Daily Tech News 9 May 2025

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Who is winning the war between search engines and AI chat bots? Search engines, and it's not even close. (WCCFTech)

In fact, if you add up all the search engines and all the AI services, 90% of the activity is Google search and everything else is just noise.
Meanwhile Alibaba has release new AI code that allows AI to act as a search engine without needing a search engine. (VentureBeat)

Called ZeroSearch, a 7-billion parameter version outperformed Google Search in undefined and indefensibly stupid scenarios. It's the equivalent of claiming that you managed to condense the Encyclopaedia Britannica down to a bowl of alphabet soup. I don't know what you actually did, but I know you're not worth talking to until you grow up.

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Zettlab's new NASes look nice but. (Liliputing)

Supporting up to eight hard drives and two M.2 SSDs, with an Intel 125H CPU, up to 96GB of RAM and two 10Gb Ethernet ports, the hardware specs are solid enough.

Unfortunately it runs a custom AI-focused Linux distribution and must be cleansed from the Earth with fire.
Lenovo's Legion Tab 4 actually looks nice. (Liliputing)

The CPU has been bumped from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 to the new Snapdragon 8 Elite, which has custom CPU cores rather than the regular Arm ones. And pixel density for the 8.8" screen has been increased by nearly 20% to 3040x1904. The older model already had a very fast CPU and a great screen, so these were not urgent updates, but are certainly not objectionable.

The missing microSD slot on the Tab 3 also showed up, supporting up to 2TB of extra storage.

Right now only available in China for around $450.
What does Huawei's new HarmonyOS look like? (Notebook Check)

It's Android you idiots.
Bill Gates is mad that CIA cut-out USAID got shut down. (The Verge)

Okay.
China's Squeely is moving to take AV company Blookit private in a credit default swap on the Chicago Commodity Exchange. (Tech Crunch)

Actually none of that is true but you didn't miss any useful information.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Or Pycrete.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 04:33 AM (UzL96)

2 G'Day everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:33 AM (ypFCm)

3 It's opouring down now

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:36 AM (ypFCm)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2025 04:43 AM (K9xEt)

5 Willowed:

Is that real?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 04:21 AM (Vnr1

-

I assume you were asking me about the electromagnetic anti-drone technology:

https://tinyurl.com/5syj3vem

The answer is I hope so:

https://tinyurl.com/2byvcyyn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 04:43 AM (UzL96)

6 Rain soon.
Going to be a nice weekend
Southern Sussex county Delaware is over built already and more is coming.

Posted by: Accomack at May 09, 2025 04:45 AM (RBD82)

7 Maybe they could put a bigger one in an Abrahms.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 04:45 AM (Vnr18)

8 w00t

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:46 AM (CQE5S)

9 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 09, 2025 04:47 AM (a1415)

10 Thanks for the music video, Pixy The woman singer has quite a nice voice. I find the outfit, colors and twirling and other AI stuff a distraction.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 04:47 AM (42Vb+)

11 Bill Gates LOVES children.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2025 04:49 AM (K9xEt)

12 Wow, 67 degrees out.

Nice walking weather for the morning walk.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 09, 2025 04:50 AM (a1415)

13 Going to hit the road hopefully to get out early
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:51 AM (ypFCm)

14 Later today, we head to Myrtle Beach to watch the daughter of family friends receive her sheepskin at Coastal Carolina.

Not saying I'm getting old, but I remember seeing her being pushed in a stroller only a few years ago.

Or at least it feels like just a few years ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 09, 2025 04:52 AM (a1415)

15 "Bill Gates LOVES children."

Especially African children that he can pump full of experimental and questionable vaccines., no one will notice if a few die, he'll just make the vaccines "better" next time.

Posted by: TC at May 09, 2025 04:53 AM (szqEY)

16 wikipedia: Amy Paulette "Amii" Stewart is an American disco and soul singer who found prominence with her 1979 U.S. Billboard number 1 hit cover of Eddie Floyd's song "Knock on Wood", often considered a classic of the disco genre.

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:54 AM (CQE5S)

17 Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:54 AM (CQE5S)

I'd rather have her sing that well known song without all the glitzy flair .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 04:56 AM (R6jXA)

18 Mornin' Pixy, and the rest of you early mornin' risers.

"Unfortunately it runs a custom AI-focused Linux distribution and must be cleansed from the Earth with fire.

