do an Eichmann kidnapping. And then, boom, he's whisked away to Malaysia for a fair pre execution trial.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 04, 2025 07:54 AM (gm9Sb)

166 Oh a illegal one too.
Playing with explosives is dangerous

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 07:54 AM (fwDg9)

167 I think there is a possibility of Merchan fining Trump for spite as well as getting the felon term hung on his back.

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 07:55 AM (fwDg9)

168 I think it hilarious that Facebook wants to boost the presence of AI and AI bots in its offering.

Once it becomes that -- Fakebook, IOW -- do they really think that folks will stick around in an ambiguous burgoo of AI drivel?

I won't know. Reading fewer articles since 95% of the verbiage is eye wash and more and more appear to be spewed out by AI.

OTOH, I have substituted all search engines now for GPT-4, the results are dubious but other than the folksy verbal tinsel (which to me is as genuine as a laugh track) the contents are more satisfying and often the receipts are provided for due diligence.

Still, one should continue to resist the urge to believe what is returned. If there is a political bent and the article is not by AI, its almost always propaganda and filled with disinformation and outright lies - which is worse than AI hallucinations.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 07:57 AM (rHxhM)

169 promises to drive innovation and boost productivity

a phrase that has been so over- and misused that it is now meaningless. Every new software package promised that all the way back to early PC days. If it were true by now 1 worker would have replaced at least 1000.

Posted by: Ciampino - I love you snow much at January 04, 2025 07:58 AM (i0xsb)

170 *biden's staff, the handlers are the ones pushing out the pardons, the commutations and these PMoF's.

Basically the equivalent of a White House Garage Sale.

People pay off the staffers to be put on the list, and the FJB auto-signature signs the Word document from a boilerplate template.

I'm surprised they haven't registered with Amazon and have Pardons and PMoF available through One-Click.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 08:00 AM (rHxhM)

171 If it were true by now 1 worker would have replaced at least 1000.

Please point out to me the secretarial pool, the typist pool and the large accounting departments with low level clerks toiling over a stack of receipts and adding machines.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 08:01 AM (rHxhM)

172 Day 6 of the crud. Tired, achy and coughing up both lungs. This has to end sometime soon, doesn't it?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 04, 2025 08:02 AM (2NHgQ)

173 The way Bench handled that sudden shutdown and then last minute sale was an inexcusable clown-show for an accounting company.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 04, 2025 08:02 AM (O7YUW)

174 Hillary (and Podesta, Elias et al) pulled off the most egregious political dirty trick of modern times, the Steele Dossier. She successfully undermined our duly elected president, with help from the FBI, got the ball rolling on eight years of almost unbelievable harassment.

To regular Americans, this award exemplifies how completely disgusting and traitorous the Democrats are.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 04, 2025 08:02 AM (hIKBt)

175 Ice T’s best known song is “Cop Killer” from the early 90s with the group Body Count.

After that he started acting.
Mainly playing roles on TV shows… as a cop.

Now the only time I see him is on Car Shield commercials.
You’d think that money alone would cover his taxes and registration.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 04, 2025 08:03 AM (6ydKt)

176 175 Anybody that has or had a recurring role in any of the Law and Order franchises has to be pretty well set for life. Anytime of the day there's an episode playing somewhere. And the residual checks keep rolling in.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 04, 2025 08:06 AM (gm9Sb)

177 ... and the large accounting departments with low level clerks toiling over a stack of receipts and adding machines.

Luxury. I used to dream of such a thing,

Posted by: Bob Cratchit, Scrooge Enterprises at January 04, 2025 08:06 AM (Aqu9a)

178 promises to drive innovation and boost productivity
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a phrase that has been so over- and misused that it is now meaningless.

You are only looking at the verticals, the horizontals show IoT performing remote data collecting; higher granularity on inputs to generate real-time forecasts rather than quarterly guestimations on stale data.

Think about as a kid when you saw an advert in a comic book. From the day marketing came up with the idea to the day the product showed up on your doorstep was measured in months if not quarters. All of the time to set up contracts to have the product manufactured, the weeks and weeks between ordering and having the check clear and the product shipped... Now an event can happen and you can have a commemorative mug sitting on your desk in two days.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 08:07 AM (rHxhM)

179 zero point zero dudes wearing vests. Posted by: Warai-otoko

Am I shadow banned? I explained this right away. Many 'dudes' wear vests. You put your teslaphone inside the trauma plate.

