Daily Tech News 4 March 2025

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The secret weapon of AMD's 9070 XT graphics card: It exists. (Twitter)

Retailers report they have received more stock so far of the 9070 XT than of all the new Nvidia cards combined, including the unreleased RTX 5070.
Meanwhile Nvidia says that it definitely didn't pay for the obviously paid pathetic puff-pieces posing as previews for the RTX 5070. (Twitter)

The 5070, which launches this week, is not headed for favourable reviews. It increased the number of shaders over the older RTX 4070 slightly - 6144 over 5888 - but is down significantly over last year's 4070 Super with its 7168 shaders.

And there hasn't been much improvement at all on shader performance or clock speed, so... Eh.

It will probably still sell out, but that seems to be more a function of supply than demand.

Tech News

It turns out that the new RTX 5090 - the only card in the family to show real gains - albeit mostly in price and flammability - performs worse on Passmark because Nvidia dropped support for 32-bit CUDA libraries. (Tom's Hardware)

That in turn killed support for 32-bit OpenCL - which Passmark's benchmark suite uses - and 32-bit PhysX, which makes older games run at one quarter speed when you upgrade from a 4000-series card to its newer counterpart.

Passmark tried to buy a 5090 to test its benchmark suite directly and track down the problem.

They couldn't.

There aren't any.
Beelink has announced its first NAS, the Me mini. (Liliputing)

Specs are incomplete, but it includes an Intel CPU (presumably an Atom chip like the N100 or N150, which is fine) and six M.2 slots for storage. Networking is dual 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, which is also fine.

It's a 4" white cube, has an internal power supply to keep things tidy, and includes a single HDMI port and three USB ports.
Anthropic has raised another $3.5 billion in funding. (Tech Crunch)

The company has revenues of around $1 billion a year... And spends $3 billion a year on R&D.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: One step forward, two steps backward... Good thing we weren't trying to get anywhere today.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Mornin' Pixy and Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 04, 2025 04:00 AM (O7YUW)

2 "Retailers report they have received more stock so far of the 9070 XT than of all the new Nvidia cards combined, including the unreleased RTX 4070."

Nice to see a return to sanity and not this "treasure hunt" nonsense.

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

3 Good morning, good people.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at March 04, 2025 04:04 AM (hKoQL)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 04:05 AM (v0TzN)

5 >>>Disclaimer: One step forward, two steps backward... Good thing we weren't trying to get anywhere today.

Hey! Are you peeking in on my life?

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 04:06 AM (v0TzN)

6 Morning all. I spent 6 hours getting my tax info ready for the CPA. Every year I go, WTH? How is the possible? I can't imagine how long it would take if I hadn't went digital years ago.

Pixy, how insane is the tax system in Oz?

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 04, 2025 04:07 AM (tazkY)

7 Ars Technica has an article up about TSMC adding $100 billion to their ongoing Arizona fab project. The commentariat took exception to this because Felonious D was involved and uniformly anti investments. Sigh.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 04, 2025 04:11 AM (tazkY)

8 Mornin'

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

9 Nowadays my taxes are done by a professional tax firm. This has been for several years, I do not need the irritation. It's worked well thus far.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at March 04, 2025 04:16 AM (hKoQL)

10 Nvidia... RTX 5090... dropped support for 32-bit CUDA libraries ... killed support for 32-bit OpenCL... which makes older games run at one quarter speed when you upgrade from a 4000-series card to its newer counterpart.

Oh that's going to go over just fabulously with the retro gamers or those with older, much-loved, much-replayed games, especially when a lot of new game offerings are woke dumpster fires of "not fun".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 04, 2025 04:20 AM (O7YUW)

11 Morning all. We'll see if it's good or not depending on which way that red box on the weather map goes.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 04:22 AM (mB6WH)

12
Morning, all. I shouldn't be up.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 04, 2025 04:24 AM (cTjS6)

13 The company has revenues of around $1 billion a year... And spends $3 billion a year on R&D.

Another flock of sheep (investors) lookin' to get sheared.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 04, 2025 04:25 AM (O7YUW)

14 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
AG
@AGHamilton29
10h
Congressional Democrats deciding to not only target @elonmusk, but to do so by engaging in open xenophobia.
Who exactly are these attacks based on him being an immigrant supposed to appeal to?

