Daily Tech News 15 May 2025

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The Kids Online Safety Act is back and has the potential to change the internet - or to get struck down immediately over the obvious First and Fourth Amendment issues. (Tech Crunch)

The bill has strong bipartisan and industry support, which means it is just astoundingly awful.
"Apple is pleased to offer our support for the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). Everyone has a part to play in keeping kids safe online, and we believe [this] legislation will have a meaningful impact on children's online safety," Timothy Powderly, Apples senior director of Government Affairs, said in a statement.
Everyone involved in the creation of that sentence should be summarily executed.

Tech News

Zotac has announced a new mini-PC based on AMD's Ryzen 390 CPU. (Liliputing)

This is slightly slower than the top-of-the-line 395, with 12 Zen 5 cores and 32 RDNA3 graphics cores, cut down from 16 and 40 respectively.

Since the full chip is likely to be thermally limited in a mini-PC (read: it would overheat) this seems like a reasonable decision. If the price is right.
A California judge has slapped counsel in one case with $31,000 in fines after they presented a well-reasoned, tightly argued legal case citing a multitude of relevant decisions that didn't exist. (The Verge)

The judge fortunately took a minute to look them up.
Uber has announced its newest invention: Buses. (Tech Crunch)

No, really.
ArtificialCast is an AI powered tool for .Net that that type-cast and transform any value to any defined datatype, safely and automatically. (GitHub)

Yes, it's guaranteed to work 100% safely and automatically. Correctly? You're asking a bit much, bucko.
ArtificialCast is a demonstration of what happens when overhyped AI ideas are implemented exactly as proposed - with no shortcuts, no mocking, and no jokes.
It is fully functional. It passes tests. It integrates into modern .NET workflows. And it is fundamentally unsafe.
There's a lot of that going around.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: A dish towel?

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 15, 2025 04:31 AM (P/ezU)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 15, 2025 04:33 AM (Kdi1r)

3 In other tech news, Grok now has vision. So throw away your Google Glasses!

https://tinyurl.com/bd5mbf2v

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 04:33 AM (P/ezU)

4 Speaking of Boeing, Trump mentioned the 6th gen F-47 fighter. More info:

https://tinyurl.com/dzev2pxu

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 04:34 AM (P/ezU)

5 The BIGPISS Stack
Behavior-Inferred Generation: Prompt-Oriented Infrastructure for Simulated Software

Nice one, Pixy.

Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 04:37 AM (XSDUb)

6 Providence, RI plans to fly "Palestinian" flag over city hall on Friday . The chief of staff who supports this - June Rose- has already been arrested twice at anti Israel protests and looks as one would expect. Scroll down in article:

https://tinyurl.com/34ahvu2x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 04:37 AM (nFq4j)

7 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 04:37 AM (a1415)

8 "The bill has strong bipartisan and industry support, which means it is just astoundingly awful"

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 04:39 AM (nFq4j)

9 3 In other tech news, Grok now has vision. So throw away your Google Glasses!

Still a long way behind the only AI I trust.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 15, 2025 04:40 AM (BLOW1)

10 The Brave browser came out with a split view option 2 months ago and I only noticed this now?!?!

https://tinyurl.com/y6hvw6ea

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 04:40 AM (P/ezU)

11 Providence, RI seems to have issues.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 04:43 AM (a1415)

12 Still a long way behind the only AI I trust.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 15, 2025 04:40 AM (BLOW1)
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But can it pirouette?

https://tinyurl.com/5f6rzd3c

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 04:44 AM (P/ezU)

13 At some point, I really want to return to the project of copying all my DVD/CD media to hard drive, and being able to stream it throughout the house.

But I'm struggling with mastering even the most basic understanding of what is necessary to do this.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 04:46 AM (a1415)

14 G'mornin all y'all
Pray.
Sheesh.
Amen
Thank You. 9

Posted by: OkJohn at May 15, 2025 04:46 AM (NC/it)

15 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 15, 2025 04:47 AM (hoCmQ)

16 A California judge has slapped counsel in one case with $31,000 in fines after they presented a well-reasoned, tightly argued legal case citing a multitude of relevant decisions that didn't exist. (The Verge)

The judge fortunately took a minute to look them up.

This keeps happening.
It's why I am so scornful of all the AI talk.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 15, 2025 04:48 AM (Kv5Mj)

17 And does June Rose really think that "Palestinians"
Would really be on board with supporting "transgenders"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 04:51 AM (tF9lL)

18 "Such glorious knowledge". Devotional on 2nd Corinthians 12:1-10:

https://tinyurl.com/3s6527zd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 04:58 AM (nFq4j)

19 "And does June Rose really think that "Palestinians"
Would really be on board with supporting "transgenders"?"

Support...probably not.

