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Daily Tech News 18 May 2025
Top Story
- Proton - the company behind secure email ProtonMail and also ProtonVPN - has said it will leave Switzerland if new legislation passes that would require all internet service to maintain IP logging. (Tech Radar)
Proton keeps only very short-term logs to keep the system running, and only provides customer information reluctantly and with a court order. Proton's CEO says the new laws would violate privacy in ways already forbidden in the US and EU.
- So where would Proton go? Well, not anywhere in the EU, which is planning legislation that would outlaw security entirely. (Tech Radar)
The proposed rules would mandate backdoors in all end-to-end secure protocols, affecting not just Proton's services, but every website and app in the world except for those that are already not secure.
Tech News
- Introducing Pyrefly, a new tool that hacks type checking into Python after the fact. (Facebook)
Use a type-safe language in the first place.
- Like Seed7. (Thomas Mertes)
Probably not, because this is a language written by one guy in a cave with a box of scraps.
But maybe, because it looks to be well-designed and well-documented. It's a pretty conventional member of the Pascal family of languages - not at all a bad thing - with a pretty solid set of built-in types and structures. If you have a passing familiarity with any language descended from Pascal you can read Seed7 code.
- No, the universe will not disintegrate in 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 years. You idiots. (Azimuth)
Thus, if the underlying space-time admits a everywhere time-like Killing field, the vacuum state is indeed stable and phenomena such as the spontaneous creation of particles do not occur.
Fair enough.This condition of having an "everywhere time-like Killing field" says that a spacetime has time translation symmetry. Ashtekar and Magnon also assume that spacetime is globally hyperbolic and that the wave equation for a massive spin-zero particle has a smooth solution given smooth initial data. All this lets us define a concept of energy for solutions of this equation. It also lets us split solutions into positive-frequency solutions, which correspond to particles, and negative-frequency ones, which correspond to antiparticles. We can thus set up quantum field theory in way we're used to on Minkowski spacetime, where there's a well-defined vacuum which does not decay into particle-antiparticle pairs.
I know several of those words.
- Stack Overflow just committed suicide. (DevClass)
Again.
- I've said many times that Unicode is a semantic Superfund site. It tries to express every human language ever - including some imaginary ones - using a single character set. But since the same character is used in directly contradictory ways in different languages, the Unicode team ended up with multiple character codes for visually identical characters.
Oh, not only is Unicode a complete semantic disaster, but both Unicode and the fonts used to display it are Turing-complete - the text is a programming language that executes itself. (Stack Exchange)
Which gives you an infinite attack surface for every program written using Unicode, which these days is all of them. (Daniel Stenberg)
SIXBIT or bust.
- Silicon Power's new CUDIMMs run at 9200MHz. (Hot Hardware)
Albeit at 1.45v. The standard voltage for DDR5 memory is 1.1v.
And also only on Intel CPUs. On Ryzen 8000 and 9000 CPUs they drop back to default speed, which is just 3200MHz. On Ryzen 7000 CPUs they don't work at all.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Or walk. Maybe a brisk saunter.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 04:32 AM (qFAfu)
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I don't need Proton if they don't find a solution to this.
Maybe musk can come up with a plan to move Proton to space.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 04:34 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 18, 2025 04:35 AM (amnH6)
But it's Sunday morning. And I double-checked three times.
Posted by: RickZ at May 18, 2025 04:37 AM (gKDq2)
I know several of the words.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 18, 2025 04:37 AM (amnH6)
https://tinyurl.com/5exnu6r7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 04:49 AM (lO9qp)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 04:55 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 18, 2025 04:56 AM (cPl+1)
WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!
(at some point)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 18, 2025 04:58 AM (cPl+1)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 04:59 AM (qFAfu)
(at some point)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 18, 2025 04:58 AM (cPl+1)
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/avoids stepping on floor tile and sidewalk intersecting corner points
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 05:01 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:09 AM (lO9qp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:09 AM (lO9qp)
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Driving?
Aptitude?
Sobriety?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 05:10 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: TC at May 18, 2025 05:15 AM (szqEY)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 18, 2025 05:16 AM (tljrc)
Typo. Meant "Rest",
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:16 AM (lO9qp)
https://tinyurl.com/5exnu6r7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 04:49 AM (lO9qp)
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This President Trump fellow is amazingly considerate:
https://tinyurl.com/bddr8jjd
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 05:18 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:16 AM (lO9qp)
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https://tinyurl.com/ytdtz758
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 05:21 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 18, 2025 05:22 AM (/Ghsb)
From "Faithpot" site:
https://tinyurl.com/yddp3x4e
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:22 AM (lO9qp)
I think he can be. Unfortunately the media covered up this stories.....with a pillow.....Until they were dead. Because, of course, they just wanted to focus on brash, bragging Trump.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:25 AM (lO9qp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:26 AM (lO9qp)
Until yesterday.
I got a pair with one of those things that stick into the groove of your ear. I spent all day running errands and made it home with both earbuds. This is a miracle. This also means I can now stand around looking sultry and taking pictures of myself at odd angles while listening to rock and roll through both ear buds.
The type of miracle ear buds is at the link.
https://is.gd/DwGbF2
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 05:27 AM (amnH6)
In a sudden reversal of her usual attitude, little gray Dagny La Siberienne actually slept in bed with me last night. No idea why. I woke at about 2:30 to feel a warm lump behind my knees, twisted to check, and found a stubby plumy tail -- Dagny. I managed to turn over and drift with odd flashes of dreams for another ninety minutes, and she stayed until I got up. Amazin'.
Stirling? He hoicked up a hairball a while ago on the kitchen counter (better there than on carpet), and is now hunting something hiding behind my coffee jars near the toaster.
