Daily Tech News 12 March 2025

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Apple's Mac Studio has been updated with the 32-core M3 Ultra CPU, which is great if you want to run Handbrake transcoding all day but kind of sucks for anything else. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, I don't have Passmark scores for this particular chip, but the 24-core M2 Ultra was slower than a 12-core previous-generation AMD desktop chip, and the latest 16-core M4 Max is slower than a 12-core previous generation AMD laptop chip.

So it's perfect if you're spending someone else's money, have a square foot of desk space, run Handbrake transcoding all day, and electricity costs ten dollars per kWh.

It also looks pretty. I'll grant Apple that.

But you still can't upgrade memory or storage after purchase. You can configure as much at 512GB of RAM and 16TB of storage, but that will cost you over $14,000.

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Meanwhile for the rest of us AMD launched the 9950X3D. (Tom's Hardware)

When I say "us", I mean... Someone. At $699 it's not insanely expensive for the fastest mainstream CPU available, but it's still twice the price of my 7900 non-X CPU for 40% more performance.
AMD also announced its Epyc 9005 range of embedded server CPUs, which are, as far as I can tell, exactly the same as its regular server CPUs. (Tom's Hardware)

Okay.
Apple is planning a "dramatic" revamp of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating systems. (Hot Hardware)

Thanks, I hate it.

MacOS was a pain when I was using it four or five years ago, and I don't think it's improved since then.
Donald Trump says the government will be treating acts of domestic terrorism against Tesla as domestic terrorism. (Tech Crunch)

Play stupid games, win stupid jail sentences.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Things have not changed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'morning Pixy and Horde.

(I'll go let the others know this one's live.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 12, 2025 04:00 AM (O7YUW)

2 Hi, Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at March 12, 2025 04:00 AM (rdVOm)

3 Pixy: Some of Ace's posts yesterday had a time on the post one hour ahead of when they were actually made, while the comments had the accurate time.

Are there two clocks in play at AoSHQ? I know you fixed one the other day early during the tech thread when DST had started in the USA and Canada...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 12, 2025 04:01 AM (O7YUW)

4 Yeah, it has two different offsets and doesn't quite understand the concept of daylight savings time.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 12, 2025 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

5 Evening and morning, all you late toilers and early risers. Woden's Day yet again, so after midday we will be on the downhill slide to the weekend. Or downhill trudge, anyway.

Got to kick myself into working out. It's 59 F., almost no wind, humidity down, so I can't plead bad weather. Jus' lemme finish this cuppa coffee, 'kay?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 12, 2025 04:05 AM (omVj0)

6 w00t

Posted by: m at March 12, 2025 04:07 AM (CQE5S)

7 >>> and electricity costs ten dollars per kWh.

>$10 seems a little steep. Are those Canadian $$?

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at March 12, 2025 04:09 AM (fY84s)

8 @4/Pixy: Thanks for confirming my suspicion about that. Hope your day has been good.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 12, 2025 04:10 AM (O7YUW)

9 7 >>> and electricity costs ten dollars per kWh.

>$10 seems a little steep. Are those Canadian $$?
Posted by: Rev Wishbone

Just seems to happen wherever Apple sets up shop.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 12, 2025 04:15 AM (BLOW1)

10 9950X3D launched at $699 - This is a more reasonable "bleeding edge/recoup the R&D costs" sort of initial price when it's put in comparison to previously released chips and their current market prices.

GPU release pricing had skewed that percentage increase upward to the point of insanity. I hope that corrects back to normal as well.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 12, 2025 04:17 AM (O7YUW)

11 "Donald Trump says the government will be treating acts of domestic terrorism against Tesla as domestic terrorism."

Track the funding back to its source, and investigate them as well. If there's any evidence they knew that the group was criminal or planning criminal activities, that makes them an accessory, or part of the conspiracy to commit criminal acts.

And isn't it long past time to go after Alex and George Soros in exactly that manner?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 12, 2025 04:25 AM (O7YUW)

12 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 12, 2025 04:26 AM (sAmhv)

13 I have never understood the fascination with Apple products.

The first iPods were amazing, and as Pixy points out, their stuff is very nice looking, but the premium is ridiculous.

And the iPhone operating system is irritating as hell.