Suspend, like with a rope around the neck.......probably.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 04:58 AM (a1415)

20 Good morning all. Got about 3 hrs sleep. Add the 2 hrs earlier and not bad. Gotta catch up my sleep.

Posted by: Ciampino - wants sleep at May 15, 2025 04:58 AM (sPQoU)

21 None of you nooded in the ONT?

*trudges back there to drop a late NOOD*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2025 04:58 AM (O7YUW)

22 Safety. Invariably the pretext for more authoritarianism.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 15, 2025 04:59 AM (7lpVA)

23 Intense IDF CQ combat wounded medevac video:

https://youtu.be/qX4F_SImQN4

Mrs. BD has a relative who works on the receiving end when the choppers arrive back in Israel.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 04:59 AM (P/ezU)

24 I think the trannies will flip to muzzle very easily. They get to wear a dress and misogyny is socially cool.

Posted by: Accomack at May 15, 2025 04:59 AM (Bbhox)

25 Suspend, like with a rope around the neck.......probably.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 04:58 AM (a1415)
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Since when did roof tossing go out of fashion?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 05:00 AM (P/ezU)

26 Posted by: Ciampino - wants sleep at May 15, 2025 04:58 AM (sPQoU)
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Are you home? Welcome back!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 05:01 AM (P/ezU)

27 Muzzle, Siri, really? How many times do I have to type "muzzie"before you grok the score, you watery tart?

Posted by: Accomack at May 15, 2025 05:02 AM (Bbhox)

28 "Since when did roof tossing go out of fashion?"

It is still used as another form of 'curing' transgenderism in the Middle East.

Just another tool in the toolbox, as it were.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 05:03 AM (a1415)

29 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 05:03 AM (QXOBW)

30 25
Since when did roof tossing go out of fashion?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 05:00 AM (P/ezU)
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Since the IDF eliminated roofs?

Posted by: Ciampino - a tent roof at May 15, 2025 05:04 AM (sPQoU)

31 "Since the IDF eliminated roofs?"

Fair point.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 05:06 AM (a1415)

32 Muzzle, Siri, really? How many times do I have to type "muzzie"before you grok the score, you watery tart?
Posted by: Accomack

Come for the biting commentary. Stay for the poetry.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 05:06 AM (QXOBW)

33 @16/bear with asymmetrical balls: "...This keeps happening."

Yup, been noticing that myself.

Two things cause me to steer clear of businesses offerings (products, services, or stock on the markets):

1) DEI/ESG

2) AI in business processes, specifically the use of LLMs to aid in decision making. (Older "expert systems" which are nothing but predictable decision trees based on state machines are not an issue because... they're predictable and based on facts.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2025 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

34 48 hour marrow bone broth done!

Now to separate the fat and bones and save the broth is small containers to freeze until used.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 05:12 AM (P/ezU)

35 Also, G'morning Horde. *sips coffee*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2025 05:14 AM (O7YUW)

36 A California judge has slapped counsel in one case with $31,000 in fines after they presented a well-reasoned, tightly argued legal case citing a multitude of relevant decisions that didn't exist.

Sounds like the legal logic used by the Biden admin to go after their enemies...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2025 05:16 AM (ynpvh)

37 26 Posted by: Ciampino - wants sleep at May 15, 2025 04:58 AM (sPQoU)
-

Are you home? Welcome back!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 05:01 AM (P/ezU)
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Thank you.

Posted by: Ciampino - a tent roof is sloped at May 15, 2025 05:16 AM (sPQoU)

38 It is fully functional. It passes tests. It integrates into modern .NET workflows. And it is fundamentally unsafe.

I was once asked at work if I knew anything about safety, and I replied I knew enough to be dangerous...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2025 05:18 AM (ynpvh)

39 32 Muzzle, Siri, really? How many times do I have to type "muzzie"before you grok the score, you watery tart?
Posted by: Accomack

Come for the biting commentary. Stay for the poetry.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 05:06 AM (QXOBW)

Don't do that with Google maps...on a trip from Kali to Missouri, it seemed to hate my wife and was hitting on me...when I told it I wasn't interested, it told me to make an immediate left turn off a cliff in front of state troopers hiding in a speed trap...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2025 05:20 AM (ynpvh)

40 At some point, I really want to return to the project of copying all my DVD/CD media to hard drive, and being able to stream it throughout the house.

But I'm struggling with mastering even the most basic understanding of what is necessary to do this.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 04:46 AM (a1415)

Which part?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2025 05:20 AM (ExV1e)

41 Our cameras just captured a fox going through the front yard and rooting around Dixie the Mallard's nest.

That explains where her eggs have been disappearing to over the last few days.

As well as injured mallards being seen in the early dawn hours during my morning walk,

Nature.....it's not all peace and love.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 05:22 AM (a1415)

42 Behavior-Inferred Generation: Prompt-Oriented Infrastructure for Simulated Software: BIGPISS Stack...

Okay, I LOLed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2025 05:23 AM (ynpvh)

43 "Which part?"

Pretty much all of it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 05:23 AM (a1415)

44 41 Our cameras just captured a fox going through the front yard and rooting around Dixie the Mallard's nest.

That explains where her eggs have been disappearing to over the last few days.

As well as injured mallards being seen in the early dawn hours during my morning walk,

Nature.....it's not all peace and love.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 05:22 AM (a1415)

Nature is often eat or be eaten, more powerful kill the weak. Nobody said it would be fair.
That's why we have laws and societies...if we can keep them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2025 05:24 AM (ynpvh)

45 Don't do that with Google maps...on a trip from Kali to Missouri, it seemed to hate my wife and was hitting on me...when I told it I wasn't interested, it told me to make an immediate left turn off a cliff in front of state troopers hiding in a speed trap...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 05:25 AM (QXOBW)

46 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 15, 2025 05:25 AM (dg+HA)

47 46 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 15, 2025 05:25 AM (dg+HA)

Probably dark...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2025 05:27 AM (ynpvh)

48 68.5 degrees outside with 99% RH.