Cats.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 05:28 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:30 AM (lO9qp)
I liked the story about Dagny. I think you should consider writing some stories for children.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:32 AM (lO9qp)
Posted by: fluffy at May 18, 2025 05:34 AM (AN2gy)
My people need a place to go.
People need a place to go.
People need a place to go.
Posted by: Down at McDonelzzz at May 18, 2025 05:37 AM (yzGjr)
I just want to be around for the Universe's celebration of turning 1 Trillion years old. I think we'll still be able to create and fire off fireworks then.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 05:38 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025
***
Fen, I've never thought about that. I'm told I handle children in (adult) stories well; my anthology sale in 2019, "Dead in First Grade," was told from the viewpoint of a six-year-old girl, using my memories of my own first days of school. But I wouldn't know how to step down, so to speak, for children without talking down to them. Or to plot such a story.
Miss Linda is always bringing home children's library books about animal adventures. Maybe I need to study them more seriously?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 05:39 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 05:39 AM (QnmlO)
My people need a place to go.
My people need a place to go.
People need a place to go.
People need a place to go.
Posted by: Down at McDonelzzz
Yes, and there you have the raison d'être for portajohns.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 05:41 AM (Tv15w)
Today I do need to visit the grocery for a couple of items; the rest can wait until Monday.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 05:42 AM (omVj0)
Has anyone heard anything about celebrations for the Sesquibicentennial next year? 50 years ago you heard nothing but activities scheduled for the Bicentennial.
At least Trump is in office. If Harris was there, it would be a year-long Hate America campaign.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 05:43 AM (QnmlO)
Consider doing that . I think you have a talent there .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:45 AM (Kj5EQ)
The video was posted on Trump's TruthSocial account, then picked up on X. I don't think Trump likes the Clintons.
Posted by: RickZ at May 18, 2025 05:45 AM (gKDq2)
Would you just QUIT being so GLOBALLY HYPERBOLIC, already!
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 05:45 AM (CQE5S)
The kittens survived a house full of 12 Bunko playing, Margareta drinking ladies.
Mostly by hiding upstairs with me, but occasionally venturing downstairs to see what was going on.
2.5 gallons of drinks....gone.
Surely the Mexican tall ship collision with the Brooklyn Bridge must have been caused by Trump firing all the air traffic controllers at the beginning of this term.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 05:45 AM (a1415)
"The first ten million million million million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million million million million years, they were the
worst too. The third ten million million million million years l didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into
a bit of a decline."
-- Marvin the Paranoid Android
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 05:48 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:49 AM (Kj5EQ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 05:45 AM (a1415)
I heard it was caused by cutting off Medicaid to illegals.
Suicide Tall Ship.
Posted by: RickZ at May 18, 2025 05:49 AM (gKDq2)
At least Trump is in office. If Harris was there, it would be a year-long Hate America campaign.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 18, 2025 05:43 AM (QnmlO)
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The last thing I heard was about 2 months ago. I posted it here. The Mexican lady in charge is anti-American.
That is all!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 05:50 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:51 AM (Kj5EQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025
***
In '06, for fun and to console Linda after the passing of her black cat Marie, I wrote a series of sketches where the cats we knew at that time, Marie, Angelique, and Oreo, could talk to each other and comment on what their humans ("the Servants") were doing. Each cat character had a definite personality, not always like their real-life counterparts, and the dialog was funny (to me, anyway).
It was intended for "all ages." I just don't know what kids' age group that sort of thing could be aimed at.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 05:52 AM (omVj0)
I don't like the Clintons either and I'm not a wealthy politician.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:53 AM (Kj5EQ)
Posted by: RickZ at May 18, 2025 04:37 AM (gKDq2)
Deep breaths! And maybe make a run to the store for some extra bottles of water?
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 05:53 AM (CQE5S)
I don't think it's a betting game exactly. There are small cash prizes at the end of the day, payed out from the small entrance fee that each of them pays.
Other than that, I can't really say.
But they do seem to have a good time!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 05:54 AM (a1415)
The kittens survived a house full of 12 Bunko playing, Margareta drinking ladies.
That sounds not unlike my three siblings and I hunkered down in our bedroom upstairs while my smoker parents and their smoker friends celebrated the holidays downstairs. And smoked. A lot.
For one of us to have said, "I need to go to the bathroom" was equivalent to a final farewell because that child would have to brave the thick miasma of cigarette smoke that filled the rest of the house. We'd hug and cry and wish the traveler godspeed.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 05:55 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 05:50 AM (qFAfu)
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Found her. Example:
https://tinyurl.com/5n7smddh
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 05:55 AM (qFAfu)
The gradual shift away from smoking is one of the few areas where the norms of modern life seem to be an improvement over the 50's-70's.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 05:59 AM (a1415)
I probably have the largest collection of half pairs of earbuds on the planet.
Right there you have the reason Big Earbud rues the day that it threw in with Big Sock.
So msny, many orphans!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:02 AM (Tv15w)
This year's wish is that all of the efforts you put forth result in optimal benefit, whilst creating intense anguish for the leftwit fungi.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 18, 2025 06:03 AM (hKoQL)
Had they remained aligned with Big Penguin, these issues would never have happened.
Case in point....you never see a penguin wearing one ear bud.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 06:04 AM (a1415)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 06:05 AM (a1415)
Posted by: Bruce at May 18, 2025 06:05 AM (+rSIb)
Perhaps consider asking some people with kids to read it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 06:05 AM (svICs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 06:07 AM (nFq4j)
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 18, 2025 06:07 AM (hoCmQ)
I hope that Trump is home now [and] able to take a test after his Mideast trip
Relax, Fen. It's entirely True / False questions AND open book.