Although... I do own some Apple stock, so please ignore what I just wrote.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 04:42 AM (L5An7)

14 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 12, 2025 04:44 AM (hoCmQ)

15 Currently 54, heading to a high of 75 today.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 12, 2025 04:48 AM (hoCmQ)

16 Just seems to happen wherever Apple sets up shop.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 12, 2025 04:15 AM (BLOW1)

Slave labor uses a lot of energy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 04:57 AM (L5An7)

17 Currently 38 - going up to a respectable 53 and sunny in western CT.

The DEI and ESG folks are putting on cammo and burrowing in (the more clever ones anyway) - but they are not gone and are just waiting for the D’s to take back power - at which point they plan to turn it up to 11.

We are in the midst of a genuine clash of civilizations within the borders of nations - how those battles get resolved will then inform relations between nations. In the old days it may have led to a devolution to tribal structures and complete redrawing of boundaries. But with nukes, chemical and biological weapons - who knows.

Posted by: CTSPURSMAN at March 12, 2025 05:12 AM (Uy2Lz)

18 Organizers for the movement said in a statement to TechCrunch that the “right to peaceful protest is a fundamental part of American democracy.”

Attacking a business and individuals and going so far as to throw Molotov Cocktails into a dealership is not peaceful.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 12, 2025 05:14 AM (RjOoY)

19 BOING!

Super sunny in Jerusalem, going up to 22C/72F. Relatively a heat wave for this time of year. Oh well!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 12, 2025 05:15 AM (cV1WU)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 12, 2025 05:17 AM (tljrc)

21 Good morning! A very temperate 63 out on the patio here in Cowtown, headed for 85. The completion of the renovation of the 2nd bathroom is getting closer. Got the vanity installed and should finish paint today. Gotta stain the vanity and install the fixtures, install the shower trim parts, set the toilet, install the heated towel bar, then wire the thermostat for the heated floor.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 12, 2025 05:17 AM (3Ope8)

22 MAYDAY! MAYDAY!

Captain arrested in UK ship crash is Russian national, owner says

By REUTERS
MARCH 12, 2025 11:13

The captain of the Solong ship who was arrested after a collision with a tanker off the coast of England is a Russian national, the ship's owner Ernst Russ said on Wednesday.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 12, 2025 05:25 AM (cV1WU)

23 Captain arrested in UK ship crash is Russian national, owner says

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 12, 2025 05:25 AM (cV1WU)
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I.e., vodka.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 12, 2025 05:26 AM (cV1WU)

24 And on the home front, my tax person got back to me with questions and a request for forms that apparently got missed the first time around.

grumble Tax time is an absolute nightmare with the sheer amount of documentation the wife and I have to provide (She owns her own business). I think there has only been one year that I submitted everything correctly.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 12, 2025 05:26 AM (RjOoY)

25 I.e., vodka.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 12, 2025 05:26 AM (cV1WU)

Something along those lines. I watched a video yesterday that showed the time the tanker anchored and the time the freighter left port and they said that the freighter would have had their track laid in before they could have known the tanker was there.

The freighter never deviated from its track all the way into the allision (collision where only one object is moving, apparently the boating channels think this distinction is important). There may have been heavy fog in the area at the time (there was on land in the area).

I don't understand why the freighter was doing 16 knots that close to an anchorage anyway... criminal incompetence.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 05:32 AM (ExV1e)

26 ...allision...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 05:32 AM (ExV1e)
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She doesn't live here anymore.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 12, 2025 05:40 AM (cV1WU)

27 And isn't it long past time to go after Alex and George Soros in exactly that manner?
_-_-_
Long past time.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 12, 2025 05:45 AM (vd6bO)

28 I guess we had this yesterday at some point, but delusional leftists come out of the woodwork when the photographer of the "fight, fight, fight" photo wins award for political photography:

https://tinyurl.com/ywdw4wjd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 05:57 AM (42Vb+)

29 Collision/Allision

I bet it’s important when it applies to Insurance or maritime law, that’s what

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2025 05:59 AM (zh/Tt)

30 25 Bible verses to renew your strength:

https://tinyurl.com/ywr4a3p2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 06:03 AM (UHTyd)

31 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 12, 2025 06:05 AM (RP0h0)

32 I don't understand why the freighter was doing 16 knots that close to an anchorage anyway... criminal incompetence.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 05:32 AM (ExV1e)

NaCly Dog will have some valuable input into the event.