That about sums it up, yup. A NAS is supposed to accurately store and retrieve files, serving them up to network users. It is not supposed to have fever dreams about what the files should be, or what might be in those files, which is all I can figure an "AI" would do to the process.

Lots and lots of fire, and then an open source NAS solution. (I'm not up to speed on the available offerings so I'm not going to suggest a specific one.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 04:56 AM (O7YUW)

19 Left my truck window down, I hardly ever do that, now seat is wet

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:57 AM (ypFCm)

20 Good morning, good people from Waterworld, AKA the Adirondacks. We've gotten so much rain the lawns are beginning to be overgrown and look pretty poor.

Still, it's a genuine pleasure to live here in the most exceptional country on the planet regardless of the current upsettlement. November 5th went a long way toward alleviating that issue, even though it only was the end of the beginning. There's a long hard road to be traveled yet. But because we are Americans, thus denied the option of failure we'll prevail as we always do. I have total confidence in this.
So then may all effort by you result in maximum benefit to you and corresponding heartburn for the leftwit fungi who torment us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 09, 2025 04:59 AM (hKoQL)

21 Man reflects on the love of God and prayers of his family bringing him back from being a prodigal son. Luke 15:11-32:

tinyurl.com/cf9zx7cu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 05:00 AM (R6jXA)

22 >>>Disclaimer: Or Pycrete.

concrete
discrete (individually separate and distinct)
secrete

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:01 AM (CQE5S)

23 @11/Puddleglum: "Bill Gates LOVES children."

*searches for article*

Okay, found it.
https://tinyurl.com/aby6vh79

I thought I remembered something about Epstein being part of the reason Melinda Gates divorced Bill. It also came out later that Bill admitted to Melinda he hadn't always been faithful to her.

You put those pieces together, and... ewwwww.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:05 AM (O7YUW)

24 Pykrete is a frozen ice composite, originally made of approximately 14% sawdust or some other form of wood pulp (such as paper) and 86% ice by weight (6 to 1 by weight). (wikipedia)

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:05 AM (CQE5S)

25
Bill Gates is mad that CIA cut-out USAID got shut down. (The Verge)

How about you 'fess up as to how much USAID bolstered your haul from grifting, Billy Boy?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2025 05:06 AM (xG4kz)

26 Man sings lovely old time hymn, "My Jesus, I love thee":

https://tinyurl.com/yv8xzdsx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 05:08 AM (8XLoI)

27 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:08 AM (AN2gy)

28 @27: Mornin' fluffy. How's things in your corner of the universe?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:08 AM (O7YUW)

29 Evening and morning to all the insomaniacals! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

I dreamed I was in New York City for some reason, and lost my phone while in some transportation hub, maybe Grand Central or Penn Station. It seemed weirdly empty rather than the teeming place I saw when I was there. Maybe it was at three am. At one point I picked up some kind of antenna -- it apparently was an intercom feed -- to a cafe, and heard in a guttural Brooklyn accent, "Sam's Place," and a shrill female voice in the background snapped, "It's none a ya business!" Thus did I know I was in New York.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 05:15 AM (omVj0)

30 Time to walk

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 09, 2025 05:16 AM (a1415)

31 Mumble something about remembering that song and music videos before MTv ruined them and get off my lawn.

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:17 AM (AN2gy)

32 Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk (spelling varies) was a plan by the British during the Second World War to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete, a mixture of wood pulp and ice, for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic, which were beyond the flight range of land-based planes at that time. (wikipedia)

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:18 AM (CQE5S)

33
What I appreciate the most are search engines that foist AI upon users. One of them -- I cannot recall which one -- simply takes its top three results' contents and blends them into a sorry amalgam of regurgitated goo.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2025 05:18 AM (xG4kz)

34 Anyway! How 'bout that Pope, huh? An American, and there's the chance he may be more of a traditionalist, at least on some points, than our last one. Naturally my local Fox outlet is at pains to point out how he is going to be at odds with the Trump admin.

It's 73-74 F. outdoors, depending on your source, and we are due for "slow-moving, soaking rain" today. Radar shows a band of rain coming up from the SW -- so I may not be able to work out this am.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 05:19 AM (omVj0)

35 here's some Medicated Goo to go with the regurgitated goo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB9CQVzSV3o

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at May 09, 2025 05:20 AM (y7zkd)

36 My new Dell Desktop fell over dead last evening. It would power on but never post to the Windows login screen. Stuff happens.