Birdbath needs filling when the sun comes up, as it should hit 91 degrees this afternoon

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 05:28 AM (a1415)

49 "Prepared for God's plan"
A devotional for those who feel ill equipped.
Scripture 1st Samuel 17:32-37:

https://tinyurl.com/mwh9px9c

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 05:28 AM (tF9lL)

50 I love eggs for breakfast.

Posted by: The Fox at May 15, 2025 05:31 AM (dg+HA)

51 Pretty much all of it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 05:23 AM (a1415)

Assuming you're using Windows...

- Rip CDs: you can use Windows Media Player for this
- Rip DVDs: you can use a combination of MakeMKV and Handbrake
- Stream: you can use Plex or Emby

There you be youtube tutorials for all that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2025 05:32 AM (ExV1e)

52 I love eggs for breakfast.

Posted by: The Fox at May 15, 2025 05:31 AM (dg+HA)
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Poached.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 05:32 AM (P/ezU)

53 After working a full day at the greenhouses at his job and a long commute back, FenSon went to get instruction at the gym he had just joined. His comment was "The trainer was very animated."
This made me laugh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 05:33 AM (tF9lL)

54 Time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 15, 2025 05:33 AM (a1415)

55 52 I love eggs for breakfast.

Posted by: The Fox at May 15, 2025 05:31 AM (dg+HA)
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Poached.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 05:32 AM (P/ezU)

And scrambled.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2025 05:34 AM (ynpvh)

56 LIVE: Trump speaking to US troops in Qatar:

https://tinyurl.com/msuu33vd

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 05:34 AM (P/ezU)

57 ArtificialCast is an AI powered tool for .Net that that type-cast and transform any value to any defined datatype, safely and automatically.

This idea has already been tried. It was called the C language. I do have to admit the AI used was a lot more primitive though. So maybe. If not, I'm pretty sure ArtificalCast can be used to write legal briefs. Just not in California though.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2025 05:36 AM (amnH6)

58 This idea has already been tried. It was called the C language

That was my first thought as well, which is why I figured it had to be a parody.

Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 05:38 AM (7bp2g)

59 Evening and morning, late toilers, early risers, and general lovers of Thor's Day! I tried to sleep as late as I could; stayed up to watch a Seinfeld episode (the one where George gets engaged to Susan), but six hours was about all I could manage. Still, I feel pretty good. Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2025 05:41 AM (omVj0)

60 Susan, don't lick those envelopes!

Posted by: Seinfeld narrator voice at May 15, 2025 05:46 AM (dg+HA)

61 After her vet adventure yesterday, little Dagny seems much more animated. She galloped around last night, stayed in the living room with us (she's here now too), and . . . even sat on Linda's arm for a while. I was astonished: "That's not Dagny! They switched cats on me at the vet! How did they do that? I never took my eyes off her!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2025 05:46 AM (omVj0)

62 w00t

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 05:49 AM (CQE5S)

63 Good morning, everyone! The rains are still falling here in the GPROMD and this means my drive home will have patches of people driving 10 MPH for no discernable reason.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2025 05:50 AM (svLOV)

64 Sunny side up is best eggs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 15, 2025 05:51 AM (AjCZz)

65 Susan, don't lick those envelopes!
Posted by: Seinfeld narrator voice at May 15, 2025

***
It was fun revisiting the show, as I haven't seen an actual episode in years. I stand in awe of Jason's performance as George, Julia's Elaine, and Michael's Kramer, and how Jerry let them all shine. They knew even early on, I suspect, that they were creating something special. In the book I read on Saturday Night Live, Julia was quoted as saying that working on SNL was often difficult, but by comparison, "Seinfeld was pure joy."

My local outlet is not showing them in order, though. The engagement episode was on first, and then they jumped to one from a later season, not the next in the same year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2025 05:51 AM (omVj0)

66 >>>the full chip is likely to be thermally limited in a mini-PC (read: it would overheat)

Thank you for the translation!

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 05:52 AM (CQE5S)

67 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2025 05:46 AM (omVj0

Glad Dagny is doing better.

We have a poster on ASHQ named Dagny. I assume that isn't your cat posting?😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 05:54 AM (tF9lL)

68 @66/m: I've never been sorry with my decision to build large-case PC's with an abundance of cooling fans (airflow in at the front/bottom, airflow out at the back/top.)