But as somebody pointed out upthread... Vodka!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 06:06 AM (L5An7)

33 That looks suspiciously like a web site link. Not very comforting, really

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2025 06:07 AM (zh/Tt)

34 If Collided is a word, then it follows Allided is also a word. So you can show off today!

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2025 06:09 AM (zh/Tt)

35
Pixy Tech -- Where Space and Time Mingle!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Enstompen! Enstompen! Enstompen! at March 12, 2025 06:10 AM (xG4kz)

36 Good morning morons

I think tomorrow night's Purimschpiel dinner will have to be canceled since Mrs. F's coughing hacking, sneezing, and wheezing have only worsened. This also puts the hamentaschen supply at risk. She promised blueberry lemon this year.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:10 AM (RIvkX)

37 And just as I think it was -what some guy who lived near my church and had a sign which called it "amazing grace" that President Trump survived the shooting, I think that it was also amazing grace that a photographer was there to take a photo. It changed some peoples minds about Trump. Elon Musk said that it helped change his mind.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 06:12 AM (42Vb+)

38 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:10 AM (RIvkX)

Sorry Mrs. F is not feeling well. Will keep her in prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 06:13 AM (EdYy2)

39 This also puts the hamentaschen supply at risk. She promised blueberry lemon this year.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:10 AM (RIvkX)

Get your ass into the kitchen!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 06:14 AM (L5An7)

40
Captain arrested in UK ship crash is Russian national, owner says

A spokeperson for the Joseph Hazelwood School of Piloting declined to state whether he was a graduate "with high honors".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Enstompen! Enstompen! Enstompen! at March 12, 2025 06:18 AM (xG4kz)

41
If Collided is a word, then it follows Allided is also a word. So you can show off today!
Posted by: Common Tater

Elided and Eluded have entered the chat.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Enstompen! Enstompen! Enstompen! at March 12, 2025 06:21 AM (xG4kz)

42 Speaking of "get your ass into the kitchen", how's meal prep coming at the new chez Dildo?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2025 06:21 AM (WzLXQ)

Posted by: Don Black at March 12, 2025 06:22 AM (AOsQT)

44 But as somebody pointed out upthread... Vodka!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 06:06 AM (L5An7)

It sure looks like Full Speed Ahead, Autopilot On, Everyone Passed Out Drunk.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2025 06:23 AM (h8QI+)

45 Get your ass into the kitchen!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 06:14 AM (L5An7)

====
Say it in French!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:23 AM (RIvkX)

46
The new Schroedinger's Cat release of MacOS

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Enstompen! Enstompen! Enstompen! at March 12, 2025 06:24 AM (xG4kz)

47 Mornin’, All. Ugh.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:24 AM (77rzZ)

48 Thank you dear {Fen}

When she is sick the whole system breaks down around here. Dinner last night was frozen veggie patties on English muffins. Sad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

49 I suspect in the maritime world alliding with a moored ship at anchor, the allider is always held to be at fault, no? They probably take a dim view of that, I betcha

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2025 06:25 AM (zh/Tt)

50
As I intended to say it ...

The new Schrödinger's Cat release of the MacOS will be simultaneously alive and dead -- just don't look in the box

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Enstompen! Enstompen! Enstompen! at March 12, 2025 06:27 AM (xG4kz)

51 San Franpsycho, that is sad indeed. No Deli close by?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2025 06:27 AM (WzLXQ)

52 It sure looks like Full Speed Ahead, Autopilot On, Everyone Passed Out Drunk.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2025 06:23 AM (h8QI+)

That's what the track looked like. I suppose, if I wanted to be generous, I could suggest that the person who held the conn was in the head and just couldn't be bothered to get a relief in place first. Admittedly, that's not very generous.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 06:29 AM (ExV1e)

53 26 ...allision...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 05:32 AM (ExV1e)

My aim is true.

Posted by: Declan Patrick MacManus at March 12, 2025 06:29 AM (PiwSw)

54 I suspect in the maritime world alliding with a moored ship at anchor, the allider is always held to be at fault, no? They probably take a dim view of that, I betcha
Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2025 06:25 AM (zh/Tt)

I can't imagine how it could be any other way. There might be extenuating circumstances but the only guy moving pretty much caused the problem.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 06:30 AM (ExV1e)

55 Good morning, Fen. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:30 AM (77rzZ)

56 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

Sorry! When she's feeling better perhaps she can train you 😉to make something better than veggie patties on a English muffin, which does indeed sound like a sad repast.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 06:31 AM (KXu8V)

