Daily Tech News 29 April 2025

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We didn't get hacked or hit by ransomware. We didn't need to. We run Oracle. (CNBC)

45 hospitals belonging to Tennessee-based Community Health Systems lost access to all their electronic records for five days because... Oracle accidentally deleted them.

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The Radeon 9070 GRE is up for pre-order in China with cards shipping May 8. (Tom's Hardware)

At a price that will excite no-one since this 12GB card costs more than the MSRP of the 16GB 9070.
PyXL is a chip that runs Python. (RunPyXL)

In hardware. Albeit at 100MHz on an FPGA.

How fast it is really is unclear but it achieves a 30x reduction in latency for simple I/O tasks common on embedded systems.

Though it's not clear how directly it runs the Python bytecode, since the notes mention that it compiled into PyXL assembly before running.
Moving away from Rust. (Dead Money)

Not because the language is bad, necessarily. If I were writing a new operating system kernel it would be a strong contender.

But most people are not writing new operating system kernels.
Writing a computer game without a game engine. (Karl Zylinski)

Caught between Unreal Engine and its problems, Unity and its license, and Godot and its absolute barking insanity? Why not try none of them!
How to soft-brick an iPhone in a perpetual boot loop and collect a $17,500 bug bounty from Apple. (rambo.codes)

Though this specific instance has been fixed - probably - and you'll need to find your own.
The Boox Mira Pro Color is a 3200x1800 25-inch e-ink colour display. (Notebook Check)

And it costs just $1899.

No, I didn't add a digit at the end there. Or at the beginning. Or in the middle.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Turtle.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 04:30 AM (ypFCm)

2 No, can't be.

Posted by: RickZ at April 29, 2025 04:31 AM (gKDq2)

3 Good work, Oracle

Posted by: In Exile at April 29, 2025 04:33 AM (kzzyk)

4 Just caught up on Spain's blackout
Too funny

Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 04:34 AM (ypFCm)

5 Europes about to have more blackouts than a college freshman with no self control

Posted by: In Exile at April 29, 2025 04:36 AM (kzzyk)

6 How does a computer accidentally delete records without some assistance from human "friends", ie hackers, or people who did an oopsie?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 04:40 AM (S3UDX)

7 What is " Boox color display", what is it it used for and why does it cost so much? I'll stop asking stupid tech questions now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 04:43 AM (S3UDX)

8 Willowed from the ONT -

653 530 …Apparently there is a gender distinction in Japanese_

Missed this at the time, but a proper Japanese woman speaks in keigo, formal speech. She is speaking deferentially to those of higher status: such as men in most of Japanese society. She may not really mean any deference, but she will give lip service to it, unless you are the scum of the earth. Then she would use “rough” language, the way men typically speak to women. Their are gradations: polite speech versus honorific speech, etc. Even a high ranking man would use honorific speech to say, the Emperor. You also speak with deference to your commanding officer in the JSDF. It’s not just gender.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 29, 2025 04:46 AM (7q0v1)

9 Silly tech joke:

As we waited for a bus in the frosty weather, the woman next to me mentioned that she makes a lot of mistakes when texting in the cold. I nodded knowingly. “It’s the early signs of typo-thermia.” ~

Phil Noyes

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 04:47 AM (S3UDX)

10 6 How does a computer accidentally delete records without some assistance from human "friends", ie hackers, or people who did an oopsie?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

People very much did an oopsie.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 29, 2025 04:47 AM (BLOW1)

11 Can see today is going to go well, Garmen won't play along, have to use phone Google

Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 04:48 AM (ypFCm)

12 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 04:48 AM (ypFCm)

13 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 29, 2025 04:46 AM (7q0v1)

I saw your earlier note about your surgery. Will pray for your healing. I also appreciated your note about your mother who was an English professor. Mine was too , and encouraged me to read some classics such as "Morte D"Arthur" etc. I think it was a great blessing to grow up before the computer age and to have parents who encouraged reading- except now I have too many books. Sigh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 04:51 AM (S3UDX)

14 Of course you may use informal language I Japanese with dear friends if you consider each other to be equal. But even in family, parents will speak down to children, while proper children will speak with deference to parents, and also to espected elders. Breaking these rules is fairly common but really an art form that few outsiders master. Foreigners are taught to use polite speech with anyone you don’t know very well and the transition to informal speech is fraught with peril.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 29, 2025 04:54 AM (7q0v1)

15 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 29, 2025 04:54 AM (a1415)

16 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

49 cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a high of 80 expected later in the day.