Merely an inconvenience.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:08 AM (Tv15w)
https://tinyurl.com/3bj4u2jf
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 04:59 AM (qFAfu)
Aagghh!
noun
an asexual person: both asexual, they have managed to connect with other aces offline.
adjective
(of a person) asexual: I didn't realize that I was ace for a long time.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:08 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 05:09 AM (lO9qp)
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Driving?
Aptitude?
Sobriety?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 05:10 AM (qFAfu)
Spelling? Typing?
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:09 AM (CQE5S)
Specially when out in public, sidewalks, walking in the morning, etc.
About six months ago, I added these from TOZO to my collection, and frankly love them.
They look ungainly, but remain in my ears no matter what I am doing. And are acoustically transparent.
And the sound is darn good. Not as good as something wedged fully into the ear canal, but surprisingly good for how they set on, but not in the ear opening.
https://tinyurl.com/3u6mea9n
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 06:10 AM (a1415)
FenSpouse stopped smoking in the early 80's when the cost of a pick went up from about a $1.00
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 06:12 AM (ozZc3)
BREAKING:
Evidently a Mexican Navy training Vessel hit one of the piers of the Brooklyn Bridge? WTF was it doing in the East River in the first place?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2025 06:12 AM (x0n13)
Happy cake day sir, and good morning everyone! Looks like it's gonna be a warm, breezy day in Cowtown with some late afternoon storms. Gonna have to get the gardening and planting done before lunch.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2025 06:13 AM (3Ope8)
Early 70's, a pack went for about 40 cents.
Now...I think the largest profit goes not to the manufacturer, but to the various levels of government.
Just like gasoline.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 06:14 AM (a1415)
More:
A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday, snapping its three masts, killing two crew members and leaving some sailors dangling from harnesses high in the air waiting for help.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2025 06:15 AM (x0n13)
Checking bridge clearances for the pending Mexican invasion of New York.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 06:16 AM (a1415)
Earbuds, schmeerbuds.
Relaxing in the hammock on our porch last night, I thoroughly enjoyed how quiet it was. Really quiet, with only occasional calls from birds in the salt marsh grasses from time to time.
Mrs. KvC said that was the typical experience for her on weeknights back when she'd spend the entire summer down here over a dozen years ago.
It's remarkably relaxing
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:17 AM (Tv15w)
Evidently a Mexican Navy training Vessel hit one of the piers of the Brooklyn Bridge? WTF was it doing in the East River in the first place?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
And what were the senoritas in charge having a prolonged spat over?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:19 AM (Tv15w)
I give it a C- and only because you know some of those words.
Posted by: Ciampino - It's all Greek at May 18, 2025 06:20 AM (sPQoU)
Just like gasoline.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 06:14 AM (a1415)
Difference is cigarette taxes are 'for the children', both in funding and in stopping kids from smoking. But once tax revenue drops due to the price of a pack, the government complains, raises the cigarette tax again losing more revenue generating more complaints. It's an endless cycle of government 'help' and should be a model when looking at other government programs.
Posted by: RickZ at May 18, 2025 06:22 AM (gKDq2)
The fight between
Superman and
Dracula has been
postponed. Superman
can't go near the crypt
tonight.
Posted by: Ciampino - It's all for fun at May 18, 2025 06:22 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 18, 2025 06:25 AM (ZmEVT)
I give it a C- and only because you know some of those words.
Posted by: Ciampino - It's all Greek
* eyes Ciampino suspiciously *
Are you one of those stochastic terrorists that folks who season their bloviations with science-y sounding words in order to pass themselves off as being smart rail against from time to time?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:25 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 18, 2025 06:12 AM (x0n13)
It was going backwards, trying to parallel park.
Posted by: RickZ at May 18, 2025 06:27 AM (gKDq2)
Canada Geese are the loud and brassy Karens of the wild waterfowl world. Just STFU already!
Why can't PDJT have them deported, too?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:28 AM (Tv15w)
My people need a place to go.
People need a place to go.
People need a place to go.
Posted by: Down at McDonelzzz at May 18, 2025 05:37 AM (yzGjr)
My people need a place to go.
People need a place to go.
Need a place to go.
A place to go.
Place to go.
To go.
Go.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)
Can't for the life of me remember now.
I am just positive, however, that if a politician is using the word, it must be used incorrectly.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 18, 2025 06:30 AM (ZmEVT)
My people need a place to go.
People need a place to go.
Need a place to go.
A place to go.
Place to go.
To go.
Go.
Posted by: m
You needed to finish that with,
"Well, 'bye"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:32 AM (Tv15w)
Other than that, I can't really say.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 05:54 AM (a1415)
"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:34 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 18, 2025 06:35 AM (a1415)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025 06:35 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Eromero at May 18, 2025 06:35 AM (jgmnb)
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I think I found the flaw in their argument.
If you are assuming certain things in math/science simply because it makes the math work out easier, then it's probably wrong.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 06:35 AM (GlyvH)
I am just positive, however, that if a politician is using the word, it must be used incorrectly.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
Of course it is. It is surpassed by a country mile, however, by the malicious seizure of "cis" and "trans" from chemistry to serve the purposes of the mentally ill.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:37 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:37 AM (NVNRw)
Glenn Beck is reporting The Chicoms have come up with a new "species" of AI.
“'It is a completely different species of intelligence operating on principles nobody in the West has even theorized yet,' says Glenn Beck, reading from a social media post by an anonymous account that goes by the name @iruletheworldmo"
@iruletheworldmo. Once they stop laughing I am sure I will be terrified.
https://is.gd/DjpGrm
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 06:37 AM (amnH6)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:38 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:39 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:39 AM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 06:40 AM (qFAfu)
Relaxing in the hammock on our porch last night, I thoroughly enjoyed how quiet it was. Really quiet, with only occasional calls from birds in the salt marsh grasses from time to time.
