Daily Tech News 6 January 2025

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CES is almost upon us. What can we expect to see this year? Crap. (The Verge)

It's mostly things that you not only don't want, but would pay a modest amount not to have impinge upon your consciousness at all.

Among all that there is probably something worthwhile.

Probably.

Tech News

Having utterly failed to produce intelligence, OpenAI is now moving on to superintelligence. (Tech Crunch)

In much the same way that California is building high-speed rail after so much success with the regular kind.
Need HDMI output for your Commodore 64? The HD-64 is just wait you need. (Tom's Hardware)

Of course, a Raspberry Pi Pico could do all of this for five bucks, but then... Actually, I can't think of any downsides.
The Espresso Pro 15 is a 15" 4K portable monitor. (9to5Mac)

It's not bad hardware, but the price is another question. The Pro 15 isn't listed yet, but the Pro 17 costs as much as four 27" 4K monitors.
Geekom is offering a Ryzen 370 mini-PC. (Liliputing)

Twelve CPU cores, sixteen graphics cores, dual HDMI outputs, dual 2.5Gb Ethernet, WiFi 7, eight USB ports, M.2 2280 and 2230 slots for SSDs.

And - this is the interesting part - two SODIMM slots for DDR5-5600 memory.

Which according to my understanding was not supported at all by the Ryzen 370 family, and is the only time I've seen socketed DDR5 memory paired with these chips.

Unless the spec sheet is wrong.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Now is the Wintergatan of our discontent...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'morning again, Horde.

Notifying the ONT that this one's live...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 04:01 AM (O7YUW)

2 Hi

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sonoq tutti bastardi at January 06, 2025 04:01 AM (i0xsb)

3 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 04:02 AM (omVj0)

4 G'Day everyone
It's Monday again, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2025 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

5 Evening and morning to all the early risers and late toilers on this King's Day! Yeah, yeah, it's a Monday . . . but remember: Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?

How's the weather where you are? Damp here, of course, and 54 F. , nowhere near as cold as was predicted.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 04:03 AM (omVj0)

6 I prefer snow/icepocalypse to snowmageddon.

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

7 I thought CES was something like a new (and stupider) approach to AI. Or maybe a new kind of drugstore.

Oh. Wait. That's CVS. Never mind. (I miss Rexall, and a nice Walgreens where the employees are not arrogant and rude.)

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

8 About 25F and snowing.

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 6th is at January 06, 2025 04:07 AM (i0xsb)

9 Ciampino: Hi!

Skip: Yeah, yeah it is (Monday.)

Wolfus: 9 deg F here (-13 deg C).

Right, time to read the content and try to actually wake up here.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 04:08 AM (O7YUW)

10 Great article to keep you off the streets and away from fast food joints.

https://tinyurl.com/3rmn75xd

The cooking oil plot. This went hand in hand with the cholesterol scare, unscientific but profitable.

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 6th is at January 06, 2025 04:10 AM (i0xsb)

11 8 About 25F and snowing.
Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 6th is at January 06, 2025 04:07 AM (i0xsb)

Still freezing rain here. 'Normal work day' per customer.

Ok.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2025 04:10 AM (bss/y)

12 This thing will stay south of me. Maybe an inch. Low 30s. Winter.

Posted by: RickZ at January 06, 2025 04:11 AM (gKDq2)

13 w00t

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 04:13 AM (VnUSN)

14 >>>Among all that there is probably something worthwhile.

Would you like to buy a comma?

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 04:14 AM (VnUSN)

15 Delaware all week, and night work in Delaware is coming , just not sure when

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2025 04:17 AM (fwDg9)

16 An early episode of Last Man Standing is on my local Fox outlet, one from the first year with a different actress as the oldest daughter. The show was, and is, one of the few to espouse conservative values, and it's often funny. Even if it weren't either of those, it'd be better than Soledad and her "news" thing on MeTV.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 04:18 AM (omVj0)

17 From the CES page: "Inductive switches are arriving for mechanical keyboards": And I'll be waiting to see people complaining about random keypresses on these things (due to RFI interference.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 04:18 AM (O7YUW)

18 >>>Wintergatan, Marble Machine

Some of those sounds are very beautiful.

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 04:20 AM (VnUSN)

19 Anyone awake in the D.C. area? How's the snow?

Posted by: SFGoth at January 06, 2025 04:21 AM (KAi1n)

20 I guess I'll go pack my lunch for later, and decide what coat to wear to work. This will occupy a whole ten minutes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 04:21 AM (omVj0)

21 "Having utterly failed to produce intelligence, OpenAI is now moving on to superintelligence."