As usual, about 3 hours of leftover work for me to get through, so will see you on a later thread, I expect.

I will be glad when the day is over and I can take a nap.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2025 04:54 AM (Dg2sF)

17 Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 04:48 AM (ypFCm)

I'm having trouble with maps on phone. It will show me how to get places but doesn't talk to me anymore and it has nothing to do with the volume because my son adjusted the "haptics" or whatever it is called.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 04:56 AM (S3UDX)

18 Thank you FenelonSpoke, I appreciate your prayers. Great to have literacy encouraging mothers!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 29, 2025 04:57 AM (7q0v1)

19 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 29, 2025 04:57 AM (sAmhv)

20 Pixie,
Not sure if anyone advised you that clicking the “jump to the bottom of the page ” shortcut is now diverting you to the ads which are popup hell and will not allow a return to the comments.

At least on an iPad.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 29, 2025 04:59 AM (gqCri)

21 Good morning all y'all.
Lotta horde peeps needing prayers.
That's my take from ONT.
So be it.
Thank you, God, for another day.

Posted by: OkJohn at April 29, 2025 05:00 AM (NC/it)

22 BOING!

Back from a big shop with Mrs. BD. Israel Independence Day coming up on Thursday. Hot dogs, hamburgers and drumsticks.

The IAF was practicing flybys all day yesterday over Jerusalem but I missed them all, being mostly at my desk.

Coming out of the supermarket an hour ago, a trio of F-15s did a low flyby just the the side of the parking lot, with one peeling off to head over another part of Jerusalem before returning to formation.

Was it just last week that the Orville and Wright flight anniversary took place?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 2025 05:00 AM (qFAfu)

23 My comments appear to be filled with typos. Please amend them however you think best to make sense of them. It’s late and I am weary. The bag they gave me is too small for me to sleep much.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 29, 2025 05:01 AM (7q0v1)

24 "Orville and Wilbur Wright."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 2025 05:02 AM (qFAfu)

25 20 Pixie,
Not sure if anyone advised you that clicking the “jump to the bottom of the page ” shortcut is now diverting you to the ads which are popup hell and will not allow a return to the comments.

At least on an iPad.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Happens when I'm using my phone (Motorola using Android).

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 29, 2025 05:02 AM (sAmhv)

26 I thought this was an excellent plan for reading the Bible systematically . From website, "Christian Post":

tinyurl.com/pfvhpctw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 05:03 AM (S3UDX)

27 w00t

Posted by: m at April 29, 2025 05:03 AM (CQE5S)

28 Looks like Truman lost a fighter and tow tractor over the side while avoiding incoming hostile fire.

https://tinyurl.com/bdj57xjy

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 29, 2025 05:04 AM (a1415)

29 Pixy,

Just recently, I also had to turn Java script off on my iPhone when loading the blog.

Too many errors loading, and it would time out.

This is just in the last day or so.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 29, 2025 05:06 AM (a1415)

30 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 29, 2025 05:01 AM (7q0v1)

Will pray that you can get some more sleep as well. I hope that I would never be chiding about typos. I make far too many myself or autocorrect does it's "magic". The only good thing about autocorrect is that its errors can be amusing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 05:06 AM (S3UDX)

31 Siri has three levels of chat on Maps: every step, traffic alerts only or silence.
I have a Skip level commute to Rehobeth Beach for a week or so. Almost halfway between the island and Queens.

