Daily Tech News 26 January 2025

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Will states lead the way on AI regulation? (Tech Crunch)

No.

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An RTX 5090D overclocked and cooled with liquid nitrogen outperforms the RTX 4090 by 50% (Tom's Hardware)

While using 150% more power.

Also, the benchmark scores suggest that's a regular 5090 and not a 5090D at all.
The first AI software engineer is here, and it's the CEO's second cousin Devin. (Futurism)

Devin is an idiot.
For instance, Devin was asked to deploy multiple applications to a deployment platform called Railway, but instead of realizing it was "not actually possible to do this," Devin "marched forward and tried to do this and hallucinated some things about how to interact with Railway."
We've all worked with a Devin.
"Tasks that seemed straightforward often took days rather than hours," the Answer.AI researchers wrote, "with Devin getting stuck in technical dead-ends or producing overly complex, unusable solutions."
Fortunately this Devin only costs $500 per month instead of $20,000, so you can sideline him into pointless tasks without anyone asking too many questions.
When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's a Tesla Roadster, you idiots. (USA Today)

A needlessly whiny piece when the entire planet knew SpaceX had launched a Roadster into space, and its trajectory.

So... Yeah, someone spotted it.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: I did say I'd do it again.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Push the button, Max!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 26, 2025 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

2 good practice

Posted by: Ciampino - go get em! at January 26, 2025 04:05 AM (KjLnc)

3
What is it, you'd say, we do here?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2025 04:08 AM (xG4kz)

4 I don't have or use a cellphone but my two daughters do. I am kind of ignorant about the topic.
Question: will a 4G phone or tablet eventually not work as everything goes to 5G or am I just ignorant on how it works?

Posted by: Ciampino - To G or not to G at January 26, 2025 04:11 AM (KjLnc)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 26, 2025 04:12 AM (Kdi1r)

6
"Try the Whine" would be an appropriate title for that USA Today article about Starman in his Tesla Roadster.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2025 04:13 AM (xG4kz)

7 I asked Grok about a formula from the 1700s, it promptly produced it using elements of the Prime Number Theorem which wasn't proven until almost 1900. That's Grok 2.0. I'd imagine that 1.0 would have quoted the lyrics to Sesame Street.

Posted by: meh at January 26, 2025 04:13 AM (kK7U2)

8 "Tasks that seemed straightforward often took days rather than hours," the Answer.AI researchers wrote, "with Devin getting stuck in technical dead-ends or producing overly complex, unusable solutions."

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* Indian H-1B Visa holders have entered the post *

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 26, 2025 04:17 AM (4CKeO)

9
Question: will a 4G phone or tablet eventually not work as everything goes to 5G or am I just ignorant on how it works?
Posted by: Ciampino - To G or not to G

In my own experience, as the technology moves on older items continue to work, but less well or more slowly. Not "everything" moves over to the new thing, but the number of "servers" of the old thing grow fewer in number.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2025 04:18 AM (xG4kz)

10
Are they claiming that Devin performs at the level of a typical DEI hire? Why didn't they have the stones to say so?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2025 04:20 AM (xG4kz)

11 I don't have or use a cellphone but my two daughters do. I am kind of ignorant about the topic.
Question: will a 4G phone or tablet eventually not work as everything goes to 5G or am I just ignorant on how it works?

Posted by: Ciampino - To G or not to G at January 26, 2025 04:11 AM (KjLnc)

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The question we (in software & hardware developmen) would ask back in the day is: "Is 5G backwards-compatible with 4G?"

[Per the Evil Google AI:] "Yes, 5G is considered backwards compatible with 4G, meaning a 5G phone can still connect to and use 4G networks when 5G isn't available, automatically switching to the available network depending on coverage; essentially, a 5G phone can function on both 4G and 5G networks."

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 26, 2025 04:22 AM (4CKeO)

12
Last year was a busy time for lawmakers and lobbyists concerned about AI — most notably in California, where Gavin Newsom signed 18 new AI laws while also vetoing high-profile AI legislation.

Gavin was particularly enthused about installing state of the art fire hydrants that ran on AI, by some published reports.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2025 04:25 AM (xG4kz)

13 Thank you ShainS but my question is really how soon will 4G be no longer supported. So if I buy a tablet because it is a good price but it's only 4G capable, will I regret it?

Posted by: Ciampino - To G or not to G, that's the Q at January 26, 2025 04:27 AM (KjLnc)

14 Good morning! Dog are up, I'm up. Gotta feed them and make the coffee. I saw PDTS lit up the mayor of LA and made guv'ner hair gel wait out on the tarmac for a spell.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 26, 2025 04:28 AM (3Ope8)

15 What is it, you'd say, we do here?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2025 04:08 AM (xG4kz)

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Damn, wifey had never seen the great '86 Oliver Stone film "Platoon" -- which blew me away back in the day.

So we watched it last night.

Hilariously, one of the "Two Bobs" characters from "Office Space" -- John C. McGinley -- keeps asking questions in the film along the lines of "Hey, Bob?" to the evil Tom Berenger character Robert "Bob" Barnes."

Cracked me up it did each time ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 26, 2025 04:31 AM (4CKeO)

16 This is what I'm referring to:
ALLDOCUBE iPlay50 Android 13 Tablet 10.4" Widevine L1 14GB(6+8 virtual) RAM 128GB ROM 2TB Expandable 2000×1200 IPS Unisoc T618 8-core CPU 4G LTE Dual SIM 6000mAh GPS 5MP/8MP

I'm assuming that 8GB virtual memory is at the expense of the SSD?

Posted by: Ciampino - To G or not to G, that's the Question at January 26, 2025 04:37 AM (KjLnc)

17 G'Day everyone
Can't say got much sleep

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2025 04:38 AM (fwDg9)

18 Thank you ShainS but my question is really how soon will 4G be no longer supported. So if I buy a tablet because it is a good price but it's only 4G capable, will I regret it?

Posted by: Ciampino - To G or not to G, that's the Q at January 26, 2025 04:27 AM (KjLnc)

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Ah, good question (the answer to which I didn't know before searching):

It seems that most network protocols last about 20 years (and 4G LTE was introduced in 200

.

broadbandnow.com/guides/is-4g-obsolete

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 26, 2025 04:39 AM (4CKeO)

19 *2008

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 26, 2025 04:39 AM (4CKeO)

20 G'Day everyone
Can't say got much sleep

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2025 04:38 AM (fwDg9)

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Welcome to the party, pal!