Ah yes, here come the marketers with the sprinkles to shake on that turd.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 04:22 AM (O7YUW)

22 HDMI daughtercard for the Commodore 64: Okay, that's actually really cool if you still have and use one of these things. Gotta hand it to them on that one.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 04:24 AM (O7YUW)

23 Glad to see Washington, DC get in on some some snow. Congress meets today, something about Trump and ways the Democrats can stop him. A good snow storm might keep the pussies from doing their duty and having a joint session where the crazies in congress can bitch about the weather.

Posted by: Colin at January 06, 2025 04:25 AM (wlQdF)

24 Thanks for the fun music, Pixy.

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 04:25 AM (VnUSN)

25 Mornin' m, how's things?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 04:26 AM (O7YUW)

26 25 Mornin' m, how's things?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 04:26 AM (O7YUW)

Splendiferous!
Trudeau might go.

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 04:30 AM (VnUSN)

27 This year North Sacramento Valley weather is pretty typical, if a bit mild. The "bomb cyclone" hit the mountains pretty hard, but the valley just got periods of heavy rain with very mild wind. The wind factor combined with saturated soil can wreak havoc on walnut/almond/peach orchards - that just didn't happen.

48f this morning. Daytime will be a balmy 62f.

Newsom used to link every bad thing to climate change but maybe six months ago he stopped parroting that line - his state agency apparatchiks still yap about it at every turn - yet he went mostly silent on it. I wonder if his internal polling indicates that its ballot box poison.

Posted by: 13times at January 06, 2025 04:33 AM (LkHYv)

28 Okay, my local station pre-empted the *start* of Harry O from MeTV, then rejoined the network halfway through the hour-long show, so we have no idea what's going on. Grrrr.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 04:33 AM (omVj0)

29 It was only a month ago:

US President-elect Donald Trump took a light jab at his Canadian counterpart on Tuesday, referring to Justin Trudeau as the "governor" of the "Great State of Canada".

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 04:36 AM (VnUSN)

30 Well, the balcony is covered in a hard candy shell. The roads in the complex look clear enough.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2025 04:37 AM (bss/y)

31 Will a little snow give them a reason not to do the final count confirmation?
You know some are looking at straws to do that

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2025 04:38 AM (fwDg9)

32 31 Will a little snow give them a reason not to do the final count confirmation?
You know some are looking at straws to do that
Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2025 04:38 AM (fwDg9)

I am still looking for some midwittery in the next 14 days or so. So maybe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2025 04:40 AM (bss/y)

33 G'mornin all y'all.
Windy & 16° here. Moar coffee.

Posted by: OkJohn at January 06, 2025 04:48 AM (NC/it)

34 @26/m: Trudeau's ego is massive, and he's selfish. The media keeps trying to drive him out with "tail wags dog" type of stories about how he might be stepping down, but so far it hasn't had the desired effect.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 04:49 AM (O7YUW)

35 BOING!

Late to everything.

And now to finalize EOY business accounting!

https://youtu.be/nDoE5xgavxA

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 06, 2025 04:51 AM (1xs6C)

36 If it was snowing wasn't going to put out Flag today
But you know, it is a special day so should anyway.
Flag is up
For Ashlii and Roseanne
🫡
Forward Dog 9 out.

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2025 04:51 AM (fwDg9)

37 34 @26/m: Trudeau's ego is massive, and he's selfish. The media keeps trying to drive him out with "tail wags dog" type of stories about how he might be stepping down, but so far it hasn't had the desired effect.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 04:49 AM (O7YUW)

And I wonder why. He is obviously in their wheelhouse, so to speak. My guess is they figure they need a new figurehead for their movement. The other thing that strikes me is that Newsome, Trudeau and Starmer in the UK are kind of all of a piece. John Edwards types.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2025 04:52 AM (bss/y)

38 First Monday of 2025

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 06, 2025 05:02 AM (gbOdA)

39 Trudeau:

The House of Commons is on winter break until January 27.... But Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail has said Mr Trudeau is expected to announce his resignation before a national caucus meeting on Wednesday, local time. If he does, he will be leaving his party without a leader before this year's election.

https://tinyurl.com/nhdmcan9

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 05:05 AM (VnUSN)

40 Morning all.

That marble machine is great. I would like to see the construction of it.

Posted by: Bruce at January 06, 2025 05:05 AM (BurQ9)

41 Having utterly failed to produce intelligence, OpenAI is now moving on to superintelligence. (Tech Crunch)

In much the same way that California is building high-speed rail after so much success with the regular kind.

Wiley Coyote...Super Genius

Posted by: Bruce at January 06, 2025 05:07 AM (BurQ9)

42 I should be asleep, but since I'm not, howdy Pixy and techy Morons. Figured I'd ask my tech question, although I don't know what answer to expect.

My website is based on Drupal CMS. It was set up years ago by a fellow who eventually ghosted me. I did once know some of the steps to upgrade Drupal modules, but I got old and. rusty and forgot everything and don't feel like I can refresh & upgrade my skills too readily.