Posted by: Accomack at April 29, 2025 05:06 AM (28cZF)

32 How many steps? Delete all. Doesn't it remember what you delete for 30 days?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 05:12 AM (y5Qz+)

33 Christian man from CA writes on being "salvaged" . The passage is 2nd Corinthians 4:7-18:

https://tinyurl.com/yx3fuzw8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 05:13 AM (S3UDX)

34 Hello? Is this the daily tech telephone thread?

youtube.com/watch?v=Ic2N40rHeAg

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at April 29, 2025 05:14 AM (fY84s)

35 Oracle and the 5 day outage at the 45 hospitals:

"Despite this being a major outage, our hospitals were able to maintain services with no material impact," the spokesperson said. "We are proud of our clinical and support teams who worked through the multi-day outage with professionalism and a commitment to delivering high-quality, safe care for patients."

That's impressive that they were able to shift back to paper. Most couldn't. They must have been through something like this before... *searches* Aha:

Aha: "CHS Settles with 28 States for $5M Over 2014 Data Breach of 6.1M"

https://tinyurl.com/59paey6w

Well good for them. They learned from the past and developed and maintained actual fallback-to-paper procedures. Must have been an absolute pain in the arse to actually do, but they pulled it off.

As for Oracle engineers that caused this? Well, they get the "little Bobby Tables" joke today:
https://xkcd.com/327/

(Mornin' Horde.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

36 Thank you FenelonSpoke. I intend to skip the morning OxyContin so I can drive myself to the ER and ask for an “overnight bag”. They used one at first but switched to a leg bag that can go under pants but has to be emptied frequently. They should have given me the larger bag so I could sleep as well as the smaller one, plus instructions on how to switch them Apparently personal hygiene is necessary as well. Instructions are written in the take home sheets but were not mentioned in person.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 29, 2025 05:19 AM (7q0v1)

37 “Despite this being a major outage, our hospitals were able to maintain services with no material impact,” the (CHS) spokesperson said.

This, frankly, is a fraud. My wife has a coworker whose husband is entering the end stage of cancer and had the misfortune to land in one of the affected hospitals during the outage timeframe. With the computer system(s) down and w/o alternate protocols in place, the staff was having serious problems dispensing pain medications.

Then again, I guess if you consider pain management immaterial, then the outage wasn't a big deal.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 29, 2025 05:20 AM (/HDaX)

38 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 29, 2025 05:19 AM (7q0v1)

I am sorry for your troubles and will pray that rough places will be made smooth.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 05:20 AM (42Vb+)

39
Good morning, Hordians. Her Majesty returns today from her journey to Tennessee. Need to make the house look like I've been a responsible person.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 29, 2025 05:21 AM (QnmlO)

40 Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal
🚨THE INVISIBLE PUPPET MASTERS: AI'S DISTURBING NEW ROLE IN SHAPING MINDS

The revelation that University of Zurich researchers secretly deployed AI bots to manipulate Reddit users' opinions should chill anyone who values authentic human discourse.

https://tinyurl.com/bp7h4k4b

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 2025 05:22 AM (qFAfu)

41 The outage began on April 23, after engineers conducting maintenance work mistakenly deleted critical storage connected to a key database

I hope that the next time maintenance work is done, there is going to be a reminder in boldface and 24 point font to not do that.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2025 05:24 AM (NR6c1)

42 The revelation that University of Zurich researchers secretly deployed AI bots to manipulate Reddit users' opinions should chill anyone who values authentic human discourse.

Jokes on you. People of reddit are barely human to begin with.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2025 05:25 AM (NR6c1)

43
The outage began on April 23, after engineers conducting maintenance work mistakenly deleted critical storage connected to a key database

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen die Götter selbst vergebens." - Schiller

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 29, 2025 05:28 AM (QnmlO)

44 Well good for them. They learned from the past and developed and maintained actual fallback-to-paper procedures. Must have been an absolute pain in the arse to actually do, but they pulled it off.

