Daily Tech News 28 March 2025

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Facing the failure of its latest fantastically expensive AAAAA title, Assassin's Creed XIV: The Assassining, floundering French slopmaker Ubisoft has spun off what few series it hasn't completely murdered into a new subsidiary and taken 1.16 billion euros from Tencent for a 25% stake. (WCCFTech)

What does this deal leave for the parent company?

Basically, nothing.

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Asking good questions is harder than giving great answers. (Dan Cohen)

Well, not quite. He's talking about assessing the intelligence of AI, and the point is that asking questions that actually assess that intelligence, rather than creating a thousand page general-knowledge quiz where everything is easily looked up, is harder than answering that poorly designed quiz assuming you are allowed to look things up.
AMD's new 9600 non-X is about as fast as the 9600X while using the exact same amount of power. (Hot Hardware)

Okay. Not entirely sure what the point is, though it may come bundled with a cooler (and AMD's stock coolers are not complete rubbish).
Amazon has shipped my 128GB memory kit. It's on sale for $260 if anyone else wants one.

You can see on that page that the equivalent 96GB kit is $230, so bumping it up to the next tier is well worth it.

As I mentioned, I don't need 128GB of RAM, but the point of this build is to go a bit beyond so I can play around with things. My work laptop has 40GB of RAM and I can hit that mark without trying.

The other factor is that DDR5 runs much slower if you fill up all four slots. These are pretty standard 5600MHz models, but if you fill all four slots, the memory speed drops to 3600MHz. The real world effect isn't quite that dramatic ranging from insignificant to quite noticeable, but best to avoid that fuss unless you really need more than a single dual-channel kit can provide.
Developers are fighting a war with AI web crawlers. (Tech Crunch)

AI web crawlers are asshoe.

Even more so than regular web crawlers, and I've blocked plenty of those.

Musical Interlude

Musical Interlude List

For those keeping track.

28/3 Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Air a Danser
27/3 OK Go - Needing/Getting
26/3 Animals - House of the Rising Sun
25/3 Girls Generation - Dancing Queen
24/3 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
23/3 Dodie Stevens - Pink Shoelaces
22/3 Rose - APT
21/3 Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
20/3 Cheap Trick - Dream Police
19/3 Doors - Light My Fire
18/3 Gangajang - Sounds of Then
17/3 Supertramp - Logical Song
16/3 Split Enz - Dirty Creature
15/3 The Kinks - Lola
14/3 Julian Lennon - Now You're In Heaven
13/3 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
12/3 Skyhooks - Horror Movie
11/3 White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
10/3 Orff - O Fortuna (Wrong Lyrics)
9/3 Dragon - April Sun in Cuba
8/3 Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
7/3 Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together
6/3 Petula Clark - Downtown
5/3 David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
4/3 Deborah Conway - Alive and Brilliant
3/3 Wendy Matthews - Token Angels
2/3 Elias Naslin - Stick Together (AMV)
1/3 Flowers - We Can Get Together
28/2 Choirboys - Run to Paradise
27/2 Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
26/2 Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
25/2 Garbage - Cherry Lips
24/2 Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
23/2 Mental as Anything - The Nips Are Getting Bigger
22/2 Royal Republic - Getting Along (AMV)
21/2 Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
20/2 One Republic - I Lived (AMV)
19/2 Hoodoo Gurus - Wipeout
18/2 Shocking Blue - Venus
17/2 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy
16/2 Norwegian Recycling - Six Songs Collide
15/2 Chumbawumba - Tubthumping
14/2 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N' Roll
13/2 Suzi Quatro - Devils Gate Drive
12/2 One Republic - Counting Stars (AMV)
11/2 Kate Ceberano - Brave
10/2 Big Pig - Breakaway
9/2 Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line
8/2 First 12 Minutes of MTV
7/2 Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (Amiga)
6/2 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
5/2 Art of Noise - Paranoimia
4/2 Stranglers - Golden Brown
3/2 Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night
2/2 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
1/2 AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
31/1 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
30/1 Sara Nagare ft. Jinn - Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again (Cover)
29/1 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
28/1 Arcade Fire - Everything Now (AMV)
27/1 Goanna - Solid Rock
26/1 Carpenter Brut - Hairspray Hurricane (AMV)
25/1 Saint Motel - Van Horn
24/1 Good Lovelies - Crabbukkit (AMV) (Cover)
23/1 Weird Al - Tacky
22/1 TISM - Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me
21/1 Gary Numan - Cars
20/1 Puretone - Addicted to Bass
19/1 Elvis Presley - A Little More Conversation
18/1 Crowded House - Weather With You
17/1 Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
16/1 Chris Rea - Let's Dance
15/1 Blondie - Atomic
14/1 Lucky Starr - I've Been Everywhere
13/1 Swingers - Counting the Beat
12/1 Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
11/1 Babymetal - Gimme Chocolate!!
10/1 Promises - Baby It's You
9/1 American Authors - Best Day Of My Life (AMV)
8/1 Scatman John - Scatman
7/1 TV on the Radio - Lazerray (AMV)
6/1 Wintergatan - Marble Machine
5/1 Cardigans - Lovefool
4/1 The Grid - Swamp Thing
4/1 Midas - Touch Tone Telephone (Cover)
3/1 Chantoozies - Wanna Be Up
31/12 Belle Stars - Iko Iko
31/12 Madonna - Material Girl
31/12 B-52's - Love Shack

