Daily Tech News 30 May 2025

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Why did Microsoft-backed startup Builder.ai abruptly collapse after achieving a market cap of $1.3 billion? (Financial Express)

You might think it was because it's AI.

You'd be wrong.

The whole thing appears to have been fake. The company claimed to offer AI-driven programming services, but it looks like it was just a bunch of coders in Bangalore doing that work.

On the other hand, it actually did deliver the promised code, which is more than a lot of "real" AI companies have managed.

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There has never been more to watch on TV. You just can't find any of it because everything sucks. (Salon)

Yes, Salon. Yes, they're complaining about the internet again.

But in this one specific instance they're not wrong. I cancelled my Netflix account because it was becoming an unbearable chore to crawl through all their garbage looking for something I actually wanted to watch.
Speaking of which Netflix is making a series based on the FTX blockchain Ponzi scheme called The Aristocrats. (Twitter)

Sorry, The Altruists.

But it should have been named The Aristocrats.
Beware of the fastmath option when compiling C code. (Simon Byrne)

It does unexpected things, and you just turned off all the warnings that would tell you about that.
Stack Overflow has a plan. (The New Stack)

Its plan apparently is to collapse into irrelevance and thence bankruptcy.
Journalists have negative value. (The Verge)

The article is a rant about private equity investment companies, but the whole thing happened because journalists have negative value.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Nuh.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 Hi, Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2025 04:34 AM (rdVOm)

2 Hi there!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 30, 2025 04:35 AM (BLOW1)

3 w00t

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 04:36 AM (CQE5S)

4 I never subscribed to Netflix, and won't, but there are other streaming "services" that are just as disappointing.

Meh. To all of them.

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2025 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

5 The Autopen Scandal

Executive Director Daniel Turner emphasized the severity of the issue, stating, “This autopen scandal is evidence that these green EOs are invalid, and the instigators should be thoroughly investigated by the DOJ for violating the trust of the American people and perpetuating a great fraud on the nation.”

Make Waterboarding Great Again

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2025 04:42 AM (QB+5g)

6 But in this one specific instance they're not wrong. I cancelled my Netflix account because it was becoming an unbearable chore to crawl through all their garbage looking for something I actually wanted to watch.

Yeah. I'm getting ready to cancel some stuff for this very reason. It's very cumbersome and tedious.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 30, 2025 04:43 AM (V9cMX)

7 I got a Roku teevee for hubby, so he could watch from a ground-floor bedroom where there was no convenient cable outlet. (also, great excuse to dump cable)

Anyway, as a teevee addict, it was great for him-- dozens of movies and series and news! (Well, it was great until he learned how to *buy* all that crap. Omg. He burned through the $$$ quickly, because EVERYTHING cost extra, ya know.)

I seldom even switch on the tube, now. Quiet life is best life.

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2025 04:45 AM (rdVOm)

8 Ah, private equity is what killed Deadspin, not the fact that it was #WOKE for sports that nobody wanted to read but woke morons that hate sports.

Posted by: deadrody at May 30, 2025 04:45 AM (vgB0v)

9 It's some Down Under people playing music!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 04:47 AM (CQE5S)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 30, 2025 04:48 AM (c3B7E)

11 Streaming tv doesn't let you just push *channel up* or *channel down* oh, no... got to scroll & choose... and can't just let the thing play on and on:

"Are you still watching?"

Bleh!

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2025 04:48 AM (rdVOm)

12 Ok, time for bed.

G'night, horde!

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2025 04:50 AM (rdVOm)

13 Oh, and you'll be pleased to note that it was also private equity that destroyed... Toys R Us, not the online shopping revolution. LOL

If this were an article about all the people that died, these idiots would blame... funeral homes

Posted by: deadrody at May 30, 2025 04:50 AM (vgB0v)

14 BOING!

No cable. No Satellite. No Netflix. No nothing.

Break away! You won't be sorry.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 04:50 AM (tAmR8)

15 >>>Yes, Salon. Yes, they're complaining about the internet again.

"It ain't the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!"

--Salon

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 04:52 AM (CQE5S)

16 I have YouTubeTv,Amazon Prime, MLB and Sunday Ticket.
I watch sports. Everything else is garbage.
Even sports are mostly garbage.