Anyway, lots of modules have needed upgrading for a long time, and the core is several generations behind. Nothing is "broken," yet, although I get lots of notices about things that are not current and may break soon.

I probably just need to go on Drupal.org and start searching for some a$$i$tance, but that, too, takes time and skills about which I don't feel confident. Been procrastinating for quite a while.

Before I do anything, I thought to turn to the friendly halls of AoSHQ, wondering if some tech thread person might have advice for my situation, or at least a reassuring pleasantry.

Going back to bed. Will catch the thread later in the morning as usual. My morning, not Pixy's or Biden Dog's!
😉🕓

Posted by: mindful webworker - technically squeaking at January 06, 2025 05:11 AM (erzCX)

43 @37/Aetius451AD: Because the policies of this Liberal government have come back to bite the public in the arse very, very hard and they're angry and bitter about our standard of living having gone down so hard and so quickly. We let in massive amounts of immigrants without the housing or jobs to support them, or the ability to build that out quickly. Housing prices have gone insane as a result, as also have rent prices. This has shut an entire generation of youth out of starter jobs and starter homes.

At the same time, this government has been trying to hamstring and kill our oil industry out west, when we are an export based economy, and that's not helping us on the macro-level economically either.

The Liberals continue to go full on "tax and spend" (while ever increasing the spending with taxes not making up the difference) so the debt and the deficit are accelerating.

This is, as the kids like to say these days, "unsustainable".

To answer your question: The media knows it can't cover for the Liberals anymore, and so it has turned on the them, because it must.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

44 40 Morning all.

That marble machine is great. I would like to see the construction of it.
Posted by: Bruce at January 06, 2025 05:05 AM (BurQ9)

It's on youtube! Building the first marble machine.

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 05:13 AM (VnUSN)

45 A blessed Christmas ( Epiphany ) to our Eastern Orthodox posters!

Here is a Christian devotional on Matthew 2:1-12, the story of the visit of the Magi and the hymn, "O, Little Town of Bethlehem" written by a minister who had visited Bethlehem and was very touched by the visit:

https://tinyurl.com/ann4kjth

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2025 05:17 AM (//SS2)

46 Thanks m!

Posted by: Bruce at January 06, 2025 05:18 AM (BurQ9)

47 @39/m:

Your tinyurl link resolved to a URL that had a couple of spaces in it, so it was giving a "page not found" error.

Here's a fixed one. (No worries.) :-)
https://tinyurl.com/565trxbu

"The Globe and Mail has said Mr Trudeau is expected to announce his resignation before a national caucus meeting on Wednesday"

More of the same sort of media prediction. I'll believe it when he (Trudeau) actually steps down, and not necessarily when or if Trudeau announces he's going to do so.

The guy has such a track record of prevaricating, deflecting, and lying that I don't believe a word of anything he says, especially if it's something I want to hear.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 05:20 AM (O7YUW)

48 The marble machine video is 20 minutes long.
Heck, that means I could crank out 3 of them an hour.

Posted by: Bruce at January 06, 2025 05:21 AM (BurQ9)

49 Good morning! Windy and 25F on the patio here in Cowtown. Gonna be cold all week and we may even get some snow.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 06, 2025 05:21 AM (3Ope8)

50 47 @39/m:

Your tinyurl link resolved to a URL that had a couple of spaces in it, so it was giving a "page not found" error.

Here's a fixed one. (No worries.) :-)
https://tinyurl.com/565trxbu

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 05:20 AM (O7YUW)

Weird! Thanks!

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 05:23 AM (VnUSN)

51 48 The marble machine video is 20 minutes long.
Heck, that means I could crank out 3 of them an hour.
Posted by: Bruce at January 06, 2025 05:21 AM (BurQ9)

After the first one, you'd probably get better at it, so maybe 4 in an hour?

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 05:24 AM (VnUSN)

52 After the first one, you'd probably get better at it, so maybe 4 in an hour?
Posted by: m

HA!

Then, I can offshore it to China.....

Posted by: Bruce at January 06, 2025 05:27 AM (BurQ9)

53 43 The media knows it can't cover for the Liberals anymore, and so it has turned on the them, because it must.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

How ... refreshing!

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 05:31 AM (VnUSN)

54 Four year old girls return retired police officers wallet which they found on the floor at a Walmart:

https://tinyurl.com/yckanfwz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2025 05:34 AM (lO8HG)

55 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 06, 2025 05:35 AM (hoCmQ)

56 Still snowing here. Just flurries though. Not much accumulation overnight. Maybe 1/4 or 3/8 inch.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 06, 2025 05:38 AM (hoCmQ)

57 That wallet question at the end of the ONT....

What I'd really do is leave the wallet alone and keep walking. What I'd be prompted to do is run to the local forex kiosk, come back, pick it up, replace the cash with the equivalent in Icelandic Krona, and relish in the thought that either the person who picks it up to keep for themselves gets annoyed, or the person who owns it and gets it back is confused as hell and has a great story to tell for the rest of their life.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 06, 2025 05:38 AM (+iIV1)

58 They've finally ID'd all of the Bourbon Street attack victims. A mix of black and white, young and old, local and visitor.

