Daily Tech News 16 March 2025

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Amazon has announced Alexa+, which updates the existing voice assistant to... Something something generative AI something. (Liliputing)

What's the catch?
The option to have your smart devices not transmit everything you say straight to Amazon HQ will be removed on March 28. (Ars Technica)

George Orwell did not dream of this.

Tech News

64GB DDR5 DIMMs have hit retail.

Still a little scarce but showing up already on Amazon UK and Germany. And there's no significant price bump for the new chips.

This lets you install 128GB with a dual-channel kit and 256GB in a standard desktop motherboard. I'm considering a 128GB kit for my new desktop; that's more memory than I really need but that's preferable to less memory than I need.

SODIMMs for laptops are expected to follow.
Super Flower's 2800W Leadex power supply is here for $899. (Tom's Hardware)

Never mind why, I want to know what you're supposed to plug this thing into. That's not only more than a standard US wall socket can provide, it's more than a standard AU 230V wallet socket can provide.

There are 15A AU sockets - and matching 16A IEC cables - that could drive this beast, but curiously there are no photos anywhere that show that side of the power supply so that I could tell if that's what they've done.

Guess you can plug it into your stove or dryer outlet if nothing else works.
CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers. (Pale Moon)

Yes, Pale Moon is one of those, and so are SeaMonkey, Waterfox, and LibreWolf. That last one is run by crazy people and shouldn't be used, but it's still a big problem that they can't access sites behind CloudFlare's overly-protective wing.
The best alternatives to Skype, which will go away in early May. (Tech Crunch)

Mind you, all of the alternatives are bad.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Discord on the left of me, Slack on the right. Here I am, stuck in the middle with Zoom.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 16, 2025 04:04 AM (hoCmQ)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 16, 2025 04:04 AM (hoCmQ)

3 Morning!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 16, 2025 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

4 I hit the button a couple of minutes ago but the server burped.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 16, 2025 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

5 Currently 47. Going to high of 50 today. 25 degrees cooler than Friday.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 16, 2025 04:06 AM (hoCmQ)

6 I tried poking the bear couple of times to help. Maybe that caused the burp.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 16, 2025 04:07 AM (hoCmQ)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 16, 2025 04:09 AM (gcUgZ)

8 w00t

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 04:10 AM (CQE5S)

9 Expecting thunderstorms this afternoon in Babylon DC. Need the rain anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 16, 2025 04:12 AM (gcUgZ)

10 such norms and virtues...

@HistoryBoutique 2h
We just got SWATTED.
I am shaking. I cannot believe someone would do this to anyone but especially a family with kids.

@matt_vanswol 2h
I am being swatted right now.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 16, 2025 04:14 AM (mlg/3)

11 >>>The best alternatives to Skype, which will go away in early May. (Tech Crunch)

I've never used any of them, Skype included. Yay!

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 04:17 AM (CQE5S)

12 Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 04:18 AM (O7YUW)

13 @MSHPTrooperGHQ
Tornado Recovery Update - March 15 - 3:30 pm

One additional storm related death has been reported which occurred in St. Louis County. The 12 fatalities now include:

Three fatalities, Ozark County
One fatality, Butler County
Six fatalities, Wayne County
One fatality, Jefferson County
One fatality, St. Louis County

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 16, 2025 04:18 AM (hoCmQ)

14 @CBSEveningNews
At least 31 people are dead after violent tornadoes spawned from an enormous storm system, and touched down in at least seven states from Friday night into Saturday.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 16, 2025 04:21 AM (hoCmQ)

15 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks which still just are where they were 1 hour ago.

But first, may all effort by you this day and ALL other days be rewarded with maximal benefit. And may there be maximal grief for the leftwit fungi who annoy us each day.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at March 16, 2025 04:21 AM (hKoQL)

16 I fervently hope I never get swatted, with my luck I'd find out who.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at March 16, 2025 04:24 AM (hKoQL)

17 4 I hit the button a couple of minutes ago but the server burped.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 16, 2025 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

Rude server!

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 04:31 AM (CQE5S)

18 From the Alexa article: "However, anyone with their Echo device set to “Don’t save recordings” will see their already-purchased devices’ Voice ID feature bricked."

Ms Harding, author of the article, and apparently a "Senior Technology Reporter" should know that "bricked" has a very specific meaning in the technology world, and "a feature not working" isn't even remotely close to it.

