Daily Tech News 13 January 2025

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The metaverse will soon be more popular than the real world. Will reality disappear? No. (HackRead)

The thing about reality is that it is real.

It doesn't disappear when you stop believing in it.

You do.

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Thanks to Nvidia, there's a new generation of PCs coming and they're running Linux. (ZDNet)

Technically this is true. Nvidia is releasing new PCs, and they are running Linux.
Powered by MediaTek and Nvidia's Grace Blackwell Superchip, Project DIGITS is a $3,000 personal AI that combines Nvidia's Blackwell GPU with a 20-core Grace CPU built on the Arm architecture. It's one impressive chip. It can deliver up to 1 petaflop of AI performance at FP4 precision and support 200-billion-parameter large language models.
Not quite:
Project DIGITS will be available in May from NVIDIA and top partners, starting at $3,000.
There's a difference.
OK, maybe you wouldn't pay three grand for a Project DIGITS PC. But what about a $1,000 Blackwell PC from Acer, Asus, or Lenovo?
What about an endless magic cake that doesn't make you fat while we're wishing for things that will never happen?
While we're wishing for things that will never happen the UK government is looking to leap into the red hot AI sector just before the bubble bursts. (CNBC)
In a recent interview with CNBC, the boss of app development software firm Appian said he thinks the U.K. is well placed to be the "global leader on this issue."

"The U.K. has put a stake in the ground declaring its prioritization of personal intellectual property rights," Matt Calkins, Appian's CEO, told CNBC. He cited 2018′s Data Protection Act as an example of how the U.K. is "closely associated with intellectual property rights."

The U.K. is also not "subject to the same overwhelming lobbying blitz from domestic AI leaders that the U.S. is," Calkins added - meaning it might not be as prone to bowing down to pressure from tech giants as politicians stateside.

"In the U.S., anybody who writes a law about AI is going to hear from Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft or Google before that bill even reaches the floor," Calkins said.

"That's a powerful force stopping anyone from writing sensible legislation or protecting the rights of individuals whose intellectual property is being taken wholesale by these major AI players."
In other words, the UK has failed before they have even started.
THe J5Create is a Thunderbolt 5 dock that features a lot of stuff. (Tom's Hardware)

Lots of video ports, an M.2 slot, support for an MXM module for a graphics upgrade, 2.5Gb Ethernet, all that good stuff.

And costs $1400.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: There is no.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2025 04:01 AM (omVj0)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 13, 2025 04:02 AM (sAmhv)

3 G'Day everyone
Not feeling greatest

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2025 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

4 Gimme the DIGITS, baby!

Evening and morning to all the late toilers and early risers! Yes, it's a Monday . . . but recall the ancient wisdom: Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2025 04:03 AM (omVj0)

5 BOING!

Bank bureaucracy! Need accountant's letter and jump through other hoops of fire to simply get a large funds transfer to hit my account.

All this thanks to the Obama administration. Yeh, that's right. Here in Israel.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 13, 2025 04:04 AM (Y+jbb)

6 Not feeling greatest

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2025 04:02 AM (fwDg9)
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Overload on some vitamins C and D for starters.

Then move on to chicken soup. Yes. For breakfast.

Get well!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 13, 2025 04:07 AM (Y+jbb)

7 Mornin' Horde.

Didn't get near enough sleep, gonna have to grab a mid-day nap during down-time. Oh well, at least I have bacon, eggs, and coffee.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 13, 2025 04:08 AM (O7YUW)

8 A quick aside to Grumpy & Recalcitrant. I took your advice and penned the letter to the late ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2's mother (if you recall, I found out last week my ex-wife died of cancer almost ten years ago).

I told her mother, "She was the love of my life. Not only because she was beautiful, though God knows she was. It was the totality of her, her personality and thought and spirit. I recall the funny faces she used to make, how she told jokes -- often on herself -- with utter glee, her love for the animals in her life, and her kindness to others. . . . I cannot believe that the world no longer has her in it."

All of which has the advantage of being true.