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 04:25 AM (v0TzN)

15 Nowadays my taxes are done by a professional tax firm. This has been for several years, I do not need the irritation. It's worked well thus far.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

I agree. My CPA has a Tax Organizer with lots and lots of questions. It takes a lot of time to get everything organized for him. My filings are stupid complicated for reasons I can't fathom. Truth is I would not be able prepare my filings.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 04, 2025 04:25 AM (tazkY)

16 Morning all. We'll see if it's good or not depending on which way that red box on the weather map goes.
Posted by: Ben Had

Thunder storms? Las Cruces is experiencing higher than normal ~~call volumes~~ wind speeds. The upside is that should be over by mid April. Yeah! Dust everywhere!

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 04, 2025 04:29 AM (tazkY)

17 16 Morning all. We'll see if it's good or not depending on which way that red box on the weather map goes.
Posted by: Ben Had

Thunder storms? Las Cruces is experiencing higher than normal call volumes wind speeds. The upside is that should be over by mid April. Yeah! Dust everywhere!
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 04, 2025 04:29 AM (tazkY)

A-choo!

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 04:32 AM (v0TzN)

18 Altaria, red box is a tornado watch area

Posted by: Ben Had at March 04, 2025 04:36 AM (mB6WH)

19 Altaria, red box is a tornado watch area
Posted by: Ben Had

ugh. stuff of nightmares. Let's hope it goes away.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 04, 2025 04:37 AM (tazkY)

20 Frontal rains have arrived. Lightning, thunder, but no twisters.
Need a good rain.

Posted by: OkJohn at March 04, 2025 04:38 AM (NC/it)

21 If you find yourself going one step forward and two steps back, try turning around.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2025 04:49 AM (KtIIi)

22 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
AG
@AGHamilton29
10h
Congressional Democrats deciding to not only target @elonmusk, but to do so by engaging in open xenophobia.
Who exactly are these attacks based on him being an immigrant supposed to appeal to?
Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 04:25 AM (v0TzN)

We must welcome and embrace all immigrants, no matter who they are, no matter how they arrive, no matter how many additional laws they break once they get here... except THAT guy. -- Congressional Democrats

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 04:59 AM (ExV1e)

23 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 04, 2025 05:00 AM (hoCmQ)

24 @AGHamilton29
10h
Congressional Democrats deciding to not only target @elonmusk, but to do so by engaging in open xenophobia.
Who exactly are these attacks based on him being an immigrant supposed to appeal to?
Posted by: m

-

Here is where we end the silly "African American" nonsense forever.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You'd be prettier if you'd smile more at March 04, 2025 05:05 AM (sG4Li)

25 G'morning, all!

46.8 degrees with only 82% RH, and no wind.

Nice morning for a walk, in a little bit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2025 05:07 AM (a1415)

26 "These are the people who could have been building rockets...."

*looks at guy who literally builds rockets*

"Why are you even here, go home!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2025 05:08 AM (KtIIi)

27 Start calling their "open borders" insanity what it really is:

Modern Slavery

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2025 05:09 AM (KtIIi)

28 Nowadays my taxes are done by a professional tax firm. This has been for several years, I do not need the irritation. It's worked well thus far.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

My wife was a CPA. On the plus side, doing taxes doesn't cost me coin. On the down side, I have to listen to her cussing for a few days.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 05:10 AM (ExV1e)

29 My wife was a CPA. On the plus side, doing taxes doesn't cost me coin. On the down side, I have to listen to her cussing for a few days.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 05:10 AM (ExV1e)

Clients who can't even spell w-2?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2025 05:11 AM (KtIIi)

30 Clients who can't even spell w-2?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2025 05:11 AM (KtIIi)

She's retired so we're her only client. She just hates doing taxes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 05:13 AM (ExV1e)

31 14 Who exactly are these attacks based on him being an immigrant supposed to appeal to?

It's supposed to imply that we Republicans are being hypocritical because we hate immigrants as much as we hate grandmas. Once it's "revealed" that Musk is an immigrant, we're supposed to turn on him and look to the Democrats for the way forward to Secher Nbiw.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 04, 2025 05:24 AM (lXoJ5)

32 I've used online Turbo Tax for 15 years. I used a CPA when my S corp was operational. At these levels of fraud and debt, income taxes are a political weapon for commies to maintain control.

Posted by: Accomack at March 04, 2025 05:25 AM (Y6Ecf)

33 Time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2025 05:31 AM (a1415)

34
Good morning, all ye early rising Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 05:34 AM (dxSpM)

35 The company has revenues of around $1 billion a year... And spends $3 billion a year on R&D.

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"Not to worry, comrade -- they're making it up on volume!"