Disclaimer: Nothing is everything.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 G'Day everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2025 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

2 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 04:02 AM (omVj0)

3 Hi, Pixy!

youtube.com/watch?v=aXz9CpnWNS0

Posted by: JQ at March 28, 2025 04:05 AM (rdVOm)

4 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 28, 2025 04:09 AM (/Ghsb)

5 "Facing the failure of its latest fantastically expensive AAAAA title, Assassin's Creed XIV: The Assassining, floundering French slopmaker Ubisoft has spun off what few series it hasn't completely murdered into a new subsidiary and taken 1.16 billion euros from Tencent for a 25% stake. (WCCFTech)

What does this deal leave for the parent company?

Basically, nothing."

Considering they managed to piss off JAPAN (as a whole) with Shadows, that might make them attractive to a chinese company.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 28, 2025 04:09 AM (bss/y)

6 Hi JQ!

Morning all!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 28, 2025 04:10 AM (BLOW1)

7 I'd almost forgotten about the Marble Machine video!

Dad really enjoyed it-- he liked to tinker with all things mechanical.

Posted by: JQ at March 28, 2025 04:13 AM (rdVOm)

8 The other factor is that DDR5 runs much slower if you fill up all four slots.

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Is that part of "the ensh*ttening" or does hardware use a different term?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Geriatric pregnancies hurt America's babies at March 28, 2025 04:14 AM (qSMcm)

9 Good morning. Thanks, Pixy.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 28, 2025 04:14 AM (mH6SG)

10 As Marshal McCloud used to say, "There y' go!"

Evening and morning, insomaniacals, and welcome to Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

I slept okay last night, no weird dreams to report, but I still feel sluggish. No workout today, though I might stretch and do my calisthenics.

I've been putting out fires at work -- embers, really, and trying to set up firebreaks so my office won't be consumed once I leave. Today I have to get in touch with NST's financial guy -- he was going to send me some info on the mutual funds he recommended, but I haven't seen it yet.

Anyway: Friday!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 04:17 AM (omVj0)

11 Japanese Grand Prix this weekend

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2025 04:18 AM (fwDg9)

12 and good evening, Pixy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 28, 2025 04:19 AM (/Ghsb)

13 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks.

May all effort from you on ALL days result in maximum benefit to you and commensurate heartburn for the leftwit fungi who befoul us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at March 28, 2025 04:19 AM (hKoQL)

14 8 The other factor is that DDR5 runs much slower if you fill up all four slots.

-

Is that part of "the ensh*ttening" or does hardware use a different term?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie

It's not deliberate, it's difficult and expensive to work around this. And in many cases not that noticeable.

If you're using integrated graphics you definitely don't want this, but most of the time it's only a 5% reduction to performance.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 28, 2025 04:21 AM (BLOW1)

15 w00t

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 04:24 AM (CQE5S)

16 >>>Disclaimer: Nothing is everything.

Nothing from nothing leaves nothing.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 04:26 AM (CQE5S)

17 youtube.com/watch?v=8HqyEHqEYho

Posted by: JQ at March 28, 2025 04:28 AM (rdVOm)

18 O man, I've missed so many of those hits. I always promise to go back and play them but then the next thread arrives and I'm reading that.

Posted by: Ciampino - and Morning Pixy at March 28, 2025 04:29 AM (sPQoU)

19 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 28, 2025 04:31 AM (dg+HA)

20 Beautiful day today in Wyoming. Was low to mid 70’s. Expecting snow Sunday. Spring in Wyoming!

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 28, 2025 04:34 AM (X4hXd)

21 Penguin Cafe orchestra
We're gonna be all cultured-like!

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 04:34 AM (CQE5S)

22 I got about one hour of sleep then got too warm and also needed a bathroom break, some kitties came to say hi, Bailey decided to come sleep on my thigh (partially) and here I am. I will get tired in a few hours and will need sleep.

Posted by: Ciampino - and good morning all at March 28, 2025 04:36 AM (sPQoU)

23 NASA/Northrop Grumman - Cygnus NG-21 ]/b]
Release from the ISS - Space Affairs Live
Scheduled for Mar 28, 2025
Coverage of Northrop Grumman’s NG-21 Cygnus spacecraft release from the International Space Station.
Release scheduled for 6:55 a.m. EDT, 1055 UTC, 11:55 CET, March 28, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/live/FSZ826uwtKw

Posted by: Ciampino - good morning all at March 28, 2025 04:39 AM (sPQoU)

24 It's not deliberate, it's difficult and expensive to work around this. And in many cases not that noticeable.

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I think about non-tech people who "want to buy a good computer" and they load it up with everything, but who definitely aren't putting a GPU in. Just a facebook machine, but the fastest facebook machine available. Old folks that custom order from Dell are buying a worse system (assuming you can spec out a system like that).

Which is fine, but seems like part of the overall ensh*ttening. Or maybe it's just easier to notice this kind of thing nowadays.