Posted by: Accomack at May 30, 2025 04:53 AM (+sNap)

17 My sports watching is limited to my interests. Golf and motorsports. The two things that put most people to sleep, I can watch for hours. I'm weird.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 30, 2025 04:55 AM (c3B7E)

18 BOING!

No cable. No Satellite. No Netflix. No nothing.

Break away! You won't be sorry.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 04:50 AM (tAmR8

Yep. Air cable for the win.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, cowhand of the Apocalypse at May 30, 2025 04:55 AM (I8gxw)

19 I'm weird.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 30, 2025 04:55 AM (c3B7E)

We didn't want to say anything.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 30, 2025 04:59 AM (V9cMX)

20 19 I'm weird.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 30, 2025 04:55 AM (c3B7E)

We didn't want to say anything.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 30, 2025 04:59 AM (V9cMX)

Oh, my, I was drinking coffee when I read that. It's like we're all siblings, here.
Puddleglum, you can come sit over by me.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 05:08 AM (CQE5S)

21 Thanks Pixy!

Been a while since my last deep dive into MAW.

They were so great. Absolutely perfect timing.

Another wonderful gift of the 80s.

I've had "Overkill" on my subconscious auto rotation for years.

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2025 05:10 AM (QB+5g)

22 I'm fine.

(introvert sibling sits by himself. reads book.)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 30, 2025 05:13 AM (c3B7E)

23 Netflix does have its uses. I give platelets at the Red Cross and they have monitors with Netflix for us.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 05:20 AM (BpO1e)

24 oh, my

Young ppl today also correctly recognize that 9/11 didn't happen in a vacuum, it was a direct response to/consequence of US foreign policy in the middle east. The more u know abt what the US has done in the middle east the more u understand why many believe the US deserved 9/11

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 05:21 AM (CQE5S)

25 oh, my, again

"You don't have enough respect for the sanctity of 9/11" is such a ridiculously out of touch and frankly boomer ass take in 2025. 9/11 has been a punchline for over a decade, ppl are having 9/11 themed parties and there are 9/11 parody t shirts and memes all over.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 05:22 AM (CQE5S)

26 the author of those little gems is

Taylor Lorenz
@TaylorLorenz

undeserving of clicks

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 05:23 AM (CQE5S)

27 I never did enjoy watching sports on TV.

Notable exceptions were watching baseball with my Dad and golf with my Mom. Both of them were exceptionally talented in the sport and I got see things through an expert set of eyes.

I remember watching with her in her last days and the feeling of peace we shared then. Such a sense of satisfaction that this was such a simple yet wonderful thing we enjoyed doing together.

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2025 05:24 AM (QB+5g)

28 26 the author of those little gems is

Taylor Lorenz
@TaylorLorenz

undeserving of clicks
Posted by: m

America's oldest teenager! Eh, she's just trying to be noticed in a crowded interweb world full of narcissists clamoring to be noticed.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 30, 2025 05:28 AM (c3B7E)

29 28 26 America's oldest teenager! Eh, she's just trying to be noticed in a crowded interweb world full of narcissists clamoring to be noticed.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 30, 2025 05:28 AM (c3B7E)

-->narcissist
That, for sure.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 05:29 AM (CQE5S)

30 it was a direct response to/consequence of US foreign policy in the middle east.

I was at work when the attack happened. When the first tower fell, a co-worker said "So what? We do even worse things over in the Middle East."

About 30 seconds later, my boss told me to go take a walk.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 05:30 AM (BpO1e)

31 In the depth- - A Christian devotional based on Psalm 69:1-5:

https://tinyurl.com/jchkd2ux

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2025 05:32 AM (rgoSo)

32 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 30, 2025 05:33 AM (dg+HA)

33 "When the first tower fell, a co-worker said "So what? We do even worse things over in the Middle East."

This was when the masks began to fall.