Bricked means: My device is now completely dead (or uncontrollable or useful in any way.) "This thing is now about as useful to me as a brick."

If you firmware flash a device, and the flash goes badly, such that you can't even try again... That's generally considered "bricked".

I now have another misuse of a term to despise the media over.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 04:31 AM (O7YUW)

19 15 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks which still just are where they were 1 hour ago.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at March 16, 2025 04:21 AM (hKoQL)

It's nice to have something dependable in one's viewshed.

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 04:35 AM (CQE5S)

20 @JasonMiller
Great move here. This is one giant waste of money.

“Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency 'not salvageable'” | Reuters
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How long until judge issues TRO?

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 16, 2025 04:38 AM (hoCmQ)

21 18 From the Alexa article: "However, anyone with their Echo device set to “Don’t save recordings” will see their already-purchased devices’ Voice ID feature bricked."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 04:31 AM (O7YUW)

From the Alexa article
-->
From the Ars Technica article

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 04:38 AM (CQE5S)

22 PDT has ordered VOA and all the Radio Free affiliates to shut down their broadcasts, turn in their press credentials, vacate their offices and return the equipment.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2025 04:40 AM (j6NlC)

23 Super Flower's 2800W Leadex power supply is here for $899.

Hah. I'd have to upgrade my panel to run that.

Posted by: Ace's liver at March 16, 2025 04:44 AM (B9Dv5)

24

Whether tis nobeler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or the tender juiciness of your smoking hot 19 year old Asian step daught.. er, wait, kind of off the rails there...

Posted by: Elderly Git at March 16, 2025 04:47 AM (kV++U)

25 Ooops, Houthi missile lands in Egypt.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2025 04:49 AM (j6NlC)

26 Morning, Ben Had.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 16, 2025 04:54 AM (hoCmQ)

27 Had to reboot laptop. Keyboard locked up. Does that occasionally. Very frustrating.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 16, 2025 04:55 AM (hoCmQ)

28 olddog, good morning to you and yours.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2025 04:59 AM (j6NlC)

29 @21/m: Argh, there were two Alexa articles. Hadn't had coffee yet.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

30 The US is continuing to punch Yemen in the face. 43 dead and many injured. PDT says this can go on for days or weeks.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2025 05:04 AM (j6NlC)

31 29 @21/m: Argh, there were two Alexa articles. Hadn't had coffee yet.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

It's a team effort.

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 05:07 AM (CQE5S)

32 Oops, forgot... First!

And... Nooded.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 16, 2025 05:11 AM (hoCmQ)

33
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2025 05:11 AM (tljrc)

34 AltonJackson, good morning. Hope you and the kiddos are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2025 05:18 AM (j6NlC)

35

She ain't mutch to look at, but she'll take the first two squirts in the butt and the rest in the mouth, so what the hell...

Posted by: Butch at March 16, 2025 05:18 AM (kV++U)

36 Evening to Sunday toilers, morning to the early risers, condolences to the insomniacs! (There; I think I've covered most of the bases. In this game there are much more than three.)

Big black Stirlling cat is on the kitchen counter; little Dagny is sitting on my briefcase on the chair. Neither seems to have had any ill effects from the Pet Armor flea treatment yesterday, so there's that.

Whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 16, 2025 05:23 AM (omVj0)

37 2800W power supply:

Going over to Super Flower's site, I can't even find this thing, but the closest they have is their 2000W Leadex Platinum, which does indeed spec out at 230V, 15A, 50 or 60Hz, so yeah, you're going to need a special cable and a special outlet for that.

Newegg's site has the 2800 watt version up for a promotional pre-order and has these bullet points listed:

- Operating Voltage: 200~240Vac
- This item requires a specially designated medical grade power cord, therefore, please refer to the following term :
1. Please purchase the PSU from Super Flower official seller store (Medical grade power cord included).
2. Do not use this item purchased from other countries.

I don't think I'd want to see my electricity bill running that power supply.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

38 Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. There was supposed to be a parade yesterday here, but they canceled or postponed it because of expected "severe weather" -- which ended up attacking the northern shore of the lake, and delivered only some spotty rain late in the afternoon. So much for the life of a weather prognosticator.

Now: 63 F., little wind, humidity down.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 16, 2025 05:24 AM (omVj0)

39 "The US is continuing to punch Yemen in the face. 43 dead and many injured. PDT says this can go on for days or weeks."