Similar to video cards in what I assume is the largest market being unavailable and regardless not appearing to be significant upgrades from mid to high level GPUs from two generations ago.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Geriatric pregnancies hurt America's babies at March 28, 2025 04:41 AM (qSMcm)

25 Ciampino's mention of "kitties" reminded me: The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are doing well. Stirling is sitting here near me on the end table. Dagny is in her window in the bedroom, keeping watch, though over or for what, I dunno. Both seem much improved from their flea bite infestation. We'll need to treat them again in mid-April, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 04:42 AM (omVj0)

26 A New Jersey police chief is being accused of creating a toxic -- and smelly -- work environment ... by defecating on the floors at the station, spiking officers' coffee with Viagra and Adderall, sticking a hypodermic needle into the penis of a subordinate ... and more.

https://tinyurl.com/538da85n

Well it is New Jersey!

Posted by: Ciampino - just drop your trousers in the hallway at March 28, 2025 04:43 AM (sPQoU)

27 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 28, 2025 04:47 AM (+J/Au)

28 "The other factor is that DDR5 runs much slower if you fill up all four slots. "

I had no idea. Thanks Pixy.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 28, 2025 04:48 AM (O7YUW)

29 Well it is New Jersey!
Posted by: Ciampino - just drop your trousers in the hallway at March 28, 2025 04:43 AM (sPQoU)

You think your work place is toxic...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 28, 2025 04:52 AM (bss/y)

30 Hey, when ya gotta poop, ya gotta poop. Right?

Posted by: Chief Farley at March 28, 2025 04:52 AM (mH6SG)

31 You pooped on floor. You go now.

Posted by: Ciampino - Farley where's your troosers at March 28, 2025 04:55 AM (sPQoU)

32 Time for me to get cleaned up, feed the beasts and myself, and head off to the electron mines for the last Friday!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 04:57 AM (omVj0)

33 How about a little Viagra in your coffee, boys?

Posted by: Sandra Flook at March 28, 2025 05:03 AM (mH6SG)

34 Who ordered this?

https://x.com/i/status/1905330233076490438

Posted by: Ciampino - to go where no one has gone before at March 28, 2025 05:11 AM (sPQoU)

35 My friend Patty introduced me to Penguin Cafe mumble mumble years ago. I miss her very, very much.

Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic . . . at March 28, 2025 05:11 AM (tcomi)

36 Who ordered this?

https://x.com/i/status/1905330233076490438
Posted by: Ciampino - to go where no one has gone before

Mind your own Beeswax!

Posted by: Sandra Fluck at March 28, 2025 05:12 AM (tcomi)

37 Woman has huge meltdown as she runs naked through Dallas Airport

https://mol.im/a/14533405

I wonder how they get those black rectangles to stay put?

Posted by: Ciampino - to come where no one has gone before at March 28, 2025 05:14 AM (sPQoU)

38 Hopefully today will be a shorter day
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2025 05:16 AM (fwDg9)

39 34 Who ordered this?

https://x.com/i/status/1905330233076490438
Posted by: Ciampino - to go where no one has gone before at March 28, 2025 05:11 AM (sPQoU)

Hah!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 28, 2025 05:18 AM (bss/y)

40 The trade-off of memory speed for memory volume is a longtime issue for PCs. The transition to 64-bit is when a lot of people first became aware of this because they previously were limited to less than 4GB of RAM for most practical purposes. (32 bits let you use 4GB but PC architecture stole some of it and the OS could reserve some for itself as well.)

I built a Core 2 Duo for Windows Vista. At first I ran the 32 bit version with 2GB. Later, it was time to start learning the ins and outs of 64-bit. That is when I discovered I had a choice with the supported DDR-2 RAM for the Intel motherboard. Each chip added to the array had some overhead to support it. So I could have 6GB of the faster speed, desirable for gaming, or I could have 8GB of the slower speed. The difference would scarcely be noticeable 95% of the time but it was the first time I had to consider the issue.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 28, 2025 05:20 AM (/0z9K)

41 Repost - funny

I got pulled over by the cops today.
Apparently I was his first speeder
because when he got to my window
he said, "I've been waiting all day for you!"
I said, "I got here as fast as I could."
He let me go.

Posted by: Ciampino - to come where no one has come before at March 28, 2025 05:20 AM (sPQoU)

42 This is the only important part of that story:

"Despite her increasingly erratic actions, there appeared to be no visible sign of law enforcement or airport security whatsoever as she began running around the concourse"

Those billions of dollars we spend for "security"?

It's all pretend. They've never stopped a single thing. Never saved a single plane from harm or prevented a passenger from being in danger.

You know how you can know that? Because if they did it would be on all the MSM news channels for days, same as when the FBI claims to do it.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Geriatric pregnancies hurt America's babies at March 28, 2025 05:23 AM (qSMcm)

43 Way back when, 8-bit systems had RAM refresh as a task for the CPU, so it made a difference how much you had. I first learned about this people wrote in to an Atari magazine (ANTIC or Analog) complaining that a BASIC game listing ran notably slower on a 48KB system than on a 16KB system. The coder explained RAM refresh and why it affected his game. He had used an Atari 400 as target and didn't test it sufficiently on a system with the then max RAM. He later came up with a few changes to make it play better on a 48K machine.