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2025 05:35 AM (QB+5g)

34 Birdbath status:

Unregulated

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2025 05:38 AM (QB+5g)

35 This was when the masks began to fall.
Posted by: pawn

Unfortunately, yes.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 05:39 AM (BpO1e)

36 Good morning! It's a very temperate 67 with a passing shower here in Cowtown.

Pond renovation continues today. Got the excavation done and the liner is in place, more topsoil and some more stone enroute. There's only about 12-16 inches of soil atop the bedrock in the location of the pond so we had to jackhammer the location to set the sump and pump. Finished size looks like it will be about 16' x 25' with a 2 foot depth.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 30, 2025 05:49 AM (3Ope8)

37 I do not watch anything on television or streaming any longer, the bulk of my viewing is now YouTube videos and old movies and television shows on my Plex.

And kids these days don’t watch anyone on these platforms either because the can’t afford it.

The entire system is probably going to collapse in the next 5 years so that’s going to be interesting to watch.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2025 05:49 AM (XV/Pl)

38 The Guatemalans I was working with said we'd been FA for decades and now FO'd.
9/11 prolonged the post WW2 world.

Posted by: Accomack at May 30, 2025 05:51 AM (dJCmT)

39 Teens in Europe detoxing from cell phones and finding real spaces to gather in without phones:

https://tinyurl.com/fh6csyew

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2025 05:52 AM (EJtBU)

40 Evening to the late toilers, morning to the early risers! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished.

Temps are down a bit after yesterday's rain, but I am not motivated to go work out. Miss Linda wants to visit a local cemetery today (WTF?), and then a nearby food bank/thrift store. In April, I admit, that store provided me with a brand-new mechanical kitchen timer; on Amazon (I saw the same model) it would have cost $10 plus shipping. I snatched it up for a flat $5.

Howz you doin' today?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 05:54 AM (omVj0)

41 I'm old enough to remember when Dick Clark was called "America's oldest teenager." At least he was a solid performer -- he even did some acting, if you recall -- and a hell of a businessman.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 05:56 AM (omVj0)

42 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2025 05:57 AM (AN2gy)

43 >>>Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025

What is NR short for?

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 05:59 AM (CQE5S)

44 Some memes for your Friday morning:

https://tinyurl.com/y9tvekke+

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 30, 2025 06:00 AM (ExV1e)

45 44 Some memes for your Friday morning:

https://tinyurl.com/y9tvekke+
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 30, 2025 06:00 AM (ExV1e)

hahahahaha the top one

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 06:01 AM (CQE5S)

46 What is NR short for?
Posted by: m

It's a play on the word "Inner."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 06:04 AM (BpO1e)

47 46 What is NR short for?
Posted by: m

It's a play on the word "Inner."
Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 06:04 AM (BpO1e)

Most excellent! Thanks.

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

48 The last two Orleans Parish jail inmates are still on the run, two weeks after the escape. There's a $50K reward for each one for info leading to an arrest.

And the DA has dropped the investigation into the jail. Typical.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 06:06 AM (omVj0)

49 And of course, the local media is ginning up the fear of HURRICANE SEASON! OMG!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 06:06 AM (omVj0)

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

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at May 30, 2025 06:07 AM (PzBTm)

51 I saw Lorenz identified yesterday as age 40. She looks quite a bit older.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 30, 2025 06:07 AM (9C7ml)

52 When the first tower fell, a co-worker said "So what? We do even worse things over in the Middle East."

Those same people will clamor for escalating the war in Ukraine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 30, 2025 06:08 AM (ExV1e)

53 from that meme page:

Brain Fog
Me: Toast seems like a safe meal. I'll make some toast.
Me: *puts in bread*
Me: *stands next to the toaster for a solid two minutes*
Me: "What am I doing here?"
Toast: *pops*
Me: *screams*

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 06:08 AM (CQE5S)

54 50 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at May 30, 2025 06:07 AM (PzBTm)

Yay!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 06:09 AM (CQE5S)

55 Rosasharn appears and twirls, and all's right with the world! (Thanks to Mr. Browning for his phrase.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 06:09 AM (omVj0)

56 Teens in Europe detoxing from cell phones and finding real spaces to gather in without phones:

https://tinyurl.com/fh6csyew
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2025 05:52 AM (EJtBU)

They sit there and describe memes the government find offensive to each other without the risk of arrest.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 30, 2025 06:10 AM (ExV1e)

57 I saw Lorenz identified yesterday as age 40. She looks quite a bit older.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 30, 2025

***
She drove to her first job in an Essex

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 06:10 AM (omVj0)

