Daily Tech News 7 January 2025

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AMD announced about seven thousand new (and "new") mobile CPUs at CES. (Ars Technica)

These start with the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 at the high end, with sixteen Zen 5 cores and 40 RDNA 3.5 graphics cores, and go all the way down to the Ryzen 3 210, which "only" has four Zen 4 cores - three of which are the somewhat slower Zen 4c - and four RDNA 3 graphics cores.

Which is still reasonably fast, true.
Meanwhile Nvidia announced the new RTX 5000 family and lied about the performance. (Tom's Hardware)

The new RTX 5070 is claimed to be as fast as an RTX 4090, but if you dig into the details it turns out they are literally doubling the numbers produced by the 5070.

With the new AI frame generation, it generates three fake frames for each real one, which makes games smoother at the expense of being 75% bullshit.

Pricing starts at $550 for the 5070 and goes up to $2000 for the 5090.

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HP announced the new ZBook Ultra 14 G1a with AMD's new Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395. (Notebook Check)

Depending on the options, it can have up to 128GB of RAM - and allocate up to 96GB of that to the GPU if you are doing AI work, which is a cheap way to get a GPU with a huge amount of RAM.

The RAM is soldered and 128GB is going to be expensive, but it is available as an option.

Other than that you get a 14" 2880x1800 120Hz OLED panel, up to 4TB of SSD, two USB4 ports - one on each side, which is convenient, two other USB ports, HDMI, and a headphone jack.

Prices not announced yet but expected to start at $1500.

Oh, and it almost has the Four Essential Keys. The Home key is shared with F12, but I don't really use F12 anymore since Chrome remapped the Dev Tools.
A study found that Chinese propaganda network TikTok is a vehicle for Chinese propaganda. (Gizmodo)

I am shocked.

Also, Chinese propaganda network TikTok is banned in China.
HDMI 2.2 has been announced, running at 96Gbps. (PC World)

That's a lot of Gbps. It's intended for 8K and upcoming 10K displays, which nobody has.
Intel announced a whole range of laptop CPUs as well. (Ars Technica)

Nothing as exciting as AMD's Ryzen Max+ Pro, but if they have the same efficiency gains as the new desktop chips they might be decent.

We'll see once reviews drop.
Note to self: The magical memory reduction option for Minecraft modpacks is in ModernFix, not Ferrite Core.

Add mixin.perf.dynamic_resources=true at the bottom of the config file and watch memory usage be cut in half.

Musical Interlude

Nobody said I couldn't throw in a Dirty Pair AMV. So I did.

Disclaimer: And I'll do it again!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 07, 2025 04:00 AM (omVj0)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2025 04:01 AM (fwDg9)

3 There it is.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 07, 2025 04:01 AM (bMoJ+)

4 which makes games smoother at the expense of being 75% bullshit.
_-_-_-_-_-_
Good line there, PM.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 07, 2025 04:06 AM (vd6bO)

5 Morning, all

Posted by: Caf at January 07, 2025 04:09 AM (i1IiB)

6 It's times like this a feller wants to reach for the pre caffeinated coffee.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 07, 2025 04:12 AM (vd6bO)

7 Evening and morning to all the insomaniacals, early risers, and late toilers! 'Tis Tiu's Day, one more step down the long twisty road to the weekend.

Odd dreams last night . . . I dreamed that, living in this apartment, I woke up at ten past seven one morning -- so late that it makes more sense for me to call in sick to work than to try to get there. As part of that dream, or maybe a later one, I went for a run and saw I'd clocked up 32 minutes on the workout. Then a '58 Chevy convertible emerged from a driveway and went past me. Car was in horrible shape, scabbed paint and rust everywhere. I called to the driver, "My father had one of those Impalas!" but he didn't hear me, or ignored me.