Now that I'm on the wrong side of 60, my always considerable anxiety (primarily about death) has only increased and caused me considerable insomnia for a handful of years ...

It is what it is -- but I love life and living.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 26, 2025 04:42 AM (4CKeO)

21 18
Thank you that answered my query. You have been very helpful.
I figure in 3 or 4 years she'd want something different anyway.

Posted by: Ciampino - 5G spot at January 26, 2025 04:44 AM (KjLnc)

22 Can't say got much sleep
Posted by: Skip

You bouncing between days/nights again, Skip?

I'm back to the old insomnia. It's like a well-worn shoe & fits *too well*

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2025 04:48 AM (YoCnN)

23 Good morning, good people, from the newly energized Adirondacks, where it's possible to live in a frozen society. Thde place is abuzz with "did you hear what he did with XYZ, just like he said he'd do"? This next two weeks should set the tone for what he'll do to deal with the deep state pushback, and I can't wait. Meanwhile, may all effort from you result in maximum success and total failure for the leftwits who foul our atmosphere.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at January 26, 2025 04:55 AM (hKoQL)

24 G'morning, all.

28.2 degrees out.

Possible winter storm warning for Tuesday now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2025 05:03 AM (a1415)

25 Well, the bathroom renovation is complete. We have about 3-4 weeks before we repeat the process for the remaining bathroom. And it looks like there's a root canal/crown and a road trip to ID somewhere in that interval, too.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 26, 2025 05:06 AM (3Ope8)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 26, 2025 05:16 AM (tljrc)

27 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 26, 2025 05:16 AM (dg+HA)

28 At the National Security Council, so many staffers were let go on no notice that some were trapped in the buildings because their badges no longer worked and had to be let out by security officers.

American Thinker

Posted by: 13times at January 26, 2025 05:22 AM (xN7V5)

29 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 26, 2025 05:25 AM (43/Ri)

30 Evening and morning to Sunday toilers and early risers! 'Tis the Sun's Day, or will be in about two hours. We have a steady warmup here, 54 F. now, so good workout weather, and a high of 65 this p.m., so good car washing weather.

Overall, I enjoyed the cold snap and snow -- though I'm sure my power bill next month will look like the national debt of a small South American country. The amusing thing is how people here reacted, as if it were the end of the world or as if Antarctica were growing north to overwhelm us all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 05:26 AM (omVj0)

31 At the National Security Council, so many staffers were let go on no notice that some were trapped in the buildings because their badges no longer worked and had to be let out by security officers.

American Thinker
Posted by: 13times at January 26, 2025

***
Heh, heh, heh. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 05:27 AM (omVj0)

32 Reverent fear. Insights and devotional based on Proverbs 2:1-11

https://tinyurl.com/35me7rtm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025 05:32 AM (QTDrh)

33 Same article: “Trump ordered the pumps and valves opened in the North to get water down to Southern California.”

I don’t know what that means; it’s not something simple like opening a couple gate valves and voilà!

Build the much maligned Auburn Dam? Or those long-proposed, mid-valley storage reservoirs? Okay.

Pumping water from North Sacramento Valley deep water aquifers? Hell. No.

Posted by: 13times at January 26, 2025 05:36 AM (r8pP+)

34 An RTX 5090D overclocked and cooled with liquid nitrogen outperforms the RTX 4090 by 50% (Tom's Hardware)

... a little red wagon duct taped to a Saturn V will beat a stock Camaro into orbit. An M16 with a bayonette attached will slice my loaf of bread a whole lot cleaner.

And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2025 05:38 AM (+iIV1)

35 I have having fewer problems with insomnia currently because- I think-I've cut my coffee to one cup a day, I am exercising almost every day, I take 250 milligrams of magnesium half a hour before bed and I try to cut off light from the computer or I cell phone by 7:00 pm. Sometimes I also take one Advil PM if I'm having joint pain.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025 05:39 AM (QTDrh)

36 "And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle."

Not so fast there, Sport

Posted by: Rachel Levine at January 26, 2025 05:40 AM (a1415)

37 Other than fatigue, and sinus pressure for Mrs VIA, we both seem to have successfully recovered from the latest variant of Covid.

Five days fever free as well, so we may try to attend Church again today.

More than likely attend the same Church as the other week.

After that, as she tires easily still....perhaps a nap.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2025 05:44 AM (a1415)

38 I have having fewer problems with insomnia currently because- I think-I've cut my coffee to one cup a day, I am exercising almost every day, I take 250 milligrams of magnesium half a hour before bed and I try to cut off light from the computer or I cell phone by 7:00 pm. Sometimes I also take one Advil PM if I'm having joint pain.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025

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Good work, Fen. I'm doing sort of the same, though my coffee consumption is not as low as yours, and I take a melatonin and a Unisom (an OTC sleep inducer, like Benadryl but with a different active ingredient). Certainly no computer or phone use in the evenings. The TV, yes, but I hope it's not as bad in the blue-light department. In any case I get 6-6.5 hours normally, and 7 on the weekends, though that includes a short nap.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 05:44 AM (omVj0)

39 I didn't know this modern worship song, "What a beautiful name."but I like it:

tinyurl.com/2s3ay44a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025 05:46 AM (QTDrh)

40 Yes, Wolfus, too sometimes take a Unisom as well

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025 05:47 AM (QTDrh)

41 What is this 'sleep' of which you speak?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 26, 2025 05:48 AM (bss/y)

42 I have been taking an anti-histamine (cheap large bottle from Costco) for insomnia -- and it works.

Unfortunately, a nurse with whom I work told me about a study (and I confirmed by looking it up) that 65-year-olds (close but not there yet) who regularly take anti-histamines significantly increase their risk for dementia.

So, of course, now I'm trying to limit that, as dementia is my greatest fear (and if I develop it, hope I have the courage to go out into a forest somewhere and off myself instead of being a burden on the wifey or someone else ...).