I dunno if her mother will write back, but it should be interesting if she does.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2025 04:09 AM (omVj0)

9 In other words, the UK has failed before they have even started.
........................
That's alright. There's always the Sex Pistols

youtu.be/K07Yq4zGTcI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 13, 2025 04:11 AM (sAmhv)

10 Bleh. I just tried to start coffee without water.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 13, 2025 04:14 AM (bss/y)

11 10 Bleh. I just tried to start coffee without water.

Are you from California?

Posted by: somejoe at January 13, 2025 04:17 AM (RCAte)

12 11 10 Bleh. I just tried to start coffee without water.

Are you from California?
Posted by: somejoe at January 13, 2025 04:17 AM (RCAte)

No, as soon as the coffee pot made the 'done' beep and nothing had happened, I realized what had happened and added water. I can be taught.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 13, 2025 04:24 AM (bss/y)

13 @8/Wolfus: Here's hoping that your kind words to your ex-wife's mother touch her heart, and bring her some comfort. I think you did the right thing there. Good on you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 13, 2025 04:24 AM (O7YUW)

14 Wolfus, that was a damn nice thing do. May not get a response, but it was the right thing to do.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 13, 2025 04:28 AM (sAmhv)

15 No, as soon as the coffee pot made the 'done' beep and nothing had happened, I realized what had happened and added water. I can be taught.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 13, 2025 04:24 AM (bss/y)
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I've done the opposite with a stovetop percolator: water and no coffee. No beep, however. In any case, the water was boiled to perfection.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 13, 2025 04:28 AM (Y+jbb)

16 Wolfus, that was a damn nice thing do. May not get a response, but it was the right thing to do.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 13, 2025

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Yeah, the hard thing to do is often, or even usually, the right thing to do. The easy line, doing nothing, looks good because it's easy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2025 04:31 AM (omVj0)

17 One week until Biden leaves the White House, if he hasn't left already for Delaware. Weather forecast is for very cold weather coming next week as the arctic cold (global warming) hits the eastern half of the country. Its seldom below zero here, but that is forecast. I hear its warm in Southern California, it never rains in Southern California as the song goes.

Posted by: Colin at January 13, 2025 04:32 AM (wlQdF)

18 @Wolfus: How are the kitties this morning?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 13, 2025 04:39 AM (O7YUW)

19 @17/Colin: How bad do you think the standard Democrat looting of the White House is going to be this time?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 13, 2025 04:40 AM (O7YUW)

20 The number prize Biden could snatch from the White House is the Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart. A good reproduction could fool most, and Biden will have a prize painting for his Delaware man cave.

Posted by: Colin at January 13, 2025 04:46 AM (wlQdF)

21 @NaCly Dog: You here this morning yet?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 13, 2025 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

22 @Wolfus: How are the kitties this morning?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 13, 2025

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Difficult as always. Well, not really. I woke to find Dagny the Aloof sleeping on the bed. And when Stirling threw up, it was in the ktichen floor instead of the carpet. Maybe these are good omens for Monday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2025 04:59 AM (omVj0)

23 All of which has the advantage of being true.

I dunno if her mother will write back, but it should be interesting if she does.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2025 04:09 AM (omVj0)

Condolences man. Truth always matters.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 13, 2025 05:04 AM (bss/y)

24 The Swingers? I award 10,000 street cred points

Posted by: krontekag at January 13, 2025 05:05 AM (fE8f8)

25 Still alive, I think

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

26 Thought coffee would help my throat but it's a bit harsh

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2025 05:17 AM (fwDg9)

27 @25/Skip: What exactly have you come down with? Norovirus or something like it?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 13, 2025 05:18 AM (O7YUW)

28 Sinuses are all drippy and so sore throat

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2025 05:24 AM (fwDg9)

29 Hope you get past it and get well quickly, Skip.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 13, 2025 05:28 AM (O7YUW)

30 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2025 05:34 AM (xO53V)

31 At least fairly close to home
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2025 05:38 AM (fwDg9)

32 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2025 04:09 AM (omVj0)

That was nice of you to send that to her mother, Wolfus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 05:39 AM (5G8qI)

33 Sorry, Skip. Hope you feel better soon

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 05:40 AM (5G8qI)

34 Prayer as conversation. "Every man's ministry"
devotional ;

https://tinyurl.com/57p7u83n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 05:44 AM (5G8qI)

35 The best part about the bank funding is that it is all electronic and all the spy agencies have the records via BIS.

Posted by: Accomack at January 13, 2025 05:49 AM (MeckE)

36
That was nice of you to send that to her mother, Wolfus.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025

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Thanks. In the card and letter I made it clear that I only now heard about her daughter passing, or I would have written sooner.