Heat degrades electronic components, you want to get rid of it as fast and efficiently as you can and keep things cool so they last longer.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2025 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

69 @67/FenelonSpoke: "I assume that isn't your cat posting?😉"

https://tinyurl.com/na4pd9ef

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2025 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

70 Glad Dagny is doing better.

We have a poster on ASHQ named Dagny. I assume that isn't your cat posting?😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025

***
As it happens, the AoSHQ poster "Dagny, first of her name" was my inspiration for the kitten's moniker! Her full name is "Dagny Sophia," the second part after her mother.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2025 05:56 AM (omVj0)

71 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2025 05:56 AM (omVj0

That's interesting. Dagny Sophia sounds she should be married to some obscure European royalty.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 05:58 AM (tF9lL)

72 30 25
Since when did roof tossing go out of fashion?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 05:00 AM (P/ezU)
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Since the IDF eliminated roofs?
Posted by: Ciampino - a tent roof at May 15, 2025 05:04 AM (sPQoU)

yikes

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:01 AM (CQE5S)

73 Sweet little English boy who enjoys animals and nature decides to draw 99 animals to celebrate naturalist Sir David Attenborough's 99th birthday:

https://tinyurl.com/yk243rdj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 06:01 AM (tF9lL)

74
That's interesting. Dagny Sophia sounds she should be married to some obscure European royalty.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025

***
That's her basic attitude for sure!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2025 06:03 AM (omVj0)

75 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2025 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

. LOL So one of our more intense posters on ASHQ is actually a cat?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 06:04 AM (tF9lL)

76 The logical extension of the "Kids Online Safety Act" is the "Kids Offline Safety Act", and the logical extension of that is the "Everyone Everywhere Safety Act", which is a cute way of saying Totalitarianism.

Everyone Safe, All The Time, and anyone who goes against my efforts to make everyone safe is evil and must be destroyed.

You want to say dangerous things? You want to prevent Agents of Safety and Niceness from ransacking your house, taking all your stuff, and kidnapping your children? You want... guns?!?!?!

Good Heavens. You monster.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:05 AM (yvnLa)

77 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 15, 2025 06:06 AM (/Ghsb)

78 75 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2025 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

. LOL So one of our more intense posters on ASHQ is actually a cat?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 06:04 AM (tF9lL)

That explains how Blonde Morticia gets so many firsts....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:07 AM (yvnLa)

79 Would you guess another nothing news day is ahead?

Just kidding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 06:08 AM (56aLd)

80 For ripping CDs, this software is by far the best I've ever used and the price is quite fair. When ripping the CDs, make sure to use the FLAC format.

https://www.poikosoft.com/buy

For audio and video playback Plex is my go-to solution. I am currently running a Plex server on my Synology NAS and I can stream music and video to my TV-Home Audio. This setup, using a. NAS for storage and Plex server for playback also allows me to stream my audio library to my cell phone which I can then play back in the car at near CD quality.

https://www.plex.tv/

Another option for audio content is to use Bee Audio software.

https://www.beeaudio.com/

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2025 06:09 AM (amnH6)

81 Of course I didn't mean that poster Dagny was a particularly intense poster. Just that some posters are. They could power a small city.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 06:10 AM (tF9lL)

82 Any egg is a poached egg if you steal it from your neighbor's coop.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:10 AM (yvnLa)

83 9 3 In other tech news, Grok now has vision. So throw away your Google Glasses!

Still a long way behind the only AI I trust.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 15, 2025 04:40 AM (BLOW1)

Your handheld calculator?

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:10 AM (CQE5S)

84 President Trump sounds tired in that audio from the army base. I hope he gets home safely soon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 06:13 AM (tF9lL)

85
I find it rich that David Plouffe complained that Joe Biden "stole an election" (from the Dims) in 2024.

We all know that's what Joe does since he also, with assistance, stole an election in 2020.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2025 06:13 AM (Tv15w)

86 The logical extension of the "Kids Online Safety Act" is the "Kids Offline Safety Act", and the logical extension of that is the "Everyone Everywhere Safety Act", which is a cute way of saying Totalitarianism. Posted by: Warai-otoko

As I recall quite clearly, the last administration without this legal hammer was up to all kinds of censorious mischief. I'm a hard pass on this until we can get humans to stop behaving like totalitarians the second they get an ounce of political power.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2025 06:14 AM (amnH6)

87 from the Verge article:

A California judge slammed a pair of law firms for the undisclosed use of AI after he received a supplemental brief with “numerous false, inaccurate, and misleading legal citations and quotations.” In a ruling submitted last week, Judge Michael Wilner imposed $31,000 in sanctions against the law firms

That seems like a scandalously low penalty for making up law cases.

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:14 AM (CQE5S)

88 Something every kid who ever played outside, or played a 4X or MOBA or CS clone, knows.

Too much safety is dangerous.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:14 AM (yvnLa)

89 5 The BIGPISS Stack
Behavior-Inferred Generation: Prompt-Oriented Infrastructure for Simulated Software

Nice one, Pixy.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 04:37 AM (XSDUb)

Where is this from?

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:15 AM (CQE5S)

90
Any egg is a poached egg if you steal it from your neighbor's coop.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

ISWYDT, but "purloined egg", please. We're a cut above mere poachers.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2025 06:16 AM (Tv15w)

91 12 Still a long way behind the only AI I trust.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 15, 2025 04:40 AM (BLOW1)
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But can it pirouette?

https://tinyurl.com/5f6rzd3c
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

In its own unique way, yes:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DMtz3ifEEss

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 15, 2025 06:17 AM (BLOW1)

92 If the Online Protection Act is a backdoor way to force everyone on the internet to identify themselves for age purposes that sounds, to me, like a data brokers dream come true.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 06:19 AM (zsf2n)

93 91 But can it pirouette?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

In its own unique way, yes:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DMtz3ifEEss
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 15, 2025 06:17 AM (BLOW1)

"Evil, shut up."