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 26, 2025 05:53 AM (d+xMp)

43 G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 26, 2025 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

44 At the National Security Council, so many staffers were let go on no notice that some were trapped in the buildings because their badges no longer worked and had to be let out by security officers.

When someone has the ability to cause all kinds of havoc, particularly when someone unstable is told that their services are no longer required, its important to deny access to all systems except the Exit.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 26, 2025 05:55 AM (a4flb)

45 So, of course, now I'm trying to limit that, as dementia is my greatest fear (and if I develop it, hope I have the courage to go out into a forest somewhere and off myself instead of being a burden on the wifey or someone else ...).
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 26, 2025 05:53 AM (d+xMp)

This. The damnable misery of it is that lack of sleep is ALSO shown to be linked with development of dementia.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 26, 2025 05:56 AM (bss/y)

46 Looks like the winter storm warning is for rain tomorrow into Tuesday.

That would be good, as it will wash away the remainder of the salt left on the roads from the death-storm last week.

Then we can wash cars, and get the residue off of them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2025 05:56 AM (a1415)

47 Good morning morons

The CPAP doesn't work so well with sinus congestion so I got myself thrown out of bed. Sadz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2025 05:58 AM (RIvkX)

48 I'm gonna have to have a discussion with our 8 month old kitten, Frog.

In he last two days he has decided that playing Fetch-Mouse is a fun new game, and as such we should play it often.

Including in the middle of the night.

Really messes with the sleep schedule.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2025 05:59 AM (a1415)

49 26 and cloudy, going up to 37, snow still on the ground in western CT.

Good day for a walk.

Posted by: CTSPURSMAN at January 26, 2025 06:00 AM (Uy2Lz)

50 "The damnable misery of it is that lack of sleep is ALSO shown to be linked with development of dementia."

Anybody ever do a study on the effects of military lifestyle, including standing underway watches with constant shifting of sleep routines, and sleep interruptions, and the rate of dementia diagnosis?

I sometimes wonder.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2025 06:01 AM (a1415)

51 I sometimes wonder.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2025 06:01 AM (a1415)

About 10 months ago, something came up at one of our sites and I chose to go onto third shift to fix the problem. Now usually, I can shift my sleep schedule to whatever and after a few days or maybe a week on the outside, my schedule can shift and I can get regular sleep. This time, no. There were a few other things going on, but in three months, I never was able to get on schedule. It sucked pretty bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 26, 2025 06:04 AM (bss/y)

52 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Yay!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 26, 2025 06:09 AM (6K6Eu)

53 52 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Yay!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 26, 2025 06:09 AM (6K6Eu)

Coffee. Black. Volcanic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 26, 2025 06:12 AM (bss/y)

54 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at January 26, 2025 06:12 AM (AN2gy)

55 There were two bunnies waiting when I went out to top off the bird feeders. I tossed them a couple handfuls of millet before getting to the birds.

They don't like the quick hand motion, but they didn't back off too far. Breakfast is served.

Posted by: fluffy at January 26, 2025 06:17 AM (AN2gy)

56 52 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 26, 2025 06:09 AM (6K6Eu)

Certainly, Captain, let me just book a flight to a tea-making country to pick the tea leaves, oh, well, we'll need to research that, and then, acquire the knowledge to dry them and prepare them, and yes, we'll need a source of hot water, and of course we'll need to submit an order to Amazon to acquire the necessary implements to make the tea, do you have Amazon Prime?

Posted by: Devin at January 26, 2025 06:17 AM (PiwSw)

57 Years ago, I remember reading articles about pushing the latest and greatest CPU (at the time) all the way to a blazing 1 GHz with liquid nitrogen cooling. This was covered at a lot of the overclocker sites of the time period, including (if I remember correctly) HardOCP.

And at that point it time, I was looking back and marveling at how far we'd come from the 1980's when the 8088 processor was in "XT" computers; when the base clock speed was 4.77 MHz, and the "turbo option" was 10MHz, and hard drives were 10 Megabytes. Back then, Moore's law was a thing.

If I could go back in time and tell younger me about the technology to come, I don't think I'd believe myself.

Anyway, dragging this back on topic: I've seen this liquid nitrogen cooling trick before. Sure, it can be done, but it's not practical. Condensation and powered-up electronics do not mix well; not well at all.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 26, 2025 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

58 Posted by: Devin at January 26, 2025 06:17 AM (PiwSw)
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You couldn't just dump some Lipton and some bergamot in a pot and try to pass it off, could you?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 26, 2025 06:23 AM (6K6Eu)

59 If you're interested in this kind of thing, but haven't seen it, look at a video of Peter Hegseth being sworn in and what he said afterwards. His faith is clearly important to him, and I appreciate that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025 06:24 AM (Ivqq8)

60 Even though turned off device at 11, didn't fall asleep until after 12 and been cat napping all night

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2025 06:28 AM (fwDg9)

61 33 opening a couple gate valves and voilà!
Posted by: 13times at January 26, 2025 05:36 AM (r8pP+)

AoSHq stylesheet recommends:

viola

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 06:35 AM (VnUSN)

62 mornin yall. Today's Daily Mail:

"Donald Trump outlined an extraordinary plan for peace in the Middle East by moving more than one million people out of Gaza and into Greenland."

Maybe I made that last part up. It would work better than sending them to Jordan and Egypt though.

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2025 06:35 AM (vFG9F)

63 Even though turned off device at 11, didn't fall asleep until after 12 and been cat napping all night
Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2025 06:28 AM (fwDg9)

My wife doesn't sleep at night. She'll sleep 3-4 hours 2-3 times a day. It makes her crazier than normal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2025 06:35 AM (ExV1e)

64 I've been working shift work most of my life, midshift mostly. Normal sleep patterns left me decades ago.

I'm going to be around 0700. Just got home from work a bit ago.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2025 06:39 AM (sAmhv)

65 present

Posted by: Don Black at January 26, 2025 06:39 AM (AOsQT)

66 42 a study (and I confirmed by looking it up) that 65-year-olds (close but not there yet) who regularly take anti-histamines significantly increase their risk for dementia
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 26, 2025 05:53 AM (d+xMp)

Huh. That's scary. Did the study distinguish between first generation (Benadryl; sleep-inducing) and second generation (non-sleep-inducing) antihistamines, do you recall?