This was my introduction to RAM refresh.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 28, 2025 05:23 AM (/0z9K)

44 It's a brave thing, to acknowledge that you're not getting back to sleep, and just brew the damn coffee.

It takes guts!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 05:23 AM (kpS4V)

45 The trade-off of memory speed for memory volume is a longtime issue for PCs.

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Ha. Yep, and is part of the ensh*ttening.

Don't fix it, just make people accept slow/worse development and tell them it's too hard for the H1Bs to figure out.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Geriatric pregnancies hurt America's babies at March 28, 2025 05:26 AM (qSMcm)

46 "...sticking a hypodermic needle into the penis of a subordinate..."
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Don't let crazy stick you in the dick!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 05:26 AM (kpS4V)

47 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at March 28, 2025 05:26 AM (AN2gy)

48 43
This was my introduction to RAM refresh.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 28, 2025 05:23 AM (/0z9K)
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Then there were systems using SRAM (static) vs the cheaper DRAM (dynamic) memory chips.

Posted by: Ciampino - refresh refresh at March 28, 2025 05:29 AM (sPQoU)

49 Congratulations Wolfus!

Stepping off the merry-go-round today, yes?

Posted by: fluffy at March 28, 2025 05:34 AM (AN2gy)

50 5
Considering they managed to piss off JAPAN (as a whole) with Shadows, that might make them attractive to a chinese company.

Or a Korean one. And the irony is that the new owners will take the IPs they buy and make games that appeal to normal people.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 28, 2025 05:38 AM (svLOV)

51 Congratulations Wolfus!

Stepping off the merry-go-round today, yes?
Posted by: fluffy at March 28, 2025

***
My last day is Monday. Technically. I plan to leave early.

I'm still copying and deleting personal files from my computer, backing up the hard drive, and making sure they'll be okay to carry on without me. Remember, they haven't actually hired my replacement, and she won't start for probably two weeks after that. Not my problem; I gave them more than thirty days' notice. But my boss delayed until after Mardi Gras to start the hiring process, and we just had interviews last week and this past Monday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 05:45 AM (omVj0)

52 Really slow thread this morning. The pace is so furious that I may fall asleep

Posted by: Ciampino - refresh refresh refresh at March 28, 2025 05:46 AM (sPQoU)

53 Really slow thread this morning. The pace is so furious that I may fall asleep
Posted by: Ciampino - refresh refresh refresh at March 28, 2025

***
Two speeds: dead slow and slower than dead

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 05:46 AM (omVj0)

54 I understand this Jeff Goldberg personage spoke at the Book Fest opening event last night on my campus. Way to avoid being political, organizers. Good job.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 05:48 AM (omVj0)

55 #45

Not really. As I mentioned, many weren't aware of it until 64-bit went mainstream. The next generation upped the ante so that you had to push the upper limits of what was available to run into the issue. Workstation chip sets had greater bandwidth, at a cost that wasn't reasonable for mainstream consumers. Then better process nodes would come along and the consumer level would get a boost. This kept up for a long time until recent changes in semiconductor economics started screwing the longstanding pattern of improvement. This is why there haven't been any major price cuts on machines like the PS5 and Xbox Series X. The die shrinks aren't an option anymore to expand the market after a machine has been around a few years. The industry is still figuring out how to deal with this. The next generation of consoles will be... interesting.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 28, 2025 05:51 AM (/0z9K)

56 Weather here: 70 F. and soggily humid, going to about 80 today, and 80% chance of rain on Saturday. Maybe I'll get to wash and continue the detail process on the car on Sunday. Though there will be more rain on Monday, and still hot. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 05:51 AM (omVj0)

57 Don't let crazy stick you in the dick!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 05:26 AM (kpS4V)

A good corollary.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2025 05:53 AM (/x6eu)

58 Not really. As I mentioned, many weren't aware of it until 64-bit went mainstream. The next generation upped the ante so that you had to push the upper limits of what was available to run into the issue. Workstation chip sets had greater bandwidth, at a cost that wasn't reasonable for mainstream consumers. Then better process nodes would come along and the consumer level would get a boost. This kept up for a long time until recent changes in semiconductor economics started screwing the longstanding pattern of improvement. This is why there haven't been any major price cuts on machines like the PS5 and Xbox Series X. The die shrinks aren't an option anymore to expand the market after a machine has been around a few years. The industry is still figuring out how to deal with this. The next generation of consoles will be... interesting.
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Yes, that was my point. It's just accepted. Why bother.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at March 28, 2025 05:53 AM (nFKd6)

59 >>> they haven't actually hired my replacement, and she won't start for probably two weeks after that. Not my problem; I gave them more than thirty days' notice.

Let their phone calls go to voicemail.

Posted by: fluffy at March 28, 2025 05:54 AM (AN2gy)

60 We often remark on how America and Americans have to reject the "good enough" approach that the rest of the world, and especially the 3rd world, accepts.