I prepared for the anticipated hours long tech support call by getting up to speed with what Dell wants you to try. Fair enough. None of them worked. I opened a service request, gave them my machine tag number, recapped the symptoms, and submitted it. At this point I got the phone numbers to get things rolling. Fair enough. I called the number at 10 PM MDT expecting a message about their hours. Instead I got a live person. WTH? This does not happen.

After about 20 minutes of him making sure I did all the diagnostics and few more try this, then that, he goes were going to this fix machine. He gave me two choices: go to the service center which is a 450 mile round trip x 2, or he would send me a box to send the machine into for some healing. I opted for the box. Total time for this is about a week.

The real point here is they have some awesome tech support. It really makes this PITA situation quite easy to deal with and for that I am quite grateful. I could be looking at owning a boat anchor. That is my tech story for the day.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2025 05:21 AM (amnH6)

37 34 How 'bout that Pope, huh? An American, and there's the chance he may be more of a traditionalist, at least on some points, than our last one.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 05:19 AM (omVj0)

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
14h
Seriously, though, the new pope looks like a carbon copy of Francis.
Which is basically what you'd expect. It's not a big deal. He'll be for open borders, climate change, and welfare. But he'll be against abortion and gender confusion.
Nothing has changed.

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:22 AM (CQE5S)

38 Hi Grumpy

Just waiting for the next blast of rain. I did get to put out the bird feeders this AM without getting wet, so there's that.

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:23 AM (AN2gy)

39 @21/FenelonSpoke: "Prodigal son" speaks very strongly to me, because I walked off into the wilderness for about 38 years. I can be really stubborn and bull-headed at times.

Eventually my heart became fertile ground for God's Word, and I finally listened. It made (and continues to make) a huge difference. I needed to learn that I wasn't "all that and a bag of chips" and Isaiah 55:9 was absolutely right.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

40 Left my truck window down, I hardly ever do that, now seat is wet
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025

***
Easy to forget. Back when I had my '84 Ford Escort, a four-door, I would occasionally neglect to wind up the rear windows when I parked. The fabric seat in the back would get wet in the rain. The problem was solved when I traded the little go-kart in on an Oldsmobile Cutlass coupe with only two windows to roll up and down. Since then I've had power windows in all my cars, and it's been easy to run them up when I leave the car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 05:24 AM (omVj0)

41 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

Isn't that wonderful.! Praise the Lord!. Thanks for your testimony. It helps make my morning, brother😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 05:27 AM (42Vb+)

42 My RAV4 has a sun roof. I love my sun roof. I leave it open all the time. I live a desert so I don't worry about rain very much. I think what I am doing is training myself for a disaster somewhere down the road. Life is like that.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2025 05:29 AM (amnH6)

43 @38/fluffy: The birds (and hopefully not the squirrels) will be happy with you. Good on you.

Also your comment at #31 about music videos: Here's one that'll take you back:
https://youtu.be/6epzmRZk6UU

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

44 >>> here's some Medicated Goo to go with the regurgitated goo

You're fixing to send me down a rabbit hole with that.

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:31 AM (AN2gy)

45 Kind, generous couple bless WV waitress:

https://tinyurl.com/5n6dtxfz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 05:31 AM (o3Uyl)

46 "sorry amalgam of regurgitated goo"

Well, it was wonderful phrase anyway.😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 05:32 AM (o3Uyl)

47 @19/Skip: "Left my truck window down, I hardly ever do that, now seat is wet"

If the floor has any carpeting/fabric (it probably does unless you went full "farm truck" when ordering) it probably got wet too. Don't make the mistake a lot of people do of putting the windows up and not letting it air-dry out fully before closing them.

Mold in the carpets is something you do not want under any circumstances.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

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

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at May 09, 2025 05:35 AM (PzBTm)

49 >>> The birds (and hopefully not the squirrels) will be happy with you.

Squirrels too. It will be a good morning to be a ground feeder out there.

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:35 AM (AN2gy)

50 The man in this video make shoes by hand. They are more works of art than something you wear; the craftsmanship is off the charts. It is an oddly satisfying thing watch. And if you want a pair it might take a while since he is located in Japan. And the price? About $3000.00. Totally worth it if you have that kind of wealth.

https://youtu.be/_8aoIizn68E

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2025 05:37 AM (amnH6)

51 @50/Altaria Pilgram: Oh wow, yeah, I'm going to end up watching all of that later today. It's always a pleasure to watch someone who has reached "master" level in their craft perform their work.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:40 AM (O7YUW)

52 Didn't they consider making ships or an aircraft carrier out of pycrete during WWII?

Posted by: TC at May 09, 2025 05:40 AM (szqEY)

53 @49/fluffy:

https://youtu.be/hFZFjoX2cGg

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

54 52 Didn't they consider making ships or an aircraft carrier out of pycrete during WWII?
Posted by: TC at May 09, 2025 05:40 AM (szqEY)

comment #32

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:42 AM (CQE5S)

55 What I appreciate the most are search engines that foist AI upon users. One of them -- I cannot recall which one -- simply takes its top three results' contents and blends them into a sorry amalgam of regurgitated goo.