Mrs. KvC said that was the typical experience for her on weeknights back when she'd spend the entire summer down here over a dozen years ago.
It's remarkably relaxing
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:17 AM (Tv15w)
How wonderful.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:41 AM (CQE5S)
https://is.gd/JC2Jyv
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 06:42 AM (amnH6)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025 06:42 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Just Wondering at May 18, 2025 06:43 AM (dg+HA)
Well, Jugfest was a bust. How disappointing.
Posted by: fd
Cheer up! Lugfest, Mugfest, Pugfest, Rugfest and Tugfest are still in the "-fest" queue!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:43 AM (Tv15w)
Can't for the life of me remember now.
I am just positive, however, that if a politician is using the word, it must be used incorrectly.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 18, 2025 06:30 AM (ZmEVT)
It's leveraged.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:43 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:43 AM (NVNRw)
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:43 AM (CQE5S)
I just saw propaganda about this. They took a children's toy robot and put children's "slime" in the head pretending that it was some sort of biological matter that was making the robot work.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025 06:46 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 06:46 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: Accomack at May 18, 2025 06:46 AM (3U9lo)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025 06:47 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Accomack at May 18, 2025 06:46 AM (3U9lo)
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Must be to the engine only. The masts were brightly lit up at the time of the collision.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 06:48 AM (qFAfu)
I give it a C- and only because you know some of those words.
Posted by: Ciampino - It's all Greek
* eyes Ciampino suspiciously *
Are you one of those stochastic terrorists that folks who season their bloviations with science-y sounding words in order to pass themselves off as being smart rail against from time to time?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:25 AM (Tv15w)
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??
I'm siccing the Comma Patrol on you.
Posted by: Grammar GBU at May 18, 2025 06:48 AM (sPQoU)
Sort of like cats knocking bottles off a counter or teenage boys lighting their farts on fire. The article actually didn't cite those as examples, but I think these two kind of generalize the idea in a way that everybody can understand it.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 06:49 AM (amnH6)
Always works for the Left.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025 06:42 AM (RIvkX)
hahahahaha
made my day
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios. I'd learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like
Joseph E. Levine, on "The Producers," said, "The curly-haired guy —he's funny looking. Fire him." He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, "Yes, he's gone. I'm firing him." I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of "Blazing Saddles," the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager's office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed "Blazing Saddles" from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, "No farting." I said, "It's out."
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:49 AM (CQE5S)
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios.
I'd learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on "The Producers," said, "The curly-haired guy —he's funny looking. Fire him." He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, "Yes, he's gone. I'm firing him." I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of "Blazing Saddles," the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager's office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed "Blazing Saddles" from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, "No farting." I said, "It's out."
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:52 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I'm having a low rent morning. I have an apple fritter I picked up at Albertsons on Friday. It's been sitting in the refrigerator ever since then so It could be sketchy. I may have to nuke it back to life.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 06:54 AM (amnH6)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 06:54 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:55 AM (NVNRw)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)
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Foul play?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 06:56 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)
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Embrace the power of "and" -- A fox that practices voodoo...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 06:56 AM (GlyvH)
Posted by: m
The cinematic version of "Yes, Dear"?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 06:56 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:25 AM (Tv15w)
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??
I'm siccing the Comma Patrol on you.
Posted by: Grammar GBU at May 18, 2025 06:48 AM (sPQoU)
Auntie Em-Dash! Auntie Em-Dash!
Are you one of those stochastic terrorists that folks who season their bloviations with science-y sounding words—in order to pass themselves off as being smart—rail against from time to time?
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:56 AM (CQE5S)
Dead chicken in the front yard this morning. We've either got a fox or a voodoo curse.
Posted by: fd
Is this one of those "choose your story" tales?
I'd go with "voodoo curse"!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 06:57 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: m
The cinematic version of "Yes, Dear"?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 06:56 AM (cYBz/)
; )
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 06:57 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: fd
My niece lost 13 out of her 16 chickens a few days ago. They are pretty sure it was a fox. The kids are just sick over it.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 06:58 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)
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Let's not begin sharing about dead things we find in the neighborhood. I win.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025 07:00 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 07:00 AM (vFG9F)
This year's wish is that all of the efforts you put forth result in optimal benefit, whilst creating intense anguish for the leftwit fungi.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 18, 2025 06:03 AM (hKoQL)
🎂
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:00 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)
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Well does it have needles stuck in it?
Posted by: Ciampino - or tooth marks? at May 18, 2025 07:00 AM (sPQoU)
Okay, then, "voodoo cursed" it is!
It wasn't merely that the chicken was dead that bothered fd, it was how it was dead. Spatchcocked, it was. And that meant just one thing ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 07:01 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)
Foul play?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 06:56 AM (qFAfu)
Fowl play!
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:01 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2025 07:03 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)
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Foul play?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 06:56 AM (qFAfu)
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A feather in your cap. That was an excellent movie.
Posted by: Ciampino - Foxes with needles at May 18, 2025 07:04 AM (sPQoU)
(in Mexican cooking) thinly sliced pork that has been seasoned with chili peppers and pineapple and roasted on a vertical spit: a corn tortilla filled with al pastor.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:04 AM (CQE5S)
Let's not begin sharing about dead things we find in the neighborhood. I win.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Are you going to brag again about dead hobos piled up and stacked like cordwood?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 07:04 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2025 07:06 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 07:08 AM (amnH6)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 07:08 AM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 07:11 AM (amnH6)
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:11 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 07:12 AM (GlyvH)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 07:04 AM (Tv15w)
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*lowers raised hand*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025 07:12 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 04:34 AM
Funny.
After I read Pixy’s summaries I immediately thought that these companies were going to have to relocate to the moon to be able to get away from our overbearing security states.