57 Good Stoli Miss Molly!

Posted by: Declan Patrick MacManus at March 12, 2025 06:31 AM (PiwSw)

58 San Franpsycho, that is sad indeed. No Deli close by?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2025 06:27 AM (WzLXQ)
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Dear Ben Had, the only deli around here is the one CBD likes in Berkeley. Could be pizza night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

59 On a different note... while I'm sure it's just a generational thing, I will never understand what compels a woman to get a chest tattoo.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 06:33 AM (ExV1e)

60 Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:30 AM (77rzZ)

Thanks. I am o.k. Had a very nice Bible study last night with the dear people at the senior care center. One woman told me that I looked younger with my haircut and I told her I'd have to pay her the five dollars later. They have interesting comments to make. How are you, dear.? Anymore job interviews coming up?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 06:34 AM (KXu8V)

61 Don’t get me strted on the dangers of elision.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:35 AM (77rzZ)

62 I used to have a different nic, I have been contemplating getting one. A discreet DNR.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2025 06:35 AM (WzLXQ)

63 Just testing something.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 12, 2025 06:36 AM (BLOW1)

64 Sorry! When she's feeling better perhaps she can train you 😉to make something better than veggie patties on a English muffin, which does indeed sound like a sad repast.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 06:31 AM (KXu8V)

I mean... at least thaw them first.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 06:37 AM (ExV1e)

65
Just testing something.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 12, 2025 06:36 AM

it worked

or

it didn't work

Schroedinger's Pixy test

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 12, 2025 06:39 AM (tljrc)

66 I used to have a different nic, I have been contemplating getting one. A discreet DNR.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2025 06:35 AM (WzLXQ)

I'd go with a necklace, personally.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 06:40 AM (ExV1e)

67 Just testing something.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 12, 2025 06:36 AM (BLOW1)
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And that's when the world ended...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 12, 2025 06:40 AM (BpYfr)

68 An English muffin is a pretty good base for some quick easy meal. A vegetable patty is just poor follow through! I always liked poached eggs, with a runny yolk with lots of butter. Add a slice of ham, sausage or bacon, maybe some cheddar. Tasty. Peanut butter if you’re feeling indolent. Little pizza bites would work too. Or SOS. Lots of possibilities with English muffins. (The Brits have no such thing, or at least they don’t call them English muffins)

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2025 06:42 AM (zh/Tt)

69 I can cook, but was unprepared, have also been coping with some GI virus, and worked all day. Well, most of the day. I came home early and napped.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:42 AM (RIvkX)

70 Testing?

Minx 0.9 Alpha?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2025 06:43 AM (QIUNi)

71 (The Brits have no such thing, or at least they don’t call them English muffins)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2025 06:42 AM (zh/Tt)

Brits use the wrong names for lots of things.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 06:43 AM (ExV1e)

72 And I know lots of people here groan about Starbucks, but there was a very nice worker there yesterday whom I had a chat with. He was cleaning under the tables and I thanked him for his work and told him how I appreciated someone making coffee in the morning( and yes, I am quite capable of making coffee and no, I don't go there everyday or even every other day. I can just do some work with being distracted by things at home. He said that he didn't mind working there and not making a big salary right now because the workers are very friendly with each other and are a support to each other. The other day I met a very nice RC guy who was reading a devotional on St. Benedict and he told me that he thinks all Christians should be able to take the Lord's Supper together which I appreciated. I understand the theology of closed communion for Catholics and no, I don't want to debate it. 😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 06:43 AM (42Vb+)

73 63 Just testing something.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

What could go wrong?

youtu.be/s4VlruVG81w

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 12, 2025 06:44 AM (sAmhv)

74 I should mention the muffins were made by Mrs. F.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:44 AM (RIvkX)

75 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:42 AM (RIvkX)

I was kidding you. I figured that you could cook. I am sorry, though, you were not feeling well,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 06:44 AM (KXu8V)

76 Testing some more.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 12, 2025 06:45 AM (BLOW1)

77 60 No, Fen, no interviews. Right now I am dealing with my various medical issues. Today I have an EEG at my neurologist’s office. I have to be sleep-deprived for that — no more than four hours the night before. So I stayed up until midnight last night, and set the alarm for 4. But I got almost no sleep at all, so when the alarm went off at 4, I decided to give it another couple of hours. I was actually able to get some sleep, but was afraid of inadvertently going over the four-hour limit, so got up about 6:20. Needless to say, I’m a miserable wreck this morning. Oh, did I mention that I can’t have caffeine beforehand, either? And the EEG isn’t until 1 PM. Ugh.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:45 AM (77rzZ)