58 Most excellent! Thanks.
Posted by: m

You're welcome. Funny thing is that I've been using that handle for over 20 years and you are the first person that asked about it. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 06:11 AM (BpO1e)

59 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Buh.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:12 AM (6YdsJ)

60 She drove to her first job in an Essex
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 06:10 AM (omVj0)
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I would have thought a two-tone Nash Rambler.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:14 AM (6YdsJ)

61 Mornin' Horde.

Work has me on an "out of pocket" assignment today, so I was up later than usual last evening and this morning. I got to have some fun on the ONT for a change, that was cool.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 06:15 AM (O7YUW)

62 For some reason I thought the lines "Morning's at seven; the hillside's dew-pearled" and "God's in His heav'n -- All's right with the world" were from Wordsworth, until I looked it up. Robert Browning, Pippa Passes, 1841.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 06:15 AM (omVj0)

63 Begorrah! It's the International Day of the Potato!

Praties all 'round!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:15 AM (6YdsJ)

64 For some reason I thought the lines "Morning's at seven; the hillside's dew-pearled" and "God's in His heav'n -- All's right with the world" were from Wordsworth, until I looked it up. Robert Browning, Pippa Passes, 1841.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 06:15 AM (omVj0)
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The follow-on, Poppa Pisses, was not as memorable.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:16 AM (6YdsJ)

65 LOL another meme from that meme page, this one in the comments:

*AOC staring off into space, having "thoughts"*
"I wonder why they named JFK after an airport?"

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 06:17 AM (CQE5S)

66 *AOC staring off into space, having "thoughts"*
"I wonder why they named JFK after an airport?"
Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 06:17 AM (CQE5S)
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She probably also ponders the remarkable coincidence of Lou Gehrig dying of Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:18 AM (6YdsJ)

67 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 30, 2025 06:19 AM (hoCmQ)

68 62 "Morning's at seven; the hillside's dew-pearled"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 06:15 AM (omVj0)

That's a tough one to pronounce.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 06:20 AM (CQE5S)

69 LeMans24 waves @ Puddlegum

Posted by: Qmark at May 30, 2025 06:20 AM (yRRAN)

70 8 Ah, private equity is what killed Deadspin, not the fact that it was #WOKE for sports that nobody wanted to read but woke morons that hate sports.

Posted by: deadrody at May 30, 2025 04:45 AM (vgB0v)

Deadspin was dead before private equity got a hold of it and gutted it inside out. That being said private equity is the devil.

Posted by: Farquad at May 30, 2025 06:21 AM (jWcWv)

71 NR Pax.... I just assumed it was New River Pax... derp!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 30, 2025 06:21 AM (3Ope8)

72 @66/Captain Obvious: "... She probably also ponders the remarkable coincidence of Lou Gehrig dying of Lou Gehrig's Disease."

Denis Leary had a bit about that.

https://youtu.be/RZ_KZ1fx-X0?t=204
(cued up to 3:24)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 06:23 AM (O7YUW)

73 The idea that the U.S. had done worse things in the Middle East on 9/11 was ludicrous to begin with.

Because at that point we were ten years out from the only war we had fought there, a short-lived affair known as the Gulf War/Desert Storm.

We were invited into Saudi Arabia by their king to protect the kingdom and to expel Saddam from Kuwait.

Just because Bin Ladin made up a bunch of whining bullshit to justify his people’s suicide attack on innocent civilians doesn’t make it true.

Back then, and still today, many of those Boomers didn't even believe what they saw and maintain it was an inside job by the Bush family to collect insurance money on the WTC buildings.

Being that Bush was the third or fourth Republican Hitler at the time (it’s hard to keep track there have been so many) this isn’t really surprising.

Taylor Lorenz is old enough to remember all of this quite clearly as she had to have been pushing 20 at that point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 06:24 AM (6ydKt)

74 I saw Lorenz identified yesterday as age 40. She looks quite a bit older.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 30, 2025 06:07 AM (9C7ml)

Libeeral years are different than normie years.