But building servers on satellites and shooting them in orbit would probably be a whole lot easier… for everybody but the techs who do the maintenance.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025 07:13 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)
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*
Let's not begin sharing about dead things we find in the neighborhood. I win.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025
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"Dead skunk in the middle of the road"
"You don't have to look and you don't have to see --
'Cause you can feel it in your ol-fac-tor-ee!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 07:13 AM (omVj0)
https://tinyurl.com/5exnu6r7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 04:49 AM (lO9qp)
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This President Trump fellow is amazingly considerate:
https://tinyurl.com/bddr8jjd
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 05:18 AM
++++
He also helped that little boy in a department store:
https://youtu.be/OOK3lltE3OU
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2025 07:13 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 07:14 AM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Just Sayin... at May 18, 2025 07:14 AM (d1Xvq)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 07:14 AM (vFG9F)
https://youtu.be/rUSoF2nwPw8
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 07:11 AM (amnH6)
"I don't want to be a pie!"
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:15 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 07:12 AM (GlyvH)
Good kitty!
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:15 AM (CQE5S)
Or move their operations to the island state of Niue. Their top level domain is .nu.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 07:16 AM (amnH6)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025 07:13 AM (6ydKt)
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Great remote work, if you can get it.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 07:16 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: Voodoo Princess downtown at May 18, 2025 07:17 AM (dg+HA)
Eat like that and you're gonna need a nap!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2025 07:17 AM (3Ope8)
Perhaps I'll scramble and season an egg and have it on a toasted half bagel for lunch.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 07:17 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 07:16 AM (amnH6)
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As in the Knights who say "Niue"?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 07:18 AM (qFAfu)
That news on Proton(which I use)... I can't find anywhere and the war on them - like Telegram - is vital.
Love you Morons, G-d Bless.
Posted by: Danimal28 at May 18, 2025 07:18 AM (nT4HF)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2025 07:19 AM (dg+HA)
That's 4 murders in town last night. Every victim's name starts with a "J". I wonder if they had anything else in common.
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 07:19 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 06:37 AM (NVNRw
No m’am. I don’t watch tv and can’t sit in a theater. Is it the book by an atheist who became a believer when he set out to disprove Christ?
Posted by: Eromero at May 18, 2025 07:21 AM (jgmnb)
Posted by: Just Sayin... at May 18, 2025 07:21 AM (d1Xvq)
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:15 AM (CQE5S)
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Followed by the next 2 quotable lines:
https://youtu.be/2PGIIkJ93qw
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 07:21 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 18, 2025 07:22 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd
I'm going with they are experts at the practical side of Stochastic processes. That and carrying guns.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 07:22 AM (amnH6)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2025 07:19 AM (dg+HA)
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Sounds like he's killing 'em.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 07:23 AM (qFAfu)
"You want access to the data? Go get it."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2025 07:23 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 07:14 AM
Neighbors say Javonta, Jedarrius, and Jevarsia were just turning their lives around attending community college and participating in a Bible study.
Posted by: Local news media at May 18, 2025 07:23 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Ben Had
"Was that wrong?!"
-- Ben Had to Homicide Detective
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 07:24 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 07:24 AM (amnH6)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
Um, Ms. Had is all woman.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 07:25 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2025 07:26 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 18, 2025 07:28 AM (3Ope8)
——
Sermon was that bad?
Posted by: fred@device.null at May 18, 2025 07:28 AM (2BdZb)
Posted by: fd at May 18, 2025 07:29 AM (vFG9F)
make a date loaf.
Posted by: Ben Had
Q: How do you make a date loaf?
A: Invite him or her to enjoy your hammock.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 18, 2025 07:29 AM (Tv15w)
Posted by: Ciampino - max altitude? at May 18, 2025 07:29 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 07:25 AM (cYBz/)
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That only makes it worse!!!!
Yeh, forgot. Worse for me because in Hebrew, "ben" means "boy" or "son".
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 07:29 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 18, 2025 07:16 AM
Haha.
This site is the only site I’ve ever seen the .nu domain.
A small country really could make a killing if they write a law banning local & international law enforcement from any prying into encrypted data contained on servers located in their territory.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025 07:30 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025
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The Switzerland of data encryption and storage. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 07:32 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025 07:30 AM (6ydKt)
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I believe this was one of the major storylines in Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 07:32 AM (GlyvH)
Posted by: Ciampino - max altitude? at May 18, 2025 07:29 AM (sPQoU)
As long as SSDs work in space they’re fine.
And considering how cold space is they’d probably work ten times better considering how hot the newer versions can get.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025 07:33 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Just Sayin... at May 18, 2025 07:35 AM (d1Xvq)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 18, 2025 07:35 AM (2NHgQ)
He also helped that little boy in a department store:
https://youtu.be/OOK3lltE3OU
LOL. I guess I should go see Home Alone 2. I only saw the first film.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 07:35 AM (4OeAR)
A bowl of sweetened hot milk; a dollop of espresso optional; Italian bread loaf, toasted, slightly burnt even better, torn into small pieces and dropped in the bowl.
Eat. Yumm.
Posted by: Ciampino - Italian breakfast at May 18, 2025 07:35 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 18, 2025 07:36 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Ray at May 18, 2025 07:38 AM (zhWvq)
Brooklyn Bridge did not suffer any major damage and was reopened after a preliminary inspection.
yay
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:38 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 07:38 AM (4OeAR)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 07:32 AM (GlyvH)
I’m sure somebody, somewhere, is already working on this because of all of the cybersecurity laws being attempted around the world.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025 07:38 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2025 07:40 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2025 07:40 AM (dg+HA)
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OK. How about the Cartels?