I always liked her mother, and I thought we were friends -- though I'm not sure she fully approved of me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2025 05:53 AM (omVj0)

37 Fen, as one goes further in the Christian pilgrimage, prayer as conversation becomes second nature, and what a blessed way to live!

Very cold here in NW IL, but not so cold as it would be if we had snow on the ground, which, thankfully, we don't.
Costco run today...whoohoo!

Posted by: lizabth at January 13, 2025 05:54 AM (Jfw7U)

38 The real question is: will these AI-focused PCs bring enough value to justify the cost for everyday users? Or will they remain niche tools for developers and enterprise customers? Either way, competition in the AI hardware space is heating up, and that’s always good news.

Posted by: Nathan Caldwell at January 13, 2025 05:54 AM (BrIFq)

39 "The metaverse will soon be more popular than the real world. "

That's the dumbest article I've read in this fine new year.

Posted by: Bram Stoker's Chocula at January 13, 2025 05:56 AM (qwAWq)

40 Gaither Christian vocal band sings a well known musical favorite, "Yes, I know...."

https://tinyurl.com/mryfh5yu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 06:00 AM (5G8qI)

41 39 That's the dumbest article I've read in this fine new year.
Posted by: Bram Stoker's Chocula

Oh, I have something much better than that in store.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 13, 2025 06:01 AM (BLOW1)

42 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2025 06:05 AM (hoCmQ)

43 Kind man brings blooms and smilies to Seniors:

https://tinyurl.com/y25tbjyp

Sunny Skyz story.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 06:06 AM (5G8qI)

44
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2025 06:07 AM (dxSpM)

45 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: There is a

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 13, 2025 06:12 AM (6K6Eu)

46 There is a...
tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.

Posted by: Philip at January 13, 2025 06:17 AM (PSNi1)

47 Posted by: Philip at January 13, 2025 06:17 AM (PSNi1)
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Thanks. I played Cassius awhile ago.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 13, 2025 06:19 AM (6K6Eu)

48 >>>It doesn't disappear when you stop believing in it.
You do.

You do?

Posted by: m at January 13, 2025 06:21 AM (VnUSN)

49 De nada, CO. Rave reviews, one presumes?

Posted by: Philip at January 13, 2025 06:22 AM (PSNi1)

50 De nada, CO. Rave reviews, one presumes?
Posted by: Philip at January 13, 2025 06:22 AM (PSNi1)
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People said they thought highly of it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 13, 2025 06:23 AM (6K6Eu)

51 45 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: There is a
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 13, 2025 06:12 AM (6K6Eu)

season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose under heaven.

Posted by: m at January 13, 2025 06:24 AM (VnUSN)

52 You do.
Do what?
Remind me of a man.
What man?
The man with the hoodoo.
Hoodoo?
You do.
Do what?
Remind me of a man.

Posted by: The 40's are calling at January 13, 2025 06:25 AM (PSNi1)

53 12 No, as soon as the coffee pot made the 'done' beep and nothing had happened, I realized what had happened and added water. I can be taught.

I've done that as well. I need coffee in order to focus enough to make coffee.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 13, 2025 06:28 AM (+4yJ5)

54 One more week. I wonder what Biden has in store for us in the meantime.

Posted by: Tuna at January 13, 2025 06:28 AM (oaGWv)

55 15
I've done the opposite with a stovetop percolator: water and no coffee. No beep, however. In any case, the water was boiled to perfection.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 13, 2025 04:28 AM (Y+jbb)
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At least you didn't burn the water. I know people who boiled the pot dry and ruined the pot in one case.

Posted by: Ciampino - Weirdly weird stuff at January 13, 2025 06:29 AM (i0xsb)

56 Tuna, whatever it is will not be good.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2025 06:30 AM (0wWvl)

57 I forgot to put the carafe under the basket once....

That was fun.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2025 06:31 AM (+iIV1)

58 One more week. I wonder what Biden has in store for us in the meantime.
Posted by: Tuna at January 13, 2025 06:28 AM (oaGWv)
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Make off with WH silverware.