/obligatory

Posted by: ShainS -- We Pay Dead People at March 04, 2025 05:41 AM (+wIL6)

36 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 21 chilly degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor and a couple of hours' work ahead of me.

I keep getting notifications about POTUS addressing the congressional clowns tonight. I wish he wouldn't - why give the traitors in both parties a chance to show their asses on national TV? Just send a report by messenger. Better yet, deliver it from the Oval Office - starve the bastards of air.

Oh, well, I suppose he knows better, or thinks he does. I'm just an asshole commenter.

Later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 04, 2025 05:41 AM (Q0kLU)

37 Football coach in PA sends high school athletes to shovel driveways of the disabled and elderly for free:

https://tinyurl.com/ykj7xafv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 05:43 AM (D9ChQ)

38 Who exactly are these attacks based on him being an immigrant supposed to appeal to?

It's supposed to imply that we Republicans are being hypocritical because we hate immigrants as much as we hate grandmas. Once it's "revealed" that Musk is an immigrant, we're supposed to turn on him and look to the Democrats for the way forward to Secher Nbiw.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 04, 2025 05:24 AM (lXoJ5)

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"THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN A WHITE AFRICAN-AMERICAN! REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS -- We Pay Dead People at March 04, 2025 05:44 AM (+wIL6)

39 >>>The company has revenues of around $1 billion a year... And spends $3 billion a year on R&D.

I wonder if they'd still count as a startup (founded in 2021).

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 05:44 AM (v0TzN)

40 38 "THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN A WHITE AFRICAN-AMERICAN! REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

"But you guys loved him when Tesla came out."
"SHUT UP, H8R!"

Posted by: NR Pax at March 04, 2025 05:46 AM (lXoJ5)

41 She's retired so we're her only client. She just hates doing taxes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 05:13 AM (ExV1e)

Same story here. Even with a CPA to help I drag my feet and procrastinate on pulling the loose ends together as long as I can. I just hate doing it.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 04, 2025 05:47 AM (Bjq84)

42 Evening and morning on this Pudgy Tiu's Day to all the late toilers and early risers!

I wish I'd dropped in on the ONT last night. The pic Doof used at the top of the post is of my old "main street," Bourbon Street. The block is, I think, the 300 block, and the view looks up the street toward Canal Street -- and beyond to the Hibernia Bank Building. Once upon a time, say sixty to seventy years ago, it was the tallest building in town and a landmark. You could, I was told, ride an elevator to the observation tower and view the entire flatness of DA Swamp from the dizzying heights of some 300 feet up.

My house was about four blocks from where the pic was taken. Though I think this pic is of much more recent vintage. I don't recognize a lot of the shop and bar names.

Anyway: How's your Tiu's Day look?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2025 05:48 AM (omVj0)

43 Good morning! Warm (67F) and raining here in Cowtown. The weeds have sprouted and are in rampant growth mode, too. Probably gonna have to start doing regular lawn work this week.

Looking forward to PDTS speechifying in front of congress tonight. I hope he tells them the government is out of control and he's gonna shut it down until we have a budget.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 04, 2025 05:51 AM (3Ope8)

44 40 38 "THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN A WHITE AFRICAN-AMERICAN! REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

"But you guys loved him when Tesla came out."
"SHUT UP, H8R!"
Posted by: NR Pax at March 04, 2025 05:46 AM (lXoJ5)

PLUS he's a breeder!

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 05:53 AM (v0TzN)

45
Anyway: How's your Tiu's Day look?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Georgie gets a bath today. He goes into the vet tomorrow morning to have a retained testicle removed and to have his stomach prophylactically tacked. Next month he's going to a new home.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 05:55 AM (dxSpM)

46 44 PLUS he's a breeder!
Posted by: m

"I thought you guys liked immigrants having big families."
"NOT WHITE ONES!"

Posted by: NR Pax at March 04, 2025 05:57 AM (lXoJ5)

47 mornin yall. AMD needs to do something because their stock has gone to shit lately.

The former Social Security Commissioner says Social Security is on the verge of collapse. Oh no, now they are never going to give me the money back that they were never going to give me back anyway.

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2025 05:59 AM (vFG9F)

48 "Let him in"

Rabbi's daughter reflects on Exodus 25:8

https://tinyurl.com/43js6mb6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 06:01 AM (BsSjd)

49 "Ultimately, you're going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits. People should start saving now,' O'Malley urged retirees"

Start saving now. You've got 60-90 days.

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2025 06:01 AM (vFG9F)

50 Weather says 62 F. outside, a bit of wind, but not too bad in the humidity. We will start seeing high winds kick up around 9 am and rain around 2. They've started all the parades earlier to avoid the worst of the wind and rain.