Congress take note.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at March 16, 2025 05:25 AM (QB+5g)

40
g'mornin', Ben Had

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2025 05:25 AM (tljrc)

41 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 16, 2025 05:27 AM (dg+HA)

42 I hit the button a couple of minutes ago but the server burped.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 16, 2025 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

Rude server!
Posted by: m

Pull my finger.
My router

Posted by: Bruce at March 16, 2025 05:27 AM (B32Is)

43 Cleanup! On aisles 24 and 35.

Posted by: Elderly Git at March 16, 2025 04:47 AM (kV++U)

Posted by: Butch at March 16, 2025 05:18 AM (kV++U)

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 05:28 AM (CQE5S)

44

You let your cats get on the kitchen counter?

Gross.

Do you let them plop down and lick their ass on your kitchen table, too?

Posted by: What The Fuck at March 16, 2025 05:29 AM (kV++U)

45
Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency 'not salvageable'” | Reuters
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How long until judge issues TRO?
Posted by: olddog

============

"Trump Ends Free Speech"
--headlines everywhere, oddly

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 16, 2025 05:30 AM (lCaJd)

46 I do not want any electronic devices talking to me except for the phone giving me directions when I'm driving.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2025 05:30 AM (3oVMj)

47 You let your cats get on the kitchen counter?

Gross.

Do you let them plop down and lick their ass on your kitchen table, too?
Posted by: What The Fuck at March 16, 2025

***
I tried valiantly for many years to keep my cats off surfaces I didn't want them on. Nothing worked, and I realized also that even if they complied while I was home, they wouldn't when I was gone. Simpler to clean off the surfaces periodically, which is a good idea anyway, than to battle with the cats.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 16, 2025 05:32 AM (omVj0)

48 Only going to be about 71 as a high today. I figure I'll do most of my usual Sunday chores before and during the Book Thread. Then, in the afternoon, I'll have time to wash the car and make a start on detailing the hood and maybe the trunk. Those are surfaces that get the sun and weather the most.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 16, 2025 05:35 AM (omVj0)

49 I use jitsi for personal video calling.

https://meet.jit.si/

You can set it for end-to-end encryption as well.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at March 16, 2025 05:38 AM (8mudf)

50 Man from South Africa who had a difficult night sleeping reflects on receiving new strength from the Lord. Gospel reading Matthew 26:36-46:

https://tinyurl.com/mr36rvk6

This guy has a very German name . Pray for the persecuted white minority in South Africa.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2025 05:38 AM (VDgjV)

51 I see we have some odd, trolling people here today. Ugggh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2025 05:40 AM (VDgjV)

52
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2025 05:40 AM (VDgjV)

========

Same hash, different nics. Same troll over and over

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 16, 2025 05:43 AM (lCaJd)

53 Older couple dancing. Video. From FaithPot site;

https://tinyurl.com/yan2ckrk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2025 05:45 AM (VDgjV)

54
Wolfus, you're talking to troll. Ignore.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 16, 2025 05:45 AM (lCaJd)

55 Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 16, 2025 05:43 AM (lCaJd)

Sounds like-as one of our old hymns says- he's "standing in the need of prayer."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2025 05:51 AM (lo5Wl)

56 Wolfus, you're talking to troll. Ignore.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 16, 2025

***
I thought it was just one of the regulars being obscenely funny. My apologies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 16, 2025 05:55 AM (omVj0)

57 Boy in England cleans tombstones and donates part of the money to charity:

https://tinyurl.com/5curtrmn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2025 05:56 AM (5zhhh)

58 I am looking forward to church today. We are taking a break from Lent and I am talking about St. Patrick- who was probably Welsh- since his first name was actually Maewyn - and was kidnapped and taken to Ireland as a teen. We will be looking at spiritual lessons from his life- and then welll have corned beef and cabbage and Irish soda bread.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2025 06:00 AM (5zhhh)

59 “Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency 'not salvageable'” | Reuters
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Now do NPR.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 16, 2025 06:02 AM (dg+HA)

60 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: The long, wide nematode.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 16, 2025 06:11 AM (6K6Eu)

61 Wait, Librewolf is from crazy people? I didn't know this. I thought it was the only decent privacy respecting browser aside from Brave, and the only one for the Firefox UI. I've been promoting it like crazy. Ugh.

More details on this please? Why should I uninstall?

