Daily Tech News 29 March 2025

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xAI has acquired parent-ish company X in an all-stock transaction that values xAI at $80 billion and X itself at $45 billion less $12 billion in debt. (Twitter)

What does all this mean?

Well, now xAI officially has access to and is fully integrated with Twitter rather than semi-officially having access to and being fully integrated with Twitter.

Also, xAI was valued at $50 billion just three months ago.

Tech News

The 2025 Razer Blade 16 is... God dammit you guys. (Tom's Hardware)

It's a 16" laptop with a 120Hz 2560x1600 OLED display - not astounding but perfectly usable, up to a Ryzen 370 (four Zen 5 cores and eight low-power Zen 5c cores, plus 16 graphics cores), up to an RTX 5090 - laptop edition, meaning a downvolted desktop 5080 with 24GB of RAM rather than 16GB, up to 64GB of soldered RAM, up to 4TB of SSD, and almost but not quite the Four Essential Keys because Razer literally hates you.

I mean, the keys are there, but PgUp is where Home should be and PgDn is where PgUp should be and the other two are weird squiggles that I can't interpret. (Game Mode and Performance Mode, apparently.)

Windows PowerToys can solve that, except for the labels being wrong.

It lasts over seven hours on battery playing video, which is not all day but blows other gaming laptops out of the water; some don't even manage three hours.

Fortunately, there's the price: Starting at $3000 and going up to $4900, there is no chance that I would ever consider buying one.
Hynix has paid Intel $1.9 billion to finish acquiring Intel's flash memory division. (Tom's Hardware)

The headline is a bit confusing, but this is actually the last phase in the agreement signed in 2020 and not a new deal.
Nvidia's 5000 series graphics cards are now available at retail. (WCCFTech)

I mean, not the 5090, and the 5080 and 5070 Ti are selling way above MSRP, and nobody should buy the 5070 at all, but... Yeah.
Are the latest AI platforms secure? No. (Lupin & Holmes)

The authors hacked the Gemini Python sandbox and downloaded the source code.
US banks no longer need prior government approval to deal with cryptocurrencies. (Axios)

This doesn't make it safe, but does make it slightly less irritating.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Everything is nothing.

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

2 I shouldn't be up yet but forgot to turn off Saturday alarm.

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 04:03 AM (fwDg9)

3 Today have to install new router, 2 TV set boxes, figure out how to get phone, tablet and mesh router all synced together.

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 04:06 AM (fwDg9)

4 Good morning all y'all
Top 5?

Posted by: OkJohn at March 29, 2025 04:08 AM (NC/it)

5 Good morning. Or at least morning by the clock

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 29, 2025 04:18 AM (X4hXd)

6 Tech thread posts in my time zone the same time the bars are closing around here. It’s been a while since I closed a bar.

Might as well because it seems like I’ll be awake regardless

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 29, 2025 04:21 AM (X4hXd)

7 Took a weak melatonin vitamin, slept decently except that stupid alarm. Might as well just get up

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 04:31 AM (fwDg9)

8 Toddler and Jack Russell terrier playing together:

https://tinyurl.com/5e5jkk8z

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 29, 2025 04:31 AM (XLNjK)

9 Lifted from the ONT

Us introvert morons could have an introvert's MOME. It would involve standing in our yards, staring at our shoes...or hiking alone.
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 29, 2025 01:59 AM (wX56x)

I’ll make a suggestion for a separate area(s) at the MoMe. Lots of room there to be alone. Just don’t wander down range.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 29, 2025 04:45 AM (X4hXd)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 29, 2025 04:47 AM (ErLti)

11 Morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at March 29, 2025 04:49 AM (kcNOc)

12 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at March 29, 2025 04:49 AM (AN2gy)

13 Let's go key X !!! That'll show...something?

Posted by: Bruce at March 29, 2025 04:50 AM (kcNOc)

14 The partial eclipse visible here in Mass/NH border country has a near zero chance of viewing. Walk in the woods will be soggy.

I'll bring extra socks and be grateful that the freezing rain is staying to the north.