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 06:39 AM (VnUSN)

67 52 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 26, 2025 06:09 AM (6K6Eu)

I am doing this, too.

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 06:42 AM (VnUSN)

68 Who needs an alarm clock when you have a corgi? Lily wakes me with the gotta-go-out-then-eat yip every day, within 10 minutes of 6 a.m.

This morning it was 6:09.

As regards laws regulating AI, it seems that the focus is on deepfakery. As I type this I wonder, and the autocorrect is underlining it with the little red squiggle, how did we get here so fast?

What is the difference between someone making a video using AI that shows a politician saying something, anything, that he or she never said, and CBS editing an interview, swapping answers?

But it seems as if the thought is that one is a crime, while the other is a tort.

WTF?

Posted by: Mr Gaga at January 26, 2025 06:42 AM (KiBMU)

69 "Push the button, Max!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 26, 2025 04:04 AM (BLOW1)"

Aye, aye, Professor Fate!

Posted by: Max at January 26, 2025 06:47 AM (/HDaX)

70 I remember back in the day people taking their PC's out into the winter weather to keep the CPU's cool while they attempted to overclock it. Photos of a PC with the cover off, sitting on a picnic table covered in snow and ice....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 26, 2025 06:49 AM (Q4IgG)

71 On Benadryl, Sleep, Anxiety, and Dementia:

I am highly allergic to mosquitos who also love my blood, and I wake up every night after 4 - 5 hours. The reason for that waking up is increasing cortisol due to my anxiety disorder. Diabetics will notice a "dawn phenomenon" sometimes where glucose readings are higher in the morning because of high cortisol levels. Cortisol is the stress hormone and it wakes us up.

Stress/cortisol causes increased itching. When I live in mosquito prone areas, when I wake as I always do and always have, I ITCH. Every bite I have on my body from the last several days itches like crazy. The stress/cortisol increases the itching.

Benadryl helps with sleep, itching, AND stress.

So I think that stress and lack of sleep are contributors to dementia, while benadryl and itching are correlates. The Instapundit agrees with this analysis.

*Do your own research and/or consult a doctor. Results may vary, product is not uniform in size and appearance, Pixy Misa reposts old videos sometimes.

This post brought to you by Grok, the letter Q, and the prime number 8675309.

Posted by: meh at January 26, 2025 06:54 AM (kK7U2)

72 overclock | ˌōvərˈkläk |
verb [with object]
run (the processor of one's computer) at a speed higher than that intended by the manufacturers: the graphics processor can be overclocked, so a highly-efficient cooler is an advantage here | (overclocking as noun) : the days of overclocking for the casual PC enthusiast are numbered.

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 06:56 AM (VnUSN)

73 Pixy Misa-sama gonna have to disagree on that music video. Sounds too much like something from Miami Vice.

From the 1987 Dirty Pair: Project Eden movie - "Over the Top"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN-ULwtbk3Y

And yes dear Horde, she is singing in English.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2025 06:58 AM (vV4jT)

74 G'mornin' everyone!

day 2 of Winter Field Day (ham radio thing, no one cares)

@ 62, I remember a short story I read years&years ago about the British Empire solving two problems at once by exchanging the populations of Ireland and Pakistan

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 26, 2025 06:58 AM (uX4GZ)

75 Winning

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 26, 2025 07:07 AM (gbOdA)

76 But it seems as if the thought is that one is a crime, while the other is a tort.

WTF?

Posted by: Mr Gaga at January 26, 2025 06:42 AM (KiBMU)

I would love a raspberry tort.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 26, 2025 07:10 AM (gbOdA)

77 "Donald Trump outlined an extraordinary plan for peace in the Middle East by moving more than one million people out of Gaza and into Greenland."

Maybe I made that last part up. It would work better than sending them to Jordan and Egypt though.

I vote for shipping them all to Null Island.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 26, 2025 07:10 AM (a4flb)

78 Colorado kills again:

Sheriff’s office: 1 killed in possible animal attack in southern Colorado

they won't say what kind of animal, probably because it's one of the wolves imported by the governor, who is a notorious sodomite

every other time a person is killed in an animal attack, they say if it was a bear or mountain lion or they got bitten by a moose

this time, no info available

Posted by: Don Black at January 26, 2025 07:15 AM (AOsQT)

79 Good morning horde.

"28 At the National Security Council, so many staffers were let go on no notice that some were trapped in the buildings because their badges no longer worked and had to be let out by security officers."

GLORIOUS MORNING HORDE!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 26, 2025 07:15 AM (t88zN)

80 77 "Donald Trump outlined an extraordinary plan for peace in the Middle East by moving more than one million people out of Gaza and into Greenland."

That's called: "Getting Nuuked".

Posted by: meh at January 26, 2025 07:16 AM (kK7U2)

81 some were trapped in the buildings because their badges no longer worked and had to be let out by security officers.

You know what that means? No leaks. Also, "the system worked".

Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2025 07:18 AM (33Cgj)

82 > At the National Security Council, so many staffers were let go on no notice that some were trapped in the buildings because their badges no longer worked and had to be let out by security officers.
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That "council" is/was one of the huge sources of Resistance I. And was apparently preparing for Resistance II.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 26, 2025 07:20 AM (Q4IgG)

83 Meh,

Have you tried taking garlic (eating more or even pills) for bug bites. It helps to determine the little buggers.

Posted by: Dandolo at January 26, 2025 07:21 AM (3QsZU)

84 some were trapped in the buildings because their badges no longer worked and had to be let out by security officers.

I call B/S. Security doors work on card/badges/codes to get in, always allow unfettered access for egress for you to get out. Fire codes and all.

Posted by: Fire Marshal Bill at January 26, 2025 07:21 AM (R/m4+)

85 a study (and I confirmed by looking it up) that 65-year-olds (close but not there yet) who regularly take anti-histamines significantly increase their risk for dementia
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 26, 2025
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Huh. That's scary. Did the study distinguish between first generation (Benadryl; sleep-inducing) and second generation (non-sleep-inducing) antihistamines, do you recall?
Posted by: m at January 26, 2025

***
Once I retire, I'll cut back on, or cut out, the use of Unisom. If I find myself sleeping only five hours a night, I'll make it up with a two-hour afternoon nap (which I'd do anyway).