Apparently Gom Jabbar visited the city twice last year, using "meta" glasses to record video and photos of the area. Nothing like research to make your terror attack go well, hey?

Local Fox outlet is saying he put some other bombs, concealed in coolers, at Bourbon & St. Peter (where I grew up) and Bourbon & Toulouse. As for the cops finding one or more bombs near St. Louis Cathedral, I don't know if that's been verified.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 05:39 AM (omVj0)

59 Currently 22, feels like 7. 19mph NNW. High today 28.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 06, 2025 05:42 AM (hoCmQ)

60 Oh, right: Carnival technically begins tonight. The group called the Phorty Phunny Phellows will parade -- I think they board the St. Charles streetcar -- and there will be another, different parade. Mawdi Graw is fairly late this year, early March, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 05:42 AM (omVj0)

61 58 Gom Jabbar
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 05:39 AM (omVj0)

What an a******.

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 05:43 AM (VnUSN)

62 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at January 06, 2025 05:45 AM (SDPbT)

63 Going back to bed. Will catch the thread later in the morning as usual. My morning, not Pixy's or Biden Dog's!
😉🕓
Posted by: mindful webworker - technically squeaking at January 06, 2025 05:11 AM (erzCX)

If you have the patience you can probably cobble together a decent upgrade path from the firehose of info on stack overflow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 06, 2025 05:45 AM (+iIV1)

64 *And* we've got the Stupor Bowl this year too. Gah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 05:47 AM (omVj0)

65 Currently 22, feels like 7. 19mph NNW. High today 28.
Posted by: olddog in mo

Any precip?

We're 20, feel like 7. But no precip. Yet. N Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at January 06, 2025 05:49 AM (SDPbT)

66 rickb, see #56.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 06, 2025 05:51 AM (hoCmQ)

67 @53/m: How ... refreshing!

Unfortunately, it's theater and it's short-lived. The media openly chops wood and carries water for the Liberals most of the time, and if they're not (and have switched to attack mode) it's just until they can swing around to being Liberal lap-dogs again. I've seen this pattern too many times in my life to ignore it.

If the CPAC (Conservative Party of Canada) gets in (and polling numbers indicate this is likely) then the media will immediately turn on them and snipe at them about every little problem without let-up, including all of the problems they outright ignored and covered up for when the Liberals were in power (which at this point are Legion.)

Okay, enough of me being negative this morning. This is not how I want to start my week. Let's shift gears here.

What am I thankful for today? My wife and I have jobs. We can pay our bills. We have a roof over our heads, food in the pantry, the heat is on and keeps the cold at bay, and we have our health.

May God be praised for everything he gives us, for the protections he provides, and for his undeserved ongoing kindness and love.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

68 Temps will continue to drop this morning and there's not supposed to be much warming before the weekend. Maybe I'll wear the thick "sheep rancher" coat today.

Dry today. Some rain on Thurs. and Fri., but still chilly.

Of course this will probably be The Winter for the year. There may be a couple of cold snaps in Feb., but by March 1, it'll be warm and sticky in the daytime and cool and damp at night.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 05:52 AM (omVj0)

69 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 06, 2025 05:53 AM (aDjVd)

70 Is X (twitter) down?

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 06, 2025 05:53 AM (hoCmQ)

71 @54/FenelonSpoke: Thanks, great story. Very uplifting. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 05:53 AM (O7YUW)

72 @70/olddog: X (nee Twitter) appears to be up. I'm able to go to a bookmarked page, and I get redirected to the login page as expected. It's also able to be pulled up via Nitter and XCancel reflectors, so I'd say we're good?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

73 The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are doing well. Big black Stirling is sprawled on the floor. Little gray Dagny is walking about on her relatively short legs, and stopping now and then to groom her fur.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 05:55 AM (omVj0)

74 Hmmm? Can't get to bookmarks. Homepage keep getting "Something went wrong. Try reloading."

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 06, 2025 05:57 AM (hoCmQ)

75 rickb, see #56.
Posted by: olddog in mo

Crap. Be careful.
Cut & split almost two ricks of wood for a friend yesterday. It's their only heat. You do not realize just how out of shape you are, until you start doing some heavy physical labor like that.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at January 06, 2025 05:59 AM (SDPbT)

76 It's 2 degrees this morning with a wind chill of -16. My walk this morning was brisk to say the least. It's Jan 6th and we still have no snow. We got a dusting a week ago. I am rather enjoying global warming.........