Posted by: Qwinn at March 16, 2025 06:14 AM (nhQcH)

62 So, how about Judge Boasberg? What a guy.

In fact, the entire DC district lineup of judges are all pretty awful, insofar as they believe in judicial rule. They're all wannabe Presidents.

Posted by: Hal 9000 at March 16, 2025 06:15 AM (vkMfW)

63 I just read last week the the VOA was giving hope to the people of the world that America was there for them. So I am confused, is it bad or good. I think its more useful than NPR, but what do I know, please tell me where I'm wrong.

Posted by: Colin at March 16, 2025 06:18 AM (wlQdF)

64 Pixy, does that mean LibreOffice is run by crazy people, too?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 16, 2025 06:21 AM (PiwSw)

65 Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill

I’ll be filing Articles of Impeachment against activist judge James Boasberg this week.

———

Sean Davis @seanmdav

James Boasberg, the judge who is now lawlessly running interference for literal terrorists, was a member of the corrupt FISA court that rubber-stamped the illegal spy warrants against Trump during the Russiagate hoax.

But that doesn’t begin to show how dirty and corrupt Boasberg is.

Remember Kevin Clinesmith, the FBI attorney who fabricated evidence in those very FISA warrants Boasberg’s court rubber-stamped? Clinesmith was convicted for that crime, but he never served a day in prison.

Do you know why?

Because Boasberg personally sentenced Clinesmith and made sure he never saw the inside of a jail cell, despite Clinesmith’s attempts to overthrow the elected U.S. government via fake evidence and fabricated warrants that Boasberg’s FISA court okayed.

So this conspiracy to provide aid and comfort to criminals and enemies of the United States isn’t Boasberg’s first rodeo. He has a long, sordid history of violating his oath and ignoring the law in his service to America’s enemies. And it’s long past time for him to answer

Posted by: 13times at March 16, 2025 06:22 AM (FawAu)

66 Morning peeps.

Hope anyone in the mid-west and down south survived the storms yesterday. That was something else. Over in Owensboro, KY there was baseball sized hail reported and 60+ MPH winds.

Woke up 30 minutes ago here to thunder.

Spring in the mid-Ohio valley will be lit this year. ⛈️

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2025 06:22 AM (Q4IgG)

67 Rumor has it that a Federal Judge will declare himself President and there is nothing we can do about it.

Posted by: Colin at March 16, 2025 06:22 AM (wlQdF)

68 60 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: The long, wide nematode.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 16, 2025 06:11 AM (6K6Eu)

The long and winding nematode
That leads
To your door

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:26 AM (CQE5S)

69 67 Rumor has it that a Federal Judge will declare himself President and there is nothing we can do about it.
Posted by: Colin at March 16, 2025 06:22 AM (wlQdF)

heh

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:27 AM (CQE5S)

70 Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:26 AM (CQE5S)
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Yes, that's it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 16, 2025 06:28 AM (6K6Eu)

71 65 Sean Davis @seanmdav

James Boasberg, the judge who is now lawlessly running interference for literal terrorists, was a member of the corrupt FISA court that rubber-stamped the illegal spy warrants against Trump during the Russiagate hoax.

But that doesn’t begin to show how dirty and corrupt Boasberg is.
Posted by: 13times at March 16, 2025 06:22 AM (FawAu)

Sean Davis is about the most sober, calm, non-dramatic poster on twitter, so this is really something.

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:31 AM (CQE5S)

72 Good morning! Currently 46 on the patio here in Cowtown, headed for 75. It's gonna be a bright sunshiny day. The grandkids spent the night and we have blueberry/cranberry muffins for breakfast before we head out to the nursery to find some plants for the hanging baskets on the patio.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 16, 2025 06:33 AM (3Ope8)

73 - currently 29° wind NW at 14.
Going to a high of 58°,,, according to they them.
Back into the thermals.

Service will be, um, interesting today. In Luke 21. Covered vs 1-4 last week.
Today, the passage that preterists tend to point to and say 'see, it's all already happened,' while ignoring Matt 24 and Mark 13.

The guy who is handling interim pastor duties, while not "seminary trained" is pretty good. We'll see.
Only been attending this church for three weeks. My guess would be that, like most, there are very few preterists but most are so pre-70th week of Daniel indoctrinated they can't let go.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 16, 2025 06:33 AM (LajFB)

74 70 Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:26 AM (CQE5S)
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Yes, that's it.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 16, 2025 06:28 AM (6K6Eu)

I am currently drinking

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

so I have Special Powers.