-

Which I think will be not the downfall but a major stumbling block. They're giving the game away too easily, Brave especially. Here are the search results, and here is an AI generated summary of a half dozen or so sites listed below. Here are the links if you want to read for yourself what this natural language search engine just scraped.

They're taking all of the mystery out of it and people, even non-tech people, can easily see that it's not really accomplishing anything beyond just being a search engine.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 05:43 AM (/wLGm)

56 Good morning! It's a very pleasant but humid 62 out on he patio here in Cowtown with forecast highs in the upper 70s for the next couple of days.

Yesterday after I finished mowing and edging the lawn, the grandkids helped me sweep up and get the trash and recycling down to the curb. Then we made smash burgers and went to the ice cream shop. It was a good day.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2025 05:45 AM (3Ope8)

57 Good Morning !
Thanks FenelonSpoke, also to Grumpy & recalcitrant.
Similar events in my own life. Ego/Self always brought me to ruin, to Keep it simple.
Once I said "okay, I am not in charge", life began to change. God's Grace is amazing.

Posted by: OkJohn at May 09, 2025 05:45 AM (NC/it)

58 Lobsterman turned social media star

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kyYksoyeOQs

He branches out a bit here

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:46 AM (AN2gy)

59 From the ONT:

We called them crocodile clips in South Africa. Pixy probably the same.

Posted by: Ciampino - cute but no dimple at May 09, 2025 05:47 AM (sPQoU)

60 Posted by: OkJohn at May 09, 2025 05:45 AM (NC/it)

Amen! Thanks, OkJohn.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 05:49 AM (xJIjs)

61 Oh, and the contractor came by to finalize the 'pond embiggening' project. Gonna make the existing pond a little deeper, a little larger and install a waterfall with a stream. Gonna have to relocate the existing water lilies to maintain the dragonfly population, so I guess I need to get a stock tank.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2025 05:49 AM (3Ope8)

62 56 Yesterday after I finished mowing and edging the lawn, the grandkids helped me sweep up and get the trash and recycling down to the curb. Then we made smash burgers and went to the ice cream shop. It was a good day.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2025 05:45 AM (3Ope

Sounds like a perfect day!

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:51 AM (CQE5S)

63 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 05:52 AM (xJIjs)

64 I don't know much about the new Pope. But I am happy that the anti-pontificate of Francis is over.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 05:53 AM (ZmEVT)

65 50
As a kid growing up in 50s Uganda, my shoes were handmade by Indian cobblers. He would trace your foot on paper and several days later went for a fitting and in a short while I would have new shoes. Cheap. Before the mass produced stuff from the BATA company.

Posted by: Ciampino - great shhoes too at May 09, 2025 05:53 AM (sPQoU)

66 Testing Air Raid sirens in New Delhi.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 05:54 AM (Vnr18)

67 Good morning one and all. As I read the commentary about Pope Leo from both sides of the aisle, I have decided taking the "Wait and See" approach is the smartest one. Personally, I would have liked one of the African Cardinals to be chosen given their unapologetically old school stance on issues but such is life.

The amusing thing are the liberal types crowing about how this American Pope is going to stand up to Trump! (Learned a new one from them. "Orange Idi Amin." It's so cute when they are being edgy.). The funny thing is that they are the same people who scream "separation of church and state" and "You're being judgmental!!!" as if they were holy invocations to protect them.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 05:55 AM (lXoJ5)

68 "Nothing has changed."

A legit election matters.

Here's a clue. If he takes the title "Vicar of Christ," he is probably not going to be an anti-pope and heretic.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 05:55 AM (ZmEVT)

69 For curiosity, I went to he Wiki for Eddie Floyd's original knock on wood. A lot of information I did not know. How interesting.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 09, 2025 05:55 AM (ntk8v)

70 Testing Air Raid sirens in New Delhi.
Posted by: Boss Moss

If the Pakistanis take out Indian Call Centers, I'll forgive most of their war crimes.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 05:57 AM (lXoJ5)

71 Pope's pre-pope twitter:

https://nitter.net/drprevost

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:58 AM (CQE5S)

72 53 G & R

Way more work than I would do.