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:21 AM (CQE5S)

94 It's only "poaching" if it was stolen from govt./royal lands.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 15, 2025 06:22 AM (ZmEVT)

95 12 But can it pirouette?
https://tinyurl.com/5f6rzd3c
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 04:44 AM (P/ezU)

Ack!

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:22 AM (CQE5S)

96 A Montana judge says the state cannot ban gender transformation for children because that is a ban of "medical care" and "personal expression". He overturned a state law at the request of the ACLU.

How is torturing a child's body suddenly "medical care", Judge Mengele?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 06:23 AM (zsf2n)

97 68 @66/m: I've never been sorry with my decision to build large-case PC's with an abundance of cooling fans (airflow in at the front/bottom, airflow out at the back/top.) Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Apple is on to something with their computing appliances, the Mac Mini and the Mac Studio. It would be nice to see the PC side of things start building equally well engineered appliances. Microsoft is the obvious choice here since they are so committed to Qualcomm CPUs. These modern mini computers. Have a slot in the in the hardware universe for people who need/want an elegant solution and don't want to fuss around with cracking open a case.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2025 06:24 AM (amnH6)

98 92 If the Online Protection Act is a backdoor way to force everyone on the internet to identify themselves for age purposes that sounds, to me, like a data brokers dream come true.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 06:19 AM (zsf2n)

It's curious. "It", being the sum total of all the collected data about you out there in other people's databases, surely already knows how old you are. It knows how tall you are. It knows how many times in the last ten years you've used the word "antimacassar", in speech and in text. They don't need an act or a law. They just need a subpoena.

My hunch is that if they're pushing this hard to get data "they" can already easily get, then it's because they actually want data, or something else, they don't already have.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:24 AM (yvnLa)

99 @85 Plouffe is claiming an election was stolen?

I am reliably informed that means he is a threat to our precious democracy and should be jailed.

Posted by: blaster at May 15, 2025 06:24 AM (QfvaV)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:25 AM (CQE5S)

101 100 100
Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:25 AM (CQE5S)

And no one said anything zap-worthy before you this time!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:26 AM (yvnLa)

102 Here's another lazy tangential thought....

Mandatory mobile device ownership.

How can we track your kids and make sure they're Safe, or you yourself for that matter, if you don't even have a phone in your pocket 24/7?

But don't worry. All the povvos will get a a free one courtesy of the sorry humps who work for a living. Don't want to be unfair or unequitable.

Posted by: Warai-otoko remembers Obamafon at May 15, 2025 06:29 AM (yvnLa)

103 101 100 100
Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:25 AM (CQE5S)

And no one said anything zap-worthy before you this time!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:26 AM (yvnLa)

hahahaha
Pixy could still retroactively remove my win.

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)

104 Several people who work for me got text messages yesterday ostensibly from me asking them to swing by an Apple store and buy a few gift cards to send to me, but because I am traveling they should go ahead and mail them to a PO box in Los Angeles, to an address my text message helpfully provided.

No idea how the scammers got my employees cell numbers, but everyone thinks LinkedIn is the source. Whatever... its the dumbest scam ever.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 06:32 AM (cWCpX)

105 No idea how the scammers got my employees cell numbers, but everyone thinks LinkedIn is the source. Whatever... its the dumbest scam ever.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 06:32 AM (cWCpX)

Mail a turd in a box to that address. Call the cops and have them lie in ambush for the fucker.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:34 AM (yvnLa)

106
Just completed my early morning playing of two scrambled word games (Wordle isn't in the queue).

The rank injustice continues that "buttsex" is not scored as a valid alternate for "subtext".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2025 06:34 AM (Tv15w)

107 How is torturing a child's body suddenly "medical care", Judge Mengele?

Because he believes that not allowing kids to go through this will cause them to kill themselves.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2025 06:35 AM (svLOV)

108 106 Just completed my early morning playing of two scrambled word games (Wordle isn't in the queue).

The rank injustice continues that "buttsex" is not scored as a valid alternate for "subtext".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2025 06:34 AM (Tv15w)

!

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 06:36 AM (CQE5S)

109 No idea how the scammers got my employees cell numbers, but everyone thinks LinkedIn is the source. Whatever... its the dumbest scam ever.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 06:32 AM (cWCpX)
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I got a text message the other day saying I was entitled to a refund from the state government on car insurance. The amount offered was more than twice what I paid in insurance last year. Naturally, I just had to click on a random link to collect my "refund."

Idiots.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2025 06:37 AM (GlyvH)

110 Because he believes that not allowing kids to go through this will cause them to kill themselves.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 15, 2025 06:35 AM (svLOV)

If they don't abolish property tax, i'll kill myself.

If they don't deport every illegal, i'll kill myself.

If they don't make driving in the left lane when you're not even passing anyone a capital offense, i'll kill myself.

*holds breath*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:37 AM (yvnLa)

111 Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:37 AM (yvnLa)
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I think Judge Mengele is waiting for the ACLU to tell him how to rule on all your cases.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 06:39 AM (hj1Oi)

112 So Wordle is not in your morning wake up logic game rotation? How about Nerdle? Not a word game but still, not terrible

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 06:41 AM (hj1Oi)

113 Looking thru congress.gov...

This 119th Congress has introduced 5149 bills.
THREE have passed both chambers.
TWO have become law.