Miss Linda and I are going to have some breakfast at a diner about ten minutes' drive from us. We hope the place is open today. (I know they've been open regular hours on Xmas Eve, for instance.) If not, we can go up the open highway to a Dot's Diner in an outlying town, another twenty minutes away. A much better use of one's time and energy than to fight for parking, stand and watch floats surrounded by yelling strangers, and then fight your way back through traffic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)

51
The former Social Security Commissioner says Social Security is on the verge of collapse.

Did he say anything when before he was the Former Social Security Commissioner?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 06:03 AM (dxSpM)

52 "Martin O'Malley, a Democrat who served as governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015, believes that public outrage may be the only thing that stops the dismantling of Social Security."

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2025 06:03 AM (vFG9F)

53 47: Oh no, now they are never going to give me the money back that they were never going to give me back anyway.

Posted by: fd

Yep.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2025 06:04 AM (sAmhv)

54 When Martin O'Malley speaks, people listen.

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

55
Martin O'Malley, a Democrat who served as governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015, believes that public outrage may be the only thing that stops the dismantling of Social Security.

Isn't that an incitement to riot? When will he be indicted for insurrection?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 06:04 AM (dxSpM)

56 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 05:55 AM (dxSpM)

I'm glad to hear about what's going on with the dogs. May everything go well. Your care and concern for the dogs and sometimes frustration /makes them seem really like a family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 06:05 AM (WPoEb)

57 "Isn't that an incitement to riot? When will he be indicted for insurrection?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh "

The Boomer riots of 2025 saved Social Security.

Posted by: Headlines of the future at March 04, 2025 06:06 AM (vFG9F)

58 52 "Martin O'Malley, a Democrat who served as governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015, believes that public outrage may be the only thing that stops the dismantling of Social Security."

Posted by: fd

Dismantling? It's collapsing because of fraud, waste, and abuse. Reform of SS should have happened 40+ years ago but it didn't because the GOP wanted to push grandma down the stairs or something.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2025 06:08 AM (sAmhv)

59 PDT could start off his speech with a list of 5 things he accomplished last week!

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 06:10 AM (v0TzN)

60 54 When Martin O'Malley speaks, people listen.

Posted by: fd

Baltimore is a Progressive Utopia!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2025 06:10 AM (sAmhv)

61
Are we allowed to ask how many SSDI recipients are fraudulent? No, that's cruel. Like questioning how many hanging handicapped placards are fraudulent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 06:11 AM (dxSpM)

62 60 54 When Martin O'Malley speaks, people listen.

Posted by: fd

Baltimore is a Progressive Utopia!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 04, 2025 06:10 AM (sAmhv)

closer to the original:

Baltimore is Progressive Utopia, komrad!

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 06:12 AM (v0TzN)

63 Researchers from the University of Southern California have discovered that mice perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on fallen companions.

"The conscious animals would drag the tongue out of the immobilized mouse and bite around their mouth in what humans could consider mouth-to mouth."

Now this is the kind of thing Science was invented for.

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2025 06:16 AM (vFG9F)

64 I think the mice were just preparing to eat their unconscious comrade.

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2025 06:17 AM (vFG9F)

65 I mostly play video games that take place in space, where there is no shade. That way I can save money by using a cheaper graphics card with fewer shaders.

Posted by: Kevin at March 04, 2025 06:19 AM (42Rg3)

66 Researcher One: *takes bong hit* Look dude, they are doing mouth to mouth on the mouse we got stoned!

Researcher Two: Now they are eating it's head! Gnarly!

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2025 06:20 AM (vFG9F)

67 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at March 04, 2025 06:21 AM (AN2gy)

68 That picture of King Harv with the shark looks more like he is getting frisky than looks like he is grappling with it.

Posted by: fluffy at March 04, 2025 06:25 AM (AN2gy)

69 King Harv gets around. Check the right side bar, scroll down. Goes to According to Hoyt.
https://tinyurl.com/czceyuym

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 04, 2025 06:31 AM (2NHgQ)

70 In a stunning move to increase ratings, MSNBC has replaced Joy Reid with Eugene Daniels, a Kamala and Beyonce expert.

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2025 06:32 AM (vFG9F)

71 Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 06:10 AM (v0TzN)

Good idea!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 06:36 AM (zpLfg)

72 Political humor from "Reader's Digest":

The opposite of “pro” is “con,” so the opposite of progress is … Congress.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 06:39 AM (zpLfg)

73 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 06:39 AM (u82oZ)

74 High winds and tornado sirens here in Cowtown, and it's raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock. In other words, springtime in north Texas.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 04, 2025 06:41 AM (3Ope8)

75 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Great temps now, then dropping 30℉ in an hour. A blizzard is forecast for tonight, but only 2" of snow.