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2025 06:24 AM (gKDq2)

75 I’m reminded that I need to cancel the Hulu bundle,

I haven’t turned it on in a year so I keep forgetting.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 06:25 AM (6ydKt)

76 A Celebration of Life will be held for Jewell's tomorrow, May 31, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Floral Hills Funeral Home, located at 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri 64133

is.gd/jewells_obit

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 30, 2025 06:25 AM (hoCmQ)

77 Begorrah! It's the International Day of the Potato!

Praties all 'round!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:15 AM (6YdsJ)

I love potatoes!

*HIC*

Posted by: The Hildebeast at May 30, 2025 06:26 AM (gKDq2)

78 mornin yall. Apparently you can get popped by a camera in England for going 4mph over the speed limit:

"A Top Gear producer has been banned from driving for six months after he was clocked driving 4mph above a 20mph limit in his Porsche Macan."

Now he had 4 speeding tickets in 3 years, but 4mph? What if he had been doing 21 mph?

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2025 06:27 AM (vFG9F)

79 I just assumed it was New River Pax... derp!

Nah, but that does sound cool. And what age do you have to be to reach "Crochety Jarhead"? Or is it by the time you get to NCO?

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 06:28 AM (BpO1e)

80 63 Begorrah! It's the International Day of the Potato!

Praties all 'round!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:15 AM (6YdsJ)

Relatedly: I heartily recommend Leon Uris, Trinity, to anyone who hasn't read it. I would love to steal time to read it again.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 06:28 AM (CQE5S)

81 It's the International Day of the Potato!

The one day Bella Ramsey and Amy Schumer are allowed out in public.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 06:29 AM (BpO1e)

82 Good morning morons

Wish I could be in Kansas City today for jewells z"l.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2025 06:29 AM (PqUrB)

83 Wish I could be in Kansas City today for jewells z"l.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2025 06:29 AM (PqUrB)
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Well, yes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:30 AM (6YdsJ)

84 Interesting that Las Vegas has lost quite a few visitors over the last couple years. The reporter says casinos are targeting the young crowd to come and gamble (21-30) If your over 30, go else where. At that age not many have the dollars it cost now to gamble much. I know I didn't. Besides the Indian casinos are everywhere and want you to come. Maybe not as much marble and flowers, but cheaper to get their.

Posted by: colin at May 30, 2025 06:33 AM (wlQdF)

85 Now he had 4 speeding tickets in 3 years, but 4mph? What if he had been doing 21 mph?
Posted by: fd at May 30, 2025 06:27 AM (vFG9F)

—

I believe that white English subjects are no longer allowed the 5 mph grace rule.

It appears that only the melanin- enhanced, Cultural Enriching, subjects are allowed this grace in 2025.

They don’t call him Two-Tier Kier for nothin’.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 06:33 AM (6ydKt)

86 They don’t call him Two-Tier Kier for nothin’.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 06:33 AM (6ydKt)
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I call him "Der Starmer.:

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:34 AM (6YdsJ)

87
*local media*

I think I've found your problem.

Posted by: Turn it off. Read a book at May 30, 2025 06:34 AM (dg+HA)

88 Irish priest performing a marriage ceremony in New South Wales forgets the first kiss part and needs to be reminded . I suggest scrolling down through the description and just looking at the video. I think it's funnier that way:

https://tinyurl.com/fxwwprua

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2025 06:35 AM (wxO3z)

89 81 It's the International Day of the Potato!

The one day Bella Ramsey and Amy Schumer are allowed out in public.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 06:29 AM (BpO1e)

What am I, chopped liver?
- Brian Stelter

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 06:35 AM (6ydKt)

90 God-cursed chimptato hybrid...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:36 AM (6YdsJ)

91 @78/fd: {{ ... "A Top Gear producer has been banned from driving for six months after he was clocked driving 4mph above a 20mph limit in his Porsche Macan." }}

*looks up the article* Yup. Speed camera. Not even a live officer.

I hope he grabs another very fast car, takes the license plates off, wears a balaclava, and blows past that camera repeatedly doing 120 MPH while giving it the finger.

Or the other popular option with speed cameras: Hang a tyre over the camera box, fill the tyre with petrol, and light it on fire. Camera flambe.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant (apparently in a rebelious mood this morning) at May 30, 2025 06:37 AM (O7YUW)

92 *AOC staring off into space, having "thoughts"*

I thought Hannah was the capital of Montana?