Posted by: Ciampino - what's a Mex breakfast? at May 18, 2025 07:42 AM (sPQoU)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed on X that two people died and two of the 19 injured were in critical condition.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:42 AM (CQE5S)
nitter.net/NYCmayor
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:43 AM (CQE5S)
But the video sure does make it seem like it was hitting the bridge itself.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025 07:43 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 18, 2025 07:45 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: dantesed at May 18, 2025 07:45 AM (Oy/m2)
https://tinyurl.com/2de5dmwu
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 07:45 AM (4OeAR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 18, 2025 07:46 AM (4OeAR)
Earl Grey
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:48 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Life of Wryly at May 18, 2025 07:48 AM (ycs3a)
https://tinyurl.com/3h4zspb5
Yup, they ran into some scaffolding.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025 07:48 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ahem at May 18, 2025 07:49 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:52 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:52 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 07:52 AM (CQE5S)
I shouldn't be up yet, but looks to be
Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2025 07:53 AM (ypFCm)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025 07:53 AM (6ydKt)
Sadly its still an effort in progress - as Proton's offerings, while private and secure - are sadly lacking in the features that I need. Mostly the integration with my phone and Calendar integration functions. The email client is about as barebones as it gets. The password manager is great and I use that extensively.
Posted by: Defenestratus at May 18, 2025 07:54 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 18, 2025
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"Wade in the Water" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 07:55 AM (omVj0)
Well...we're hiring.
Posted by: UPS at May 18, 2025 07:56 AM (dg+HA)
Is ProtonMail free?
Posted by: Ciampino - cold this AM at May 18, 2025 07:58 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 18, 2025 07:59 AM (ef25Y)
Posted by: Ciampino - cold this AM at May 18, 2025 07:58 AM (sPQoU)
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There are free accounts and there are fee-based plans. Visit their website.
I use them for some business and private email accounts plus VPN. No complaints.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 08:00 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2025 08:00 AM (Q4IgG)
https://nitter.net/secduffy
nada on the Brooklyn Bridge at this time
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:00 AM (CQE5S)
Corporate policy is to erase all emails and other communications after two months.
I work projects that sometimes take more than a year to complete.
It is impossible to keep track of who did or decided what when. We have no way of enforcing any accountability.
It's like being a aborigine and all our project knowledge and history is a long story told by the elders.
This is what has happened because of corporate lawyers.
People have no idea of how insane this is but it's the new normal.
Things are going to get very expensive because all the companies that have any kind of liability when things go wrong and people die are doing it too.
Innovation is already dead, dead, dead.
This has to change or we face ruin.
SpaceX and Elon are shooting fish in a barrel.
Posted by: pawn at May 18, 2025 08:03 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Cal In The Crow's Nest at May 18, 2025 08:04 AM (G5+As)
Strikes me as an odd way to describe him. Former member of the House of Representatives is a better description. That's just me.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 18, 2025 08:06 AM (SfhV1)
Why wasn't this Dem pol arrested after the first and what should have been final warning?
https://tinyurl.com/74kxknm8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 08:07 AM (qFAfu)
Strikes me as an odd way to describe him. Former member of the House of Representatives is a better description. That's just me.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 18, 2025 08:06 AM (SfhV1)
That's from wikipedia. The second sentence picked up on what you're saying:
Sean Patrick Duffy (born October 3, 1971) is an American politician, lawyer, former prosecutor, and former television personality who has served as the 20th United States secretary of transportation since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2019.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:09 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 08:09 AM (NVNRw)
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:09 AM (CQE5S)
He's way up nort'. I wonder if he was Mis Hum's representative.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 18, 2025 08:11 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 18, 2025 08:12 AM (OyOhQ)
Posted by: It's broke at May 18, 2025 08:12 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Skip at May 18, 2025 08:13 AM (ypFCm)
1. Vast overuse of exclamation points.
2. Ending with an ellipsis. If you've got something else to say, say it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 18, 2025 08:13 AM (UBKzV)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 08:13 AM (qFAfu)
1. Vast overuse of exclamation points.
2. Ending with an ellipsis. If you've got something else to say, say it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 18, 2025 08:13 AM (UBKzV)
These are bad!!! ...
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:14 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 18, 2025 08:14 AM (2NHgQ)
There's a meme edit of the video where the audio is a mariachi band playing "My Heart Will Go On". Comedy gold.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 18, 2025 08:14 AM (OyOhQ)
Well...WAS he?
Posted by: Celtics not worth listening to at May 18, 2025 08:15 AM (dg+HA)
Link don't work.
Posted by: It's broke at May 18, 2025 08:12 AM (dg+HA)
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It does work but here's the original:
https://x.com/alx/status/
1923558198532809086
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 08:15 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: CRTICS not worth listening to at May 18, 2025 08:16 AM (dg+HA)
And the African funeral casket dancers.
Posted by: davidt at May 18, 2025 08:16 AM (i0F8b)
1. Vast overuse of exclamation points.
2. Ending with an ellipsis. If you've got something else to say, say it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
Emails that seemingly go on forever and never state any real info or ask for something specific are the ones that used to get my goat.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 08:16 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 08:09 AM (NVNRw)
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/image of rowan atkinson now stuck in my head
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 08:17 AM (qFAfu)
I bet the tug captain is getting a lot of razzing.
This is really a WTF! event.
Posted by: pawn at May 18, 2025 08:19 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2025 08:19 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 18, 2025 08:19 AM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 18, 2025 08:12 AM (OyOhQ)
Looking at the video - the vessel was undocking from the other side of the river. It was in reverse and "backed into" the bridge. It was going very fast ... in reverse... throwing a wake... If I had to guess, based on my decades of experience skippering boats - the transmission was stuck in reverse and they couldn't shut things down in time to avert disaster.
Why they didn't drop the anchor and shut down the engine is beyond me. Typically during docking and undocking maneuvers, a crew will be tasked on anchor duty - standing ready to drop in case of emergency.