Crazy Kansas weather.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 06:41 AM (u82oZ)

76
In a stunning move to increase ratings, MSNBC has replaced Joy Reid with Eugene Daniels, a Kamala and Beyonce expert.
Posted by: fd

It's a self-sustaining cesspool of suck that requires ever increasing amounts of suck to sustain itself.

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

77 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 04, 2025 06:46 AM (dg+HA)

78 68 That picture of King Harv with the shark looks more like he is getting frisky than looks like he is grappling with it.
Posted by: fluffy at March 04, 2025 06:25 AM (AN2gy)

Don't judge.

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at March 04, 2025 06:47 AM (PiwSw)

79
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 04, 2025 06:46 AM (dg+HA)

Very windy today, so I won't be turning the fountain on. Still need to get everything cleaned out and refilled. Our guests enjoy it, but boy do they leave a mess.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 06:48 AM (dxSpM)

80 CrotchetyOldJarhead

The Texas description of rain starts with cow pissing on a flat rock and goes all the way up to toad strangler.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

81 I lol’d at the story yesterday of Joy Reid going on a rant about how Orthodox Jews caused Covid. Not the Chinese; not Fauci. It was the Jooos!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2025 06:50 AM (34LIQ)

82 m

That would be so funny if tonight's speech led off with 5 things the President has done.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

83 Tom Servo

Flues start by commingling pigs, cows and humans in the same building. We reformed after 1918, when the pandemic started in Western Kansas.

China, not so much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

84 That would be so funny if tonight's speech led off with 5 things the President has done.

It would fit his personality. I approve.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 04, 2025 06:53 AM (lXoJ5)

85 That would be so funny if tonight's speech led off with 5 things the President has done.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I hope it does!!!!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 04, 2025 06:55 AM (Wx316)

86 I lol’d at the story yesterday of Joy Reid going on a rant about how Orthodox Jews caused Covid. Not the Chinese; not Fauci. It was the Jooos!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2025 06:50 AM (34LIQ)

Illegal gain of bagel research at the Jewhan Institute of Virology. It was bound to end in tears.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 04, 2025 06:56 AM (BI5O2)

87 I think that is the first time I have ever been woken up by the wind....

And then the tornado sirens went off.

And now things are perfectly calm again.

Texas weather -

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 04, 2025 06:57 AM (SRRAx)

88 Democrats ( some) plan not to attend Trump's speech but others will bring fired Federal workers. FrontPage writer thinks that this won't help the Dems:

https://tinyurl.com/3chwp4cp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 06:57 AM (42Vb+)

89 Who is buying 1k plus video cards..wtf people?!

Posted by: A dude in MI at March 04, 2025 06:58 AM (/6GbT)

90

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 04, 2025 06:58 AM (5hfjS)

91 Hillary Clinton

You will never be President.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

92 "Who is buying 1k plus video cards..wtf people?!
Posted by: A dude in MI"

There are uses other than gaming. Some of my customers use $2k+ video cards for CAD.

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2025 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

93 People use the GPUs to mine for crypto.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 04, 2025 07:00 AM (BI5O2)

94 This post is to mess up m, who had a good idea in the comments misattributed to me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

95 I think that is the first time I have ever been woken up by the wind....

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* The Santa Anas of Orange County have entered the chat *

Trees branches brushing across our house all night.

In the morning, all the fences in the neighborhood were slain. Not a single one left standing ... and it was a "dry heat."

Posted by: ShainS -- We Pay Dead People at March 04, 2025 07:01 AM (+wIL6)

96 Morning peeps.

Hey... it's Fat Tuesday. Who want's some beads?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 07:01 AM (Q4IgG)

97 High wind and a small thunderstorm woke me. Eh, back to sleep.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

98 Almost 20° and sunny, should be real nice today.
Started my taxes and a couple of family returns I do. Have finally dropped the professional tax software I used, to Turbo-tax.
Finding it annoying, but it works.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 04, 2025 07:02 AM (n4GiU)

99 Hillary Clinton

You will never be President.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

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Hillary/Walz 2028 -- A Different Tampon Tim This Time!