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:34 AM (CQE5S)

75 I am currently drinking

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

so I have Special Powers.
Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:34 AM (CQE5S)
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*fistbump*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 16, 2025 06:35 AM (6K6Eu)

76 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at March 16, 2025 06:35 AM (AN2gy)

77 preterism:

Preterism is a Christian eschatological view or belief that interprets some or all prophecies of the Bible as events which have already been fulfilled in history.

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:36 AM (CQE5S)

78 G'Day everyone
Really only been cat napping since the Australian Grand Prix got over

Posted by: Skip i at March 16, 2025 06:37 AM (fwDg9)

79 @61/Qwinn: "Wait, Librewolf is from crazy people? I didn't know this. I thought it was the only decent privacy respecting browser aside from Brave, and the only one for the Firefox UI. I've been promoting it like crazy. Ugh.

More details on this please? Why should I uninstall?"

Here's what I found...

It boils down to "a difference of ideologies". See here (17 minute video):
https://youtu.be/AyjiOBWH91s

But let me sum it up for you: "They're very woke and ban people from their various platforms or social media if they find out they're not." The video does mention a few other side-points though if you're interested in spending the time on it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 06:37 AM (O7YUW)

80 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 16, 2025 06:40 AM (6K6Eu)

81 George Orwell did not dream of this.

Heh. You did see that they made the area outside of one of Orwell's homes a 'good behavior zone', didn't you?

Fucking hell. Can Britain be a bit more on the nose?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 16, 2025 06:41 AM (bss/y)

82 - m. Pretty much sums it up.

Partial preterism - everything except Christ's 2nd coming happened in 70AD.

Full preterism - everything, including in the Book of Revelation, has already happened. Many who hold to this also hold the heretical view that the church has replaced Israel. Replacement theology.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 16, 2025 06:43 AM (LajFB)

83 AoSHQ:

Come for the Tech discussions
Stay for the eschatology

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 16, 2025 06:45 AM (PiwSw)

84 Thanks, TeeJ.

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:46 AM (CQE5S)

85 83 AoSHQ:

Come for the Tech discussions
Stay for the eschatology
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 16, 2025 06:45 AM (PiwSw)

We're Morons of Many Parts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 16, 2025 06:46 AM (bss/y)

86 "I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."
~ Thomas Jefferson

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 16, 2025 06:47 AM (dg+HA)

87 61 Wait, Librewolf is from crazy people? I didn't know this. I thought it was the only decent privacy respecting browser aside from Brave, and the only one for the Firefox UI. I've been promoting it like crazy. Ugh.

More details on this please? Why should I uninstall?
Posted by: Qwinn

Right, I'll post something about it tomorrow.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 16, 2025 06:47 AM (BLOW1)

88 AoSHQ:

Come for the Tech discussions
Stay for the eschatology
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 16, 2025 06:45 AM (PiwSw)

https://tinyurl.com/yu5tv9ma

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 16, 2025 06:48 AM (ExV1e)

89 - btw m, your long and winding road reference...
Kind worries me for ya. In that your brain, in a way, does the same thing as mine.
A phrase someone says leads to a song in your head.

An earlier comment caused mine to...
Woke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962-oo-oo

Posted by: TeeJ at March 16, 2025 06:49 AM (LajFB)

90 @64/Shadout Mapes: "Pixy, does that mean LibreOffice is run by crazy people, too?"

LibreOffice = The Document Foundation
www.documentfoundation.org
And the office suite was forked from OpenOffice in 2010.
They own the trademark on "LibreOffice" and could, theoretically, go after LibreWolf for use of a name too similar if they think they could prove an infringement on their trademark, and likely only would do this if LibreWolf gets a widespread bad reputation.

LibreWolf = A project over at codeberg.org and social media on something called Matrix. First release in 2020.

I don't think they're associated at all.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 06:49 AM (O7YUW)

91 Oh, I see Grumpy and Recalcitrant already linked to the Lunduke video.

I don't always care for the way Lunduke presents these things, but he ain't wrong. If a browser group bans his name - or anyone's name - they've gone off the deep end.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 16, 2025 06:50 AM (BLOW1)

92 89 - btw m, your long and winding road reference...
Kind worries me for ya. In that your brain, in a way, does the same thing as mine.
A phrase someone says leads to a song in your head.
Posted by: TeeJ at March 16, 2025 06:49 AM (LajFB)

Morons!