Posted by: fluffy at March 29, 2025 04:55 AM (AN2gy)

15 Morning, all

Posted by: caf at March 29, 2025 05:03 AM (/+mVZ)

16 G'morning, all!

57 degrees out, perfect for an early walk.

Then....the van is loaded with our son's motorcycle, and around 0900 we depart for Virginia Beach to return the bike to him.

Should be back home mid-afternoon tomorrow.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2025 05:03 AM (a1415)

17 Should be back home mid-afternoon tomorrow.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Safe travels

Posted by: Bruce at March 29, 2025 05:05 AM (kcNOc)

18
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 29, 2025 05:13 AM (tljrc)

19 Good morning everyone. 47° here in mid Hudson, going up to 60s , but on and off rain. Will drop back into 40s this week. In other words, spring

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 29, 2025 05:25 AM (2ZThz)

20 I can't believe that people actually get up this early on a Saturday morning.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 29, 2025 05:32 AM (wdgI+)

21 Not that I wanted too

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 05:43 AM (fwDg9)

22 Chinese Grand Prix tonight, interesting stuff going on

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 05:50 AM (fwDg9)

23 Our travels end soon. I will miss this thread once I return to a US time zone.

Posted by: Ann at March 29, 2025 05:51 AM (11phR)

24 "I can't believe that people actually get up this early on a Saturday morning.
Posted by: Florida Peasant "

It's Saturday?

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at March 29, 2025 05:58 AM (vFG9F)

25 58 and headed to 80 on the island. Place is crawling with tourists.

Posted by: Accomack at March 29, 2025 05:58 AM (4qMiv)

26 Evening and morning for a Saturday, all you early risers and late or weekend toilers!

I can't believe that people actually get up this early on a Saturday morning.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 29, 2025

Yeah, well, I *planned* to sleep later. Things happened.

Drizzly rain here (whatever happened to those TV ads for "Ding-Dong! It's Drizly!"?) and warm but at least not hot. Rain is supposed to continue off and on all day. I can't wash the car, so probably a grocery run is in my future. Hey, I might stop by the tobacco shop just to hang out for a bit.

One more day of work, I hope not a whole one, on Monday, and then school is OUT!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)

27 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 29, 2025 06:04 AM (hoCmQ)

28 I stayed in bed till after 5am.
Hoping to get to 6 tomorrow.

Posted by: Accomack at March 29, 2025 06:06 AM (4qMiv)

29 Currently 69. We're at the high for the day. Temp dropping to 65 this afternoon. Chance of rain all day.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 29, 2025 06:07 AM (hoCmQ)

30 G'mornin' everyone!

37 degrees, raining, no eclipse this far west anyhow.

cuppa coffee would go down nice though ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2025 06:09 AM (/Ghsb)

31 That article earlier on the DEC machine? I went to his blog and there was a link to a great article he'd written for Ars Technica about the history of Palm Pilots. There was a Kofi option (buy me a coffee),so I did that and lt him know that I'd enjoyed it. Got a nice thank you from him and he mentioned how much he had enjoyed writing tor Ars Technica. Nice guy!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 29, 2025 06:10 AM (cvWHI)

32 Musk says he is leaving Doge.

Sorey to hear that, but he has been taking non-stop major fire and Tesla has been hit very hard.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 06:14 AM (lT0pN)

33 Via Powerline, the Telegraph reports a full quarter of Brit work force is now claiming some "disability" status, and payments.

Put the pot of money out there and people will figure out how to get at it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 06:21 AM (E+OFi)

34 Having a leisurely pipe with my coffee and thinking about breakfast. I could go out -- though my favorite spot doesn't open until about eight.

And I've spent enough on eating out for this weekend. Yesterday Miss Linda and I stopped at a local bar and grill in a small shopping district not far from where I (used to) work. A glass of wine for her, a Topo Chico mineral water for me, some wings and some Mexican steak tacos -- and $42 savaged my credit card. Urk. Nice place; an open room on one side and a narrow hole-in-the-wall-bar setup on the other, real character; but pricey.