Posted by: Molly k. at January 06, 2025 05:59 AM (j/yko)

77 70 Is X (twitter) down?
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 06, 2025 05:53 AM (hoCmQ)

I can get there.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 06, 2025 06:00 AM (gbOdA)

78 Gonna be in the 40s all week with 20s overnight. On the good news front, the bathroom renovation is moving along smartly. Finished all the plumbing and electrical rework yesterday. We're gonna get the new insulation, sheetrock (including the ceiling) and tape/bed done today.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 06, 2025 06:00 AM (3Ope8)

79 Roads are covered in Delaware

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2025 06:02 AM (0Sv+K)

80 It's working now. Opened new tab and X wanted me to sign in again.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 06, 2025 06:03 AM (hoCmQ)

81 Pulled my truck into warehouse, why clean it off when leaving if I don't have to

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2025 06:04 AM (0Sv+K)

82 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

Amen! Thank you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2025 06:09 AM (MQJVv)

83 mornin yall. I see Joe has given more social security benefits to "public servants" while in the meantime, someone like me, who never was a "public servant" cannot collect SS because I continue to work instead of accepting the paltry payments from the confiscation program run by said "public servants".

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

84 Sometimes, on long vacation breaks, I like to pretend instead that I've retired, that's it, no more work forever!

But towards the end, perhaps the morning after the last day, I switch to pretending that there's a great national challenge and the president and NATO have called begging me to return. Something like an alien attack or zombie killer squirrels.

ALLRIGHT YOU KNUCKLE HEADS I'LL COME BACK IN! BUT THIS IS THE LAST TIME! (slam phone)

Yeah...

Posted by: banana Dream at January 06, 2025 06:18 AM (Y6IkP)

85 24 and clear in western CT.
High of 30 today which looks like it may be high for the week.
Storm that is battering DC (and points a bit north and south on that latitude) will stay south of us.

Posted by: CTSPURSMAN at January 06, 2025 06:18 AM (Uy2Lz)

86 If you wanted a tankless water heater too bad because the feds have decided to meddle with those too now and the new regulations will make them more expensive and less efficient and FU citizen for electing Donald Trump we are going to give it to you good and hard for as long as we can keep it up.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2025 06:20 AM (vFG9F)

87 Joe tells reporters" I know more world leaders than any one of you have ever met in your whole g-damn life,”

Really classy Joe. Those world leaders respect you about as much as a flatworm. Fukwit.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2025 06:26 AM (vFG9F)

88 Time for me to hit the road to the electron mines. Later!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 06, 2025 06:27 AM (omVj0)

89
Good morning, Hordians. At last, appointment with the orthopedic specialist this morning, followed by a consultation with my heart doctor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 06, 2025 06:28 AM (dxSpM)

90 Fresh hot coffee and Daily Tech, what could be better?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 06:29 AM (hik8J)

91 31 and clear northwest of Houston. It was 75 yesterday afternoon and had family over so needed to run the a/c.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 06, 2025 06:30 AM (Aqu9a)

92 Morning peeps. We still have power, thankfully. I haven't checked yet this morning, it's still dark, but I think there's about 6 inches of snow with another inch of ice on top of it. We may get another inch or two of snow today.

I think most everything's either shutdown or closed today. Roads are a mess.

And one of the county's snowplows ran off a road and rolled over into a ditch yesterday. I think they've got 2 left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 06, 2025 06:34 AM (Q4IgG)

93 >>>Local Fox outlet is saying he put some other bombs, concealed in coolers, at Bourbon & St. Peter (where I grew up) and Bourbon & Toulouse. As for the cops finding one or more bombs near St. Louis Cathedral, I don't know if that's been verified.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
---

FBI posted pictures of two or three people with those roller coolers, suspiciously waving, looking and walking away from it in one case.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 06:36 AM (hik8J)

94 Carnival?

I'm gonna skip attending public gatherings this year.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 06, 2025 06:39 AM (ZmEVT)

95 The depths to which Bribe'em and Blinken have gone to to screw Israel should not come as a shock to me. What is worse is that they are planning to use Section 620(i) of the Foreign Assistance Act to cut off any military assistance to Israel from any country.

Read Caroline Glick's latest article.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2025 06:39 AM (Rm0ul)

96 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2025 06:42 AM (u82oZ)

97 86 If you wanted a tankless water heater too bad because the feds have decided to meddle with those too now and the new regulations will make them more expensive and less efficient and FU citizen for electing Donald Trump we are going to give it to you good and hard for as long as we can keep it up.
Posted by: fd
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Making bet, here, that Donald spoils many of their current and past wet dreams.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 06:42 AM (hik8J)

98 G'morning, all!

58.7 degrees out.

MiL made it safely to B'More last night before snowmageddon hits up there.

Should shoot down to Beaufort Naval Hospital this week for my PSA blood draw.