It's probably not a coincidence that we are encouraged to accept it more and more with hyphenated Americans (and non-citizens) from 3rd world nations in charge of things like tech development.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at March 28, 2025 05:57 AM (nFKd6)

61 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I get knocked down, but I get up again.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 28, 2025 05:58 AM (6K6Eu)

62 Devotional on Lamentations 3;19-26. it is appropriate for both interested Christians and Jews and is about a woman who needed renewed strength in caring for her dear ill dad whom she moved in with:

https://tinyurl.com/93najv62

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025 05:59 AM (/GtGZ)

63 #58

It's not a company issue. It's a laws of physics issue.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 28, 2025 06:00 AM (/0z9K)

64 Rejoinder: I get knocked down, but I get up again.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 28, 2025 05:58 AM (6K6Eu)

I am glad to hear that!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025 06:00 AM (Xc4Fw)

65 It's not a company issue. It's a laws of physics issue.
Posted by: Epobir

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+1

This is the only way to do it, so keep doing it this way. It's fine.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Geriatric pregnancies hurt America's babies at March 28, 2025 06:03 AM (qSMcm)

66 Three sisters sing a nice version of "Amazing Grace":

https://tinyurl.com/4n48cbt5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025 06:04 AM (au3rA)

67 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 28, 2025 06:05 AM (hoCmQ)

68 Currently 62. High today 78.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 28, 2025 06:06 AM (hoCmQ)

69 Repost from yesterday - Wild rabbit hops into Emergency Room in Poland looking for help:

https://tinyurl.com/2erudx7n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025 06:07 AM (au3rA)

70 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Still working my way through The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Just reached "The Hound of the Baskervilles," which is the book ace said he plans on reading next as well. Strange coincidence.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2025 06:07 AM (cweKM)

71 So back to the original question:

Is "the ensh*ttening" just for software and social media / bots and such, or is there a different term for hardware? Or does the term cover all tech?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Geriatric pregnancies hurt America's babies at March 28, 2025 06:09 AM (qSMcm)

72 Wow; Tik Tok is actually a vehicle for something good?!! Lonely author at a book signing is helped by a caring woman:

https://tinyurl.com/cu29ryvc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025 06:10 AM (au3rA)

73 mornin yall. I am willing to bet $200 that Ace finishes never finishes Hounds Of The Baskervilles. The day he does, I will send him a contribution, but not without a quiz first.

Posted by: Bear Facts at March 28, 2025 06:12 AM (vFG9F)

74 And that's the bear facts.

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 06:13 AM (vFG9F)

75 mornin yall. I am willing to bet $200 that Ace finishes never finishes Hounds Of The Baskervilles. The day he does, I will send him a contribution, but not without a quiz first.
Posted by: Bear Facts at March 28, 2025 06:12 AM (vFG9F)
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Who was the figure on the tor?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 28, 2025 06:14 AM (6K6Eu)

76 I may go out and watch a little bit of F35 training flights today. There's a spot at the west end of the field where you can get a pretty good view of take offs and landings. The Polish Air Force pilots here for training like to show off.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 28, 2025 06:15 AM (gm9Sb)

77 The Polish Air Force pilots here for training like to show off.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 28, 2025 06:15 AM (gm9Sb)
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Repeat, pliz!

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

78 Army dog handler reunited with a dog she worked with in Iraq:

https://tinyurl.com/4hat5sy4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025 06:17 AM (au3rA)

79 76 Oh, and the Polish designation for the F35 isn't Lightning. Husarz.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 28, 2025 06:17 AM (gm9Sb)

80 I would have liked reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" as a group. I'm sorry that we never did that.

P.S. Could someone please encourage Ace to take some time off.? Dealing with political news stories and writings about them all day must be exhausting. I worry about the dear man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025 06:22 AM (au3rA)

81 Let their phone calls go to voicemail.
Posted by: fluffy at March 28, 2025

***
Yes, I'll forward my desk phone to that of a co-worker.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 06:27 AM (omVj0)

82 Awright, folken -- time to hit the road for the last Friday! I'll check in later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 06:30 AM (omVj0)

83 Anticlimax time . . . I'd almost forgotten that Miss Linda is coming with me for this Book Fest thing. She won't be here for about fifteen minutes. So I'm way early and don't have to leave yet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 06:33 AM (omVj0)

84 I would like to thank Krebs v. Carnot for often remarking on the beauty of the rising sun. I like that. I can just see a little bit of pink sky now and look forward to seeing more.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025 06:33 AM (42Vb+)

85 Coming to the TxMoMe this year, Wolfus?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 28, 2025 06:33 AM (6K6Eu)

86 For some reason, the tits are not calm. I must persevere and hope for the best, maybe break down and get a dog.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 28, 2025 06:34 AM (zfXPz)

87 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Still working my way through The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Just reached "The Hound of the Baskervilles," which is the book ace said he plans on reading next as well. Strange coincidence.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2025

***
Raymond Chandler (in)famously said that Sherlock Holmes was mostly a few lines of great dialog and an attitude. (A non-Chandler fan could say much the same of him.) But Doyle did *something* right to make his character live more than a hundred years later: characterization, the air of mystery and snug Victorian peril, and a brisk writing style that seems very modern.