I also blew $10 on a 1996 paperback edition of Bradbury's The October Country at the small bookstore across the street. Also very pleasant, two stories with wide windows overlooking the street upstairs, and even an elderly bookstore cat to pet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2025 06:22 AM (omVj0)

35 Stacey Abrams the Lizzo of Georgia politics, lost out on her massive $2 billion gift from Biden yesterday Lee Zeldon says EPA lawyers figured out how to get the money back.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 06:28 AM (4Z1PS)

36 usk says he is leaving Doge.

Sorey to hear that, but he has been taking non-stop major fire and Tesla has been hit very hard.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025

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Put me in charge of it, Donald. I won't charge much, but I will save the US a LOT of dough. Maybe give me 1% of everything I cut in the first week. I'll work for free after that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2025 06:28 AM (omVj0)

37 cofveve

Posted by: m at March 29, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)

38 3 Today have to install new router, 2 TV set boxes, figure out how to get phone, tablet and mesh router all synced together.
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 04:06 AM (fwDg9)

Tech!

Posted by: m at March 29, 2025 06:30 AM (CQE5S)

39 A glass of wine for her, a Topo Chico mineral water for me, some wings and some Mexican steak tacos -- and $42 savaged my credit card.
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Why I hate going out. The prices are crazy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 06:30 AM (4Z1PS)

40 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 29, 2025 06:33 AM (dg+HA)

41 Good morning!

If Musk is leaving on May, that gives us four more weeks of maximum DOGE. I'll take it.

It's raining heavily, so I have to wait for daylight before heading home from vacation. I also want to look at the ducks again. Hundreds of them on the lake the last few days, not to mention geese.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 29, 2025 06:34 AM (p5/u4)

42 Bus driver in Turkey takes to break to get engaged in a snowball fight with kids:

https://tinyurl.com/mrkv8nm8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 29, 2025 06:36 AM (Brm7Q)

43 I'm trying out a new coffee blend this morning. It's a medium roast. Hoping to shake thing up, flavor-wise.

Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2025 06:36 AM (AOsQT)

44 Today have to install new router, 2 TV set boxes, figure out how to get phone, tablet and mesh router all synced together.
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 04:06 AM (fwDg9)

Good luck and godspeed!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 29, 2025 06:37 AM (p5/u4)

45 In local news, the city of Macon tried to break the Guinness World Record for the largest kazoo ensemble. They failed, and who cares.

Posted by: fd at March 29, 2025 06:37 AM (vFG9F)

46 31 That article earlier on the DEC machine? I went to his blog and there was a link to a great article he'd written for Ars Technica about the history of Palm Pilots. There was a Kofi option (buy me a coffee),so I did that and lt him know that I'd enjoyed it. Got a nice thank you from him and he mentioned how much he had enjoyed writing tor Ars Technica. Nice guy!
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 29, 2025 06:10 AM (cvWHI)

Link?

Posted by: m at March 29, 2025 06:38 AM (CQE5S)

47 A glass of wine for her, a Topo Chico mineral water for me, some wings and some Mexican steak tacos -- and $42 savaged my credit card.
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Why I hate going out. The prices are crazy.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025

***
I'd seen the menu online and knew what I was in for. Special occasion, it was. But $3.00 for a small bottle of mineral water? Urk.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2025 06:41 AM (omVj0)

48 "Praying with"- A hospital administrator prays with a patient who never had someone pray with him
Passage is Phillipians 4:4-7:

https://tinyurl.com/aehhvhjf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 29, 2025 06:42 AM (Brm7Q)

49 I found myself considering a smart tv because they're cheap. But my dumb flat TV and Roku don't get much use as it is.

By the time the current setup dies, there'll be another improvement or three, I'm sure.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 29, 2025 06:44 AM (p5/u4)

50 Today might also be a good day to set up the big screen Mac desktop I inherited from work. Linda tested it and says it works, so I need to see if it suits me for writing and so forth. A new printer with a scanner would also be a good idea -- Best Buy has a wide range of them for (fairly) reasonable prices.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2025 06:47 AM (omVj0)

51 Morning peeps. Pretty warm out there for late March. Severe storms forecast for Sunday - Sunday night.

We go fetch the cat from the vet's around lunchtime. Decision time. What to do....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2025 06:47 AM (Q4IgG)

52 Does Musk flat out own xAI already like he does X (formerly known and still referred to as Twitter) or is more than a paperwork shuffle to impress the IRS?

Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2025 06:48 AM (R8nyq)

53 It is nice to see that X is valued at about what Musk bought it for. He really got ripped off on that initial deal.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 29, 2025 06:50 AM (R8nyq)

54 Big clouds emerging in the morning sky, as light slowly coming up. Yesterdays gale continuing from off shore.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 06:52 AM (k75T/)

55 $3 for a Topa Chico at a restaurant is reasonable. The days of going out to eat cheaply are behind us.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 29, 2025 06:53 AM (VCgbV)

56 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2025 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

57 Rachel Moiselle 🧡
@RachelMoiselle
One of the most important observations that my dad imparted with respect to extremist Irish followers of the pro-Palestine movement is that it is more than a political cause for them. It is a faith structure.

This has been crucial for me in understanding their zealotry, their unwillingness to listen to any slight deviation from the established narrative, and the frightening anger they unleash towards those who publicly express such deviation.

These are not followers of a political cause who are open to listening to different perspectives, or more peace-oriented, pragmatic solutions than the extremism they espouse.

No, this is a faith structure. And unquestioning adherents to a faith do not want their beliefs to be challenged.
5:07 AM · Mar 27, 2025
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An important point and not just the Irish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2025 06:55 AM (RIvkX)

58 moar cofveve

Posted by: m at March 29, 2025 06:58 AM (CQE5S)

59 20 I can't believe that people actually get up this early on a Saturday morning.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 29, 2025 05:32 AM (wdgI+)
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Daughter works retail so her weekend is Wed & Thur. I get up for bathroom before she takes over .......

Posted by: Ciampino - my turn at March 29, 2025 07:00 AM (sPQoU)

60 An important point and not just the Irish.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2025 06:55 AM

Stupid Irish (and too many Brits) think Che Guevara is cool, too. I hope the influx of Pali-adjacent immigrants cools their zeal, but probably not.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 29, 2025 07:01 AM (p5/u4)

61 Given that lunchtime is nearly over in Paris, we should by now have received a croissant report. CBD falling down on the job!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 07:01 AM (k75T/)

62 Finally coffee. It's half-caff in this place, so I'll have to get a real coffee on the road. Going to finiah my cup and pack the last of the bags.

Have a great weekend!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 29, 2025 07:05 AM (p5/u4)

63 Delta and AF jet come close to colliding due to (get this) "loss of separation".

Posted by: Ciampino - where was it lost? at March 29, 2025 07:05 AM (sPQoU)

64 Time to start this switchover.
Have the feeling my hash will change but don't know enough for sure.
If so, Forward Dog 9 signing off

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 07:06 AM (fwDg9)

65 63
Forgot the link

https://tinyurl.com/4ub2ux3j

Posted by: Ciampino - where was it lost? at March 29, 2025 07:07 AM (sPQoU)

66 If so, Forward Dog 9 signing off
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I miss my old hash ezEBT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2025 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

67 Have the feeling my hash will change but don't know enough for sure.
If so, Forward Dog 9 signing off
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 07:06 AM (fwDg9)
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Thanks to my VPN, my hash changes all the time, sometimes to my regret

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 07:09 AM (o2Mrt)

68 Under Biden I used to see new migrants puzzling through using an EBT card of some sort at the grocery store. Haven't seen that happen recently.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 07:13 AM (o2Mrt)

69 This is interesting (linked at Insty):

The average college student today
How things have changed

https://tinyurl.com/mtnhuy73

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2025 07:15 AM (bss/y)

70 The illegal immigrant influencer who was coaching other illegals on how to squat in American homes, has been deported to Venezuela.

https://tinyurl.com/3rtd9fwf

Posted by: Ciampino - what a POS at March 29, 2025 07:16 AM (sPQoU)

71 Week In Pictures is up, and the mockery of lefty fake anger over the Signal group chat is outstanding

https://tinyurl.com/2jh79zc7

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 07:17 AM (dpyda)

72 See if connected

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 07:18 AM (2ovuE)

73 > Under Biden I used to see new migrants puzzling through using an EBT card of some sort at the grocery store. Haven't seen that happen recently.
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An EBT card that likely has/had a credit of thousands of dollars.