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:53 AM (CQE5S)

93 Pixy: Please mention it in tomorrow's post anyway?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 06:54 AM (O7YUW)

94 eschatology
noun
the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind: Christian hope is concerned with eschatology, or the science of last things.

ORIGIN
mid 19th century: from Greek eskhatos ‘last’ + -logy.

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 06:55 AM (CQE5S)

95
Stranded astronauts:

https://tinyurl.com/424c7k4w

Posted by: Ciampino - perverted alien remarks welcome at March 16, 2025 06:58 AM (KjLnc)

96 >The best alternatives to Skype...

I'm wondering to which service I should port my heavily-used Skype number.

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at March 16, 2025 07:04 AM (NezMn)

97 >>Stranded astronauts:

The headline there is confusing. I thought I had missed their return splashdown.

Very informative article, however.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 16, 2025 07:08 AM (Y1sOo)

98 I don't think they're associated at all.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 06:49 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 16, 2025 07:09 AM (PiwSw)

99 CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers. (Pale Moon)

Yes, Pale Moon is one of those, and so are SeaMonkey, Waterfox, and LibreWolf. That last one is run by crazy people and shouldn't be used, but it's still a big problem that they can't access sites behind CloudFlare's overly-protective wing.

I’ve been using Waterfox on desktop and laptop exclusively for about nine years now, ever since Mozilla added Pocket to Firefox and that browser started getting more and more bloated and slower.
Waterfox just gets it done quicker for me.

Here in the last few months I’ve had a problem here and there with a few websites refusing to connect after a bot-check. They would just constantly loop the check and never open the webpage.

I just closed them and moved on.
Go back a day or two later and they magically worked again with the bot-check.

So I don’t know if this is Pale Moon specific but Waterfox seems to work with the vast majority of sites I visit, who knows how many are being protected by Cloudflare as it’s not easy to tell until something goes wrong.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 16, 2025 07:11 AM (6ydKt)

100 Amazing how 'Muh democracy' isn't in play when Ds control everything. What happened to bipartisanship?

https://tinyurl.com/2cyxpyfr

Posted by: Ciampino - see, we're hard players at March 16, 2025 07:11 AM (KjLnc)

101 99
So I don’t know if this is Pale Moon specific but Waterfox seems to work with the vast majority of sites I visit, who knows how many are being protected by Cloudflare as it’s not easy to tell until something goes wrong.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 16, 2025 07:11 AM (6ydKt)
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I've also been using Waterfox for a very long time, since it became the first ****Fox browser to offer 64-bit versions. No problems there. For example TinyURL is a CloudFare site and I use it to post links here every day.

Posted by: Ciampino - see, we're creatures of habit at March 16, 2025 07:16 AM (KjLnc)

102 Whenever I hear a left-wing type use the phrase "Our Democracy", what I hear is:

"Our power, not yours, and you should never be allowed to have it, because shut up, and we'll hurt you if you try to complain about it."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 16, 2025 07:18 AM (O7YUW)

103 Too gusty for golf today in South Florida, so the President will just have to make some news instead.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 16, 2025 07:18 AM (vkMfW)

104 Wait, Librewolf is from crazy people? I didn't know this. I thought it was the only decent privacy respecting browser aside from Brave, and the only one for the Firefox UI. I've been promoting it like crazy. Ugh.
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Mullvad browser.

If you're really interested in privacy, that's the one.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - single moms, your children are a detriment, not a benefit at March 16, 2025 07:21 AM (V0m8t)

105 103 Too gusty for golf today in South Florida, so the President will just have to make some news instead.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 16, 2025 07:18 AM (vkMfW)

PDT's in golf clothes here--but maybe all of these photos are from yesterday?

https://nitter.net/magills_

Posted by: m at March 16, 2025 07:23 AM (CQE5S)

106 I do not want any electronic devices talking to me except for the phone giving me directions when I'm driving.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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The more irritating aspect for me is that they're listening.

Which I'm still surprised law offices, doctors offices, etc haven't had a trillion dollar lawsuit over that and put an end to it.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - single moms, your children are a detriment, not a benefit at March 16, 2025 07:23 AM (V0m8t)

107 97
Apologies for the vague heading. I have just woken up and probably not firing on all cylinders.

Posted by: Ciampino - see, we're creatures of habit at March 16, 2025 07:24 AM (KjLnc)

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