Hound is the one that's been adapted to films and TV most often, mostly because it has outdoor locations and lots of action.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 06:37 AM (omVj0)

88 86 For some reason, the tits are not calm. I must persevere and hope for the best, maybe break down and get a dog.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 28, 2025 06:34 AM (zfXPz)
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How do those tits compare to boobies?

Posted by: Ciampino - I'll milk it for all it's worth at March 28, 2025 06:38 AM (sPQoU)

89 Coming to the TxMoMe this year, Wolfus?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 28, 2025

***
Depending when and where I settle, I could!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 06:38 AM (omVj0)

90 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 28, 2025 06:40 AM (6K6Eu)

91 61 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 28, 2025 05:58 AM (6K6Eu)

I, too.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 06:41 AM (CQE5S)

92 73 mornin yall. I am willing to bet $200 that Ace finishes never finishes Hounds Of The Baskervilles. The day he does, I will send him a contribution, but not without a quiz first.
Posted by: Bear Facts at March 28, 2025 06:12 AM (vFG9F)

Ace is a reader. Ace is a lawyer.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 06:42 AM (CQE5S)

93 I would like to offer a suggestion for an upcoming book thread, Perfesser Squirrel/

Books that we have read before and return to again because they're like the book version of a comfort food and we enjoyed them so much, but maybe men don't return to books over again?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025 06:44 AM (Edj++)

94 I would like to offer a suggestion for an upcoming book thread, Perfesser Squirrel/

Books that we have read before and return to again because they're like the book version of a comfort food and we enjoyed them so much, but maybe men don't return to books over again?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025

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Sounds like a great idea, Fen. I personally reread books from my past all the time. During the Sniffle Scare, when I couldn't go to the library, I went back through many a volume on my bookshelves. Yes, I ordered a couple from Abebooks, but mostly it was what I had here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 06:46 AM (omVj0)

95 "Ace is a reader. Ace is a lawyer.
Posted by: m"

This case was put on hold for what, 10 years now?

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 06:47 AM (vFG9F)

96 Cygnus release from ISS in about 5 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/live/FSZ826uwtKw

Posted by: Ciampino - I'll milk it for all it's worth! at March 28, 2025 06:49 AM (sPQoU)

97 And I reread *parts* of my older books too. Something I read or see on TV reminds me of a similar scene in Ellery Queen or John Dickson Carr or Rex Stout, Larry Niven or Heinlein, and I go back to the old text. Partly to check my memory, but also to see how the author handled whatever it was.

Speaking of Stout, I reread some of the Nero Wolfe novels every year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 06:49 AM (omVj0)

98 Again, as I said, the game industry has become like the movie industry, over reliant on blockbusters and not producing the mid-tier games any longer.

The market is not crying out for bloated tech demos masquerading as games, what we need are more Angry Birds, Tetris and Secret of Monkey Islands.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 28, 2025 06:50 AM (XV/Pl)

99 Boasberg looks like he might have some secrets buried in his basement. That is one creepy looking fkr.

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 06:50 AM (vFG9F)

100 There are books one rereads by choice, like O'Brian or Wodehouse, and those you reread accidentally because the publisher nefariously changes the title in a new release, like they used to do with Agatha Christie all the damn time.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 28, 2025 06:52 AM (xtQPJ)

101 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 28, 2025 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

102 I would like to offer a suggestion for an upcoming book thread, Perfesser Squirrel/

Books that we have read before and return to again because they're like the book version of a comfort food and we enjoyed them so much, but maybe men don't return to books over again?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 28, 2025 06:44 AM (Edj++)
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Noted and agreed!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2025 06:54 AM (cweKM)

103 Thomas Bender

Games in the 90's and early 00s were so much better.

Like 50 Mission Crush. Just try and get your crew to complete 50 missions over Germany in a B-17.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 28, 2025 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

104 FenelonSpoke

I have comfort books.

Man √
Woman

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 28, 2025 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

105 Up earlier than usual today. Watched a little news. Switched channels, landed on a John Wayne epic on Grit. Sometimes I think they went out of their way to insure historical inaccuracy.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 28, 2025 06:56 AM (gm9Sb)

106 fd

Gotta be corrupt. This is a hostile takeover. We do not have to submit.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 28, 2025 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

107 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at March 28, 2025 07:00 AM (PzBTm)

108 Public nudity is a sign of demonic possession.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 28, 2025 07:01 AM (ZmEVT)

109 100 There are books one rereads by choice, like O'Brian or Wodehouse, and those you reread accidentally because the publisher nefariously changes the title in a new release, like they used to do with Agatha Christie all the damn time.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 28, 2025 06:52 AM (xtQPJ)

Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises
= Fiesta

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 07:02 AM (CQE5S)

110

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 28, 2025 07:02 AM (EFZgU)

111 Morning peeps

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 07:03 AM (Q4IgG)

112

Posted by: - at March 28, 2025 07:03 AM (AOsQT)

113 FenelonSpoke

We often have a low cloud deck with a clearing near the horizon. Makes for spectacular sunrises.