I got back home, to a different house, and found bugs crawling on the screen door. So I slipped in -- one bug got in, and the cats went after it -- and took some bug spray out to douse the door. Around that time the alarm went off. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 07, 2025 04:13 AM (omVj0)

8 Mornin' early risers and insomniacs of the Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 04:13 AM (O7YUW)

9 Good morning all y'all. Moar hot coffee. 19 degrees out. Glad I'm in.

Posted by: OkJohn at January 07, 2025 04:14 AM (NC/it)

10 It's actually cold (for here) now, about 35 F. I parked near the trees outside my apartment, which usually keeps frost from forming on my car windows. Though I have an ice scraper in the trunk; no worries.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 07, 2025 04:15 AM (omVj0)

11 I survived the car insurance settlement gauntlet and came out 100% whole today. I consider this a miracle. Background: two New Mexican nitwits inexplicably had a bumper car grudge match where I was sitting at a stop sign. The outcome was they totaled my 3 month old new car with 4750 miles on it. Degree of annoyance is the took place two days before Christmas. That complicated the matter a bit but I was proactive in moving everything along. It seems to have worked. I haven't seen the police report yet but I'm thinking the cops made it clear I was just sitting there and had zero fault. Tomorrow will be police report acquirement day which I assume will contain much hilarity. Somehow in the middle of all this chaos I was able to buy a a replacement car the Sunday before the New Year holiday. I am so relieved to have this behind me.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025 04:16 AM (Q8Bj8)

12 Mornin'

Cox Internet is still down. I will endeavor to percervere.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 07, 2025 04:16 AM (jCaLg)

13 Finally closer to home for work, but later start. My extra time to sleep didn't happen.

Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2025 04:18 AM (fwDg9)

14 Wolfus, you have ... quite plausible dreams.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 04:19 AM (O7YUW)

15 One of these days Sony will get around to releasing Dirty Pair on bluray. Supposedly the discs are almost ready. I signed up for the OVA and tv series but I didn't like the movies or Flash as much, not as funny. I'll just keep my dvd's for those.

Posted by: LKP at January 07, 2025 04:19 AM (ITxV8)

16 Somehow in the middle of all this chaos I was able to buy a a replacement car the Sunday before the New Year holiday. I am so relieved to have this behind me.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025

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Glad to hear it, AP! What kind of car did you get?

You can buy cars on a Sunday in NM? I thought most dealers were closed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 07, 2025 04:20 AM (omVj0)

17 Meanwhile, over at Dell computers they have decided to dump their 10,000 brand names and replace them with Dell, Dell Pro, Dell Pro Max. How Apple of them. What's that theory about all life forms turn into crabs eventually... Seems to be all computer companies are turning into Apple. I never had that on my bingo card.

https://is.gd/ScbDBW

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025 04:20 AM (Q8Bj8)

18 Snow has the local DC Newz all worked up. More snow on the way Saturday. I do need to visit a grocery store today. I'll dig the car out later.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 07, 2025 04:21 AM (jCaLg)

19 Glad to hear it, AP! What kind of car did you get?

You can buy cars on a Sunday in NM? I thought most dealers were closed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

My original one was a RAV4 which I replaced with a nicer RAV 4 for cuz that's all that was available. Every car dealer I've ever seen is open 7 days a week. Weekends are when they make most of their sales.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025 04:23 AM (Q8Bj8)

20 Wolfus, you have ... quite plausible dreams.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025

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Apparently so. Or I've forgotten the surreal parts by the time I wake up. Did I mention that the '58 Impala convertible turned in front of me, but then drove on the *wrong* side of the street as it pulled away? Stuff like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 07, 2025 04:23 AM (omVj0)

21 My original one was a RAV4 which I replaced with a nicer RAV 4 for cuz that's all that was available. Every car dealer I've ever seen is open 7 days a week. Weekends are when they make most of their sales.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025

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Here and in CO (at least twenty-five years ago), all car dealers are closed on Sundays. It's the only time you can walk the lot and look at what they have without a salesman descending on you.

I hope your new one is comparable to the late one!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 07, 2025 04:25 AM (omVj0)

22 Snow has the local DC Newz all worked up. More snow on the way Saturday. I do need to visit a grocery store today. I'll dig the car out later. Posted by: Puddleglum

You scamps to the north have screwed up the weather here in Las Cruces. It got down to the mid-20s last night with a high in the mid-40s. Even worse it may snow on Wednesday. The 1/2-in accumulation, provided it even happens, will shut the city down for a couple days. It's pretty hilarious to anybody that's lived in a northern state with real snow.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025 04:27 AM (Q8Bj8)

23 @11/ Alteria Pilgram: "Background: two New Mexican nitwits inexplicably had a bumper car grudge match where I was sitting at a stop sign."

Given that your car was totaled, the amount of damage must have been significant. I'm glad you're alright!