We finally got a set up with baffles that is 99% effective, but previously I would just sigh and acknowledge the squirrel tax.

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:59 AM (AN2gy)

73
Robert Prevost
@drprevost
Católico, agustino, Obispo
Roma, Lacio
diocesischiclayo.org

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 06:00 AM (CQE5S)

74 Somethingsomething requiem.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 06:01 AM (Vnr18)

75 "I have decided taking the "Wait and See" approach"

How reasonable of you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 06:02 AM (42Vb+)

76 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 09, 2025 06:02 AM (hoCmQ)

77 The new pope has ties to Noo Awlins. HIs grandparents were Creoles whose home was displaced when the elevated I-10's S. Claiborne section was built in the early '60s. Of course they were long gone by then, having already relocated to Chicago.

"The 1910 census data shows that the family's last known New Orleans address was South Peters in the French Quarter. [South Peters is NOT in the Quarter -- WA]

"By 1912, the family relocated to Chicago. Their daughter, the future pope's mother, was the first of her siblings to be born there. "

(From wwltv.com)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:05 AM (omVj0)

78

Magills
@magills_
11h
Imagine being some normal dude in the Midwest and your brother is the pope. Wild.

Josh Frydman
@Josh_Frydman
13h
Obviously the biggest question surrounding Chicago native Robert Prevost now that he is Pope Leo XIV: Cubs or White Sox? His brother gave the definitive answer ... [video]

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 06:07 AM (CQE5S)

79 How reasonable of you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I get my moments. Not often enough but they do show up.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 06:10 AM (lXoJ5)

80 Holy Name Cathedral’s rector, Father Gregory Sakowicz, remarked to the Associated Press that the sun came out in Chicago when the new pope was announced, a coincidence he described as “God’s way of remaining anonymous.”

https://wgntv.com/news/pope-leo/
robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-chicago-cubs-sox/

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 06:11 AM (CQE5S)

81 I asked yesterday, but didn't see all the answers. When did popes start taking ecclesiastical names? Peter used the name, from "Petros" (rock), that Jesus gave him, but did the succeeding popes all do that? I'm not a Catholic, so I don't know. Why not use "Pope Robert I"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:13 AM (omVj0)

82 Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 06:10 AM (lXoJ5

Well, I haven't seen the non reasonable moments on here, but yes, we all have them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 06:13 AM (42Vb+)

83 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 09, 2025 06:20 AM (dg+HA)

84 Good morning moron

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 06:22 AM (RIvkX)

85 G'mornin' everyone!

& thank you for twirling, Rosasharn!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 06:22 AM (/Ghsb)

86
*stumbles in with coffee*

Good morning, Hordians.

Another long and stupid dream of a kind that comes up frequently. I'm back at work somewhere, most often a place I've worked before. My responsibilities are very vague and I have no resources to do anything substantial.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:23 AM (QnmlO)

87 Why not use "Pope Robert I"?

Got geeky and looked it up. Yes, Wikipedia but it's a good starting point.

"The custom of choosing a new name began in AD 533: Mercurius deemed it inappropriate for a pope to be named after the pagan Roman god Mercury, and adopted the name John II."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 06:24 AM (lXoJ5)

88 I'm just here for the twirling.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 06:28 AM (RIvkX)

89 Pope's pre-pope twitter:

https://nitter.net/drprevost
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:58 AM (CQE5S)

I am not a Catholic.

Personally, I would prefer that members of the upper levels of the clerical hierarchy keep their secular opinions to themselves. He seems to be another boomer priest who cannot separate charity and good deeds done by an individual with governments shoveling out money taken from citizens by force. And, insofar as the "migrant" issue is concerned, takes the implicit stance that it's acceptable to break several - if not dozens - of laws as long as you really, really want to.

Still, the media will, of course, amplify his personal utterances in an attempt to make them appear to be Catholic doctrine in an effort to advance their globalist agenda and weaken the Church.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 06:28 AM (ExV1e)

90 Somethingsomething requiem.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 06:01 AM (Vnr1

Pie Jesu domine, dona eis requiem. (assuming you're referring to the chant from Monty Python).