Posted by: ShainS -- We Pay Dead People at March 04, 2025 07:02 AM (+wIL6)

100 Martini Farmer

Babies and young men say the same thing: Show me your tits.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

101 ShainS -- We Pay Dead People
Even if the PTB start now, they could not detoxify Hillary by 2028.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

102 OUCH!

DataRepublican bites Liz Cheney about Ukraine:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfb93bn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 04, 2025 07:04 AM (BzP/F)

103 tech!

"OK, now press the Windows key and type 'vlc' and select VLC media player. Click on Media and then Open File, and navigate to the nested file directory in--"

"Dad, can we just get Netflix?"

"No. Now do you see the file ending in (1008p BluRay x265 RZeroX).mkv? Click on that."

nitter.net/UpdatingOnRome 03/10/25
retweeting
@NEETWorldOrder 10/14/23

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 07:04 AM (v0TzN)

104 "Hey... it's Fat Tuesday. Who want's some beads?
Posted by: Martini Farmer"

I'm on a diet. Do you have any low fat beads?

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

105 Morning peeps.

Hey... it's Fat Tuesday. Who want's some beads?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 07:01 AM (Q4IgG)

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[With apologies to The Bangles:]

"It's just another trannic Tuesday ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- We Pay Dead People at March 04, 2025 07:05 AM (+wIL6)

106 Democrats ( some) plan not to attend Trump's speech

I saw something a few days ago that they had been told attendance was mandatory. I don't know if that is true, or who told them it was mandatory, or what enforcement mechanism exists, but it might be an interesting thing to watch.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 07:06 AM (ExV1e)

107 94 This post is to mess up m, who had a good idea in the comments misattributed to me.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

S'okay!

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 07:07 AM (v0TzN)

108 "Who is buying 1k plus video cards..wtf people?!
Posted by: A dude in MI"

Guys with good paying jobs who like high end computers?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 07:07 AM (ExV1e)

109 OUCH!

DataRepublican bites Liz Cheney about Ukraine:

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Am I the only conservative male who has a crush on DataRepublican?

/Courageous Badass

Posted by: ShainS -- We Pay Dead People at March 04, 2025 07:08 AM (+wIL6)

110 81 I lol’d at the story yesterday of Joy Reid going on a rant about how Orthodox Jews caused Covid. Not the Chinese; not Fauci. It was the Jooos!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 04, 2025 06:50 AM (34LIQ)

LOL'ling, a good first step!

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 07:08 AM (v0TzN)

111 Babies and young men say the same thing: Show me your tits.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

I'm guessing your definition of young is less than dead?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 07:09 AM (ExV1e)

112 Existing is the necessary basis of eventual victory.

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 04, 2025 07:09 AM (RP0h0)

113 heh

@UpdatingOnRome
Mar 1
What are you even going on about?? You replied to what I said, so I responded. So fuck out of here. "At contributing to society some way" you don't even know me clown. Typical internet "tough guy" that thinks he is smarter than everybody else. I can just imagine what you "contribute" to society. You probably work retail or some tired ass desk job so you have time to respond to shit in an ignorant ass way because you are protected by a screen. Also what do you contribute to any private tracker?? Show your stats, you probably are a leech like the majority of users in private trackers. Kick Rocks 😎

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 07:09 AM (v0TzN)

114 A long time ago,when I sold IBM PCs, a PC-AT with a 286 processor cost $5000 with an EGA graphics card.

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2025 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

115 I used to have a different nic

Large breasts after the age of 80 can give you pause. Harmonic motion rather than shimmy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

116 I don't understand the point of throwing out beads for Mardi Gras? Is it supposed to supposedly be a joyful, glittery "thing" before the somberness of Lent?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 07:11 AM (WDNer)

117 FenelonSpoke

Blessings to you, your family, and your congregation.

Is FelelonSon doing well?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

118 Democrats ( some) plan not to attend Trump's speech

I saw something a few days ago that they had been told attendance was mandatory. I don't know if that is true, or who told them it was mandatory, or what enforcement mechanism exists, but it might be an interesting thing to watch.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 07:06 AM (ExV1e)

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Yes, this will be quite interesting and dramatic.

I had an earlier comment on the question of how Trump would enforce or guarantee mandatory attendance:

"I WILL PRIMARY YOUR PATHETIC ASSES!"

[Paging Elon Musk and Nicole Shanahan ... please pick up the white (and African and Chinese) courtesy phone ...