As for Oracle engineers that caused this? Well, they get the "little Bobby Tables" joke today:
https://xkcd.com/327/

(Mornin' Horde.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

Some pulled it off, some not nearly so well.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 29, 2025 05:31 AM (/HDaX)

45 25 20 Pixie,
Not sure if anyone advised you that clicking the “jump to the bottom of the page ” shortcut is now diverting you to the ads which are popup hell and will not allow a return to the comments.

At least on an iPad.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Happens when I'm using my phone (Motorola using Android).
Posted by: Puddleglum

Top and bottom work for me is advertised. You must be clicking things incorrectly.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 29, 2025 05:33 AM (amnH6)

46 Morning to you early risers, evening to you late toilers! Today is workout day since I skipped yesterday. It's also flea-bomb day, so I have to cover some stuff I don't want stained or poisoned, ease the cats into their carriers*, and take them to Linda's when I set off the flea bombs. We'll hit the library (where I will scan my state tax return) and kill a couple of hours. Then get everything back to normal.

I'm exhausted just thinking about all of it.

* I brought the carriers out last night. Neither cat seems perturbed. When they were younger, they used to walk right into the boxes when I opened the gates. Here's hoping they still will do that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 29, 2025 05:34 AM (omVj0)

47 Not sure if anyone advised you that clicking the “jump to the bottom of the page ” shortcut is now diverting you to the ads which are popup hell and will not allow a return to the comments.

At least on an iPad.
Posted by: Pete Bog

***
No problem for me on the MacBook Air. I'll check the iMac.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 29, 2025 05:35 AM (omVj0)

48
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen die Götter selbst vergebens." - Schiller
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 29, 2025

***
"Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 29, 2025 05:37 AM (omVj0)

49 Time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 29, 2025 05:39 AM (a1415)

50
Was it just last week that the Orville and Wright flight anniversary took place?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 202

***
I thought their famous first flight happened in December.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 29, 2025 05:39 AM (omVj0)

51 No problems on Android. I do roll with 2 adblockers though.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 05:39 AM (y5Qz+)

52 I thought their famous first flight happened in December.

Correct.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 29, 2025 05:43 AM (/HDaX)

53 51 No problems on Android. I do roll with 2 adblockers though.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 05:39 AM (y5Qz+)

And I rock with 1.

Posted by: m at April 29, 2025 05:43 AM (CQE5S)

54 >>>25-inch e-ink colour display. ... And it costs just $1899.

Wow, what a steal!

--MacPeople
(of which I am one)

Posted by: m at April 29, 2025 05:44 AM (CQE5S)

55 Using phone now and the Jump links r working. But, they've been troublesome recently.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 29, 2025 05:46 AM (sAmhv)

56 Writing is easy. Trying to figure out what you're trying to say can be a son of a bitch though. Proof: me. I just wrapped up a new poem for a submission I am putting together for an anthology of local peeps that will be published by the local arts council. Degree of difficulty: it took me about a month to get this piece sorted out.

Note to self: you had four solid works ready to a month ago, but oh no, you to go for that fifth one. Dumbass.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 29, 2025 05:46 AM (amnH6)

57 Thanks Fen. Didn't think I could be salvaged, for a time.
Thankfully, that time passed, & I am.
Bless you..

Posted by: OkJohn at April 29, 2025 05:46 AM (NC/it)

58 Using phone now and the Jump links r working. But, they've been troublesome recently. Posted by: Puddleglum

Did you wash your hands by chance?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 29, 2025 05:47 AM (amnH6)

59 Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2025 05:25 AM (NR6c1

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 05:47 AM (mwrGF)

60 NaCly Dog: If you're here and reading later, I followed up with John Van Stry about the review of "Sometimes in the Fall" you put in the book thread this past Sunday.