You guys need a raise.

Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 06:42 AM (9Niia)

114
Good morning, Hordians. A bad night's sleep. Woke up an inordinate number of times, which is annoying even if I got back to sleep quickly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2025 06:42 AM (QnmlO)

115 This 119th Congress has introduced 5149 bills.
THREE have passed both chambers.
TWO have become law.

You guys need a raise.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 06:42 AM (9Niia)

In one sense, this is ideal. It's supposed to be really hard to pass legislation. We've already got too much on the proverbial books.

Imagine if all those 5,149 bills had passed?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:43 AM (yvnLa)

116 Big day at SCOTUS: "Though the dispute comes to the justices through challenges to Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship, the primary issue before the court on Thursday is whether lower-court judges can issue what are known as universal injunctions to block an order nationwide."

https://is.gd/4dItpf

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 15, 2025 06:46 AM (amnH6)

117 I'd almost like to see a constitutional amendment. Congress can repeal any law it likes at any time, but any specific Congress can only pass one bill into law until the next Congress is seated, and it may only concern one specific topic. And it can't be more than two pages long.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:47 AM (yvnLa)

118 I'd almost like to see a constitutional amendment. Congress can repeal any law it likes at any time, but any specific Congress can only pass one bill into law until the next Congress is seated, and it may only concern one specific topic. And it can't be more than two pages long.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 15, 2025 06:47 AM (yvnLa)

And that law must be placed before the voters at the next general election. And, if that law is rejected by the voters, every member of Congress who voted for it is executed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2025 06:50 AM (ExV1e)

119 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

120 This 119th Congress has introduced 5149 bills.
THREE have passed both chambers.
TWO have become law.

You guys need a raise.
Posted by: t-bird
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It's ok, each bill that was passed was 5149 pages long.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 15, 2025 06:55 AM (Szews)

121

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 15, 2025 06:55 AM (5hfjS)

122 Playing Julie London - Fly Me To The Moon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

123 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Salty! How are you doing with life today? It has been a bit of a ride lately.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 15, 2025 06:56 AM (amnH6)

124 Hillary Clinton

Your moon is big and getting bigger.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

125 Altaria Pilgram

Got stories. But my prayers go out to many in the Horde that have more challenges than I do. The prayer list is humbling.

Hope you and yours are thriving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

126 Where is this from?
Posted by: m

It's in the typecasting article he posted.

Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 06:59 AM (qLZZ/)

127 I got a text message the other day saying I was entitled to a refund from the state government on car insurance. The amount offered was more than twice what I paid in insurance last year. Naturally, I just had to click on a random link to collect my "refund."

Idiots.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2025 06:37 AM (GlyvH)

So how much was your refund?

Posted by: guy who is taking moron very literally at May 15, 2025 07:00 AM (Kv5Mj)

128 mornin yall. I see Levin and Tucker are at odds. Both are blowhards and can blow each other for all I care.

Posted by: fd at May 15, 2025 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

129 Julie London was married to Jack Webb for seven years. Her voice was perfect for the big pop/jazz song arrangements of the 50s and 60s.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 15, 2025 07:01 AM (amnH6)

130 May 14th 1943, the Japanese submarine I-177 sank off the Australian coast the hospital ship AHS Centaur. Out of over 300 aboard, crew and filed hospital unit, less than 70 would survive the torpedoing and 36 hours in shark infested waters before being rescued by an American destroyer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 15, 2025 07:02 AM (aXbZS)

131 Altaria Pilgram

Today I walk a mile on the High School track with a coworker. So fitness interspersed with trying to gently tell her I disagree with her half-backed theories, like the Romans came to America, aiding the Indians. Or we are due for a flip of the Earth's axis, so the poles become equatorial.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

132 Huck Follywood

I really, really want Trump to unleash DOGE and the FCC on scammers. Our telecommunications system would be a blessing, not a curse like now.

I bet AT&T makes bank on selling our info.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

133 96 A Montana judge says the state cannot ban gender transformation for children because that is a ban of "medical care" and "personal expression". He overturned a state law at the request of the ACLU.

How is torturing a child's body suddenly "medical care", Judge Mengele?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 06:23 AM (zsf2n)

So the state can't ban slapping DDs on boys.

Sure, why not. Like Patricia Henry said, "Give my boys fake tits or put us in the ovens!"

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 15, 2025 07:06 AM (Kv5Mj)

134 126 Where is this from?
Posted by: m

It's in the typecasting article he posted.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 06:59 AM (qLZZ/)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:06 AM (CQE5S)

135 Today I walk a mile on the High School track with a coworker. So fitness interspersed with trying to gently tell her I disagree with her half-backed theories, like the Romans came to America, aiding the Indians. Or we are due for a flip of the Earth's axis, so the poles become equatorial. Posted by: NaCly Dog

So excellent. Blow her mind: Bring up that a giant ancient city was discovered beneath the pyramids.

https://is.gd/6Z80Uz

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 15, 2025 07:07 AM (amnH6)

136 Anna Puma

War is bad for living things, the environment, and stupid governments. Imperial Japan hardest hit.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

137
Our telecommunications system would be a blessing, not a curse like now.

I bet AT&T makes bank on selling our info.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

Number without a name? Don't answer. Her Majesty and I refer to our respective Potential Spam calls as "my boyfriend/girlfriend".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2025 07:08 AM (QnmlO)

138 In VTubing news, it seems Kirsche's humorous but on the point Google doc and the staged cosplayed posting of said document on Vice's main door, entrance to the restroom, has had its desired effect.