A grocery store clerk once had an illegal leave a receipt after using one of those government supplied debit cards. It showed the balance remaining.... almost $10K. And they were "topped off" monthly... automatically. Billions spent on this.

And it's one reason why there is such animosity between the illegals and the legacy welfare recipients.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2025 07:18 AM (Q4IgG)

74 New hash

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 07:18 AM (2ovuE)

75 74 New hash
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 07:18 AM (2ovuE)

Modem reset?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2025 07:19 AM (bss/y)

76 New hash
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 07:18 AM (2ovuE)
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*plays "Taps"*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2025 07:20 AM (RIvkX)

77 What does all this mean?

It means Elon gets a nice capital loss write-off

Posted by: Halfhand at March 29, 2025 07:20 AM (UfZXD)

78 Ok phone and tablet are connected, 2 set top boxes and mesh router to go

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 07:24 AM (2ovuE)

79
It already is 56 degrees outside here with a forecasted high for today of the low 80s.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2025 07:25 AM (xG4kz)

80 The FAA says controllers issued instructions to both aircraft. Yeah, maybe after the fact, but it's clear from Delta's statement that its crew initiated what I presume was a climb in response to a command from the onboard TCAS system.

Another article I read stated that the Delta crew asked the controllers if that was a "real" aircraft that induced the TCAS command.

That goes to what I heard Ted Cruz say in the hearing the other day -- that several hundred bogus TCAS RAs were reported at DCA in the weeks following the crash involving the Black Hawk due to the Secret Service and the Navy conducting anti-drone testing at or near the airport using the same frequency spectrum as that used in TCAS.

And then it was reported that on Thursday two controllers got into a fist fight in the control tower at

Things are really messed up at DCA.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 29, 2025 07:26 AM (Y1sOo)

81 *in the control tower at DCA

Posted by: one hour sober at March 29, 2025 07:27 AM (Y1sOo)

82
The illegal immigrant influencer who was coaching other illegals on how to squat in American homes, has been deported to Venezuela.

Buh-bye, parasite.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2025 07:29 AM (xG4kz)

83 69 Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 29, 2025 07:15 AM (bss/y)

I’m not saying our students just prefer genre books or graphic novels or whatever. No, our average graduate literally could not read a serious adult novel cover-to-cover and understand what they read. They just couldn’t do it. They don’t have the desire to try, the vocabulary to grasp what they read, and most certainly not the attention span to finish.
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Future Democrat voters.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 07:30 AM (ZXfgE)

84 My hash has remained the same for ages. Even with full network resets.

If I use VPN it'll change.

But this little modem the telecom provided always retains the same IP... even after a reboot.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2025 07:31 AM (Q4IgG)

85 " ... legacy welfare recipients. " LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2025 07:32 AM (/Ghsb)

86 83 Cliff Notes for the Cliff Notes.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2025 07:32 AM (gm9Sb)

87 Link to the Palm article: https://tinyurl.com/yc8haknm

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 29, 2025 07:33 AM (cvWHI)

88 The sun is fighting to shine through the thick morning clouds over the Atlantic. Its a battle the sun will eventually win because the cloud cover ends in a few short minutes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 29, 2025 07:34 AM (ZXfgE)

89
"It's a near hit !"

- G Carlin

Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2025 07:35 AM (AOsQT)

90 Mesh router is going to be the hard problem

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 07:35 AM (2ovuE)

91 85 legacy welfare recipients When I lived in Erie, a guy in the apartment building was a cab driver. He pulled in the parking lot on break one day and said he thought he had a record. Four generations of welfare recipients at the same time. Baby, very young mama, her mama, and Gramma, all going to the welfare office, arguing who had to cough up the cab voucher.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2025 07:37 AM (gm9Sb)

92 Skip new hash

two of you

Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2025 07:37 AM (AOsQT)

93 Mesh router shouldn't be. They pretty much program themselves. With Eeros, we would ust add them to the account.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 29, 2025 07:37 AM (cvWHI)

94 ***Also, xAI was valued at $50 billion just three months ago.
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Cathie Wood and her Ark Invest ignored that and purchased nearly $3 million in TSLA shares.