First, he's glad you enjoyed the book. :-) Second, he's curious about this EMP howler you mentioned... Can you provide more detail in that regard? (John's an engineer and was USAF. He likes to get things right.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 05:48 AM (O7YUW)

61 Lionel Ritchie impressed with 17 year old gospel singer:

https://tinyurl.com/7zc69emf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 05:50 AM (mwrGF)

62 58 Using phone now and the Jump links r working. But, they've been troublesome recently. Posted by: Puddleglum

Did you wash your hands by chance?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
...........................
Yes, Mom!! Duh.

(Snotty teen mode off)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 29, 2025 05:51 AM (sAmhv)

63 Writing is easy. Trying to figure out what you're trying to say can be a son of a bitch though. Proof: me. I just wrapped up a new poem for a submission I am putting together for an anthology of local peeps that will be published by the local arts council. Degree of difficulty: it took me about a month to get this piece sorted out.

Note to self: you had four solid works ready to a month ago, but oh no, you to go for that fifth one. Dumbass.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 29, 2025

***
AP, I'm trying to assemble a new short story for one of Raconteur Press's anthologies. The theme is something that is right in my wheelhouse -- but I'm having trouble plotting it. I've written several pages of notes, me just noodling to myself, and watched the idea veer this way and that.

It's time for me to apply the Wolfus Doctrine: "Whenever you struggle with how to say (or plot) something, you are probably trying to be too complex. Simplify, then review."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 29, 2025 05:52 AM (omVj0)

64 Cleared my history and it seems to have stopped. Odd

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 29, 2025 05:53 AM (gqCri)

65 You can tell your browser not to cooperate with targeted ads.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 05:54 AM (y5Qz+)

66 I actually have a tech thing to share that's not a stupid question. Yay!. My son got a new I-phone so I get to dump my I-phone 8 and use his old phone which I can't remember but is an I-phone 11 or 13.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 05:55 AM (WD31+)

67 Did you wash your hands by chance?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 29, 2025 05:47 AM (amnH6)

Typically hand washing is intentional.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 29, 2025 05:55 AM (gqCri)

68 It's time for me to apply the Wolfus Doctrine: "Whenever you struggle with how to say (or plot) something, you are probably trying to be too complex. Simplify, then review."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Maybe you should wash your hands. That solved Puddleglum's jump links issue.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 29, 2025 05:56 AM (amnH6)

69 Using phone now and the Jump links r working. But, they've been troublesome recently.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 29, 2025

I've had trouble for about a week.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 29, 2025 05:56 AM (2sdmh)

70 Have you restarted within a week?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 05:58 AM (y5Qz+)

71 Posted by: OkJohn at April 29, 2025 05:46 AM (NC/it

I am thankful to God for that. May God bless you too, brother.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 06:01 AM (b0NkY)

72 It's time for me to apply the Wolfus Doctrine: "Whenever you struggle with how to say (or plot) something, you are probably trying to be too complex. Simplify, then review."

As someone who has been writing a short story (Almost 70 pages right now), I like that idea. Especially as I am stuck on a certain part.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2025 06:01 AM (NR6c1)

73 Apparently hygiene fixes some tech issues. Ancient pagan rituals don't work as well. Go figure.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 29, 2025 06:01 AM (sAmhv)

74 WA, in my case I went at the right pace. I wrote a lot of material for this particular work and kept honing it. I thought it would never end and then tonight when I sat down to work on it for an hour the bits suddenly were obvious and I was done in 30 minutes. Of course I spent the next hour fussing around by reading it aloud and moving punctuation around.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 29, 2025 06:03 AM (amnH6)

75 It's time for me to apply the Wolfus Doctrine: "Whenever you struggle with how to say (or plot) something, you are probably trying to be too complex. Simplify, then review."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Maybe you should wash your hands. That solved Puddleglum's jump links issue.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 29, 2025

***
The Lazarus Long Doctrine. "Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of . . . but do it in private and wash your hands afterward."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 29, 2025 06:03 AM (omVj0)

76 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 29, 2025 05:34 AM (omVj0

Best wishes that all goes well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 06:03 AM (b0NkY)

77
As someone who has been writing a short story (Almost 70 pages right now), I like that idea. Especially as I am stuck on a certain part.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2025

***
NR, at 70+ pages that sounds more like a novelette or novella.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 29, 2025 06:05 AM (omVj0)

78 It was a dark and stormy night.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:07 AM (y5Qz+)

79 Huh. Tornado warning sirens just went off. Just thunderstorms afaik.

Posted by: Well, you're up early at April 29, 2025 06:07 AM (AQ9kW)

80 Canadian election results:

Liberals: 167 (+7)
Conservatives: 145 (+26)
BQ: 29 (-9)
NDP: 7 (-1

Green: 1 (-1)

The Liberals under Carney will form the government.