Maybe take the Miata down, and go the back roads.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 06, 2025 06:43 AM (a1415)

99 That is one cool music machine. Lots of engineering and craftsmanship went into it.

Thanks, Pixy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2025 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

100 Hearing rumblings that Fidel Castro's offspring will be stepping down before the Canadian National Caucus on Wednesday.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at January 06, 2025 06:44 AM (SDPbT)

101 Trump's equivocation on Tik-Tok is not good. The platform is evil.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 06, 2025 06:45 AM (h/ffs)

102 86 If you wanted a tankless water heater too bad because the feds have decided to meddle with those too now and the new regulations will make them more expensive and less efficient and FU citizen for electing Donald Trump we are going to give it to you good and hard for as long as we can keep it up.
Posted by: fd
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Making bet, here, that Donald spoils many of their current and past wet dreams.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 06:42 AM (hik8J)

Wouldn't it be nice for Prez #47 to proclaim, "Everything that guy and his minions enacted in the last 90 days is bullsh*t and is rescinded, effective now."

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 06, 2025 06:45 AM (Aqu9a)

103 The depths to which Bribe'em and Blinken have gone to to screw Israel should not come as a shock to me.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2025 06:39 AM (Rm0ul)

Public support, but privately they screw over Israel every chance they get.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2025 06:46 AM (d9fT1)

104 Hearing rumblings that Fidel Castro's offspring will be stepping down before the Canadian National Caucus on Wednesday.
Posted by: rickb223

CTV News reported (speculated?) a few minutes ago it could happen today.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 06, 2025 06:47 AM (Q8Bj8)

105 Still warm in the house. We still have a package of bacon left, so we are doing good.

1 ℉ outside, with winds making it -12 ℉ wind chill. High today: 14 ℉.

We have a layer of ice under 15 inches of snow. Plenty of big drifts.

In every direction there have been fatal car or truck accidents. Yesterday, every public road in NE Kansas, for counties all around us, was shut down. As was I-70 from Hays, Kansas 300+ miles East to the Missouri border.

Now this is all due to global warming. Find me a fool that says that, and he can shovel my very long driveway.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2025 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

106 1.5" of snowmageddon on The Island.
I did notice that gas went up about 30cents.

Posted by: Accomack in Queens at January 06, 2025 06:52 AM (aHqhe)

107 ⚠️ Urgent Security Update ⚠️

In response to recent terror attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, the Commander of U.S. Northern Command has directed all military installations to immediately implement heightened security measures. These include:

100% ID checks
Random inspections
Suspension of the Trusted Traveler Program
The Trusted Traveler Program was a procedure that allowed DoD-affiliated sponsors to vouch for vehicle occupants to gain entry onto an installation.

Drivers should expect delays and random inspections at entry gates as we enhance the security posture of our installation to ensure our ability to project combat power when and where required.

This is a critical step in ensuring the security and readiness of our installations. Drivers should expect delays at entry gates due to increased inspections.

quantico.marines.mil

Banner says "Code Red", "Only Mission Essential Personnel"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2025 06:53 AM (/lPRQ)

108 Village Idiot's Apprentice
Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Oh, to have such warmth!
I have real worries the diesel school bus will start, even plugged in. And I have had my fuel freeze going up a mild hill before. It was colder then.

School is closed today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2025 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

109 17 From the CES page: "Inductive switches are arriving for mechanical keyboards": And I'll be waiting to see people complaining about random keypresses on these things (due to RFI interference.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 04:18 AM (O7YUW)
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Haven't we had these before?

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 6th is at January 06, 2025 06:54 AM (i0xsb)

110 Good morning from the middle of SNOWPOCALYPSE!!
It is 20 degrees here.
We have several inches of snow plus we got sleet and freezing rain with it. Seems like everything is closed down. Travel advisory is at orange while most of the counties around us are red. And it is still snowing! We were overdue for a big winter storm.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 06, 2025 06:56 AM (4XwPj)

111 67 @53/m: How ... refreshing!

Unfortunately, it's theater and it's short-lived. The media openly chops wood and carries water for the Liberals most of the time, and if they're not (and have switched to attack mode) it's just until they can swing around to being Liberal lap-dogs again. I've seen this pattern too many times in my life to ignore it.

If the CPAC (Conservative Party of Canada) gets in (and polling numbers indicate this is likely) then the media will immediately turn on them and snipe at them about every little problem without let-up, including all of the problems they outright ignored and covered up for when the Liberals were in power (which at this point are Legion.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 06, 2025 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

Darn.

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 06:57 AM (VnUSN)

112 101 Trump's equivocation on Tik-Tok is not good. The platform is evil.
Posted by: Ordinary American
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He's negotiating with Xi, real time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 06:58 AM (hik8J)

113 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 06, 2025 06:58 AM (6K6Eu)

114 {{{Madame Mayhem}}}

You can always burn "In this house there is no hate" signs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

115

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 06, 2025 06:59 AM (c0tJM)

116 There's not been any concern here about Musk's new censorship at X but traveling through the sites there is discontent.