If you're willing to provide more details about what happened, I'd love to hear it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 04:28 AM (O7YUW)

24
"Frame Generation" and that DLSS crap reminds me of when those little fake "4K" cameras came out.

It was "4K" with something called "Interpolation," which is French for bullshit gimmick. Interpolation is, like, a 1080p image double or quadrupled, thus rendering "4K." I dunno.

Point is, frame generation is duplicating frames. So if the original frame is crap, congratulations Nvidia, you are double crappy frames.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 07, 2025 04:31 AM (nX34c)

25 hope your new one is comparable to the late one!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

The nicer RAV4s are extremely nice cars. The new one has a fancy rear view mirror that allows it to double as my garage door opener. I think over the years it's going to be my favorite feature though the magic key you carry around in your pocket that lets you lock and unlock the car and when you jump in you just start it is a close second.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025 04:32 AM (Q8Bj8)

26
Also, I don't know dick about AI, but it sounds like AI is being developed, chiefly, for Automation. Yeah, that's right, robuts.

Robuts that will take all our jerbs.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 07, 2025 04:33 AM (nX34c)

27
Question: If robuts, controlled by AI, take our jobs, then who will buy the crap made by said robuts?

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 07, 2025 04:34 AM (nX34c)

28 BOING!

Up in north Israel, maintaining the house and enjoying the crisp cold blue sky weather.

Mrs. BD is cooking up fresh soups to enjoy during our stay. And we'll be going out to lunch very soon.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 07, 2025 04:35 AM (T3vgT)

29 the magic key you carry around in your pocket that lets you lock and unlock the car and when you jump in you just start it is a close second.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025

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My late BMW 3 Series, though pretty much the base model in 2015, had that, and the '16 Buick does. I don't think I've used the pop-out blade key in the driver's door more than once or twice, to make sure it still worked, since I bought the big car in August of '19.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 07, 2025 04:36 AM (omVj0)

30 Almost time for me to shave and shower. Then comes beast feeding time, then time to feed me. (My weekdays do run in a sadly predictable pattern.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 07, 2025 04:38 AM (omVj0)

31 Trudeau death card issued:

https://tinyurl.com/yz2urnhb+

(h/t: one of the BD pups)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 07, 2025 04:40 AM (T3vgT)

32 Then comes beast feeding time

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 07, 2025 04:38 AM (omVj0)
-

/puts on glasses

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 07, 2025 04:41 AM (T3vgT)

33 Given that your car was totaled, the amount of damage must have been significant. I'm glad you're alright! If you're willing to provide more details about what happened, I'd love to hear it.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Here we go. I was stopped at a side street waiting to take a right turn onto a three-line arterial. Directly across from me was nitwit one waiting in a left turn pocket waiting to take a left turn across those same three lanes.

Inexplicably nitwit one pulled in front of three lanes of on coming traffic, blocked two ,of them and stopped.

Nitwit two 2 was in the center lane of the arterial and rather than stopping tried to slalom around around nitwit one at over 40 mph. None of this worked.

The two smacked into each other resulting with nitwit two careening off and slamming into the driver side front wheel area of my car. This resulted in all the airbags going off for extra fun.

As I've come to find out those airbags cost about $20,000 to replace. I'm guessing the damage to the rest of the car would
Have cost around $10,000 to repair. From the insurance company's perspective it was pretty easy called a total this one.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025 04:42 AM (Q8Bj8)

34 The insurance settlement information included an extremely detailed analysis of the condition of my car. They even checked if the engine was clean. The only thing they could remotely find wrong with it was it had "minor scratches" on the windshield. I was like what? I think they were complaining about the bugs I hadn't cleaned off the windshield because there was no scratches on it whatsoever.

The slippery part in the settlement documents is they got two "comparable" RAV4s for value comparison. The other two had about 10,000 mi on them and they never told me what trim level they were using for the comps. This is where much fuckery can take place. Fortunately that didn't happen in this instance.

If nothing else, it's been very instructive to see how this whole process works. I am much smarter about how to deal with an accident with the police involving multiple cars, multiple adjustment agents and such.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025 04:50 AM (Q8Bj8)

35 @33 and 34/Alteria Pilgram: Thanks for the more detailed explanation.

I never would have guessed that the airbags would cost $20K to replace.