I'm... not going to be in a good mood today.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

81 Storms closer. Heard thunder

Posted by: OkJohn at April 29, 2025 06:09 AM (NC/it)

82 Won't the liberals need an ally to form a government?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:10 AM (y5Qz+)

83 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 29, 2025 06:11 AM (dg+HA)

84 I thought their famous first flight happened in December.

It was April in Jerusalem that year.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 29, 2025 06:11 AM (ZmEVT)

85 It's time for me to apply the Wolfus Doctrine: "Whenever you struggle with how to say (or plot) something, you are probably trying to be too complex. Simplify, then review."

Tell me about it.

What I really need is a week away somewhere where there is no internet, television or cell phone service so I can just sit and write.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2025 06:12 AM (Dg2sF)

86 It was a dark and stormy night.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Rachel Maddow, stormed the set of her latest show and retreated to her dressing room. In a huff, she plopped down on the couch, let loose with muttered curse, and broke out The electric shaver her girlfriend got her for Christmas...

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 29, 2025 06:12 AM (amnH6)

87 I guess BQ goes with the liberals?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:13 AM (y5Qz+)

88 NR, at 70+ pages that sounds more like a novelette or novella.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Fair enough. It's still a fun story though.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2025 06:13 AM (NR6c1)

89 broke out The electric shaver her girlfriend got her for Christmas..

Is that the new name for it these days?

Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2025 06:14 AM (NR6c1)

90 Poor Canada, so far from God, and so close to the United States.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 29, 2025 06:14 AM (ZmEVT)

91 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 29, 2025 06:15 AM (AN2gy)

92 sted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 06:08

Sorry to hear that. I don't know anything about him that he's a liberal and apparently stupidly and rudely said about American politics, "You can't be a Republican and a Christian" . i guess he'd probably think you can't be a Conservative and a Christian. Maybe you can pray for America if you're not already doing so and I will pray for . Canada However you folks survived Trudeau and we- theoretically- survived Biden. Remember, you are not alone in your thoughts about your country. Other Canadians feel the same way. Keep up the good fight.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 06:16 AM (gIdNC)

93 They could do it with NDP as well.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:16 AM (y5Qz+)

94 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 29, 2025 06:12 AM (Dg2sF)

I imagine a RC retreat center would have that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 06:18 AM (gIdNC)

95 @82/Boss Moss: "Won't the liberals need an ally to form a government?"

The only way the Liberals would not be able to claim the government is if the Conservatives and BQ (Bloc Quebecois) were to say they would cooperate to form the government in an alliance (much as the Liberals and NDP did during the previous term.)

The BQ is much more like the Liberals than the Conservatives, so the chances of this are somewhere between slim and none.

Thus, the Liberals have the majority of the seats, and can form the government.

During the next 4 to 5 years, if the government proposes a budget bill, and the Conservatives and BQ decide they hate it, they can outvote the liberals. The failure of a budget bill is a defacto non-confidence vote, causing dissolution of Parliament and another election to be called.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

96 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

What do BQ and NDP stand for?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 06:19 AM (gIdNC)

97 Thanks, Grumpy. Just read post 95.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 06:20 AM (gIdNC)

98 Wait, Canada has been taken over by carnies? I assume they'll form a new government with furries. Keep Canada Weird!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 29, 2025 06:24 AM (sAmhv)

99 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Manatee!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 29, 2025 06:25 AM (6YdsJ)