For the original religious-refugee fraudster town, look up the history of Cotopaxi, Colorado.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 04, 2025 08:08 AM (zdLoL)

180 The new drug on the street is paint thinner mixed with nutella. Kids take it rectally. It's called Black Christmas. Get's 'em so messed up they believe Santa is coming down their own chimney. For real.

Posted by: Tough TV Cop Ice-T at January 04, 2025 08:09 AM (NehaE)

181 See all next week starting Monday is nasty winter weather

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 08:11 AM (fwDg9)

182 Brave Search has an integrated AI that is halfway decent on answering questions that can be difficult with a traditional search query.

I use it to find cooking temps and times for the air fryer a lot, and the answers it gives are good about 70% of the time. But I always read a few of the articles below the answer to see where the conflicts are between different sources.

AI can be very good at answering short questions that are difficult to answer due to the complexity of the subject, but you still have to double-check with the sources to be sure the AI hasn’t hallucinated some B.S.

It’s like having your own research assistant, basically.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 04, 2025 08:13 AM (6ydKt)

183
The new drug on the street is paint thinner mixed with nutella. Kids take it rectally. It's called Black Christmas. Get's 'em so messed up they believe Santa is coming down their own chimney. For real.

Posted by: Tough TV Cop Ice-T at January 04, 2025 08:09 AM

do you have to use name brand nutella or can you use the walmart great value stuff?

asking for a friend

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 04, 2025 08:13 AM (tljrc)

184 Morning morons! Polar vortex is here in N WI. -12 windchill here now. The upside is we are adding lots of good quality ice to the lakes so we can drive to our fishing shacks.

Posted by: Muad'dib at January 04, 2025 08:14 AM (ER9HB)

185 Now people waste time typing up their own work.
So a reporter spends time at his word processor instead of going out and getting the news.
Individuals are doing the work of those pools, together with their primary job.
Are they more productive?
The upper echelons still have secretaries, sorry, personal or executive assistants.

Posted by: Ciampino - I love you snow much at January 04, 2025 08:15 AM (i0xsb)

186 Morning morons! Polar vortex is here in N WI. -12 windchill here now. The upside is we are adding lots of good quality ice to the lakes so we can drive to our fishing shacks.

I'm not going to be terrified, put on a mask and buy up all the white things at the warehouse store (e.g. milk, toilet paper, eggs) until this Polar Vortex™ has a name.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 08:16 AM (rHxhM)

187 Polar Vortex Laqueesha has a nice ring.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 04, 2025 08:17 AM (NehaE)

188 Posted by: Muad'dib at January 04, 2025 08:14 AM

If you want you can keep that weather a week longer instead of sending it eastward

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 08:18 AM (fwDg9)

189 Now people waste time typing up their own work.

Ahh, but the miracle of technology has allowed the authors of this work to substitute whole phrases and coherent paragraphs into emoticons and misspelled jargon.

And people only read the first line and get confused if more than one bullet point is included.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 08:18 AM (rHxhM)

190 Don't ask me why, but the Naval Academy and Naval Station Annapolis went to higher FPCON overnight.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2025 08:19 AM (a1415)

191 UDUP, I didn't know they named those. If true, I suggest naming them after someone's ex wife.

Posted by: Muad'dib at January 04, 2025 08:20 AM (ER9HB)

192 Morning, folks. Your opinion on Boz Scaggs?

Posted by: Just Axin' at January 04, 2025 08:20 AM (G5+As)

193 The upper echelons still have secretaries, sorry, personal or executive assistants.

Who in Hell is supposed to make the Power Point deck? You need technology and a vast pool of stock photos, images and cartoon graphics to make that next meeting compelling.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 08:21 AM (rHxhM)

194 182 Brave Search has an integrated AI that is halfway decent on answering questions that can be difficult with a traditional search query.

Like the airspeed of an unladen swallow.