I take melatonin each night anyway. Maybe if I increase that dosage, I can do without the Unisom.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:22 AM (omVj0)

86 "Donald Trump outlined an extraordinary plan for peace in the Middle East by moving more than one million people out of Gaza and into Greenland."

Maybe I made that last part up. It would work better than sending them to Jordan and Egypt though.
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I vote for shipping them all to Null Island.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 26, 2025

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South Georgia Island or Elephant Island, is my vote.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:24 AM (omVj0)

87 There's a Randolph Scott movie on Grit and Jim Rockford's dad is in it. He looks so young I almost didn't recognize him.

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2025 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

88 Never thought aboit OTCs being linked to dementia.
Did a search snd GoodRx provided this list

https://tinyurl.com/mprfppax

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 26, 2025 07:29 AM (t88zN)

89 It would work better than sending them to Jordan and Egypt though.

Must be some pressure tactic on Jordan and Egypt. Moving Endless War™ from one neighbor of Israel to another doesn't do anything by itself.

Posted by: t-bird at January 26, 2025 07:29 AM (+j7Fj)

90 I call B/S. Security doors work on card/badges/codes to get in, always allow unfettered access for egress for you to get out. Fire codes and all.
Posted by: Fire Marshal Bill at January 26, 2025 07:21 AM (R/m4+)

Nope. Where I worked, you had to badge out through a revolving door as well as badge in. If you went out through the normal doors, an alarm would sound.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 26, 2025 07:30 AM (PiwSw)

91 What's today? Sunday? Imma go with Merlot.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 26, 2025 07:30 AM (dg+HA)

92 91 What's today? Sunday? Imma go with Merlot.
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 26, 2025 07:30 AM (dg+HA)

Good *hic* choice.

Posted by: Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient *hic* at January 26, 2025 07:31 AM (PiwSw)

93 87 There's a Randolph Scott movie on Grit...

Whatever happened to him?

Posted by: The Statler Brothers at January 26, 2025 07:32 AM (dg+HA)

94 There's a Randolph Scott movie on Grit and Jim Rockford's dad is in it. He looks so young I almost didn't recognize him.
Posted by: fd at January 26, 2025

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Grit had another of Scott's last night with Pernell Roberts, later of Bonanza, James Coburn, and the lady who played "Eve" in the Trek episode "Mudd's Women." And James Best, later of Dukes of Hazzard.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:32 AM (omVj0)

95 "Whatever happened to him?
Posted by: The Statler Brothers"

He lives on, on Grit TV.

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2025 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

96 There's a Randolph Scott movie on Grit...
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Whatever happened to him?
Posted by: The Statler Brothers at January 26, 2025

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He dried out into beef jerky and they stored him in a freezer in Hollywood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:33 AM (omVj0)

97 90 I think it's a way to keep track of who is the building

Usually there's a visitor door that security pressed a button to open. That was ages ago though; maybe they use AI Alfred now.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 26, 2025 07:34 AM (t88zN)

98 I just recently learned that Charles Coburn was born in Macon, Georgia in 1877. No relation to James Coburn though.

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2025 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

99 Sext ed- NYC teachers manned for inappropriately texting students. One teacher sent 30,000 late night e-mails to a students. It's beyond "inappropriate". It's evil and sick

NY Post

https://tinyurl.com/3d7ptdmj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025 07:37 AM (vX/Gr)

100 88 Never thought aboit OTCs being linked to dementia.
Did a search snd GoodRx provided this list

https://tinyurl.com/mprfppax
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 26, 2025 07:29 AM (t88zN)

Thanks! This is the kind of thing RFK Jr would get right on.

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 07:37 AM (VnUSN)

101
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Grit had another of Scott's last night with Pernell Roberts, later of Bonanza, James Coburn, and the lady who played "Eve" in the Trek episode "Mudd's Women." And James Best, later of Dukes of Hazzard.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:32 AM (omVj0)

One of the fun bits about watching TV shows from the 60’s and 70’s, and movies as well, is that there’s a relatively small number of studio actors who fill most of the roles .

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2025 07:37 AM (7MHHr)

102 99- "named " not "manned"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025 07:40 AM (vX/Gr)

103 RFK Jr. has been making the rounds in the Senate, having conversations with senators.

https://xcancel.com/robertkennedyjr

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 07:41 AM (VnUSN)

104 One of the fun bits about watching TV shows from the 60’s and 70’s, and movies as well, is that there’s a relatively small number of studio actors who fill most of the roles .
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2025

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Featured and leading roles, yes. There were always scads of actors and actresses who remained C-List and below. "Whatever happened to her . . .?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:41 AM (omVj0)

105 How could anyone send that many texts to someone ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025 07:43 AM (vX/Gr)

106 I used to lose sleep in dread of what new infamy the Biden Crime Wave had perpetrated. Now I lose sleep looking forward to what new correction Trump has made. Makes getting out of bed much easier.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at January 26, 2025 07:44 AM (895ss)

107 The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space paid for their chow this week. On Thursday evening I saw them both sitting, staring intently up toward the top of the bedroom door. Yep, a wasp. I killed it (it was sluggish from the cold, I guess) and gave them kitty treats.

How it got in, I don't know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:45 AM (omVj0)

108 How could anyone send that many texts to someone ?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025

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Thirty a night over three years? Still, that's a *lot.*

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:46 AM (omVj0)

109 'Bout time for me to nip out, wash the car, and pick up a few things at the grocery. I should be back in time for the Book Thread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:46 AM (omVj0)

110 "Now I lose sleep looking forward to what new correction Trump has made. Makes getting out of bed much easier.
Posted by: Erik In Texas "

Merry Trumpmas, again!

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2025 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

111 "How it got in, I don't know.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere"

Wasp privilege.

Posted by: The wasp at January 26, 2025 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

112 Maybe I made that last part up. It would work better than sending them to Jordan and Egypt though.”

It always surprises me that so many (especially the media) ignore what Egypt and Jordan have to say about this. Egypt has built one of the most impressive border walls/fortifications I’ve seen on their side of the Gaza border, and emphasized it by stationing several hundred M1 tanks right behind it. Egypt says any attempt to move Gazans into Sinai means all out war, and they’re serious. Jordan isn’t as strong, but they’ve said the same thing.