Posted by: Defenestratus at May 18, 2025 08:20 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2025 08:19 AM (AOsQT)
I guess there is recently illustrated basis for that. Mr. AOsQT.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:20 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
In my language, too.
Posted by: Hassen Ben Sober at May 18, 2025 08:21 AM (G5+As)
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Yes
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2025 08:00 AM (Q4IgG)
They might have a free tier but if you want to have any kind of functionality then you gotta pay. I believe I pay about 300 Euro a year for the Proton version of Office 365.
Posted by: Defenestratus at May 18, 2025 08:22 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:22 AM (CQE5S)
1. Vast overuse of exclamation points.
2. Ending with an ellipsis. If you've got something else to say, say it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
Emails that seemingly go on forever and never state any real info or ask for something specific are the ones that used to get my goat.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 08:16 AM (cYBz/)
Yeah, but that's just your opinion, so
!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 08:23 AM (iJfKG)
In mathematics, a Killing vector field, named after Wilhelm Killing, is a vector field on a pseudo-Riemannian manifold that preserves the metric tensor. Killing vector fields are the infinitesimal generators of isometries; that is, flows generated by Killing vector fields are continuous isometries of the manifold. More simply, the flow generates a symmetry, in the sense that moving each point of an object the same distance in the direction of the Killing vector will not distort distances on the object
I am sure this will clarify the matter for our mathematically declined friends.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 18, 2025 08:24 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
= passive-aggressive
I, too, hate this.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:24 AM (CQE5S)
Stay safe:
https://t.co/9j3Pzpqiol
Apparently, an escapee scribbled "To(o) easy LOL" on the wall next to the window.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 08:26 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 18, 2025 08:26 AM (by0v9)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 08:16 AM (cYBz/)
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I hate emails that never provide enough context for me to understand what the person is asking. "Help me fix my course...!" (Which course?)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 08:27 AM (GlyvH)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 18, 2025 08:27 AM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 18, 2025 08:26 AM (by0v9)
Isn't a Red Heifer a sign of the end times for some group?
Does that make you the Cowhand of the Apocalypse?
Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 08:28 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 18, 2025 08:29 AM (UBKzV)
Posted by: Ciampino - cold this AM at May 18, 2025
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The basic email client is. I've been using it for six or seven years now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 08:29 AM (omVj0)
Everything is priority.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
And the 'Reply to All'. And then one of the recipients of that email Replying to All bitching about the original Reply to All. And then round 2. And round 3. And then finally one of the webmasters getting involved and deleting the entire cluster.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 18, 2025 08:29 AM (cYBz/)
Thanks!!!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 18, 2025 08:19 AM (Aqu9a)
I have done this.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:29 AM (CQE5S)
Thanks!!!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 18, 2025 08:19 AM (Aqu9a)
I have done this.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:29 AM (CQE5S)
Once.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:30 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at May 18, 2025 08:30 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 08:31 AM (GlyvH)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 18, 2025 08:31 AM (ZVgZ4)
Stay safe:
https://t.co/9j3Pzpqiol
Apparently, an escapee scribbled "To(o) easy LOL" on the wall next to the window.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025
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Reason 1,567,284 for me to get out of this dump.
My road trip to scope out Indiana I've tentatively scheduled for early June, or as soon as my finances are straightened out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 08:33 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:33 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2025 08:34 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 08:31 AM (GlyvH)
Really!!!!
*counts exclamation points*
Whew! Close call!
*wipes sweat from brow*
Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 08:34 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 18, 2025 08:33 AM (omVj0)
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Wait. Indiana wants you?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 08:34 AM (qFAfu)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 08:28 AM (iJfKG
I'll run with that.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 18, 2025 08:34 AM (by0v9)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 18, 2025 08:35 AM (rT96s)
"For Law Enforcement Only". Yeah, tell me how that works when Joe Wurzelbacher the Plumber, Trump's Taxes and millions of other examples of "Law Enforcement Only" using their "back door key" to give up lists of registered gun users, data behind sealed court documents and other intel to hostile entities.
There are plenty of Snowdens and Assanges out there who would give or sell the keys to the kingdom with the right motivation.
Government is not made up of angels, most often demons, and the fact in life still remains, everyone has a price.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 18, 2025 08:35 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 08:28 AM (iJfKG
I'll run with that.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 18, 2025 08:34 AM (by0v9)
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Sounds like the caption of a Far Side cartoon.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 08:35 AM (GlyvH)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, cowhand of the Apocalypse at May 18, 2025 08:36 AM (by0v9)
I have completely plugged the hotel toilet, and have no way to fix it.
I also REALLY need a blow job and then a nice breakfast...
0/3 I'm afraid...
Posted by: Just Sayin... at May 18, 2025 08:38 AM (d1Xvq)
1. Vast overuse of exclamation points.
2. Ending with an ellipsis. If you've got something else to say, say it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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3. Not using the Subject: line to state the email's actual subject. Instead the sender just puts something generic like "Question" or "Need some help."
This is frustrating because when there's a pile of unread emails and the display is set to only show the Subject line, it's harder to triage. Is the "Question" something serious and urgent or something esoteric? State a short version of the question in the Subject: line.
To wit: Subject: Airspeed of unladen swallow?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2025 08:38 AM (dg+HA)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 18, 2025 08:38 AM (u82oZ)
The trip boasted the highest number of women in the crew, with 64 women and 213 men among the 277 members.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:40 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2025 08:40 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Yogi Berra Variations at May 18, 2025 08:40 AM (G5+As)
Or using the blind copy and getting "blind sided" later with a grilling on something you thought was an internal matter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2025 08:41 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Ben Had
Is this a Cannibal Bob recipe?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 18, 2025 08:41 AM (rT96s)
Height of Cuauhtémoc ship around 30 feet higher than Brooklyn Bridge clearance, documents show
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:41 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 08:42 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 18, 2025 08:42 AM (ef25Y)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 18, 2025 08:42 AM (NVNRw)
On tall ships like the Cuauhtémoc, it is a ceremonial tradition for sailors to climb the masts and rigging when departing or arriving into harbor.