Posted by: Monty Python at January 04, 2025 08:22 AM (dg+HA)

195 Not sure I could name a song by Boz Scaggs

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 08:22 AM (fwDg9)

196
Morning, folks. Your opinion on Boz Scaggs?

Posted by: Just Axin' at January 04, 2025 08:20 AM

criminally under-appreciated

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 04, 2025 08:23 AM (tljrc)

197 "Morning, folks. Your opinion on Boz Scaggs?

Posted by: Just Axin' at January 04, 2025 08:20 AM

criminally under-appreciated
Posted by: AltonJackson"

That's the dirty low down.

Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025 08:24 AM (vFG9F)

198 Boz Scaggs?

He's a dirty low down.

Posted by: From way back at January 04, 2025 08:24 AM (dg+HA)

199 The tech-enamored Trustees of our HOA used AI to write both the annual Maintenance Fee billing letter and the correction blast email. Sent both off without proofreading either one, apparently. Grammar/syntax/punctuation nazis on NextDoor and FaceBook are having a grand ol' time.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 04, 2025 08:25 AM (Aqu9a)

200 Lowdown" is a song originally recorded in 1976 by Boz Scaggs from his album Silk Degrees. The song was co-written by Scaggs and keyboardist David Paich. Paich, along with fellow "Lowdown" session musicians bassist David Hungate and drummer Jeff Porcaro, would later go on to form the band Toto.

How about that?

Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025 08:26 AM (vFG9F)

201 I feel for you people up north right now.
It’s supposed to get cold here, too, the lowest is 26 degrees on Friday.

Which would seem quite balmy when you’re facing -15 up there.

Take heart, Dear Ice People, I will be quite envious of you when it’s 100 degrees in the shade with 90% humidity here once July comes around.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 04, 2025 08:27 AM (6ydKt)

202 He be makin' like a beeline
headin' for the borderline, goin' for broke

Posted by: Lido at January 04, 2025 08:27 AM (dg+HA)

203 29 I don't really understand the purpose of artificial intelligence, unless it's to create boobettes in bikinis, some of whom seem to be missing arms or fingers or George Washington as a black man. How did we survive millennia without this?!!!!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 05:53 AM (rYs1b)
_-_-_-_-_-_
The point is total control.
For AI to make good decisions, it needs _all_ of your data.
Privacy is freedom.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 04, 2025 08:28 AM (vd6bO)

204 The road to Toto runs thru Skaggs. I never knew that.

Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025 08:28 AM (vFG9F)

205 Who names their kid Boz?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 04, 2025 08:28 AM (Aqu9a)

206 .
NOOD

Saturday morning Coffee and Prayer-Revival thread is up.

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 04, 2025 08:29 AM (O7YUW)

207 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 04, 2025 08:02 AM (2NHgQ)

Dunno. I'm on week four. Seven days of spewing crud. Then fourteen days of residual cough.

Now an embedded sinus infection. Fatigue..

Gee. Wonder why nothing has gotten done around here. Good luck.

Posted by: Derak at January 04, 2025 08:29 AM (Oq3mj)

208 Is this about me?

Posted by: Old Lady Scaggs at January 04, 2025 08:29 AM (dg+HA)

209 Awright, awright . . .

I've got a few minutes before I head out to the tire store and other things. We're slated for some light showers today and rain tomorrow night late, so I don't know if it's worth my while to wash the car. At least it'll look nice for a day or so.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 08:29 AM (omVj0)

210 The road to Toto runs thru Skaggs. I never knew that.
Posted by: fd at January 04, 2025 08:28 AM (vFG9F)

Hold the line!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 04, 2025 08:29 AM (Aqu9a)

211 111 103 "Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom"

He's spitting in our faces at this point. That's all this is about.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 04, 2025 07:03 AM (h/ffs)

Some of the medals are to pay-off FJB IOUs. Soros. Wintour. Rubenstein. FJB's degradation of the Presidency and our country continues.

Posted by: Gref at January 04, 2025 08:30 AM (aBgBM)

212 For AI to make good decisions, it needs _all_ of your data.

I believe that voting and public policy will all one day be deemed to be only sustainable through AI.

So no matter how much you monkey wrench the system with unreliable data, the AI will oddly always crank out results that match the sentiments and ideology of its creators.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 04, 2025 08:30 AM (rHxhM)

213 Speaking of winter weather... I saw a couple posts on social media of local grocery stores that were wiped out of eggs, bread, milk and TP. Pretty common, right? Everyone knows bad weather, especially during the winter means it's time to make a crap-load of French Toast, right?