No Gazans are headed to either spot.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2025 07:49 AM (7MHHr)

113 111 "How it got in, I don't know.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere"

Wasp privilege.
Posted by: The wasp at January 26, 2025 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

hahahahahaha

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 07:50 AM (VnUSN)

114 Grit had another of Scott's last night with Pernell Roberts, later of Bonanza, James Coburn, and the lady who played "Eve" in the Trek episode "Mudd's Women." And James Best, later of Dukes of Hazzard.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:32 AM (omVj0)

Excellent movie. One of the several that Scott made with director Budd Boetticher in the 50s.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 26, 2025 07:51 AM (ZlOcj)

115 MAHA

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 07:51 AM (VnUSN)

116 No Gazans are headed to either spot.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2025 07:49 AM (7MHHr)

They also had tunnels big enough to bring in truck loads of weapons.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 26, 2025 07:51 AM (gbOdA)

117 You could find any number of people who have actual experience working instead of teaching and they would do a MUCH better job and NOT behave like perverts. Wolfus could teach English classes for instance, and morons here could teach chemistry and math, but who would want to go teach in NYC?!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2025 07:53 AM (vX/Gr)

118 Javier Milei's speech to the WEF was a very direct, honest and fearless repudiation of all things WEF. The West's chief Defender of the Faith. Recommended. Never thought I'd be cheering for the Argentines.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at January 26, 2025 07:54 AM (895ss)

119 Oh no. Rockford's dad just got trampled by a stampede.

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2025 07:57 AM (vFG9F)

120 Trampede

Posted by: Don Black at January 26, 2025 07:59 AM (AOsQT)

121 Hate it when that happens.

Posted by: Chuck Connors at January 26, 2025 07:59 AM (dg+HA)

122 119 Oh no. Rockford's dad just got trampled by a stampede.
Posted by: fd at January 26, 2025 07:57 AM (vFG9F)

Noah Beery Jr. Wallace Beery's nephew. He should have played Will Rogers in a movie. Looked just like him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 26, 2025 07:59 AM (ZlOcj)

123 If I eat enough garlic to smell like garlic, it certainly does repel mosquitoes. It's repellant. A good suggestion though, thanks!

I did read once that mosquitoes acclimate to the smell the same way you don't smell your own house but can smell other people's houses. That seems to be true for Off! as well.

Nuuk, btw, is the capital of Greenland, so there is fertile ground there for bad jokes.

Posted by: meh at January 26, 2025 08:00 AM (kK7U2)

124 east is lightening up, see you all later

be happy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 26, 2025 08:00 AM (uX4GZ)

125 They also had tunnels big enough to bring in truck loads of weapons.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 26, 2025 07:51 AM (gbOdA)

This brings up one of the strange bits about how this war has been conducted that no one wants to mention except in whispers. First of course Egypt’s undercover support of Hamas; but also, I and everyone else paying attention first heard of these tunnels at least 5 years ago, when a sympathetic European source revealed in a report about how Hamas operated.

Israeli intelligence *always* knew they were there, so why did the IDF wait a full year before doing anything about them? Why wasn’t the Philadelphia Corridor taken in the first two weeks? We pretend this war was well run - mostly it has, but this was a huge strategic mistake.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2025 08:01 AM (7MHHr)

126 Nuuk, btw, is the capital of Greenland, so there is fertile ground there for bad jokes.
Posted by: meh at January 26, 2025 08:00 AM (kK7U2)

On it!

Posted by: The Three Stooges at January 26, 2025 08:02 AM (PiwSw)

127 123 Nuuk, btw, is the capital of Greenland, so there is fertile ground there for bad jokes.
Posted by: meh at January 26, 2025 08:00 AM (kK7U2)

CaNuukistan

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 08:02 AM (VnUSN)

128 CBS reporting that Trump ordered the termination of the Air Force classes on the Tuskagee Airmen. A lie, of course. They cite some unnamed Air Force official. Expect more of this sort of "malicious compliance."

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 26, 2025 08:03 AM (ZlOcj)

129 NaNuuk of the North

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 08:04 AM (VnUSN)

130 And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle."

Not so fast there, Sport
Posted by: Rachel Levine
+++
I'm assuming poor Rachel has been separated from it's position with the government.
What kind of traveling freak show will it join up with now?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 26, 2025 08:06 AM (Lo97M)

131 Oh. Wise guy, eh?

Posted by: Moe at January 26, 2025 08:06 AM (dg+HA)

132 Admiral Rachel Levine, who is neither, left the building on 20 January 2025.

Posted by: So sez Wiki at January 26, 2025 08:09 AM (dg+HA)

133 I found this last night. This is what one J6er went through

https://tinyurl.com/erz3k9k4

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2025 08:10 AM (NQtI0)

134 96 There's a Randolph Scott movie on Grit...
*
Whatever happened to him?
Posted by: The Statler Brothers at January 26, 2025

***
He dried out into beef jerky and they stored him in a freezer in Hollywood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:33 AM (omVj0)

Olson Johnson told me the freezer is in a warehouse on Rock Ridge Avenue in Hollywood.

Posted by: Gref at January 26, 2025 08:10 AM (aBgBM)

135 Nuuk has a population of about 20,000. Imagine the prosperity an influx of immigrants could bring.

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2025 08:11 AM (vFG9F)

136 Tom Servo, the war should have taken 2-3 days a week at the outside. This lesson they have not learned.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2025 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

137 Surely there are some jobs Greenlanders won't do.

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2025 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

138 128 CBS reporting that Trump ordered the termination of the Air Force classes on the Tuskagee Airmen. A lie, of course. They cite some unnamed Air Force official. Expect more of this sort of "malicious compliance."
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 26, 2025 08:03 AM (ZlOcj)

This needs to turn into a defamation suit. These liars must be slapped own. Reporting obvious lies is not protected speech. Just propaganda.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at January 26, 2025 08:14 AM (895ss)

139 I can't seem to get up

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2025 08:15 AM (fwDg9)

140 I can't seem to get up
Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2025 08:15 AM (fwDg9)
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Still winter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2025 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

141 Fenelon - You're right. "What a Wonderful Name It Is" is a beautiful song.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 26, 2025 08:18 AM (SfhV1)

142 133 I found this last night. This is what one J6er went through

https://tinyurl.com/erz3k9k4
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2025 08:10 AM (NQtI0)

Thanks.
Brandon Straka discusses with Bill O'Reilly what he went through after J6.
https://tinyurl.com/288hsdmx

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 26, 2025 08:22 AM (ZlOcj)

143 101
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Grit had another of Scott's last night with Pernell Roberts, later of Bonanza, James Coburn, and the lady who played "Eve" in the Trek episode "Mudd's Women." And James Best, later of Dukes of Hazzard.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2025 07:32 AM (omVj0)

One of the fun bits about watching TV shows from the 60’s and 70’s, and movies as well, is that there’s a relatively small number of studio actors who fill most of the roles .