Posted by: ShainS -- We Pay Dead People at March 04, 2025 07:13 AM (+wIL6)

119 What are you even going on about??

That should be a tagline for most of the personal comments made by rather highly strung people on the internet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 07:13 AM (WDNer)

120 Compared to what computers used to cost, especially considering inflation, a $2000 PC is a bargain.

Posted by: fd at March 04, 2025 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

121 Lets the Dems skip the speech. This identifies the bitter-enders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

122 I don't understand the point of throwing out beads for Mardi Gras? Is it supposed to supposedly be a joyful, glittery "thing" before the somberness of Lent?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 07:11 AM (WDNer)

As I understand it, boobs are attracted to plastic beads and who doesn't like boobs?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 07:14 AM (ExV1e)

123
Daily Roman Updates
@UpdatingOnRome
Feb 27
It’s like Brutus writing a book about the dangers of political violence.

Alex Thompson
@AlexThomp
Feb 26
NEWS: @jaketapper and I wrote a book and I’m damn proud of it.

Posted by: m at March 04, 2025 07:15 AM (v0TzN)

124 > I don't understand the point of throwing out beads for Mardi Gras? Is it supposed to supposedly be a joyful, glittery "thing" before the somberness of Lent?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Back in the day... like the 20's - 40's the "crews" the people on the Mardi Gras floats would toss candy, small toys, beads to the crowd. The candy and toys got too expensive. At least that's the story I've been told.

bonus: my grandmother was Queen of Mardi Gras back in the 30's.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 07:15 AM (Q4IgG)

125 Have a great day, everyone.

Watch the sky for hazards. Gaia is angry today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

126 The weather map on TV is lit. Bunch of colors and boxes heading straight for us. Today will be just hang out, putter around and do a little housekeeping, and use up the last of the vodka before Lent. Bloody Mary and an omelet for lunch.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 04, 2025 07:19 AM (gm9Sb)

127 I remember when Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Trump's State Of The Asshole speech.

Good times, good times...

Posted by: I Love Saggy and Veiny Boobs at March 04, 2025 07:19 AM (EEZHI)

128 Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:12 AM

Thank you, dear.. Much appreciated Same to you. Son isn't a "felon" yet.

I think he has to learn to drive a truck Hopefully he won't be a felonCongregation is waiting to hear from hierarchy. I went with FenSpouse to get some DEF yesterday and we drove through some lovely countryside, but the bus was shaky. It's more fun probably if you're a kid sitting in the back and when he goes over a bump they go up in the air and say "Wheeeeee". We had s nice conversation, though and I met Jimmy the mechanic who helps to keep the buses running.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 07:19 AM (N8EjC)

129 DataRepublican bites Liz Cheney about Ukraine:

Datarepublican isn't saying anything new or different from a myriad of other critics of the Cheneys.

What makes Dr different is that she has established credibility by targeting things people care about in an objective manner through data analysis (or at least that is the impression).

IOW, it isn't a series of lies and smears and emotional manipulation typical of the Left, but appealing to the Left side of the brain that handles logic and reason.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 04, 2025 07:21 AM (a4flb)

130 It’s illustrative that the world we live in is so neatly divided now - DataRepublican is the type of person needed in government. Liz Cheney, not so much.

The news orgs are chock full of credentialed “experts” - the internet, with ordinary people doing investigative reports as a hobby is where smart people get their world view. Aggregate reporting, crowd sourced, the signal to noise ratio is actually pretty good, it would be better, except for the usual suspects trying to blow it up and disrupt it.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 04, 2025 07:21 AM (r+qgd)

131 Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 07:15 AM (Q4IgG)

Thanks, and that's interesting about your grandmother.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 07:21 AM (N8EjC)

132 Have a great day, everyone.

Watch the sky for hazards. Gaia is angry today.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 04, 2025 07:16 AM (u82oZ)
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Wind's definitely picked up.

My phone says rain today and snow tomorrow.

Welcome to MO!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 04, 2025 07:22 AM (7fElN)

133 bonus: my grandmother was Queen of Mardi Gras back in the 30's.

You should be ashamed to speak of your grandmother that way.

Every family has their black sheep.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 04, 2025 07:23 AM (a4flb)

134 It’s illustrative that the world we live in is so neatly divided now - DataRepublican is the type of person needed in government. Liz Cheney, not so much.

Pro: If government were efficient, transparent, and honest, discussions surround funding particular issues could be less contentious.

Cons: It would be harder for government people to gain generation wealth by looting the populace.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 07:24 AM (ExV1e)

135 Ms. Pelosi is now allowing that acting like an ornery child in front of the world is perhaps not a good strategy?

One thing that needs to be revealed is the prescription drug schedule all these congress creatures are all whacked out on.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 04, 2025 07:24 AM (r+qgd)

136 It’s illustrative that the world we live in is so neatly divided now - DataRepublican is the type of person needed in government.