I guess when the airbags go off, (•_•

the price to replace becomes... ( •_•

>⌐■-■
inflated. (⌐■_■

https://youtu.be/7uW47jWLMiY

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 04:59 AM (O7YUW)

36 Blasted emoji replacement code borked the ascii art. *sighs*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 04:59 AM (O7YUW)

37 Insty links an article from Redstate about pardoning the J6 guys.

I find it annoying that now everyone is coming out of the woodwork. 4 years later. Not at the time. Fuck these guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 07, 2025 05:09 AM (bss/y)

38 Let's see... 8 airbags in a 2024 RAV4, so $2,500 each. I guess that makes sense, but wow that's a major hit if they go off.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

39 Had French Toast, shame didn't have sausages with it

Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2025 05:13 AM (fwDg9)

40 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2025 05:16 AM (u82oZ)

41 @39/Skip: Was there maple syrup and powdered sugar, at least?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

42 I Come Here not to Praise Carter, But to Bury him

Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at January 07, 2025 05:19 AM (qWUPt)

43 Today's weather. Cold.
-9℉ outside, with a wind chill of -13℉.

School still closed as most rural gravel roads are unplowed. The beauty of 15 inches of snow falling sideways is but a memory.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2025 05:20 AM (u82oZ)

44 I am willing to stand in line at Carter's grave, but only to piss on it.

See LBJ, and in the future, Clinton, Bush Jr, pbho, and Biden for more candidates for distain.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2025 05:22 AM (u82oZ)

45 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 07, 2025 05:24 AM (cY18j)

46 32 Then comes beast feeding time

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 07, 2025 04:38 AM (omVj0)
-

/puts on glasses
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 07, 2025 04:41 AM (T3vgT)

Ha! Me, too.

Posted by: m at January 07, 2025 05:27 AM (VnUSN)

47 @31/Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey:

Former Prime Ministers in Canada don't get permanent security details like past presidents do in the United States. In combination with your post, that could spell serious trouble for Trudeau.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 05:28 AM (O7YUW)

48 33
The two smacked into each other resulting with nitwit two careening off and slamming into the driver side front wheel area of my car.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025 04:42 AM (Q8Bj

Aw, man! Glad you're o.k.

Posted by: m at January 07, 2025 05:29 AM (VnUSN)

49 No powdered sugar, trying to cut down

Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2025 05:30 AM (fwDg9)

50 36 Blasted emoji replacement code borked the ascii art.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 04:59 AM (O7YUW)

No dog. Not art.

Posted by: m at January 07, 2025 05:30 AM (VnUSN)

51 @50/m: Harsh, but funny. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

52 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Maybe he will be run over by an 18-wheeler. That would be Justice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2025 05:33 AM (u82oZ)

53 @52/NaCly Dog: Needs to be accompanied by much honking, but yes.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 05:36 AM (O7YUW)

54 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 16 cold degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor.

Flash and the Pan were the Australian band who had a hit in 1976 with the song "Hey St Peter."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 07, 2025 05:42 AM (Q0kLU)

55 Maybe a slew of truckers will send him off with honks and cheers!

Posted by: m at January 07, 2025 05:44 AM (VnUSN)

56 Weather report saying high winds all week, not looking forward to it

Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2025 05:46 AM (fwDg9)

57 Let's see... 8 airbags in a 2024 RAV4, so $2,500 each. I guess that makes sense, but wow that's a major hit if they go off.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Let me clarify a bit. The four side curtain airbags went off. That's more like $5,000 a bag.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at January 07, 2025 05:51 AM (Q8Bj8)

58 @57: That's an obscene replacement cost.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 07, 2025 05:59 AM (O7YUW)

59 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Welcome to government regulations.

We should feel lucky that we do not have a secret order to disable air bags if you are not a registered Democrat. Illegal's airbags will always work, under that plan. But can that be changed?

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

60 40 years ago, I go to a car dealer on Sunday in Overland Park, KS.

It's closed. Next day I ask a coworker. "Oh. People like it that way. They can go to the dealer and not be bothered by a salesman."

I have always thought "Bullshit. The first dealer that opens on Sunday sells 15 cars and the custom is over."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 07, 2025 06:03 AM (ZmEVT)

61 Always thought so too

Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2025 06:06 AM (fwDg9)

62 Walking away from getting T boned in a crash that totaled your car. Sounds like a good deal.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 07, 2025 06:08 AM (QB+5g)

63 To prove Sundowner, or the Puppeteers are beholden to the Church of Global Warming saw Bill Nye the Global Warming Guy got one of Sundowner's candy he is giving out.

Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2025 06:12 AM (fwDg9)

64 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at January 07, 2025 06:12 AM (AN2gy)

65 Good morning, fluffy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2025 06:13 AM (u82oZ)

66
31 Trudeau death card issued:

https://tinyurl.com/yz2urnhb+

(h/t: one of the BD pups)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 07, 2025 04:40 AM (T3vgT)

--------

What is that? A baseball killing card tor jihadi soreheads?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 07, 2025 06:17 AM (iTNuP)

67 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 07, 2025 06:22 AM (hoCmQ)

68 "With the new AI frame generation, it generates three fake frames for each real one, which makes games smoother at the expense of being 75% bullshit."

there's something about that, that seems like a metaphor about "society", and the "economy", and, well, just about everything except the glorious reality that in 13 days a new era begins.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 07, 2025 06:22 AM (cY18j)

69 olddog in mo

Good morning. Hope you are deer free. They should be avoiding your place, in a display of animal cunning.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2025 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

70 34 down here by the water

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 06:27 AM (gbOdA)

71 Little windy and in the teens
Forward Dog 9 out and wishing for May

Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2025 06:28 AM (fwDg9)

72 Hi Salty Canine!

We appear to have three pairs of bluebirds to have discovered our backyard. They seem to show around mid-day.

Posted by: fluffy at January 07, 2025 06:31 AM (AN2gy)

73 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 07, 2025 06:35 AM (6K6Eu)

74 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

It's cold, but clear today. Should give the roadcrews a nice day for clearing the remaining roads and laying down salt.

University where I work has called for another "remote work" day so I get to spend the day at home with my kitties again.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 07, 2025 06:35 AM (BpYfr)

75 Also, I don't know dick about AI, but it sounds like AI is being developed, chiefly, for Automation.

Automation can be a wonderful thing but...

In the fullness of time, senior management will shift responsibility for all the various aspects of supporting the system to... let's say lower labor cost countries. The people in those countries are wonderful and, no doubt, senior management will only hire the top 0.1% of the top 1%. People who'd be snapped up with H1B visas but who prefer the fresh air and unclutter vistas of their native countries.

The problem is that these people won't really understand all the nuance of the systems they're supporting. They'll make changes which are incompatible with the system and not provide any means to undo what they've done. Not because they're stupid, but because they don't really care.

And then the modern world stops. Not with terminators roaming the streets but with mountains of immobile machinery that no one really understands anymore.

I, Pencil.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2025 06:36 AM (ExV1e)

76 Workplace, at the very last second, decided to change the way we tag and enter equipment. How? No idea. It will probably be weeks before we know. In the meantime, I'm sitting on over 800 PCs and etc that I can do nothing with.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 07, 2025 06:38 AM (WPL6O)

77 Sunday car sales was an issue in the Ohio senatorial election.
The custom was that car lots were closed on Sunday because so many car salesmen were part-time preachers. When dealerships wanted to open on Sundays, sales forces attempted to unionize, and if opposed the unions yelled oppression. Bernie Moreno was a car dealership owner, and most of the campaign ads opposing him went on and on about his "refusal to pay overtime" to his sales staff.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 07, 2025 06:38 AM (zdLoL)

78 Can't resist Kei and Yuri.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 07, 2025 06:38 AM (6K6Eu)

79 It's closed. Next day I ask a coworker. "Oh. People like it that way. They can go to the dealer and not be bothered by a salesman."

I have always thought "Bullshit. The first dealer that opens on Sunday sells 15 cars and the custom is over."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 07, 2025 06:03 AM (ZmEVT)

Here in Texas they have to be closed one day so they all picked Sunday. No doubt, back in the day, folks would be suspect about buying a car from someone so lost to Jesus that they would be open during both church AND football.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2025 06:40 AM (ExV1e)

80 Morning, one and all. Looks like another day of using PTO for me.

Had the fun of discovering that our snow blower doesn't work so our driveway had to be cleared by hand. I should have had kids. It would have made that easier.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2025 06:43 AM (lXCUP)

81 Good morning. 26 degrees here in western NC, going up to 43 and sunny.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 07, 2025 06:44 AM (iAdx3)

82 Have a great day, everyone.

May you find you can handle and shovel snow with elan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2025 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

83 May you find you can handle and shovel snow with elan.

An elan is all right I suppose, if it's just the driveway, but I'd think the Seven would handle better with the plow on.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 07, 2025 06:55 AM (zdLoL)

84 Had the fun of discovering that our snow blower doesn't work so our driveway had to be cleared by hand. I should have had kids. It would have made that easier.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2025 06:43 AM (lXCUP)

Snow is supposed to be coming my way this weekend. I'd better get the snow blower up and running.