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2025 07:37 AM (7MHHr)

TV shows from the 50s through 70s are filled with actors who had few a big movie roles but ended up doing TV work. And a number of young actors who eventually made it big in movies.

Posted by: Gref at January 26, 2025 08:22 AM (aBgBM)

144 @99/FenelonSpoke: "It's beyond "inappropriate". It's evil and sick"

Well said.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 26, 2025 08:25 AM (O7YUW)

145 139 I can't seem to get up
Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2025 08:15 AM (fwDg9)

Call Life Alert! (And maybe the Clapper, too)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2025 08:25 AM (7MHHr)

146 I watch an episode of Kolchak that had Sorrell Brooke (Boss Hogg) in it. Strange.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 26, 2025 08:25 AM (dR6yv)

147 I use Calms Forte. It's a homeopathic remedy and works by sort of turning yur mind off. I sometimes take a low dose liquid melatonin. I have another melatonin that has chamomile in it. Mostly, the dog wakes me up every two hours or three hours. It was a lot harder when I was working.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2025 08:26 AM (NQtI0)

148 Nuuk has a population of about 20,000. Imagine the prosperity an influx of immigrants could bring

I know, RIGHT?
- Haitians in Ohio, references available

Posted by: Heirloominati at January 26, 2025 08:28 AM (CtJ/Z)

149 They had a gag order on Starka. He was another that didn't enter the Capitol.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2025 08:28 AM (NQtI0)

150 136 Tom Servo, the war should have taken 2-3 days a week at the outside. This lesson they have not learned.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2025 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

I agree. Some parts have been done very well, some have been done very sloppily and haphazardly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2025 08:30 AM (7MHHr)

151 They had a gag order on Starka. He was another that didn't enter the Capitol.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2025 08:28 AM (NQtI0)
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I feel like a ghey joke should be inserted here.

Would that be wrong?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2025 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

152 149 They had a gag order on Starka. He was another that didn't enter the Capitol.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2025 08:28 AM (NQtI0)

The NDAs and gag orders just show: they were doing evil, illegal shit with this 'insurrection' and they knew it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 26, 2025 08:32 AM (bss/y)

153 Maybe the AIs are "quiet quitting".

Posted by: banana Dream at January 26, 2025 08:33 AM (Y6IkP)

154 I watch an episode of Kolchak that had Sorrell Brooke (Boss Hogg) in it. Strange.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 26, 2025 08:25 AM (dR6yv)

"Legacy of Terror" with Erik Estrada as an Aztec running around cutting peoples' hearts out.

Weird even for Kolchak.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 26, 2025 08:34 AM (/HDaX)

155 I'm sure he wouldn't mind

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2025 08:34 AM (NQtI0)

156 I feel like a ghey joke should be inserted here.

Would that be wrong?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2025 08:31 AM (RIvkX)
======

No one wants to take a swing at the slow pitch down the middle? It's like I don't even know you morons anymore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2025 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

157 Man. You cut out one heart...

Posted by: Erik Chips Estrada at January 26, 2025 08:38 AM (dg+HA)

158 Man. You cut out one heart...
Posted by: Erik Chips Estrada at January 26, 2025 08:38 AM (dg+HA)
====

Apocalypto would like a word.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2025 08:40 AM (RIvkX)

159 No one wants to take a swing at the slow pitch down the middle? It's like I don't even know you morons anymore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2025 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

No. That's just what they'll be expecting us to do.

Posted by: Robert Stack at January 26, 2025 08:41 AM (bss/y)

160
Anybody ever hear of the "Birds Aren't Real" "Conspiracy" as something that people actually believe?

https://tinyurl.com/3eytyezr

One, I've never heard of it. But, if I ever did, I'd think it was a joke.

Buuuuut, of course, the Guardian(see above) is playing as something super popular and taken seriously by conservatives cuz they're lunkheads.

Whatevs. Everybody knows that it's-

"Ants Aren't Real"

Every single ant worldwide has been replaced by a Trump-friendly robot drone built by Elon Musk to spy of everyone everywhere all the time!!!!!!

And theRoboAnts laugh at your bug spray!!!!

Wake up!!!! people!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 26, 2025 08:41 AM (iJfKG)

161 Horizontal finally

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2025 08:42 AM (fwDg9)

162 "Horizontal finally"

Thought you were trying to get upright?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2025 08:43 AM (a1415)

163 What's the scorecard on Trump's nominees so far?

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2025 08:43 AM (i0F8b)

164 OK, off to Church.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2025 08:43 AM (a1415)

165 President Trump has set about keeping so many campaign promises.

Where's the "hell to pay" if the hostages are not released?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2025 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

166 What's the scorecard on Trump's nominees so far?

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2025 08:43 AM (i0F8b)

I think it's three down, 148 more to go.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 26, 2025 08:46 AM (SfhV1)

167 Mornin' gang. Coffee, cat, classical music, and strawberry-chocolate chip pancakes.

I'm reading an article in the Epoch Times by the estimable Jeffrey Tucker, "This Transition is Already a Huge Historical Marker".

"I don't care what your politics are: If you cannot see this example of steadfastness and courage as inspiring, there is something wrong. Is there anything in your life to compare? It's doubtful. He made it through and do can you. If nothing else is true, his personal example of courage in the face of grave danger is exemplary."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 26, 2025 08:46 AM (kpS4V)

168 The sub Redditt's with NM deportation posts are filled with hysteria. It is pretty funny. The hysteria got so out of control the Navaho leadership issued a PSA to the tribe members to calm because none of it was true.