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 06:30 AM (ExV1e)

91 I think I saw a female oriole outside at the feeders.

She (assuming) was yellow. Not yellowish-orange, yellow. The other markings fit, she ate jelly, so likely an oriole, but I have never seen one that shade.

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 06:31 AM (AN2gy)

92
I am not a Catholic.

Personally, I would prefer that members of the upper levels of the clerical hierarchy keep their secular opinions to themselves.

Well, I am a Catholic and I agree with you. If it's not a matter of faith and morals, the Pope's opinion doesn't carry any more weight than mine. I long for the days when popes kept their mouths shut and let the Curia do the talking.

You know that when some big-city mayor is talking about global warming or, back in the day, nuclear disarmament, their cities are riddled with crime, there are potholes in the streets, the garbage isn't being picked up and rats are everywhere. Leo XIV would be better employed telling the faithful to go to Confession.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:36 AM (QnmlO)

93 Daniel Greenfield- who I don't think is RC, but Jewish -and who writes for "FrontPage" seems to feel that the only reason to pick an American ( although isn't the Pope a citizen of Peru for a number of years?) for Pope is to fight Trump. I don't see why that would make a difference . Trump isn't a RC and isn't an "unruly" Bishop the new Pope can remove from his post. Closed borders and protection of Americans are a national concern, not a religious one , so the new Pope can say whatever he likes about American policies. I don't think Trump is going to say, "Yes, I'll. Do whatever you like, your excellency."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 06:36 AM (42Vb+)

94 He seems to be another boomer priest who cannot separate charity and good deeds done by an individual with governments shoveling out money taken from citizens by force.

That's an excellent description. "Will you help?" vs "You will help."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 06:40 AM (lXoJ5)

95 mornin yall

"A new TikTok stunt encourages kids to jam metal objects, like paper clips and pushpins, into the charging ports of their laptops, causing electrical short circuits that can ignite fires."

I hate Windows 11 too but this is a bit extreme.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:40 AM (vFG9F)

96 OK, bad pun that I had to share.

Pope Leo has a Bachelor's in Math. So we have a Pope that not only understands sin but cos as well.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 06:40 AM (lXoJ5)

97 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:41 AM (u82oZ)

98 95, Darwin never sleeps, either, lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 06:41 AM (/Ghsb)

99 Pro Tip:

When building out a large scale ERP, design the database first.

Also my new favorite tool is an online app called Eraser.

And contrary to it's name, you can use it to create relation diagrams, workflow diagrams, entity diagrams, etc.

Either by manually building them or using text prompts.

I'm using it to design the workflow and database for my ERP App.

The number of tools out there to build applications is staggering, which begs the question, if there are so many tools to help people build applications, why does everything suck?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 06:42 AM (XV/Pl)

100 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

*Does Happy Dance to Peter White's Reveillez-vous. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:42 AM (u82oZ)

101 Don't mind the discussions on Pope Leo, what I do mind is the bashing of Catholicism. So his prayer mentioned Mary which becomes he isn't really a Christian because God & Jesus should have come first. Give it a rest, we venerate God & Jesus and also pray to Mary the mother of Jesus. The comment sections of some of the Salem sites are getting as bad as zero hedge. At least here it's respectful.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2025 06:44 AM (2NHgQ)

102 "Leo XIV would be better employed telling the faithful to go to Confession."

And not to partake of Holy Communion unworthily.

And not to use birth control. So many Catholics have just one or two children. We know what you have been doing.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 06:44 AM (ZmEVT)

103 I don't know how to do it but would like some AI to compile a list of everyone caught in the latest Fed roundup of sex traffickers including their occupations, immigration status, and party affiliation. Is that possible?

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:45 AM (vFG9F)

104 Leo XIV would be better employed telling the faithful to go to Confession.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:36 AM (QnmlO)

Or, if you're really concerned about the less fortunate, encourage them to acts of charity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 06:45 AM (ExV1e)

105 As far as the search engine, chatgpt battle, for me, I use chatgpt as the search engine.

The results it produces are organized, focused on what you asked it and far more useful than anything google spits out.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 06:46 AM (XV/Pl)

106 I thought Disco was dead and Amii Stewart moved to Italy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

107 I am not Catholic. As doof said yesterday (roughly), "Whatever the appropriate sentiment is at this moment, that is what I offer you now"

I will say as an outside observer that it's nice that this fellow appears to possibly be Catholic.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 06:46 AM (/wLGm)

108 And not to use birth control. So many Catholics have just one or two children. We know what you have been doing.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 06:44 AM (ZmEVT)

I'm married. Sometimes it isn't what you're doing as what you're not doing... IYKWIM.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)

109 NR Pax

Groan.