Steal all the "T" keys from WH keyboards.

Give noogies to Republican congresscritters.

Rename the Grand Canyon "Biden Wonderland."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 13, 2025 06:32 AM (6K6Eu)

59 Good morning good people. Coffee sounds like it just finished.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2025 06:32 AM (WXNFJ)

60 Good Morning to all. 29 degrees here in western NC and going up to the low 50s today! A brief break from the cold we’ve been experiencing.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 13, 2025 06:33 AM (NLph6)

61 Coffee sounds like it just finished.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2025 06:32 AM (WXNFJ)
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Is it having a cigarette?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 13, 2025 06:33 AM (6K6Eu)

62
If the comments to an article I read about the LA fires are any indication, no lessons have been learned about Democratic/DEI governance. Basically, Climate Change and the incoming Trump administration are to blame.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2025 06:34 AM (dxSpM)

63 Basically, Climate Change and the incoming Trump administration are to blame.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2025 06:34 AM (dxSpM)

There's "leaning into it", and there's whatever the hell this is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2025 06:36 AM (+iIV1)

64 Hadrian, one thing consistent about the blind is they will never see.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2025 06:36 AM (0wWvl)

65 @: Ciampino - Weirdly weird stuff at January 13, 2025 06:29 AM (i0xsb
*******
Thank you for the post and link to the Weston A. Price Foundation in the food thread. Lots of good information there. Much appreciated.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 13, 2025 06:37 AM (iAdx3)

66 It's such a great case study in the Psycho Ex Girlfriend logic that undergirds the American "left". We wouldn't have any of these fires if stupid Trump didn't run his mouth about how Californian policies would lead directly to these fires. It's all his fault.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2025 06:38 AM (+iIV1)

67 15 I've done the opposite with a stovetop percolator: water and no coffee. No beep, however. In any case, the water was boiled to perfection.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 13, 2025 04:28 AM (Y+jbb)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at January 13, 2025 06:38 AM (VnUSN)

68 It's all his fault.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 13, 2025 06:38 AM (+iIV1)
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Magical thinking.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 13, 2025 06:39 AM (6K6Eu)

69 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 13, 2025 06:40 AM (6K6Eu)

70 61 Coffee sounds like it just finished.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2025 06:32 AM (WXNFJ)
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Is it having a cigarette?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 13, 2025 06:33 AM (6K6Eu)

LOL!

Posted by: m at January 13, 2025 06:40 AM (VnUSN)

71 At church, I was filling one of those large urns and forgot to put the spigot in the up ( off ) position, so all the coffee ran out onto the counter -- all 4.3 liters of it.

A kindly older worker said, "Every mistake you make here, somebody else has done it before."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 13, 2025 06:44 AM (PiwSw)

72 G'mornin' everyone!

I'll take one endless magic cake that doesn't make you fat, thank you very much; got no earthly use for an AI PC.

cloudy, 2 below zero; coffee is required ASAP!

no hiking today, or no more than across various parking lots.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2025 06:45 AM (cY18j)

73 I am fortunate that I have never had a psycho ex girlfriend or a psycho ex boyfriend or a psycho spouse, but given the head and body movements in videos I've seen of Newsom he looks like the stress has really gotten to him.

And isn't it delightful that Karen Bass visited Cuba about 20 plus times, is a member of some Communist organization and thinks that Castro did a swell job with Cuba.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 06:45 AM (xJIjs)

74
A kindly older worker said, "Every mistake you make here, somebody else has done it before."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 13, 2025 06:44 AM (PiwSw)

_________

I wish more people had that attitude.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2025 06:46 AM (dxSpM)

75 Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 13, 2025 06:44 AM (PiwSw)

Well, that was an empathetic thing for him to say.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 06:46 AM (xJIjs)

76 "Lots of video ports, an M.2 slot, support for an MXM module for a graphics upgrade, 2.5Gb Ethernet, all that good stuff.

And costs $1400."