I wish I could move out of this hellhole state. I despise snow and cold.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 07, 2025 06:57 AM (Q0kLU)

85 Here in Texas they have to be closed one day so they all picked Sunday. No doubt, back in the day, folks would be suspect about buying a car from someone so lost to Jesus that they would be open during both church AND football.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2025 06:40 AM (ExV1e)

And they open another dealership with diff closed days.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 06:58 AM (gbOdA)

86
Good morning, Hordians. 33 degrees here in Brazoria County. The wind, mercifully, has died down. Needs must get the feeders, fountain and baths filled for the birdies. We're the "It" place for them in the area.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 07, 2025 06:58 AM (dxSpM)

87 "An elan is all right I suppose, if it's just the driveway, but I'd think the Seven would handle better with the plow on.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver

An elite plow would be the envy of all your neighbors.

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

88 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 07, 2025 07:03 AM (dg+HA)

89

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 07, 2025 07:05 AM (c0tJM)

90 What is that? A baseball killing card tor jihadi soreheads?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 07, 2025 06:17 AM (iTNuP)
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Hezbollah template for a dead "martyr."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 07, 2025 07:13 AM (T3vgT)

91 Ismael Plascencia López, with the Northwest Mexico Federation of Economists, warns that Trump’s mass deportation plans could cripple Mexico’s economy.

He explained: “It’s going to be a blow just in terms of the number of people sent here, but what about all those countries that refuse to take in their own people? They will likely end up in Mexico; you have to care for them as well.”

So they are not sending the best!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:13 AM (gbOdA)

92 Darn! My tester screwdriver isn't working just when I need to check a circuit breaker.

/looks at outstretched index finger

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 07, 2025 07:15 AM (T3vgT)

93 >>> looks at outstretched index finger

Just how hard is that fingernail?

Posted by: fluffy at January 07, 2025 07:18 AM (AN2gy)

94 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 07, 2025 07:05 AM (c0tJM)

This is almost 10 years old and still, never not funny!

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it but not today. at January 07, 2025 07:21 AM (89Sog)

95 In local news, Jimmy Carter is still dead. Did you know he grew peanuts and was once president?

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2025 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

96 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 07, 2025 07:05 AM (c0tJM)

This is almost 10 years old and still, never not funny!

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it but not today. at January 07, 2025 07:21 AM (89Sog)
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These days you get a medal for that.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 07, 2025 07:23 AM (T3vgT)

97
91 Ismael Plascencia López, with the Northwest Mexico Federation of Economists, warns that Trump’s mass deportation plans could cripple Mexico’s economy.

He explained: “It’s going to be a blow just in terms of the number of people sent here, but what about all those countries that refuse to take in their own people? They will likely end up in Mexico; you have to care for them as well.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:13 AM

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It's an outrage! They're supposed to cripple our economy instead!

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 07, 2025 07:23 AM (Fd8wq)

98 In local news, Jimmy Carter is still dead. Did you know he grew peanuts and was once president?
Posted by: fd at January 07, 2025 07:22 AM (vFG9F)
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Was way past his shell date.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 07, 2025 07:24 AM (T3vgT)

99 Here's one of the headlines from the local TV "news" site:

*Watch live | Jimmy Carter lies in repose at the Carter Center in Atlanta"

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2025 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

100 I'm not sure that needs to be a live feed.

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2025 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

101 And another:

"Funeral services continue for the late former President Jimmy Carter"

That's some top notch reporting right there.

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2025 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

102
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 07, 2025 07:27 AM (w9Ycv)

103 100 I'm not sure that needs to be a live feed.
Posted by: fd at January 07, 2025 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

Maybe a fax would work.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:28 AM (gbOdA)

104 Ismael Plascencia López, with the Northwest Mexico Federation of Economists, warns that Trump’s mass deportation plans could cripple Mexico’s economy.