I should tan your hide.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

110 I don't think Trump is going to say, "Yes, I'll. Do whatever you like, your excellency."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025

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That was supposed to be the big fear about JFK (and previous Catholic presidential candidates -- Al Smith?), that he would take orders from the Vatican.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)

111 It could be great. Leo XIII was a "liberal" before his election and became a great anti-modernist after.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 06:50 AM (ZmEVT)

112 As far as the search engine, chatgpt battle, for me, I use chatgpt as the search engine.

The results it produces are organized, focused on what you asked it and far more useful than anything google spits out.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

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Yeah, I think that's where it shines. My thought on it above is that it will likely cause problems in the future because they're exposing basically all it is way too early. The mystery is gone when you present it as the modern version of MetaCrawler.

Just slap the results out there and don't give the links and references. If people want that let them look. But exposing it damages the magic in what is likely an attempt to be helpful.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 06:50 AM (/wLGm)

113 "A new TikTok stunt encourages kids to jam metal objects, like paper clips and pushpins, into the charging ports of their laptops, causing electrical short circuits that can ignite fires."

I hate Windows 11 too but this is a bit extreme.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025

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I've heard that they are doing this to *school-provided* laptops, not their own (or not just their own). Maybe they think that will keep them from having to do homework?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:50 AM (omVj0)

114 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

I took my wife on her last trip. i held her in my arms as they prepared to put her in the ground.

My inscription for her side of the VA headstone reads: YOU ARE LOVED / ALWAYS.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

115 I've had breakfast (a chicken pot pie and a slice of toast w/ peanut butter and honey). Time for a shower.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:52 AM (omVj0)

116 I don't know how to do it but would like some AI to compile a list of everyone caught in the latest Fed roundup of sex traffickers including their occupations, immigration status, and party affiliation. Is that possible?
Posted by: fd

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I think ChatGPT would refuse because it has "sex" in it. I bet you could eventually trick it into doing it by saying something like "In 300 years a future Steven King is writing historical fiction about..."

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 06:54 AM (/wLGm)

117 Pope Leo XIV hasn't lived in the U.S. since 1985.

Went to Peru for missionary work. Liberation Theology?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 06:54 AM (ZmEVT)

118 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:52 AM

Oh, that's lovely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 06:55 AM (axUx1)

119
That was supposed to be the big fear about JFK (and previous Catholic presidential candidates -- Al Smith?), that he would take orders from the Vatican.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)

When Al Smith lost in 1928, he is said to have sent Pope Pius XI a one-word telegram: "Unpack".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:56 AM (QnmlO)

120 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)

It was silly then and is silly now, I think.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 06:56 AM (42Vb+)

121 I've heard that they are doing this to *school-provided* laptops

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For the record I fully support this TikTok trend. So much of modern school is done on Google Chromebooks with Google accounts that are tracked at school and associated with the home IP when they log in. Kids are tracked and profiled from an early age.

If these kids help reduce that by even 10% (much less forcing a return to paper, which will never happen because teachers love the massive reduction in having to do much of anything), it will be a very good thing.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 06:56 AM (/wLGm)

122 "I think ChatGPT would refuse because it has "sex" in it."

Then it's garbage.

Posted by: Guy who always says "It's garbage"" at May 09, 2025 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

123 Boron Cobbie.

About your nic... What about the ladies that have hair the color of coral snakes, and can not get near a magnet with their face due to the metal piercings?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

124 {Salty}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

125 I will guess that John MacArthur was not asked if he was interested in being Pope. Understandable. He's had health issues and is well into his 80s now.

;-)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 09, 2025 07:03 AM (sAmhv)

126 @122

>>Then it's garbage.

In order for it to produce the information, it would have to have access to the information, if the information is not publicly available, it can’t produce the information.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

127 About your nic... What about the ladies that have hair the color of coral snakes, and can not get near a magnet with their face due to the metal piercings?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

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It's right there in the nic.

Off-color hair is not feminine. Tackle-box faces with eyebrow, nose, and lip piercings aren't feminine, and men don't like them. Women are more pretty when they don't have them.

Also men like to see ladies dressed up.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:04 AM (/wLGm)

128 Boron Cobbie

Your wisdom is swimming upstream against a river of female alienation.