$1400 and it doesn't even get you 10g ethernet, only 2.5? Bwahahaha. You can build an entire PC with onboard 10g for that much. This is pretty much the same feeling I get whenever I look at NAS pricing.

Posted by: Qwinn at January 13, 2025 06:47 AM (I3XdN)

77 Kevin Dalton, skewering Gavin Newsom:

https://nitter.poast.org/TheKevinDalton

Posted by: m at January 13, 2025 06:49 AM (VnUSN)

78 41, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 13, 2025 06:49 AM (cY18j)

79 A kindly older worker said, "Every mistake you make here, somebody else has done it before."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Worked with a guy who was constantly making new mistakes.
IT was constantly telling him, "you can't do that!" And he would tell them, "the system LET me!"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 13, 2025 06:52 AM (xO53V)

80 >>>>And isn't it delightful that Karen Bass visited Cuba about 20 plus times, is a member of some Communist organization and thinks that Castro did a swell job with Cuba.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 06:45 AM (xJIjs)
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From what I read, apparently she was on the short list for Bidens VP. If true, that’s stunning even for this horrible regime.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 13, 2025 06:52 AM (iAdx3)

81 I'm glad I finally had had enough with Bezos Blue rocket and went to sleep - launch was later scrubbed. As it is I missed a couple of hours of sleep which I'll tryand make up later.
One thing they've got going, the rocket has fins like all decent SF rockets. Another thing is it doesn't look like a sperm or a dildo or a dick!

Posted by: Ciampino - Weirdly normal looking at January 13, 2025 06:53 AM (i0xsb)

82 At church, I was filling one of those large urns and forgot to put the spigot in the up ( off ) position, so all the coffee ran out onto the counter -- all 4.3 liters of it.
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The ladies at church wouldn't use the monster, commercial Bunn brewer because they couldn't locate where to add the water. Instead, they employed two Mr. Coffee brewers to serve the 50-70 folks attending their breakfasts. A ton of work.

I poked around a bit and noticed the Bunn was hard plumbed.

Um, ladies, let me show you something. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 13, 2025 06:53 AM (WXNFJ)

83
The term "psycho" may not apply, but before I met Her Majesty I had a relationship of several years with a musician. I always treated her well, took her out, listened to her troubles, sat with her through her many migraines, etc. But her heart (and other parts) went out to a series of alcoholic boyfriends, one of whom she married and divorced when he fell off the wagon.

Stupid, desperate and naive as I was - at 34, it was my first real relationship - I got played and good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2025 06:56 AM (dxSpM)

84 My sister os having a hard time finding fenbendazole in her location (in Asia)

What's the dite that gives Ivermectin for cancer dosage ?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 13, 2025 06:56 AM (4C4pO)

85 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 13, 2025 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

86 Hadrian the Seventh

I am so glad you and Her Majesty met and are still together. Gives others hope.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 13, 2025 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

87 80
From what I read, apparently she was on the short list for Bidens VP. If true, that’s stunning even for this horrible regime.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 13, 2025 06:52 AM (iAdx3)
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We really dodged a bullet there. If she had been VP then she definitely would have shanked FJB and become President. Imagine, a Real Red Communist as America's president!

Posted by: Ciampino - Weirdly red at January 13, 2025 06:58 AM (i0xsb)

88 Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 13, 2025 06:52 AM (iAdx3)

And that info would have been deep sixed scary How can anyone who has a functioning brain think Communist regimes did /do a good job anywhere unless they did a good job for people in upper eschelons of power and you're one of those people?!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 06:59 AM (UHqbb)

89 FenelonSpoke

Communists are beneath human standards. 153 years of failure, irrespective of culture, wealth of the nation, or skill of the populous. They are unlearned barbarian criminals.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 13, 2025 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

90
I am so glad you and Her Majesty met and are still together. Gives others hope.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 13, 2025 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

_________

Thank you. She might not be, though.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2025 07:00 AM (dxSpM)

91 In a local NBC News clip, Gavin talks about a Marshall Plan 2.0 with which he's going to "galvanize" the resources blah blah blah, and I predict this will morph into "Gavinize" for political purposes.