Sounds like he has an issue with the southern Mexico officials. After all, if they'd stopped the swarm at their southern border, neither of us would be having an issue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2025 07:28 AM (ExV1e)

105 It's an outrage! They're supposed to cripple our economy instead!
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 07, 2025 07:23 AM (Fd8wq)

The outrage should be that it is our job to take care of them.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:29 AM (gbOdA)

106 "Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans, according to a final rule announced Tuesday by the Biden administration."

Great idea. It's not like having a bunch of delinquent bills would reflect on your ability to make regular payment on a loan.

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2025 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

107 91 Ismael Plascencia López, with the Northwest Mexico Federation of Economists, warns that Trump’s mass deportation plans could cripple Mexico’s economy.

He explained: “It’s going to be a blow just in terms of the number of people sent here, but what about all those countries that refuse to take in their own people? They will likely end up in Mexico; you have to care for them as well.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:13 AM

Maybe Mexico should have thought of that when it let many of those people come traipsing through on their way here.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 07, 2025 07:31 AM (g00SI)

108 Dawn greetings

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I am what I am at January 07, 2025 07:32 AM (/7KEl)

109 Trump’s mass deportation plans could cripple Mexico’s economy.
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I've been reliably told by experts that these Mexican migrants give a huge boost to the US GDP. I'm assuming these same experts would agree that these exact same people when they cross back over the Mexican border will cause an enormous drain on Mexico's GDP. I wonder how that works.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 07, 2025 07:33 AM (fs1hN)

110 It seems the "Carter funeral will pour water all over Trump's inauguration" narrative fizzled.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 07, 2025 07:34 AM (h/ffs)

111 "Funeral services continue for the late former President Jimmy Carter"
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WTF?

Posted by: Juan McCain at January 07, 2025 07:35 AM (fs1hN)

112 but what about all those countries that refuse to take in their own people?

Lets unpack that statement.

So a foreign state can exile their own citizens and fully expect another country to pick up the entire expense.

That would also be the equivalent of traveling on a cruise and your home country won't let you back in when the trip is over.

Or any country can (and apparently is doing) dump off the criminals, insane, crippled and diseased on to your nearest Western Nation and that is somehow not an act of war or a human rights violation.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 07, 2025 07:35 AM (rHxhM)

113 I've been reliably told by experts that these Mexican migrants give a huge boost to the US GDP. I'm assuming these same experts would agree that these exact same people when they cross back over the Mexican border will cause an enormous drain on Mexico's GDP. I wonder how that works.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 07, 2025 07:33 AM (fs1hN)

The Rio Grande Inversion
Poor stupid people South of the Rio Become rich productive citizens as they move North.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:36 AM (gbOdA)

114
Or any country can (and apparently is doing) dump off the criminals, insane, crippled and diseased on to your nearest Western Nation and that is somehow not an act of war or a human rights violation.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 07, 2025 07:35 AM (rHxhM)

D
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Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:37 AM (gbOdA)

115 101 And another:

"Funeral services continue for the late former President Jimmy Carter"

Wear a sweater.
And turn down that thermostat!

Posted by: I remember at January 07, 2025 07:37 AM (dg+HA)

116 "Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports,

Sort of reduces the utility of credit reports. What comes next, IRS debt, lawsuit claims and student loans?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 07, 2025 07:38 AM (rHxhM)

117 Actually, my credit union said they don't pay that much attention to medical bills since everyone has them. With high deductibles on most insurance, it's hard to pay it all off quickly.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 07, 2025 07:38 AM (NQtI0)

118 Lets unpack that statement.

So a foreign state can exile their own citizens and fully expect another country to pick up the entire expense.

That would also be the equivalent of traveling on a cruise and your home country won't let you back in when the trip is over.

Or any country can (and apparently is doing) dump off the criminals, insane, crippled and diseased on to your nearest Western Nation and that is somehow not an act of war or a human rights violation.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 07, 2025 07:35 AM (rHxhM)

Sounds like colonialism. The sort of colonialism where you absolutely rape the local economy/resources for the benefit of the home country.

Usually it's the stronger country that would do that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2025 07:39 AM (ExV1e)

119 The Rio Grande Inversion
Poor stupid people South of the Rio Become rich productive citizens as they move North.

Its all the racism, patriarchy and Christian bigotry that makes them better.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 07, 2025 07:39 AM (rHxhM)

120 "If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor."