Yet... yet... there are those who "don't get it" and are "concerned" about the sudden run on those things. One even posted pictures of empty shelves, and a very concerned rant about it. 🤪

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 04, 2025 08:30 AM (Q4IgG)

214 204 The road to Toto runs thru Skaggs. I never knew that.
Posted by: fd

And straight to Africa.

Posted by: Bless the rains at January 04, 2025 08:31 AM (dg+HA)

215 Happy Equinox Day!!!!

Posted by: pawn (on his new laptop!!!) at January 04, 2025 08:31 AM (QB+5g)

216 Crap...I meant Perihelion.

More coffee.

Posted by: pawn (on his new laptop!!!) at January 04, 2025 08:33 AM (QB+5g)

217 I don't really understand the purpose of artificial intelligence, unless it's to create boobettes in bikinis, some of whom seem to be missing arms or fingers --The Fen

That's funny I don't care who you are (in your case, I do care who you are) but it's a joke we have to tell on ourselves. I was a "computer professional" from 1978 on, and we used to chuckle up our sleeves at what an IBM whiz had said, "Why do you want a computer in your house? Do you need it to balance your checkbook?" Used to speculate, in the Pong era, about just how many computer games a silly kid could play. And when Big Agency put us on WangNet and required us to fix our own IT snags by chatting online coast to coast, we resented the intrusion. You live and you learn, ma'am.

Six-fingered boobettes are probably a billion dollar commodity now.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 04, 2025 08:35 AM (zdLoL)

218 If MS wants to spend $80B on the AI equivalent of Microsoft Bob, I'm all for it. Because that's $80B that they *won't* be spending on lobbyists and lawyers, or any other wacky leftist project.

OTOH, Microsoft Bob gave us Comic Sans and Melinda French Gates. So there will be a little bit of evil no matter how the project goes.

Posted by: bittergeek at January 04, 2025 08:35 AM (3SsGZ)

219 The Ice-T link - what an asshole.

https://tinyurl.com/38js2r9w

Posted by: Ciampino - I love you snow much at January 04, 2025 08:36 AM (i0xsb)

220 213 Speaking of winter weather... I saw a couple posts on social media of local grocery stores that were wiped out of eggs, bread, milk and TP. Pretty common, right? Everyone knows bad weather, especially during the winter means it's time to make a crap-load of French Toast, right?

Yet... yet... there are those who "don't get it" and are "concerned" about the sudden run on those things…

— —

We go through the same thing every time a tropical storm of hurricane threatens the coast.

Especially with all of our newcomers who’ve never seen a hurricane and the local media has them think it’s the second coming of Noah’s Flood.

Every case of water, gone.
Every bag of ice, gone.
Soft drinks and Sports drinks, gone.
Most of the soups, gone.
Bread and deli meats, gone
Toilet paper, paper towels and cleaning supplies, gone.

And that’s the grocery store.
Lowe’s and Home Depot will be out of plywood for weeks.

If I was these store owners I’d be hoping for hurricanes every year.
And they need to thank the meteorologists and news media for their good fortune because half the time the storm misses or isn’t near as bad as predicted - and all that prep was a waste.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 04, 2025 08:41 AM (6ydKt)

221 - Did someone ask about Boz Skaggs?

https://tinyurl.com/5fnarzba

Now that would have been a proper show.
Jeff was one of this drummer's all time faves!

Posted by: TeeJ at January 04, 2025 08:46 AM (kjZOX)

222 221 - Did someone ask about Boz Skaggs?

https://tinyurl.com/5fnarzba

Posted by: TeeJ at January 04, 2025 08:46 AM (kjZOX)

And a few years later:

https://youtu.be/iAZXVmGPhBM

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 04, 2025 10:03 AM (PiwSw)

223 47. Hundreds of animals killed in shopping center fire.
___
I drove by there yesterday on my way to work. Plaza Latina on Harry Hines. Northbound traffic backed up for blocks.
I didn't know about the pets. So pigs and chickens are pets?
Very sad.

Posted by: Glenn John at January 04, 2025 10:29 AM (djQbL)

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