Posted by: m at January 13, 2025 07:01 AM (VnUSN)

92 the NBC news clip:

https://nitter.poast.org/TheKevinDalton/
status/1878587916911546643#m

Posted by: m at January 13, 2025 07:02 AM (VnUSN)

93 Hadrian the Seventh

Don't sell yourself short. If she can fly in organizations and shows, it is because you take care of the many details needed for her success.

Plus your gift of curated classical music is a cultural blessing. Thank you again for your thumb drives.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 13, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

94 I thought that Communists were monsters even when I was a voting Democrat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 07:03 AM (8XLoI)

95 mornin yall

"Man detained by residents with blowtorch near LA fires revealed to be an illegal immigrant"

He's got the spark of divinity.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

96 FenelonSpoke

You were always smart.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 13, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

97 I think it was a blog by a lady and I just can't remember the name - she had a lot of covid stuff and also ivermectin stuff - anyone remember?

Sorry to be a pest- feeling stressed

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 13, 2025 07:06 AM (XMjOg)

98

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 13, 2025 07:07 AM (5hfjS)

99 fd

Not charged with arson, either.
Sometimes the old ways are best. Pro tip: catch an arsonist in actin, do not turn him over to the police. He fell down some stairs.

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

100 100

Posted by: m at January 13, 2025 07:08 AM (VnUSN)

101 Hillary Clinton

Ah, you still show your face after getting a cheap trinket, unsuited for you. Have you melted down the medal yet?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 13, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

102 vmom, Ann Barnhardt

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2025 07:08 AM (0wWvl)

103 m

Still got those fast fingers and good timing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 13, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

104 "The metaverse will soon be more popular than the real world. Will reality disappear?"

Probably written by somebody that is enamored of AI and sex robots.

Posted by: Ripley at January 13, 2025 07:09 AM (PTDkx)

105 This morning

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-4
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: January 13, 2025
Launch Time: 10:08 a.m. ET, 1508 UTC, 16:08 CET
Launch Window: up til 1:45 p.m. ET

https://www.youtube.com/live/6YmFTnt8F_I

Posted by: Ciampino - hope no scrubs at January 13, 2025 07:09 AM (i0xsb)

106 "Newsom spoke with NBC News’s Jacob Soboroff on “Meet the Press” about the executive order, which will target price gouging and halt environmental regulation related to “projects to repair, restore, demolish, or replace property or facilities substantially damaged or destroyed as a result of this emergency.”

I want Awkward Questions to be asked about why the regulations should even exist in the first place.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 13, 2025 07:10 AM (+4yJ5)

107
https://www.barnhardt.biz/ivermectin/

Posted by: m at January 13, 2025 07:11 AM (VnUSN)

108 It's Day 14 of a bad cold. I decided not to play golf today. One on my favorite courses, but it may get up to 52 degrees today. I need to stay home and veg out.

Getting old sucks. But I have been given the opportunity to repent of all of my sins. So there is that.

I, too, have bacon, eggs, and coffee.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 13, 2025 07:11 AM (ZmEVT)

109 Have a great day, everyone.

May there be warmth and clean roads, unlike here. -2℉ here. I hope my diesel engine starts.

This should not be like German tanks in December 1941 outside Moscow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 13, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

110 Good morning all y'all.
Thanks for being "here"

😃

Posted by: OkJohn at January 13, 2025 07:11 AM (NC/it)

111 I think I'm going to take a political news break for 24 hours starting now. I need it. It's good to unplug sometimes.Have a good day everyone

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 13, 2025 07:13 AM (2iNhp)

112
Hollaria Briden, Esq.
@HollyBriden
Jan 11
This would be the perfect time for Gavin Newsom to go on Call Her Daddy.

Posted by: m at January 13, 2025 07:14 AM (VnUSN)

113 "In a local NBC News clip, Gavin talks about a Marshall Plan 2.0 with which he's going to "galvanize" the resources blah blah blah,"

It will be DEI on steroids. DEI still hasn't even gotten the current fires under control yet and has to call in fire fighters from Mexico of all places.

Posted by: Ripley at January 13, 2025 07:14 AM (PTDkx)

114 95 mornin yall

"Man detained by residents with blowtorch near LA fires revealed to be an illegal immigrant"

He's got the spark of divinity.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)
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I did post a few tidbits in the ONT #230.