In the long run, life self-corrects. Well raised children matter.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

129
Also men like to see ladies dressed up.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie

Or at least looking feminine. Something that seems to have been lost in recent years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 07:07 AM (QnmlO)

130 15:22 (IST) May 09
Civil defence drills begin in Delhi, air raid sirens tested across city
The Directorate of Civil Defence, under the Government of NCT of Delhi, will conduct a routine air raid siren testing exercise at the PWD Headquarters, ITO, on Friday at 3pm. The test will last for approximately 15 to 20 minutes.

In an official statement, district magistrate (Central) G Sudhakar urged the public to remain calm and not be alarmed by the sirens, emphasizing that the exercise is part of standard preparedness measures. Authorities have requested that the public be informed in advance through social and electronic media to avoid confusion or panic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

131 @116

>>I think ChatGPT would refuse because it has "sex"

I just did it, the information it produces is pretty comprehensive, try it for your self.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 07:07 AM (XV/Pl)

132 I just did it, the information it produces is pretty comprehensive, try it for your self.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

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I don't doubt that it will spit names out. That said, I'm probably not running a search with that type of inquiry, even behind a VPN

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:09 AM (/wLGm)

133 This is the example shown to me that showed me how... not useless, but let's say completely untrustworthy it is.

Ask it to make a list of 100 actors or actresses (you need to be specific to male or female because "actor" is absurdly used for both these days) from the 1950s.

Scroll down the list and see how many modern names are there. And this is simple information that could easily be scraped from IMDB or the like just from movie dates.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:12 AM (/wLGm)

134 Wolfus, what stops you from moving?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2025 07:12 AM (dg+HA)

135 Thomas Bender

Is there a name not on the list you expected to see there. That would be a quality control sign.

Like Bill Gates or Joe Biden.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

136 @132

>>I don't doubt that it will spit names out.

It did more than just spit out names, it described the operation, it provided publicly available mugshots, it listed notable arrests, with detail across multiple states, it described the ongoing efforts and it listed the information it could not produce because it was not publicly available.

You simply would not get that type of information, in an organized fashion form a search engine.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 07:14 AM (XV/Pl)

137 You simply would not get that type of information, in an organized fashion form a search engine

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I'm somewhat reluctant to point out:

You just did.

Again, I'm not saying it's bad or there's something wrong with using it.

Just that it's a mostly an advanced search engine that has the neat trick of being able to give results written in the style of Yosemite Sam if you ask it to.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:17 AM (/wLGm)

138 Scroll down the list and see how many modern names are there. And this is simple information that could easily be scraped from IMDB or the like just from movie dates.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:12 AM (/wLGm)

Yeah, it sucks. They all suck. I had a coworker use copilot the other day to sort some data from spreadsheets, to break out five numerically equal sets of customers from one or more ZIP codes, with the constraint that, regardless of how many zips were in each set, every customer in a given zip must be used if the zip is included in the set.

So - boring and time consuming, but not complicated or particularly difficult. I told her "don't bother. Do it manually. Copilot will get it wrong, you'll just waste time you could be using to do it manually."

She emailed me yesterday, I was right, Copilot completely screwed everything up and she had to start over. Predictable as the sun rising.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 07:19 AM (BI5O2)

139 Nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:19 AM (ExV1e)

140 133 This is the example shown to me that showed me how... not useless, but let's say completely untrustworthy it is.

Ask it to make a list of 100 actors or actresses (you need to be specific to male or female because "actor" is absurdly used for both these days) from the 1950s.

Scroll down the list and see how many modern names are there. And this is simple information that could easily be scraped from IMDB or the like just from movie dates.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:12 AM (/wLGm)

I wonder if "from the 1950s" is being interpreted as "from the 1950s to the present time"? Try rewording? Say, "whose floruit was in the decade of the 1950s"?

Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 07:28 AM (CQE5S)

141 It makes me happy each and every time I learn of Bill Gate's anger.

Posted by: Bob at May 09, 2025 07:44 AM (zhWvq)

142 I cannot become anything other than confused when faced with the Catholic practices.
Confused.
I'm not convinced of anything beyond the theater and magical incantations. But I've been wrong before.
And why are we bending a political knee to a nominal religious category of any sort, Catholic, Jew, Protestant?

Posted by: Dan Patterson at May 09, 2025 09:42 AM (mm9Bq)

143 What does Huawei's new HarmonyOS look like?

It's Android you idiots.

And Android is Linux.

Posted by: Socratease at May 09, 2025 11:06 AM (YgfoU)

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