78 72- meant "without" being distracted .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 06:45 AM (KXu8V)

79 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 12, 2025 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

80 Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:45 AM (77rzZ)

I'm sorry. Are you having an EEG because of lack of sleep or other issues? May rough places me made smooth!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 06:47 AM (KXu8V)

81 VTuber loving gun pr0n

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufb-dc6nGqI

And she has one on why the Crusades were justified. Not watched yet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2025 06:47 AM (QIUNi)

82 76 Testing some more.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Not content with destroying the world, you've moved onto the Space/Time continuum. Um, good luck?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 12, 2025 06:48 AM (sAmhv)

83 Dear Ben Had, the only deli around here is the one CBD likes in Berkeley. Could be pizza night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

Wait...what?

Which deli? I don't recall anything impressive!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 06:49 AM (L5An7)

84 Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:45 AM (77rzZ)

Inspiring me to go back to sleep.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:49 AM (RIvkX)

85 Testing even more...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 12, 2025 06:50 AM (BLOW1)

86 80. Fen, the EEG is for some other neurological issues I’ve been having, like falls and tremors. It probably all goes back to my drinking, which is why I’m trying to cut back and eventually quit.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:50 AM (77rzZ)

87 I think Pixy has yoinked the time machine off of Ace's Shelves (Mark III) and is fiddling with the continuum settings.

Wait, was that a butterfly?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 12, 2025 06:50 AM (O7YUW)

88 Interesting hash Pixy-misa has

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2025 06:51 AM (QIUNi)

89 Not content with destroying the world, you've moved onto the Space/Time continuum. Um, good luck?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 12, 2025 06:48 AM (sAmhv)

Hi guys, what's up?

Posted by: Eddie the Shipboard Computer at March 12, 2025 06:51 AM (PiwSw)

90 From the NTSB preliminary report, it looks like Pete Buttboy and the FAA was well aware of over 15.000 incidents of less than 1 mile lateral and less than 200 ft vertical separation at DCA airport in the 2021-2024 time frame, good job Pete.

Don't let USArmy off the hook either, the instructor pilot had only 1000 hrs total with 300 hours in that type helicopter and the pilot flying had only 450 hrs total and less than 300 in type.
That high risk night vision google check ride flight near that airport during peak flight times should never have been approved by command. The LTC woman commanding that unit needs be relieved of that command.

Posted by: extybeebeachbum at March 12, 2025 06:52 AM (T34So)

91 Speaking of "get your ass into the kitchen", how's meal prep coming at the new chez Dildo?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2025 06:21 AM (WzLXQ)

Slow. The kitchen is bare-bones. Crappy knives that I have to sharpen on the base of a bowl. Very few pots and pans, one mixing bowl, etc.

The good thing is that the prepared foods in this neighborhood are incredible. So we won't starve!

I am going to a kitchen supply store to pick up some basic stuff... a couple of good knives, a salad spinner, some smaller mixing bowls, maybe a roasting pan.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 06:52 AM (L5An7)

92 Yep, that's got it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 12, 2025 06:52 AM (BLOW1)

93 !kcab ti tup ,kcab ti tuP !yxiP ,gnittes gnorW

Posted by: tnarticlaceR dna ypmurG at March 12, 2025 06:52 AM (O7YUW)

94 Are we the guinea pigs in Pixy’s tests? Is he Fauci, and we the beagles?

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:53 AM (77rzZ)

95 I thought you mentioned a place on Telegraph Ave?

In any case, the best deli around here is probably one of the Russian places.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:54 AM (RIvkX)

96 Where's my towel?

Posted by: Arthur Dent at March 12, 2025 06:54 AM (PiwSw)

97 Say it in French!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:23 AM (RIvkX)

I don't know how to say "Get!" But it is something like:

"Get" ton cul dans la cuisine!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 06:54 AM (L5An7)

98 Well, time for bed. Gonna be hard with all of time and space fracturing (thanks Pixy).

Assuming I haven't been broken up down into tiny DNA bits and cast out into some freaky dimension, I'll see you all later.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 12, 2025 06:55 AM (sAmhv)

99 Oh no, not again...

Posted by: A Bowl of Petunias at March 12, 2025 06:55 AM (PiwSw)

100 Ben Had, please rethink the tattoo thing. Tattoos are vile.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:56 AM (77rzZ)

101 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Well done!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 12, 2025 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

102 In any case, the best deli around here is probably one of the Russian places.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 12, 2025 06:54 AM (RIvkX)

I made fun of a bagel place that opened on Telegraph and Durant. Noah's Bagels I think. Awful. Maybe better now.