Wood, who has long been super-bullish on Tesla's autonomy push and robotaxi aims, attended Tesla's robotaxi event on Thursday. On June 12, Ark Invest updated its Tesla stock price target to 2,600 by 2029,
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Yea hoo, It's Saturday!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2025 07:38 AM (1K7Zj)

95 LOL bill !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2025 07:39 AM (/Ghsb)

96 Don Black yeah that's it

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 07:40 AM (2ovuE)

97 okay heading off into outer darkness for a day of driving places to do stuff & buy things, see allayouse later!

(wails, gnashes teeth ...)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2025 07:41 AM (/Ghsb)

98 With the Eeros, you want to keep the second one close to the first!, till they sync up, then move it. You shouldn't have any problems.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 29, 2025 07:42 AM (cvWHI)

99 87 Link to the Palm article: https://tinyurl.com/yc8haknm
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 29, 2025 07:33 AM (cvWHI)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at March 29, 2025 07:44 AM (CQE5S)

100 35 Stacey Abrams the Lizzo of Georgia politics, lost out on her massive $2 billion gift from Biden yesterday Lee Zeldon says EPA lawyers figured out how to get the money back.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Good for her.
Always thought 'Lizzo' was a word of art until I saw her pic the other day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2025 07:46 AM (1K7Zj)

101 A glass of wine for her, a Topo Chico mineral water for me, some wings and some Mexican steak tacos -- and $42 savaged my credit card.

Fajitas for two at Lupe Tortilla, no drinks and a small queso to go with the gratuitous corn chips: tax, title & license = $100

† It may have been that the meat filler was filet mignon.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 29, 2025 07:47 AM (a4flb)

102 Going out on a little gun trading expedition today. Arthritis spreading into the hands makes a couple guns, the 1911 in particular, difficult to operate and maybe even a little dangerous (like lowering the hammer on a live round). I'll just snoop around a couple shops and see if anything useful is out there.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2025 07:48 AM (gm9Sb)

103 > Stacey Abrams the Lizzo of Georgia politics, lost out on her massive $2 billion gift from Biden yesterday Lee Zeldon says EPA lawyers figured out how to get the money back.
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Kind of sad the EPA lawyers had to "figure out a way to get the money back." If she and/or her shell company wasn't going to voluntarily do it then I think they should have been put in prison. And coughed up on money anyway.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2025 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

104 103 Clawing back that $2 billion from Abrams will really punish Popeye's and Church's Chicken stocks. No more mid afternoon twelve piece snacks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2025 07:50 AM (gm9Sb)

105 53 It is nice to see that X is valued at about what Musk bought it for. He really got ripped off on that initial deal.
Posted by: tankdemon
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I think he has private investors in most of his operations. They don't vote and don't force issues.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2025 07:56 AM (1K7Zj)

106
With so many things sweeping the nation , you'd think our streets would be spotless and our buildings and other public structures would be free of graffiti.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2025 07:57 AM (xG4kz)

107 >>>they should have been put in prison. And coughed up on money anyway.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Agreed. We need some prosecutions and pen time for the famous.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2025 07:58 AM (1K7Zj)

108 The stupidity in Ukraine continues:

One Ukrainian lawmaker said on Telegram that the revised mineral agreement is a "horror" that offers no security guarantees from Washington.

The irony is that Washington gave security guarantees to Ukraine over surrendering their missiles; gave security guarantees to Russia w/r/t NATO expansion; gave security guarantees to Europe the proceeded to blow up the gas pipeline that fuels their economy...

I think the phrase "security guarantee" in Ukraine is "when we go stir some shit with Russia, you need to come in, at your expense, and our direction and satisfaction and 'finish the job'" Which is also code for, endless welfare and military provision - the same deal Europe gets from Washington.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 29, 2025 07:58 AM (a4flb)

109
Clawing back that $2 billion from Abrams will really punish Popeye's and Church's Chicken stocks. No more mid afternoon twelve piece snacks.