In very cold weather we sometimes see a sun pillar, which is more an Arctic weather display.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 28, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

114 Our cats want to go out. The caught two bunnies in two days. Mrs fd has grounded them .

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

115 Posted by: - at March 28, 2025 07:03 AM (AOsQT)

Such a great hash.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 07:04 AM (CQE5S)

116 Hillary Clinton

How are you handling the loss of Huma to a twee billionaire? I mean, besides drinking.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 28, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

117 'They". One fine day, we will get edit capability and I will have no excuses. I hope that day never comes.

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

118 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

*Does Happy Dance to Vince Guaraldi. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 28, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

119 @ 44, there is iron in Eris' words!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 28, 2025 07:06 AM (/Ghsb)

120 Is this the Smart Rachel Zegler Fan Site?

Posted by: New Moron Wannabe at March 28, 2025 07:07 AM (PiwSw)

121 thanks for starting the day right, Rosasharn!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 28, 2025 07:07 AM (/Ghsb)

122 sock_rat_eez

Words that never appear in my dialog with medico type "Keep that needle away from my dick."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 28, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

123 120 Is this the Smart Rachel Zegler Fan Site?
Posted by: New Moron Wannabe at March 28, 2025 07:07 AM (PiwSw)

Yes! *squeeeeeeeeeeeee"

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 07:08 AM (CQE5S)

124 The Cygnus resupply mission delivered 8,500 pounds of supplies to the space station. It used to launch on a Russian/Ukrainian rocket but now goes up on a SpaceX Falcon. Northrup is not happy about that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 28, 2025 07:08 AM (wsANU)

125 Have a great day, everyone.

See, we avoid bad consequences, simply by living smarter than drug-addles proles.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 28, 2025 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

126 99, 106, exactly right!

if there ever was someone who deserved the Full Beria, there he is.

hold him incommunicado in Gitmo while investigating everything he ever did in his life

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 28, 2025 07:10 AM (/Ghsb)

127 117 'They". One fine day, we will get edit capability and I will have no excuses. I hope that day never comes.
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

*whistles innocently*

Posted by: Minx 0.9 beta at March 28, 2025 07:10 AM (PiwSw)

128 Dawn seems to be breaking earlier and earlier each day. Strange.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 28, 2025 07:11 AM (wsANU)

129 same here, NaCly, same here.

po-lice chiefs live by different standards, apparently

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 28, 2025 07:13 AM (/Ghsb)

130 Wolfie, Fen, that would be a good thread topic. It's interesting what you pick up from a revisit to a beloved book after years or decades. My rereads if LotR and the Narnia series were very different on my recent (fourth? Fifth?) tour, which is fascinating. Next up may be the Prydain Chronicles.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 07:15 AM (kpS4V)

131 128 Dawn seems to be breaking earlier and earlier each day. Strange.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 28, 2025 07:11 AM (wsANU)
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But the Angelic Repair Crew get it fixed earlier and earlier too.

Posted by: Ciampino - What glue is used? at March 28, 2025 07:15 AM (sPQoU)

132 Wolfie, Fen, that would be a good thread topic. It's interesting what you pick up from a revisit to a beloved book after years or decades. My rereads if LotR and the Narnia series were very different on my recent (fourth? Fifth?) tour, which is fascinating. Next up may be the Prydain Chronicles.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 07:15 AM (kpS4V)
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I was surprised how well the Prydain Chronicles held up when I re-read them as an adult. Quite good.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2025 07:16 AM (7fElN)

133 On the AI web crawlers article -
I'm not saying it's Skynet, but AI pretending its human and not bot is proto-Skynetish behavior

Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 28, 2025 07:16 AM (XMjOg)

134 > Dawn seems to be breaking earlier and earlier each day. Strange.
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Sunset later too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 07:16 AM (Q4IgG)

135 Big earthquake in Myanmar - 7.7
Buildings in Bangcock collapsed.

Posted by: Ciampino - Nasty at March 28, 2025 07:17 AM (sPQoU)

136 Enshittification was termed mainly to describe what was happening on the internet from Web 2.0 up to now.

Mainly it was describing how horrible the experience of the internet became when it was corporatized and how everything seems to get worse when it’s supposed to get better.

Take 2FA, where nearly every big site wants your phone number ostensibly for increased security but also, more importantly, to get that mobile number and all the goodies that come along with having another identifier for an individual, as well as the potential marketing opportunities.

Tech hardware and software could probably be included in that.

But people complaining about expensive junk hardware or buggy software is nothing new in the tech space.

Just ask anybody who had an Atari 2600 how fast the rubber covers ripped off the joystick and you’ll see that’s been a problem for a very long time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 28, 2025 07:20 AM (6ydKt)

137 "Mainly it was describing how horrible the experience of the internet became when it was corporatized and how everything seems to get worse when it’s supposed to get better."

AI is going to make it better. AI told me so.

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

138 69 F here in SW FL near the Ten Thousand Islands S of Marco.

Last night was terrific for stargazing and my son who has become an addict showed me all we can observe using 12 x 42 binoculars. The Orion nebula is awesome.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at March 28, 2025 07:24 AM (KiBMU)

139 Dang. 27" ASUS monitor, $79 at Newegg. I just might need one of those. I don't know how they can make this stuff so cheap.

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

140 Is this the Smart Rachel Zegler Fan Site?
Posted by: New Moron Wannabe at March 28,

-

One couldn't ask for a better example of men not caring about a woman's job, accomplishments, fame, wealth, etc in a potential mate.