100 Wait, Canada has been taken over by carnies?
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Small hands. Smell like cabbage.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 29, 2025 06:25 AM (6YdsJ)

101 Carney folk.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:25 AM (y5Qz+)

102 Later daywalkers....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 29, 2025 06:28 AM (sAmhv)

103 and apparently stupidly and rudely said about American politics, "You can't be a Republican and a Christian" .
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(tries to remember which side made more abortions their main platform position)

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Ladies, you weren't liberated. You were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at April 29, 2025 06:29 AM (DIJHr)

104 A lovely sea shanty to start the day. Thanks Pixy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 29, 2025 06:30 AM (ujYJN)

105 Caramon's big brother, Force Majere.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:30 AM (y5Qz+)

106 Caramon's big brother, Force Majere.

I understood that reference!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2025 06:31 AM (NR6c1)

107 The revelation that University of Zurich researchers secretly deployed AI bots to manipulate Reddit users' opinions should chill anyone who values authentic human discourse.

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The Dead Internet.

It's probably been the case for over a decade, maybe more. Now they're refining it with AI

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Ladies, you weren't liberated. You were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at April 29, 2025 06:31 AM (DIJHr)

108 "Whenever you struggle with how to say (or plot) something, you are probably trying to be too complex. Simplify, then review."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Given we are on the tech thread, maybe turn off your brain for a time, clear the cache, and reboot after a rest.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 29, 2025 06:34 AM (oK2x9)

109
"You can't be a Republican and a Christian"

I don't take lesson in how to practice my faith from leftists.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 29, 2025 06:34 AM (QnmlO)

110
(tries to remember which side made more abortions their ~~main~~ sole platform position)

Fix'd

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 29, 2025 06:35 AM (QnmlO)

111 Sell your cloak and buy a sword.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:36 AM (y5Qz+)

112 The liberals that reject creation, embrace child sexual abuse, and donate none of their own money and believe in theft of yours to give to people they like want to tell you about Christianity.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Ladies, you weren't liberated. You were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at April 29, 2025 06:36 AM (DIJHr)

113 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Currently 72. High 80 with scattered thunderboomers.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 29, 2025 06:38 AM (hoCmQ)

114 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 29, 2025 06:34 AM (QnmlO)

No; Why should you? . It does sound like statement that is intended to "otherize" people .
I expect that Mr. Carney thinks that Jesus was just a 21st century "Progressive" .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2025 06:39 AM (hiv4A)

115 If, after the seizure of truckers assets and police state tactics against churches, Canadians happily chose to continue with Liberal rule, I would imagine the neighborly irritation will now grow.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 29, 2025 06:39 AM (OOUsj)

116 Did you know that chickens are the closest living relative to the T-Rex?
- liberals who want to chide you about your understanding

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Ladies, you weren't liberated. You were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at April 29, 2025 06:40 AM (DIJHr)

117 Was it just last week that the Orville and Wright flight anniversary took place?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 202

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I thought their famous first flight happened in December.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 29, 2025 05:39 AM (omVj0)
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Misread an X comment last week.

Two Wrights made one wrong.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 2025 06:41 AM (qFAfu)

118 @96/FenelonSpoke: "What do BQ and NDP stand for?"

BQ = Bloc Quebecois, basically a Quebec French separatist party. They don't even run candidates in other provinces, and the only reason they're allowed to be a federal level party is because we treat Quebec special, when we shouldn't, but we did to keep them in Confederation. BQ is the party that keeps reminding us that if we don't keep treating them special, they'll leave and go independent. Don't get me started.