Mind the Gap!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2025 07:59 AM (xG4kz)

110 106 With so many things sweeping the nation , you'd think our streets would be spotless and our buildings and other public structures would be free of graffiti.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2025 07:57 AM (xG4kz)

"Sweeping" is sort of like "crop dusting," though. Taking dust off, or putting dust on?

Posted by: m at March 29, 2025 07:59 AM (CQE5S)

111 Agreed. We need some prosecutions and pen time for the famous.

RICO. No way in Hell did Abrams come up with swindle on her own. There were lawyers, grifters and Party Members all in on the embezzlement.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 29, 2025 08:01 AM (a4flb)

112 Prime Minister Carney Declares Canada’s “Relationship with America is Over”

March 28, 2025 | Sundance | 715 Comments
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech to the nation notifying the Canadian people that the era of an economic and military collaborative relationship between the United States and Canada is over.
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What will we do without a supply of poutine and old fat frogs in Speedos?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2025 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

113 111 The money was deposited in a weeks old account with only $100 in it. Nothing to see here.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2025 08:02 AM (gm9Sb)

114
Canadians are now "Carney Folk".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2025 08:04 AM (xG4kz)

115 114 Canadians are now "Carney Folk".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2025 08:04 AM (xG4kz)

LOL

Posted by: m at March 29, 2025 08:05 AM (CQE5S)

116 Bye bye Canada, been nice knowing you and good luck with your future.

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2025 08:06 AM (2ovuE)

117
Prime Minister Carney Declares Canada’s “Relationship with America is Over”

Newfie beach towns had better gear up for an influx of Carney Folk snowbirds.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2025 08:06 AM (xG4kz)

118 NE US highways will be safer without crazed, Molson swilling Canucks going 100 miles an hour (160 kph) just to get to a Burlington Coat Factory.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2025 08:08 AM (gm9Sb)

119 Canada’s GDP is $2.1 trillion. Its exports to the USA are $413 billion a year. Exports to the USA make up 19% of its economy.

Exports to Canada are less than 2% of our GDP.

Delusional politicians in Canada like Ontario’s Doug Ford are huffing and puffing like a fat man on mile two of a marathon race.

Ford said, “We’re going to make sure that we inflict as much pain as possible to the American people without inflicting pain on the Canadian population.”

As the Indian chief said, how. We can replace Canadian bacon with slices of ham. I don’t think the 51st state can replace its $100 billion trade surplus by opening a few more Tim Horton stores in Red China.
-Don Surber
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Mmm. Taylor ham.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2025 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

120 >Canadians are now "Carney Folk".

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circus folk
nomads, you know
smell like cabbage
small hands

Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2025 08:10 AM (AOsQT)

121 Noodus caffeina

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2025 08:11 AM (omVj0)

122 @DillonLoomis22
...Elon predicted worldwide regulatory approval for autonomy would require something on the order of 6 billion miles

Tesla AI just shared the Tesla fleet is at 3.6 billion miles cumulatively and did 2.16B in 2024 alone. Doing some simple math and using Tesla's graphic from Q4, Tesla is likely to do another ~3.5B+ miles on FSD in 2025 alone

At the end of 2025, Tesla should be at ~7B+ miles cumulatively with Unsupervised approval in key global markets closer than many think

We're not there yet, but given this prediction was in 2016 when self driving was still in its infancy...this is crazy $TSLA

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 29, 2025 08:17 AM (1K7Zj)

123 G'morning Horde.

We (my family and I) are in the path of the ice storm, but we're okay for now and we haven't lost power. Buildup of ice hasn't been as bad as yesterday's forecast and warnings were indicating, but what's coming down and sticking to the trees and power lines is increasing this morning as we monitor things. This is supposed to go on all day.

We're hoping it doesn't reach the point of wires coming down due to the weight, but that's how things go in an ice storm. If the temperature would just increase by one or two degrees, the freezing rain would be "just rain" and would help melt what's already accumulated.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2025 08:51 AM (O7YUW)

124 Skip: New Hash = 20 mile view (farsighted.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 29, 2025 08:59 AM (O7YUW)

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