Here's Mike Benz:

https://tinyurl.com/4jvf38nj

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 07:00 AM (hik8J)

117 Trudeaup is merely the ugly blackhead atop the festering boil that is Canadian politics. Plenty of other nasty actors in there, like the woman who froze bank accounts of protesters.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 06, 2025 07:00 AM (6K6Eu)

118

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 06, 2025 06:59 AM (c0tJM)

I'll have what she's having.

Posted by: Sippin' Sister Emhoff at January 06, 2025 07:01 AM (Aqu9a)

119 Tonight, actual low will be -6℉. Don't know if that is with wind. If so, I predict school will be closed on Tuesday.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

120 Hillary Clinton

Yes, yes. More antifreeze rotgut alcohol for you.
You evil, grasping, narcissistic bint.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2025 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

121 119 Tonight, actual low will be -6℉. Don't know if that is with wind. If so, I predict school will be closed on Tuesday.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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I feel for you. I've been in a Kansas blizzard and it's no place to be.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 07:04 AM (hik8J)

122 We haven't lost power, thank God. It may be a miracle with our shitty electric co-op. We get their crappy service and their main building for our area has Duke Energy.
We have a generator but Hubbymayhem forgot to do a maintenance check on it last fall. And who knows if we have fuel for the damn thing.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 06, 2025 07:04 AM (4XwPj)

123 I was notified that I may not be able to get on the local AFB for Wednesday Night Bowling.

Oh well.

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

124 'Morning, Madame.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 07:05 AM (hik8J)

125 4 years ago, a rally happened.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2025 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

126 While everyone is talking about what they'd like to see;
How about a Mannix article on the market.
It may be a lively post.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 07:06 AM (hik8J)

127 4 years ago, a rally happened.
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2025 07:06 AM (vFG9F)
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Some people did some things.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 06, 2025 07:07 AM (6K6Eu)

128 ((Salty))

Those signs don't exist around here. Rural farm area where one hears gunshots and spends two seconds assessing which neighbor is burning rounds and then ignoring it.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 06, 2025 07:08 AM (4XwPj)

129 36 If it was snowing wasn't going to put out Flag today
But you know, it is a special day so should anyway.
Flag is up
For Ashlii and Roseanne
🫡
Forward Dog 9 out.

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2025 04:51 AM (fwDg9)
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Skip, I salute your (the) flag.

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 6th at January 06, 2025 07:10 AM (i0xsb)

130 If you are going to ride the NYC subway today to avoid the new toll, be sure to wear your chain mail.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2025 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

131 Have a great day everyone.

May your power stay on and the pantry has some food.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

132 Our flag is always up. It has a solar light on top of the pole. Unfortunately, it get wicked windy on my hill. Hubbymayhem is gonna have to replace the flag soon due to a tear.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 06, 2025 07:12 AM (4XwPj)

133 Have a good one,Salty!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 06, 2025 07:13 AM (4XwPj)

134 Epiphany today.
None of this First Sunday after Jan 1 nonsense, it's on the 6th.

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is January 6th at January 06, 2025 07:13 AM (i0xsb)

135 Madame Mayhem

We have a lot of gunshots around here, while Fort Riley and the 1st Infantry Division is training. 50 cal machine guns, 20mm and 30mm chain guns. 120mm tank rounds, and some 155 mm cannon. Can't hear the mortars, but we see star-shells on occasion. No more 8" guns.
There has been less training last year.
Now GTG.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

136 608 pound tuna sells for $1.3 million in Japan. That's ..... uh....... A lot per pound.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2025 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

137 >>>Dr. Dudley White, disputed his colleagues at the AHA. Dr. White noted that heart disease in the form of myocardial infarction was nonexistent in 1900 when egg consumption was three times what it was in 1956 and when corn oil was unavailable.
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Fancy that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 07:16 AM (hik8J)

138 130 If you are going to ride the NYC subway today to avoid the new toll, be sure to wear your chain mail.
Posted by: fd
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and your leather collar

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 07:18 AM (hik8J)

139 Fireman's turnout gear

Posted by: Accomack in Queens at January 06, 2025 07:18 AM (w9ItN)

140 Looks like snow all morning

Posted by: Accomack at January 06, 2025 07:19 AM (w9ItN)

141 In all the hysterical declamations on J6 what I have rarely heard at all and never from a politician is the simple fact that the Capitol is the "people's house" not their precious sanctum.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 06, 2025 07:19 AM (ZlOcj)

142 117 Trudeaup
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 06, 2025 07:00 AM (6K6Eu)

LOL

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 07:20 AM (VnUSN)

143 This local headline shows how dire the weather situation is here:

"North Georgia Braces for Monday Morning Snow Showers"

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2025 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

144 No accumulation expected.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2025 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

145 Salty!

Stay safe, and warm!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 06, 2025 07:22 AM (a1415)