Vice has removed from online all three defamatory articles.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 15, 2025 07:08 AM (aXbZS)

139 134 126 Where is this from?
Posted by: m

It's in the typecasting article he posted.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 06:59 AM (qLZZ/)

Thank you!
Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:06 AM (CQE5S)

Man, that article's hard to read. I gave up.

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:08 AM (CQE5S)

140 Altaria Pilgram

I saw that, and laughed. I guess some people can not credit humanity with ingenuity. They need to add aliens and unverifiable "facts".

The continuity of the genetic code is solid proof that life has not been contaminated by alien life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

141 137 Number without a name? Don't answer. Her Majesty and I refer to our respective Potential Spam calls as "my boyfriend/girlfriend".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2025 07:08 AM (QnmlO)

LOVE this.

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:11 AM (CQE5S)

142 say they’ve detected what appears to be a massive underground complex spanning over 6,500 feet (1980 meters) directly beneath these ancient structures. This could be some type of underground city, the researchers say
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A mile plus long sounds pretty big.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 07:13 AM (KaxPh)

143 say they’ve detected what appears to be a massive underground complex spanning over 6,500 feet (1980 meters) directly beneath these ancient structures. This could be some type of underground city, the researchers say
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A mile plus long sounds pretty big.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Stuff like this reminds me how much I miss Art Bell.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 15, 2025 07:14 AM (amnH6)

144 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

The mallards are back! Oh, happy day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

145 Have a great day, everyone.

May your eggs (chicken or duck) be safe from predators. Nature, red in tooth and claw, but there are flowers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 15, 2025 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

146 >>>Push the Tempo

Wow, that'll wake you up.

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:17 AM (CQE5S)

147 A Montana judge says the state cannot ban gender transformation for children because that is a ban of "medical care" and "personal expression". He overturned a state law at the request of the ACLU

--

How is this different from a child with anorexia who wants to "express" as a thin person? We should let them starve themselves to death, according to this judge. No intervention to save this child because that's who they want to be, regardless of the medical harm they're causing themselves. I guess this hideous nonsense is never going to end.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2025 07:18 AM (qBdHI)

148 The gym is calling me. Have a safe and healthy day today horde. Pray for America.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 07:19 AM (56aLd)

149
https://nostro.fr/amv-push-the-tempo/

This one was made back in the days when I was discovering new editing tricks everyday and when I could make an AMV within 2 weeks.

The main concept of this AMV was to put together as many crazy and random scenes as possible and to increase the level of madness by displaying 2, 3 or 4 of them simultaneously on the screen, picture in picture style. It’s not the most technical AMV but I think it aged pretty well.

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:19 AM (CQE5S)

150 Julie London was married to Jack Webb for seven years. Her voice was perfect for the big pop/jazz song arrangements of the 50s and 60s.

--

I have a lot of music from Julie London on my iPod. She had a beautiful, smoky and sultry voice.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2025 07:20 AM (qBdHI)

151 117, 118, now that's limited government!

also, 128, endorsed!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 15, 2025 07:20 AM (/Ghsb)

152 So excellent. Blow her mind: Bring up that a giant ancient city was discovered beneath the pyramids.

https://is.gd/6Z80Uz
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 15, 2025 07:07 AM (amnH6)
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H.P. Lovecraft already wrote the story about this..."Under the Pyramids" (or "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs")

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2025 07:20 AM (7fElN)

153 I think the NY Post needs to get some AI editors.

"Ford recalls more than 270K SUVs over defect that could lead to break failure"

Posted by: fd at May 15, 2025 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

154 I disagree with her half-backed theories, like the Romans came to America, aiding the Indians.

There are those burial mounds with skeletons attired in Roman military uniforms.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 15, 2025 07:22 AM (a4flb)

155
DATE
July 28, 2004
FOOTAGE
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
MUSIC
Ya Mama
by Fatboy Slim

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:22 AM (CQE5S)

156 All the kids will be safe once I finish vaxxing all of them in Africa.

(Adjusts his buttplug while wishing he could hang out with Gas Pump Guy)

Yeah! Oh Yeah!

Posted by: Bill Gates, Owner Of Fat Man Boobs And Tech Weirdo at May 15, 2025 07:22 AM (xofCm)

157 I'm not even a journalist and I would make a better editor.

Posted by: fd at May 15, 2025 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

158
Got a job finished yesterday morning doing an freedom-to-operate search on a nuclear chemistry topic about which I knew exactly nothing and for which two other searchers begged off.