I don't remember any delis worth a damn.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 06:57 AM (L5An7)

103 97 What, no “derrière?”

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:57 AM (77rzZ)

104 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 12, 2025 06:58 AM (dg+HA)

105 94 Are we the guinea pigs in Pixy’s tests? Is he Fauci, and we the beagles?
Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:53 AM (77rzZ)

I really don’t want bugs to eat my face…

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 12, 2025 06:58 AM (fwyhL)

106 So for your amusement, a tale from last night's Aikido class.

We have a new student who is a black belt in Karate (Don't know the specifics of his style). He's a teacher at a school the next town over and he wanted to learn something new.

I work with him regularly and I will say that it is a different experience working with someone who has had a lot of training prior to showing up to us. There have been a few times where I struggle with him and have to focus on what I am doing wrong.

But it's fine. This is all part of the learning and it's not like I have much in the way of an ego over this. And he's actually said that I've helped him quite a lot so things balance out.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 12, 2025 06:59 AM (RjOoY)

107 Bulg, I would think of more as a physician's directive rather than a tattoo. Of course, I am just kidding.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2025 06:59 AM (WzLXQ)

108 Pixy-misa's final message to the Horde?

"We apologise for the inconvenience."

Or "So long and thanks for all the fish."

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2025 07:00 AM (QIUNi)

109 What, no “derrière?”

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 06:57 AM (77rzZ)

I think "cul" is more impolite.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 07:00 AM (L5An7)

110 I don’t always sing about derrières,
But when I do, I sing about London derrières.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 07:00 AM (77rzZ)

111 {{{Ben Had}}}

I recommend no tattoos. A necklace would do.
You would be defacing a monument to a life well lived. IMHO.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 12, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

112 In Disney news, they are nuking the river and Tom Sawyer's Island for other stuff.

Disney knows people are opposed to this but are moving ahead anyway.

And people complain about Captain Smith aboard Titanic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2025 07:02 AM (QIUNi)

113 @112/Anna Puma: "Disney knows people are opposed to this but are moving ahead anyway. "

Pretty much sums up the entire company the last 10 years (maybe longer.)

I don't think they can escape their "over the falls and crashing on the rocks" moment anymore. They're too far down this course and the current has them.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 12, 2025 07:03 AM (O7YUW)

114

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 12, 2025 07:04 AM (5hfjS)

115 I have been contemplating getting one. A discreet DNR.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2025 06:35 AM (WzLXQ)

Okay, I laughed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 07:05 AM (L5An7)

116 Fenelon Flight 313 now departing for sandwich island . Hope you have a blessed day, everyone or as tolerable a day as it can be, and by tonight your EEG will be over, Bulg.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2025 07:05 AM (6AE0a)

117 It does seem like they weren’t all that experienced. Seems like IPs generally had about double the flight hours, maybe even more but I don’t recall.

But the VIP unit is a really good gig. I’d think higher ranking, more experienced pilots would be fighting for those jobs, and the VIPs, if they were smart would want the same. I preferred crusty W4s with about 9000 flight hours.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2025 07:05 AM (zh/Tt)

118 Happy Wednesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 12, 2025 07:06 AM (gbOdA)

119 Hillary Clinton

You will never be President.

Already kids have forgotten you exist.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 12, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

120 @Ben Had: There are DNR bracelets on Amazon.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 12, 2025 07:08 AM (O7YUW)

121 Oh, so Ben Had’s tattoo remark was a joke.

I get jokes. When I’m not trying to function on roughly two hours’ sleep.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 07:10 AM (77rzZ)

122 Have a great day, everyone.

May you be blessed with calm weather and zephyrs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 12, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

123 But the VIP unit is a really good gig. I’d think higher ranking, more experienced pilots would be fighting for those jobs, and the VIPs, if they were smart would want the same. I preferred crusty W4s with about 9000 flight hours.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2025 07:05 AM (zh/Tt)

My dad had a cousin who captained 50 missions with the 8th Air Force, then stayed in and flew all over the world... ending his flying days as a VIP pilot in Europe. He loved it.