Posted by: B.O. at January 07, 2025 07:40 AM (dg+HA)

121 Moving out of Calif. in 1981 was quite a revelation.

What you mean I can't buy liquor at a supermarket on a Sunday?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 07, 2025 07:40 AM (ZmEVT)

122 Sounds like colonialism. The sort of colonialism where you absolutely rape the local economy/resources for the benefit of the home country.
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We like raping the white slags.
- Paki immigrants

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 07, 2025 07:41 AM (fs1hN)

123 Back in the day, there were two kinds of debts that were not enforced by courts.

Gambling and medical.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 07, 2025 07:42 AM (ZmEVT)

124 The outrage should be that it is our job to take care of them.

Why is the former US still in the UN?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 07, 2025 07:42 AM (rHxhM)

125 Why are the pyramids in Egypt?

Because they're too big to be moved to a British Museum.

Posted by: Colonialism much? at January 07, 2025 07:42 AM (dg+HA)

126 We like raping the white slags.
- Paki immigrants
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 07, 2025 07:41 AM (fs1hN)

Best of all, we get them all liquored up, rape the Hell out of them, and the police arrest them. The UK is awesome. -- also Paki immigrants

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2025 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

127 Back in the day, there were two kinds of debts that were not enforced by courts: Gambling and medical.

Nice nuance on who does the enforcing.

Gambling debts are probably the most vigorously enforced.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 07, 2025 07:43 AM (rHxhM)

128 Gambling debts are probably the most vigorously enforced.
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Unpaid gambling debts lead to medical bills.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 07, 2025 07:45 AM (fs1hN)

129 Why dont we work on small nuke plants?
It would be easy to find a small lake that has cooling or just located them on a lake that already has a small gas or coal plant.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:45 AM (gbOdA)

130 129: Why don't we work on small nuke plants?

The so-called "progressives" refuse to admit that any progress has ever been made in the technology. Not only that but cheap and efficient energy is against their religion.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2025 07:47 AM (lXCUP)

131 Alteria Pilgram, wow. I'm very glad you're ok and that your insurance replaced your car!

The 3 lane arterial road - was it three lanes each way (making it 6 lanes total) or 3 lanes total?

I am guessing one or both of the nitwits may have been intoxicated to be so crazy.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 07, 2025 07:48 AM (Wx316)

132 Why dont we work on small nuke plants?

Because ignorant people have been taught to be afraid of nuclear power and it's a lesson they actually learned.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2025 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

133 The so-called "progressives" refuse to admit that any progress has ever been made in the technology. Not only that but cheap and efficient energy is against their religion.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2025 07:47 AM (lXCUP)

And many sailors know about Nukes. They run them on boats, why not on land?

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:49 AM (gbOdA)

134 Because ignorant people have been taught to be afraid of nuclear power and it's a lesson they actually learned.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2025 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

Fuck you Jackson Brown.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:50 AM (gbOdA)

135 "Why dont we work on small nuke plants?"

China Syndrome!!

Posted by: davidt at January 07, 2025 07:51 AM (i0F8b)

136 And many sailors know about Nukes. They run them on boats, why not on land?
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:49 AM (gbOdA)

OMG! What would we do with the waste? It'll be super-duper-radioactive for a brazillian years. -- Little Nancy Know-Nothing

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2025 07:51 AM (ExV1e)

137 Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, and John Hall were the key organizers of the event and guiding forces behind the album.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:51 AM (gbOdA)

138 JJ is up

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 07, 2025 07:52 AM (Q0kLU)

139
JJ is up top!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2025 07:52 AM (gbOdA)

140 Unpaid gambling debts lead to medical bills.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

You don't say!

Posted by: Jay Leno at January 07, 2025 07:53 AM (G5+As)

141 They can recycle nuclear waste. And we could build small ones with the same plans

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 07, 2025 07:57 AM (NQtI0)

142

“Emilia Pérez, a film about a drug cartel boss ‘transitioning’ into a woman, just won Best Picture at the Golden Globes. Hollywood continues to be absolutely out of touch with America,” one person wrote on X."

I can't understand why everybody wouldn't want to see this this uplifting musical directed by a Frenchman who doesn't speak Spanish and hates musicals./sarc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2025 08:30 AM (1GAQ4)

143 You millennials are defective humans.

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