But my next job isn't due until the 29th, so I may take the rest of the week off unless I get one of those "oh my God, we need an FTO by tomorrow because our product launches Monday" type of searches.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2025 07:23 AM (QnmlO)

159 I'm not even a journalist and I would make a better editor.
Posted by: fd at May 15, 2025 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

that's probably why...

and morning horde

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 15, 2025 07:24 AM (nXhwP)

160 oh, cool

Push the tempo Opmet eht/the tempo

I was hearing "Uplift the tempo"--sorta

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:24 AM (CQE5S)

161 This 119th Congress has introduced 5149 bills.
THREE have passed both chambers.
TWO have become law.

Did Trump sign either of them?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2025 07:24 AM (ExV1e)

162 A Montana judge says the state cannot ban gender transformation for children because that is a ban of "medical care" and "personal expression"

Remind me again why the population goes through all the ritual, trouble and expense to have elected representatives who are tasked with writing laws and defining terms used in the laws?

If an unelected judge has the unchecked authority to define terms, set societal standards, invent "Rights" out of thin air, then stratify them to preclude other established Rights (e.g. parental authority), are we now light years away from a Constitutional Republic and have had an effective coup d'etat from these black robed tyrants?

Weren't wars fought over resisting tyrants?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 15, 2025 07:26 AM (a4flb)

163
Weren't wars fought over resisting tyrants?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 15, 2025 07:26 AM (a4flb)

The Law is the true embodiment,
Of everything that's excellent.
It has no kind of fault or flaw.
And I, my Lords, embody the Law.

- Gilbert and Sullivan, Iolanthe

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2025 07:29 AM (QnmlO)

164 Man, that article's hard to read. I gave up.
Posted by: m

I believe they're having a laugh. Further on:

This project is a functioning satire of emerging AI engineering trends.
and
ArtificialCast is the worst idea executed exceptionally well.

Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 07:29 AM (7bp2g)

165 If an unelected judge...

State judges in Montana are elected.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2025 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

166 But my next job isn't due until the 29th, so I may take the rest of the week off unless I get one of those "oh my God, we need an FTO by tomorrow because our product launches Monday" type of searches.

There's cash in chaos...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at May 15, 2025 07:30 AM (luW68)

167 State judges in Montana are elected.

Good to know. (I should have checked with AI first).

In that case, the people of Montana apparently like tyrants (with a likely pedophilia kink)

Sad. I remember a number of years ago where people who had this romantic notion of escaping oppressive government were looking to frontier states like Montana.

Now Montana wants to be like California and Colorado.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 15, 2025 07:33 AM (a4flb)

168 164 Man, that article's hard to read. I gave up.
Posted by: m

I believe they're having a laugh. Further on:

This project is a functioning satire of emerging AI engineering trends.
and
ArtificialCast is the worst idea executed exceptionally well.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 07:29 AM (7bp2g)

Ha!

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:33 AM (CQE5S)

169 Now Montana wants to be like California and Colorado.

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What a shame too. My grandparents lived in Virginia City for a while when I was a teenager. I love Montana. Such a beautiful state. Like all the others, I guess it's slowly being ruined by leftists.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 15, 2025 07:35 AM (qBdHI)

170 In local news, only two more days until Jugfest.

Posted by: fd at May 15, 2025 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

171 If the Online Protection Act...

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VPNs. I suspect it's to ban VPNs, or at least neuter them.

Same as the patriot act and other nonsense, it's to keep you safe by removing things that prevent them from easily collecting and selling your information.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 15, 2025 07:37 AM (EGr8c)

172 168 164 Man, that article's hard to read. I gave up.
Posted by: m

I believe they're having a laugh. Further on:

This project is a functioning satire of emerging AI engineering trends.
and
ArtificialCast is the worst idea executed exceptionally well.
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 07:29 AM (7bp2g)

Ha!
Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:33 AM (CQE5S)

Thanks for the hint! I reread it; it's funny.

Posted by: m at May 15, 2025 07:38 AM (CQE5S)

173 What a shame too. My grandparents lived in Virginia City for a while when I was a teenager. I love Montana. Such a beautiful state. Like all the others, I guess it's slowly being ruined by leftists.

This appears to be the new normal. Congress exists to only to engage and direct money laundering, grift and corruption.

The courts exist to basically define foreign, domestic, social, economic, technical, medical and environmental policies.

its interesting that hundreds of billions of dollars goes to purchasing a Congressional seat, that only about managing plunder, but next to nothing towards electing the gods who rule every aspect of human life.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 15, 2025 07:39 AM (a4flb)

174 X is having fun with AI meaning Artificial Indians

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 15, 2025 07:40 AM (EGr8c)

175 VPNs. I suspect it's to ban VPNs, or at least neuter them.

That would take an axe to Work From Home. Every one of my clients demands the use of VPNs for any access to any part of their systems.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 15, 2025 07:42 AM (a4flb)

176 JJ!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2025 07:42 AM (P/ezU)

177 154 I disagree with her half-backed theories, like the Romans came to America, aiding the Indians.

There are those burial mounds with skeletons attired in Roman military uniforms.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

I saw that Dr. Who episode. Didn't realize it was based on a true story. The More You Know....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 15, 2025 07:42 AM (sAmhv)

178 That would take an axe to Work From Home. Every one of my clients demands the use of VPNs for any access to any part of their systems.
-

There would be a cutout for those applications.

People seeking privacy is the major problem.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 15, 2025 07:43 AM (EGr8c)

179 Been a while since I’ve seen Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi.

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