I wrote about him here a bunch of years ago...

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=369969

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 07:11 AM (L5An7)

124 @121: Hey, I had a full night's sleep and I took it at face value as well. *shrugs*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 12, 2025 07:11 AM (O7YUW)

125 122 Zephyrs?

I want nothing to do with that Pan-flute-playing faggot.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 07:13 AM (77rzZ)

126 Joking aside, I cannot and do not wear any type of jewelry doing what I do. This risk of getting things caught are not worth it.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2025 07:13 AM (WzLXQ)

127 In Disney news, they are nuking the river and Tom Sawyer's Island for other stuff.

Giant animatronic Rachel Zegler.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 07:14 AM (ExV1e)

128 Tea. Earl Scheib. Not.

Rejoinder: Change. Is. Bad.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:14 AM (6K6Eu)

129 In Disney news, they are nuking the river and Tom Sawyer's Island for other stuff.

Coming Soon! "Troon Island And Adventure Land" set to open in Spring 2026. Visit Troon Island and see the various shemales and lady boys in their natural habitat. Cool down with a visit to our Jerry Sandusky Showers and Glory Hole and feel the warm glow of the sun as you ride on the all new, all historical Lolita Express! Non stop fun for the whole Throuple! Tickets on sale now!

Posted by: Disney Inc. at March 12, 2025 07:15 AM (EEZHI)

130 In Disney news, they are nuking the river and Tom Sawyer's Island for other stuff.

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YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP!!!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:16 AM (6K6Eu)

131 126 Ben Had, what do you do?

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 07:16 AM (77rzZ)

132 Ben Had, what do you do?
Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 07:16 AM (77rzZ)

MoMe Planner.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 07:17 AM (ExV1e)

133 Wait, MoMes are planned?

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 07:19 AM (77rzZ)

134 Bulg, I am a horse trainer and sole ranch hand.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2025 07:19 AM (WzLXQ)

135 114

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 12, 2025 07:04 AM
+++

You have to start in the morning if you want to drink all day.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at March 12, 2025 07:19 AM (dg+HA)

136 I don't know how to say "Get!" But it is something like:

"Get" ton cul dans la cuisine!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 06:54 AM (L5An7)
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I needed Google Translate to remind me, but the verb is "obtenir."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:20 AM (6K6Eu)

137 134 Ah, thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 07:22 AM (77rzZ)

138 A federal jury in Cleveland has found a senior software developer guilty of sabotaging his employer's systems – and he's now facing a potential ten years behind bars.

Davis Lu, 55, of Houston, Texas, was a seasoned coder employed by power-management biz Eaton Corporation between November 2007 to October 2019. In his last year with the outfit, there was a corporate restructuring and he was demoted, both in terms of job responsibilities and server access.

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2025 07:23 AM (SrPpJ)

139 I needed Google Translate to remind me, but the verb is "obtenir."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:20 AM (6K6Eu)

I need the "get," as in get your ass into the kitchen! Obtenir doesn't work.

French is a weird language.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 07:23 AM (L5An7)

140 I need the "get," as in get your ass into the kitchen! Obtenir doesn't work.

French is a weird language.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 07:23 AM (L5An7)
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"Sortir", perhaps?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:25 AM (6K6Eu)

141 A federal jury in Cleveland has found a senior software developer guilty of sabotaging his employer's systems – and he's now facing a potential ten years behind bars.

Why federal, I wonder. I could see state charges, or civil - depending on the details.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 07:26 AM (ExV1e)

142 I need the "get," as in get your ass into the kitchen! Obtenir doesn't work.

French is a weird language.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 07:23 AM (L5An7)

Move-a-voo.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 07:26 AM (ExV1e)

143 Everything I know about French I learned from Pepe Le Pew.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 12, 2025 07:26 AM (SfhV1)

144 The Mercury Zephyr was just a Ford Fairmont with lipstick.

Posted by: Car Nerd at March 12, 2025 07:26 AM (dg+HA)

145 All languages are weird, when it comes right down to it. Just in different ways.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 07:27 AM (77rzZ)

146 Why federal, I wonder. I could see state charges, or civil - depending on the details.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 07:26 AM (ExV1e)
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Maybe it has something to do with banking? Lots of federal law about that.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:27 AM (6K6Eu)

147 Try "put"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 12, 2025 07:28 AM (ZmEVT)

148 Is today Wednesday?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 12, 2025 07:28 AM (SfhV1)

149 Is today Wednesday?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 12, 2025 07:28 AM (SfhV1)
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All day.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:28 AM (6K6Eu)

150 All day.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:28 AM (6K6Eu)

Thank you. We have to take the urchins to school Thursday and I got nervous.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 12, 2025 07:29 AM (SfhV1)

151 Is today Wednesday?

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Until it isn't.