Posted by: Ciampino - looters & arsonists must be disappeared at January 13, 2025 07:15 AM (i0xsb)

115 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 13, 2025 07:16 AM (dg+HA)

116 113 50% of Mexican fire fighters remove turn out gear and vanish into the interior, searching for the nearest Tyson plant.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 13, 2025 07:17 AM (gm9Sb)

117
What about an endless magic cake that doesn't make you fat while we're wishing for things that will never happen?
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So you're saying the cake is a lie?

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at January 13, 2025 07:19 AM (XfoBK)

118 I still don't understand the whole "your AI can't read my books/webpage!" thing. You created it to be read, right? And the AI is reading it, right? Just like if a child was learning from your materials by reading them. And then regurgitating them when asked to write a paper about the topic.

Posted by: GWB at January 13, 2025 07:20 AM (WlvCt)

119
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 13, 2025 07:20 AM (w9Ycv)

120 Imagine how bad it would be in California now if they had not banned gas weed whackers.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2025 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

121 Thank you m!!!!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 13, 2025 07:24 AM (4C4pO)

122 114
"Man detained by residents with blowtorch near LA fires revealed to be an illegal immigrant"
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Noticed the bad grammar.
"Man with blowtorch, detained by residents near LA fires, revealed to be an illegal ~~immigrant~~ alien"

Posted by: Ciampino - looters & arsonists must be disappeared no cops at January 13, 2025 07:26 AM (i0xsb)

123 I was complaining about the blast of cold and snow we received, and my friends suggested I make one of my trips to AZ. I was out in the Yuma area about four or five years ago, and CA had just experienced a large (nothing like this) wildfire. Had to drive about twenty miles out to Wellton just to find a motel room.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 13, 2025 07:27 AM (gm9Sb)

124 120 Imagine how bad it would be in California now if they had not banned gas weed whackers.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2025 07:23 AM (vFG9F)
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Yes, all those fumes and smoke even. Noise.

Posted by: Ciampino - Crackling Rosie is a fire? at January 13, 2025 07:29 AM (i0xsb)

125 Good morning from the travel paradise that is DFW terminal B. Man, this place sucks. And where the hell are all these people going at this time of the day, anyway!?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 13, 2025 07:30 AM (z1PMu)

126 Good morning from the travel paradise that is DFW terminal B. Man, this place sucks. And where the hell are all these people going at this time of the day, anyway!?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 13, 2025 07:30 AM (z1PMu)

They're not going anywhere. The airlines hire them to mill about airports to make your travel experience worse.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 13, 2025 07:32 AM (ExV1e)

127
JJ is here

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 13, 2025 07:34 AM (gbOdA)

128 Please please please let me be seated in the row with the coed in her pjs….

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 13, 2025 07:35 AM (z1PMu)

129 Every crisis is an opportunity. Newsom is simply acting out his role. That he precipitated the crisis just deepens the social pathology.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 13, 2025 07:37 AM (ZlOcj)

130 I have known about fenbendazole for years. Just keeping that info in my back pocket if I ever need it.

Apparently, the word is getting out

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 13, 2025 07:38 AM (ZmEVT)

131 Trump nemesis Jack Smith RESIGNS from the DOJ

https://mol.im/a/14274409

I wouldn't describe him as a nemesis, more like perjurious jurist needing disbarring.

Posted by: Ciampino - Crackling Rosy is a fire? at January 13, 2025 07:40 AM (i0xsb)

132 J.J. is up top.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 13, 2025 07:43 AM (ZmEVT)

133 Nic Update

Posted by: ShainS -- Commie-Caused Conflagrations Created Califzuela's Chernobyl at January 13, 2025 08:28 AM (EDbIo)

134 Votermom, sent you an email.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 13, 2025 08:31 AM (Eo96p)

135

Trump Is Coming and Bringing ~~Hell~~ Good Competent Governance and Common Sense With Him!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 13, 2025 09:14 AM (iJfKG)

136 I would like to hear more about this cake you mentioned.

Posted by: Kevin at January 13, 2025 11:02 AM (A/BE7)

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