I disagree. Someone like Datarepublican in government would be a limited exposure, departmentalized, bureaucratic, highly regulated and process oriented career.

In her current position, she can flit from database to database like a butterfly exposing in public the things that would normally be a careering ending move.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 04, 2025 07:25 AM (a4flb)

137 Back in the day... like the 20's - 40's the "crews" the people on the Mardi Gras floats would toss candy, small toys, beads to the crowd. The candy and toys got too expensive. At least that's the story I've been told.

bonus: my grandmother was Queen of Mardi Gras back in the 30's.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025

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They still toss inexpensive toys (stuffed octopi from China, e.g.) and little bags of cotton candy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 04, 2025 07:26 AM (omVj0)

138 The news orgs are chock full of credentialed “experts” - the internet, with ordinary people doing investigative reports as a hobby is where smart people get their world view. Aggregate reporting, crowd sourced, the signal to noise ratio is actually pretty good, it would be better, except for the usual suspects trying to blow it up and disrupt it.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 04, 2025 07:21 AM (r+qgd)

Arguably, the single most important thing is - how to you handle being shown that you're wrong?

Do you post a retraction on page Q-27, at the bottom of a completely unrelated story? Or are you open and upfront and say "wow, I fucked that one up, sorry"?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 07:26 AM (ExV1e)

139 135. Vodka martini, shaken not stirred, with a splash of thorazine.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 04, 2025 07:26 AM (gm9Sb)

140
Show me your beads!

Posted by: Amply endowed female wearing a loose T-shirt at March 04, 2025 07:27 AM (dg+HA)

141
45
"...He goes into the vet tomorrow morning to have a retained testicle removed and to have his stomach prophylactically tacked...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 05:55 AM"

*squirms uncomfortably in seat*

Posted by: Guys everywhere at March 04, 2025 07:30 AM (dg+HA)

142
*squirms uncomfortably in seat*
Posted by: Guys everywhere at March 04, 2025 07:30 AM (dg+HA)

Squirm a little more. Unless it's removed it could become septic or cancerous.

Poor George. He's a very handsome boy but he'll never have a show career now. Maybe not even a coursing career, even though he's very keen.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 07:32 AM (dxSpM)

143 "Show me your beads!
Posted by: Amply endowed female wearing a loose T-shirt"

*drops trow, turns and bends over*

Posted by: A world class chess player at March 04, 2025 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

144 141 *squirms uncomfortably in seat*

We had a foster dog who was a double cryptorchid. This delayed his surgery for a couple of weeks because it's a more involved procedure than a normal neutering.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 04, 2025 07:33 AM (lXoJ5)

145 Arguably, the single most important thing is - how do you handle being shown that you're wrong?
———

That’s a hypothetical question. The major news outlets have rarely, if ever admitted they were wrong. About anything. That’s the beauty of being “progressive”. Never having to admit being wrong

Posted by: Common Tater at March 04, 2025 07:34 AM (r+qgd)

146 Am I the only conservative male who has a crush on DataRepublican?

/Courageous Badass
Posted by: ShainS
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Hardly.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 04, 2025 07:35 AM (n4GiU)

147 It occurs that the anonymity of the internet is responsible for the greatest testosterone display in recorded history.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at March 04, 2025 07:35 AM (hKoQL)

148 > Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 07:15 AM (Q4IgG)

Thanks, and that's interesting about your grandmother.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 07:21 AM (N8EjC)
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This tells a little bit about the "kerws," the people who put the floats together for Mardi Gras and their "queens" for each. My grandmother is the 1st Queen for the Iris Krew in 1922.

https://tinyurl.com/ybmyzarc

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 07:35 AM (Q4IgG)

149 Poor George. He's a very handsome boy but he'll never have a show career now. Maybe not even a coursing career, even though he's very keen.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 04, 2025 07:32 AM (dxSpM)

But he'll still have a long career of just being a pooch to some family somewhere, and filling up their family photo albums with pictures of him doing pooch things.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 04, 2025 07:36 AM (VoAdT)

150 JJ is nood. Come and mock the italics.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 04, 2025 07:36 AM (ExV1e)

151 Posted by: Warai-otoko a

Nice thought!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 07:41 AM (KFYce)

152 Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 04, 2025 07:35 AM (Q4IgG)

That was interesting. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 04, 2025 07:44 AM (KFYce)

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