NDP = New Democratic Party, basically even more left-leaning than the Liberals though these days they've become indistinguishable.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

119 I wonder if the T Rex had wings that were more biodegradable than the rest of its body.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:42 AM (y5Qz+)

120 Europe is now Canada's BFF, I guess. What do you bet Xi schedules a visit to Ottawa and tries to get in on the love fest too?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 29, 2025 06:43 AM (OOUsj)

121 If NaCly Dog jumps in at any point this morning, would someone please point him to #60? Thank you very much.

I've got to go, work beckons... Immediately.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 06:44 AM (O7YUW)

122 I wonder if the T Rex had wings that were more biodegradable than the rest of its body.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:42 AM (y5Qz+)
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You'd need a really big plate for T-Rex buffalo wings.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 29, 2025 06:44 AM (6YdsJ)

123
BQ is the party that keeps reminding us that if we don't keep treating them special, they'll leave and go independent.

Like Scotland, they threaten, but they'll never do it. If they did, every bilingual law in the rest of Canada would be repealed 20 minutes later.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 29, 2025 06:44 AM (QnmlO)

124 Tried to open AoS in Brave yesterday on iPhone. Front page would load about 90% according to bar running under the url then stop and refresh the page. Never could access comments.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 29, 2025 06:45 AM (hoCmQ)

125 BQ is the party that keeps reminding us that if we don't keep treating them special, they'll leave and go independent.

Like Scotland, they threaten, but they'll never do it. If they did, every bilingual law in the rest of Canada would be repealed 20 minutes later.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 29, 2025 06:44 AM (QnmlO)
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1759, bitches!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 29, 2025 06:46 AM (6YdsJ)

126 WaPo says leak investigations at DoD are "creating a climate of fear and harming national security".

Heheh. IOW, David Ignatius can't get his stories fed to him anymore, and they are big mad about it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 29, 2025 06:48 AM (f/d3F)

127 Heheh. IOW, David Ignatius can't get his stories fed to him anymore, and they are big mad about it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 29, 2025 06:48 AM (f/d3F)
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Geez, isn't he dead, yet?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 29, 2025 06:50 AM (6YdsJ)

128 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 29, 2025 06:55 AM (6YdsJ)

129 I wonder if the T Rex had wings that were more biodegradable than the rest of its body.

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STOP MAKING FUN OF THEIR RELIGION!!!

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, you weren't liberated, you were industrialized. Now you're widgets, too. at April 29, 2025 06:57 AM (ruPEO)

130 I don't want to get on the cart!

Posted by: David Ignatius at April 29, 2025 06:58 AM (dg+HA)

131 Tried to open AoS in Brave yesterday on iPhone. Front page would load about 90% according to bar running under the url then stop and refresh the page. Never could access comments.
Posted by: olddog

The suggested solution all AoS website problems is to wash your hands.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 29, 2025 07:02 AM (amnH6)

132 Sorry to hear about the Canadian elections. I don't see how the confederation holds together. Was Pierre really that bad a candidate?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 29, 2025 07:04 AM (b294k)

133 Test.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 29, 2025 07:06 AM (dg+HA)

134 Noodage.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 29, 2025 07:07 AM (dg+HA)

135 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 07:10 AM (/Ghsb)

136 @126, ahh, but whose national security? ours? or theirs?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 07:12 AM (/Ghsb)

137 Fire all of the carnies!

Posted by: Zombie Walt Disney at April 29, 2025 07:20 AM (ZmEVT)

138 It used to be that if you got a game design to the point you had an engine for creating endless levels of this game, you slapped a friendly UI on it and sold it as a Construction Set. Going back to Bill Budge's Pinball construction Set followed not long after by Lode Runner, with its built-in level designer.

Posted by: Epobirs at April 29, 2025 07:58 AM (/0z9K)

139 Sock off

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 29, 2025 09:27 AM (w9Wax)

140 >most people are not writing new operating system kernels

We're in a weird transition period right now where people are going from "I only know and only want to know one programming language" to "I know many programming languages and paradigms" but we're skipping the "different programming languages are designed for different domains and I should use a language that matches my domain" part.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at April 29, 2025 09:39 AM (LgYtf)

141 Cool song. With the reliance now on mechanical devices there's not much need for rhythm-keeping communal singing. Possibly a greater loss than we realize.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 29, 2025 09:45 AM (lFFaq)

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