Stand her beside a hundred random SEC college ladies with a flashing neon sign showing her wealth and fame, and the vast majority of men will be indifferent to it and choose the prettiest woman for a date.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at March 28, 2025 07:25 AM (nFKd6)

141 >>>Buildings in Bangcock collapsed.

Totally random concern, but does anyone know it the Patpong District in Bangkok was damaged?

-- white U.S. males who routinely travel to Thailand telling airport customs they are "businessmen" in-country purely for business reasons and not to bed 14-year-old Thai girls

Posted by: one hour sober at March 28, 2025 07:26 AM (Y1sOo)

142 "Stand her beside a hundred random SEC college ladies with a flashing neon sign showing her wealth and fame, and the vast majority of men will be indifferent to it and choose the prettiest woman for a date."

As long as she doesn't have sleeping bitch face.

Posted by: Prince Charming at March 28, 2025 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

143 I have never read it before but just started Asimovs Chronology of the World

So far I like it a lot.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at March 28, 2025 07:28 AM (nFKd6)

144 Dang. 27" ASUS monitor, $79 at Newegg. I just might need one of those. I don't know how they can make this stuff so cheap.
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 07:24 AM (vFG9F)
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Robots?

My SIL runs a 1 million sq ft factory with fewer than 200 employees on three shifts. And lots of robots.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 28, 2025 07:28 AM (vfSrb)

145 "Robots?

My SIL runs a 1 million sq ft factory with fewer than 200 employees on three shifts. And lots of robots.
Posted by: Huck Follywood"

I guess so. Not long ago a monitor like that would have cost $3000.

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

146 Funny, the USGS calls it Burma.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 28, 2025 07:29 AM (ZmEVT)

147 As long as she doesn't have sleeping bitch face
-

Wasn't that part of the collapse of the new one? Snow White saved herself or something? Ain't need no man?

(while waiting for her father to arrive and save everyone but shut up because that's different)

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at March 28, 2025 07:30 AM (nFKd6)

148 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 28, 2025 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

149 Well, sun is up. Morning has broken, and all that crap. Don't you dare start humming.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 28, 2025 07:31 AM (vfSrb)

150 140 Is this the Smart Rachel Zegler Fan Site?
Posted by: New Moron Wannabe at March 28,

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I've already heard way too much about that attention-wh*re, Jasmine Crockett.

-

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 28, 2025 07:31 AM (x9u1D)

151 >>>Funny, the USGS calls it Burma.

As it should

Posted by: J. Peterman at March 28, 2025 07:31 AM (Y1sOo)

152 Next Cygnus resupply scrapped because of shipping damage.

https://tinyurl.com/yb37uwv6

Posted by: Ciampino - send more pizza at March 28, 2025 07:31 AM (sPQoU)

153 Robots?
---------
I think it's one of the Korean car makers that's got a manufacturing plant here in the states that uses robotics almost exclusively to build cars/trucks.

Robots from that creepy Boston Dynamics company.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 07:32 AM (Q4IgG)

154 139 Dang. 27" ASUS monitor, $79 at Newegg. I just might need one of those. I don't know how they can make this stuff so cheap.
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

— —-

They make so many cheaper IPS & VA panels these days that they’re priced in bulk like commodities.

If you want to get expensive these days it’s OLED or Mini-LED where the big money is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 28, 2025 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

155 Public nudity is a sign of demonic possession.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
----------------

So is voting democrat...

Posted by: Swamp Rabbit at March 28, 2025 07:38 AM (EFZgU)

156 139 Dang. 27" ASUS monitor, $79 at Newegg. I just might need one of those. I don't know how they can make this stuff so cheap.
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

145 I guess so. Not long ago a monitor like that would have cost $3000.
Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

wow; first world not-problems

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 07:39 AM (CQE5S)

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Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 07:57 AM (CQE5S)

159 @93/FenelonSpoke: "...but maybe men don't return to books over again?"

I've re-read entire series, usually when enough time has gone by that I might remember the major reveals before I get to them in the book, but I'm picking up newer subtler details this read through, and also just enjoying the storyline again.

Jim Curtis' "Grey Man" series, John Van Stry's "Portals of Infinity" (or any of his larger series, frankly), Lisanne Norman's "Sholan Alliance", and Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - all of these are great re-reads for me.

Often I'll re-read a series when it's been a while since a new book has come out, and I need to refresh my memory fully before I dive into the new book.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 28, 2025 10:27 AM (O7YUW)

160 Japanese Grand Prix this weekend
Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2025 04:18 AM (fwDg9)

I see you've borrowed Ace's time machine.

Posted by: far cry at March 28, 2025 10:49 AM (OguvZ)

161 >What does this deal leave for the parent company?

It doesn't leave much for gamers, either. Tencent is controlled by the CCP, and like TikTok they'll shove even more degeneracy into the Western-market products while making bangers for China.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at March 28, 2025 11:18 AM (LgYtf)

162 The sorting of the music list makes my brain twitch... ISO8601 or go home.

And yes, the only place I don't use ISO8601 is where the form dictates that it's required to use a less ideal format.

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