Posted by: Your grandpa at March 12, 2025 07:29 AM (dg+HA)

152 148 Yes, Grammie. Today is the day of the Wednes. What they did to get their own day is anybody’s guess.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 07:30 AM (77rzZ)

153 Looking pretty nice today. I may get something in my eye and not see being in the office after lunch.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at March 12, 2025 07:30 AM (luW68)

154 Lu began sabotaging his employer’s systems. By Aug. 4, 2019, he introduced malicious code that caused system crashes and prevented user logins. Specifically, he created “infinite loops” (in this case, code designed to exhaust Java threads by repeatedly creating new threads without proper termination and resulting in server crashes or hangs), deleted coworker profile files, and implemented a “kill switch” that would lock out all users if his credentials in the company’s active directory were disabled. The “kill switch” code — which Lu named “IsDLEnabledinAD”, abbreviating “Is Davis Lu enabled in Active Directory” — was automatically activated upon his termination on Sept. 9, 2019, and impacted thousands of company users globally. Additionally, on the day he was directed to turn in his company laptop, Lu deleted encrypted data. His internet search history revealed he had researched methods to escalate privileges, hide processes, and rapidly delete files, indicating an intent to obstruct efforts of his co-workers to resolve the system disruptions. Lu’s employer suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses as a result of Lu’s actions.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 07:32 AM (ExV1e)

155 Rain-washed day today in Portland.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:32 AM (6K6Eu)

156 Yesterday marked the five year anniversary of what was to me the real beginning of pandemic hysteria. The OKC Thunder were playing the Jazz. During pregame warm up, news came some Jazz player tested positive. They canceled the game.

Then over the next week a lot of colleges canceled their conference tournaments. And we were off to the races, everything began shutting down. Hello, Korean baseball at 4:00 AM.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 12, 2025 07:32 AM (vOtue)

157 I saw Pandemic Hysteria open for The Black Plague in London in 1346.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:36 AM (6K6Eu)

158 156 Remember MLB having cardboard cut outs of fans in the stands? And positioning them at a proper social distance.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 12, 2025 07:37 AM (gm9Sb)

159 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 12, 2025 07:40 AM (6K6Eu)

160 Captain arrested in UK ship crash is Russian national, owner says

Apparently, the captain was arrested, BTW, because one of the freighter crew was presumed killed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 07:41 AM (ExV1e)

161 Well, I don't have Passmark scores for this particular chip, but the 24-core M2 Ultra was slower than a 12-core previous-generation AMD desktop chip, and the latest 16-core M4 Max is slower than a 12-core previous generation AMD laptop chip.

Passmark? Really?

Here in the real world (not Australia), the M-series chips runs compilers and scripting languages like Python faster than any PC desktop CPU that isn't $700 by itself (a 7950X3D almost matches a stock M3 so the 9950X3D should get there). It's a major productivity advantage for those of us who do that kind of thing.

And for AI types, the 512GB model makes it the only consumer desktop machine that can run the full-size versions of the popular models. Given a single Nvidia AI GPU by itself costs around the same as that configuration, it's a big deal in those circles.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 12, 2025 07:41 AM (Aqf1y)

162 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

34 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, though it is supposed to warm up a bit later on.

Been up and working since 4am, so if nothing else, at least I am half-way through my day.

Waiting on JJ now.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at March 12, 2025 07:43 AM (Q0kLU)

163 JJ is nood!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2025 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

164 Nood JJ

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 12, 2025 07:44 AM (vOtue)

165 Nood. Sefton.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2025 07:44 AM (77rzZ)

166 123 My dad had a cousin who captained 50 missions with the 8th Air Force, then stayed in and flew all over the world... ending his flying days as a VIP pilot in Europe. He loved it.

I wrote about him here a bunch of years ago...

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=369969
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2025 07:11 AM (L5An7)

Thank you for this wonderful writeup!

Posted by: m at March 12, 2025 07:46 AM (CQE5S)

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