At least two people were killed in the incident, according to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The two individuals fell from one of the ship’s masts, a law enforcement official told CNN.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:42 AM (CQE5S)
This is frustrating because when there's a pile of unread emails and the display is set to only show the Subject line, it's harder to triage. Is the "Question" something serious and urgent or something esoteric? State a short version of the question in the Subject: line.
To wit: Subject: Airspeed of unladen swallow?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2025 08:38 AM (dg+HA)
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The vaguest email I ever received was from a professor who sent an email with the subject line, "Help." Nothing else.
The only remedy was to call her to find out what she actually wanted.
She tended to be pretty bad about sending useful emails.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 18, 2025 08:43 AM (GlyvH)
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 18, 2025 08:43 AM (vsTPo)
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Their Navy is mostly "costal patrol vessels." Sort of like our Coast Guard boats/ships.
Their Air Force is a joke. Mostly Cesena's and civilian helicopters. They've got a few F-5's from us, but I'm dubious if they're even flyable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 18, 2025 08:43 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at May 18, 2025 08:44 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: m
Not anymore!!!!!
Posted by: Trim The Sails at May 18, 2025 08:44 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: RickZ
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I can't believe that anyone likes the Clintons. But that can't be true.
Every time I see her up on stage she always spots some close personal friend of hers. Then she points and smiles and makes goofy faces at her imaginary close friend.
She is one of the most phony people I have ever seen.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 18, 2025 08:44 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 18, 2025 08:43 AM
Which is why no one watches it or reads it anymore.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2025 08:47 AM (dg+HA)
https://youtu.be/Ee_kOV2QtUQ
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at May 18, 2025 08:44 AM (dg+HA)
That's ... insane.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:48 AM (CQE5S)
And I quote:
"The Clintons are corrupt beyond words. Hillary is evil, vindictive, and profane. Hillary is a bitch."
Ace (and maybe JJ, if I recall correctly), referred to an X comment from this guy last week setting the facts straight about the new AF1 from Qatar. Today's subject is Hillary:
https://tinyurl.com/wk49hrjd
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 08:48 AM (qFAfu)
Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.
Hate to be the CO, OOD, and Nav on that tall ship.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 18, 2025 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: m
Not anymore!!!!!
Posted by: Trim The Sails at May 18, 2025 08:44 AM (G5+As)
Mast clearance? We don't need no stinkin' mast clearance!
Posted by: Mexican Ensign at May 18, 2025 08:49 AM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 18, 2025 08:44 AM (Lo97M)
"Phony" is the most charitable thing that could ever be said about this monster of ambition, malice and corruption.
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 18, 2025 08:49 AM (vsTPo)
"The Clintons are corrupt beyond words. Hillary is evil, vindictive, and profane. Hillary is a bitch."
Words of wisdom to live by.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 18, 2025 08:50 AM (u82oZ)
Early Sunday morning, a group of seven crew members dressed in sailors’ uniforms boarded the ship.
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:51 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 18, 2025 08:43 AM
Alpha Centauri's already come out against MSGA!!!*
*Make Sol Great Again
Posted by: naturalfake at May 18, 2025 08:51 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 18, 2025 08:44 AM (Lo97M)
Show her balloons.
Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle at May 18, 2025 08:51 AM (Aqu9a)
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 18, 2025 08:51 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2025 08:52 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: pookysgirl, scratching her head at May 18, 2025 08:52 AM (Wt5PA)
People filming that approaching Mexican ship, out of control, as it gets closer and closer.
Anti-survival behavior.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 18, 2025 08:53 AM (u82oZ)
One of the COBs is giving you the MUMR treatment. Might as well give it up.
Just saying.
Posted by: Kwak! at May 18, 2025 08:53 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: Mexican Ensign at May 18, 2025 08:49 AM (Aqu9a)
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More like, "Bridges! We don't heed no stinkin' bridges!"
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 18, 2025 08:53 AM (qFAfu)
The Cuauhtémoc is docked at Seaport Museum in New York on Sunday.
wikipedia:
the last Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc, in which the name means "one who has descended like an eagle"
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:54 AM (CQE5S)
Pride of the MAF
Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2025 08:52 AM (AOsQT)
Beg pardon since I don't speak Mexican but wouldn't that be "El Maverico?
Posted by: Kwak! at May 18, 2025 08:54 AM (89Sog)
"The Clintons are corrupt beyond words. Hillary is evil, vindictive, and profane. Hillary is a bitch."
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That's like finding out Biden is a vegetable.
Everyone already knew. It's just being confirmed even more.
But we already knew.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 18, 2025 08:55 AM (Lo97M)
the last Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc, in which the name means "one who has descended like an eagle"
Posted by: m at May 18, 2025 08:54 AM (CQE5S)
Another eagle chief. He smokeum peace pipe?
Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle at May 18, 2025 08:56 AM (Aqu9a)
Pride of the MAF
Posted by: Don Black at May 18, 2025 08:52 AM (AOsQT)
Beg pardon since I don't speak Mexican but wouldn't that be "El Maverico?
Posted by: Kwak! at May 18, 2025 08:54 AM (89Sog)
Yes-o.
Posted by: Danny Devito in Romancing The Stone at May 18, 2025 08:58 AM (Aqu9a)
No shit. That what we all wonder.
Say anything to the boss about it just gets you a dirty look.
Posted by: pawn at May 18, 2025 08:58 AM (QB+5g)
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