One respondent to one of these threads, a tribal member, summed it up with perfection, paraphrasing, "So who cares if I BP detains me. What are they going to do - deport me back to the Rez?"

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 26, 2025 08:46 AM (Q8Bj8)

169 "Where's the "hell to pay" if the hostages are not released?"

He released all the weapons that biteme wouldn't send a couple days ago including a order of 2000 pound bombs.

Maybe hell is on its way?

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it but not today. I'm a dangerous radical. at January 26, 2025 08:47 AM (89Sog)

170 Morning everyone. It's 23° here , a veritable heat wave .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 26, 2025 08:50 AM (6v8aM)

171 "In 2016, Peter McIndoe started a farcical conspiracy theory called Birds Aren't Real—gaining a following of Gen Z adherents. He reflects on what the fake movement reveals about belief and belonging."

https://tinyurl.com/y3v3cbx5

It's from NPR (yeah, I know) but an interesting social commentary about the viral effect of the web. A few years ago I was in a public place and saw a Birds Aren't Real sticker on a handrail, so I chased that rabbit for a bit.
Give the guy credit for what he was able to demonstrate.
Long before the COVID hoax.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 26, 2025 08:50 AM (dg+HA)

172 Happy Sunday!

This one hits hard, but she's right: https://tinyurl.com/rw585n9j

Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2025 08:51 AM (WbBbu)

173 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2025 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

174 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Sorry I missed ya. Have a great day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2025 08:53 AM (u82oZ)

175 Construction on the border was has restarted here in New Mexico. I know the stretch describe in the post well. There is huge gaps in this area and they are used by the cartels to smuggle drugs and humans with regularity. Once rancher north of these gaps used to collect all the backpacks left on his property and dump them by the side of the roads. At one point the mound was about 10' in diameter and 6' high. I am going to drive down to that area to more and will have an update after that.

https://is.gd/lrCSBb

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 26, 2025 08:53 AM (Q8Bj8)

176 That article on he Navajos is a bit funny, as some were caught up in a sweep by the Biden administration so there is a plan in place to deal with things like this. Tribal President isn't concerned but some tribal woman is. And they have members in Mexico which could be a factor. Six Indians get questioned for a couple of hours and we are supposed to freak out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2025 08:53 AM (NQtI0)

177 >> "In 2016, Peter McIndoe started a farcical conspiracy theory called Birds Aren't Real—gaining a following of Gen Z adherents. He reflects on what the fake movement reveals about belief and belonging."

Hey NPR, now do a story on Reddit making up the story that the OK hand sign is white supremist just to show the Left would believe in anything. They proved it and then some, since now it is considered ironclad fact, perpetuated by institutions such as the SPLC and ADL, and has caused people to be fired, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2025 08:54 AM (WbBbu)

178 >>Mornin' gang. Coffee, cat, classical music, and strawberry-chocolate chip pancakes.

Dang, I have to try that pancake combination!!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2025 08:56 AM (WbBbu)

179 The first hostages released revealed that they had been held in UNWRA camps. I suspect they’re grappling with the idea that a military operation to free the hostages means attacking the UN directly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2025 08:58 AM (7MHHr)

180 I just saw a story linked on Substack claiming that it was a Melania body double that went to NC

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2025 08:58 AM (NQtI0)

181 Six Indians get questioned for a couple of hours and we are supposed to freak out. Posted by: Notsothoreau

The deportations is reveling some pretty vile racism amongst a segment of the New Mexico Hispanic population. It is sort of breathtaking the hatred expressed towards White peeps and the USA in general. As for Texans, you really don't want to know what is being said about them.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 26, 2025 08:58 AM (Q8Bj8)

182 >>I just saw a story linked on Substack claiming that it was a Melania body double that went to NC

And they wonder why she hates the press, and chooses to wear hats and sunglasses?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2025 08:59 AM (WbBbu)

183 Head upstairs
BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2025 09:01 AM (fwDg9)

184 "Birds Aren't Real"

Everybody knows that.

Posted by: Big Robonazi Penguin at January 26, 2025 09:01 AM (vFG9F)

185 @160/naturalfake: {{ Anybody ever hear of the "Birds Aren't Real" "Conspiracy" as something that people actually believe? " }}

Yeah, it's the same troll behind the "Enron" Egg reactor nonsense:

https://tinyurl.com/4r3czckn

It's not the old now completely dissolved Enron. This guy bought the trademark after dissolution, and is now using it to claim "Enron is back". I guess he just loves fooling people.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 26, 2025 09:04 AM (O7YUW)

186 185 I guess he just loves fooling people.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 26, 2025 09:04 AM (O7YUW)

and I guess he loves $$$

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 09:17 AM (VnUSN)

187 4 I don't have or use a cellphone but my two daughters do. I am kind of ignorant about the topic.
Question: will a 4G phone or tablet eventually not work as everything goes to 5G or am I just ignorant on how it works?
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In time, yes. Every 4G device will eventually be usable only as a fishing sinker. That's a little ways off for 4G.

What you'll see more of is apps written for 5G that suck ever more data will become ever slower on 4G devices as that increased data suckage occurs through a slower device.

Embedded devices such as the OnStar cell modems in cars are not economically upgradeable, and the feature will eventually break when the 4G networks are taken down. (As owners of cars with 3G modems learned the hard way.)

Posted by: AB at January 26, 2025 10:16 AM (/Ndpf)

188 What's the scorecard on Trump's nominees so far?

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2025 08:43 AM

I think it's three down, 148 more to go.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 26, 2025 08:46 AM

Confirmation hearings this week:

Wednesday: Robert F. Kennedy - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary

Thursday: Tulsi Gabbard - National Intelligence Director
Thursday: Kash Patel - FBI Director

X: https://bit.ly/3WBVMSf

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 26, 2025 10:19 AM (P5BPp)

189 Thanks, 187 and 188!

Posted by: m at January 26, 2025 11:31 AM (VnUSN)

190 >Devin is an idiot

Toi be fair, human developers don't know how to build, deploy, host or monitor their applications either.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at January 27, 2025 01:10 AM (LgYtf)

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