146 138 130 If you are going to ride the NYC subway today to avoid the new toll, be sure to wear your chain mail.
Posted by: fd
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and your leather collar
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 07:18 AM (hik8J)

🎶
If you're going
To New York City
Be sure to wear your chain mail and leather collar

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 07:23 AM (VnUSN)

147 If you're going
To New York City
Be sure to wear your chain mail and leather collar
Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 07:23 AM (VnUSN)
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You're unlikely to meet some lovely people there.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 06, 2025 07:24 AM (6K6Eu)

148 Bacon sandwiches for supper and enough left over for breakfast. mmm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 06, 2025 07:24 AM (hik8J)

149 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 06, 2025 07:25 AM (6K6Eu)

150 150

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 07:25 AM (VnUSN)

151 Cataclysm Alert! Cataclysm Alert!
Here in NoVA we have maybe 5" of snow and it's sleeting like a mo-fo.
Cigar Hut status: dry and toasty!

Posted by: Weasel at January 06, 2025 07:27 AM (mYLg6)

152 Now let's see them build a whole new machine for a second song....

That is pretty cool, though.

Posted by: GWB at January 06, 2025 07:27 AM (WlvCt)

153
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 06, 2025 07:28 AM (w9Ycv)

154 In other news, a spider monkey wearing a pink tutu turned up on the side of a Missouri highway.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2025 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

155 I hope JJ gives us some in depth analysis of that story.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2025 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

156 Why ask me to press 1 for English and then transfer me to someone who can barely speak it?

(made me smile)

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, abbiamo un lancio a Mezzogiorno at January 06, 2025 07:30 AM (i0xsb)

157
JJ
is Here

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 06, 2025 07:30 AM (gbOdA)

158 Me, just driving along and sees this situation....

Welp, there's something you don't see every day. Was not expecting that.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 06, 2025 07:31 AM (4XwPj)

159 141 In all the hysterical declamations on J6 what I have rarely heard at all and never from a politician is the simple fact that the Capitol is the "people's house" not their precious sanctum.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 06, 2025 07:19 AM (ZlOcj)
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My contention all along. Citizens entering the Capitol is their/our right.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, abbiamo un lancio a Mezzogiorno at January 06, 2025 07:33 AM (i0xsb)

160 Overnight temperatures here along the northern Gulf Coast will be dropping into the 20s the next three nights.

Last winter, it did the same thing and we lost a few pigmy date palms due to the freeze. Had to cut them down and pull the stumps out with the truck.

We replaced them this past spring with Sylvester palms which are supposedly cold-hearty down to 15 degrees.

Going to find out right quick if that's true.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 06, 2025 07:33 AM (Y1sOo)

161 That marble music machine is wonderful.

Posted by: huerfano at January 06, 2025 07:35 AM (DKIGo)

162 Oh fun! a group of TdA are heading to Corsicana.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 06, 2025 07:36 AM (Rm0ul)

163 Morning, all.
Happy Feast of the Epiphany!
Here in CenTex, it's 28 degrees and windy as all get out,
so colder than that.
We'll see if they're having school later.

Posted by: sal at January 06, 2025 07:40 AM (f+FmA)

164 At the end of the Marble Organ video, they show some marbles left on the floor. Watch out!

Posted by: m at January 06, 2025 08:27 AM (VnUSN)

165 The guy running the Marble Machine has visions of touring with a new version of it, however he's succumbed to the classical designer/engineer trap of letting perfect getting into the way of delivered. He's been working on a new iteration of the machine for at least a couple of years now. It's all documented on youtube under the Wintergaten (sp?) channel.

Posted by: HarrysNotHere at January 06, 2025 08:33 AM (E81xI)

166 My website is based on Drupal CMS...

...Anyway, lots of modules have needed upgrading for a long time, and the core is several generations behind....

...Before I do anything, I thought to turn to the friendly halls of AoSHQ, wondering if some tech thread person might have advice for my situation, or at least a reassuring pleasantry.

Posted by: mindful webworker - technically squeaking at January 06, 2025 05:11 AM

Drupal is PHP-based and you need to be careful with anything built on PHP because it's way too easy to introduce critical security holes in anything created with PHP. That means you need to make it a priority to keep it up to date.

A while back, I upgraded my Drupal to V10 and it got a lot easier to keep updated. Unfortunately, that also I had to redesign my site design because the old look and feel wasn't compatible. C'est la vie. Anyway, you can email me through the link in my nic and maybe I can help you do your upgrade.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 06, 2025 09:11 AM (2Insx)

167 Mindfull, what's going on with you that you are up so early and sometimes also up really late on the ONT?
I hope not more health issues for you.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 06, 2025 10:41 AM (Eo96p)

168 Link exchange is nothing else however it is just placing the
other person's weblog link on your page at proper place and other person will also do same
for you.

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