Posted by: A oh see at May 30, 2025 06:38 AM (dg+HA)

93 Speaking of AI

Lazy incompetent independent authors seem to be having the issue of leaving AI writing prompts inside their stories.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2025 06:38 AM (x2fg+)

94 "Morning's at seven; the hillside's dew-pearled"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025
*
That's a tough one to pronounce.
Posted by: m at May 30, 2025

***
A good workout for elocution students.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 06:38 AM (omVj0)

95
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, kennel dogs let out, house dogs taken care of, now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian with a big, double cup of exploitative, unsustainable, slave-trade coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2025 06:40 AM (QnmlO)

96 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:40 AM (6YdsJ)

97 Was the Stig doing the morning commute?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2025 06:40 AM (x2fg+)

98 Or the other popular option with speed cameras: Hang a tyre over the camera box, fill the tyre with petrol, and light it on fire. Camera flambe.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant (apparently in a rebelious mood this morning) at May 30, 2025 06:37 AM (O7YUW)

Ahh, the old Winnie Mandela necklace put to another task.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 06:40 AM (6ydKt)

99 We don't really need another example of the degeneracy of modern media, but Rosie Odonnel playing a sex starved lesbian nun in a sex scene should cause all to reconsider using their TV for target practice.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2025 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

100 I'm just here for the twirling.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2025 06:42 AM (PqUrB)

101 We don't really need another example of the degeneracy of modern media, but Rosie Odonnel playing a sex starved lesbian nun in a sex scene should cause all to reconsider using their TV for target practice.

And people were complaining because yesterday I posted in the art thread - A naked Rosie O'Donnel on an Ottoman.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2025 06:42 AM (x2fg+)

102 "Blowback" by Chalmers Johnson (poor guy) shows the U.S. has been pissing in a lot of other people's cereal bowls.

His sequel "The Sorrows of Empire" shows the consequences.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2025 06:43 AM (ZmEVT)

103 92 *AOC staring off into space, having "thoughts"*

I thought Hannah was the capital of Montana?
Posted by: A oh see at May 30, 2025 06:38 AM (dg+HA)

Haven’t seen Miley around in awhile.
Is she planning a comeback.

Going to be on the next Blue Origin space shot, or something?

Hanging out with Britney now that she’s free?

For the longest time I couldn’t turn on the tv or read the news without her face, or her twerk, showing up somewhere.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 06:45 AM (6ydKt)

104 And now a public service announcement about acid reflux:

https://tinyurl.com/yvpjtmzj

Don't thank me. Thank Ron!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 06:48 AM (tAmR8)

105 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2025 06:49 AM (u82oZ)

106 Pixy-misa

And now for something completely different, from Japan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYY8vA-g8-k

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2025 06:49 AM (x2fg+)

107 Why, on earth, am I up at a quarter 'til 4 on a vacation day?

Worst of all, I'm stuck drinking hotel room coffee until a breakfast place opens up....

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2025 06:50 AM (AGTnj)

108 Blowback" by Chalmers Johnson (poor guy) shows the U.S. has been pissing in a lot of other people's cereal bowls.

His sequel "The Sorrows of Empire" shows the consequences.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2025 06:43 AM (ZmEVT)

Yeah, we probably should have stayed out of Afghanistan in the 80s.

But since that was another proxy war against the USSR, they did have their reasons.

Most definitely the biggest blowback on record for the CIA, so far.

Now, if we had just stayed out of Ukraine in the ‘00s & ‘10s, Trump would have one less headache to deal with today,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 06:50 AM (6ydKt)

109 So my Aikido teacher is contemplating getting me ready for my Nidan (2nd Degree Black Belt) test next year. I threw out the suggestion of dropping me off at a Waffle House at 3 AM and collect me at 6.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 06:51 AM (BpO1e)

110 You really want to play Tekken 8 with the Waffle House level?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2025 06:52 AM (x2fg+)

111
Blowback" by Chalmers Johnson (poor guy) shows the U.S. has been pissing in a lot of other people's cereal bowls.

But today, if you don't piss in other people's cereal bowls, don't start, prolong or encourage wars, if you seek to end them and stick to you own knitting, you're a Russian collaborator and ought to be impeached.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2025 06:53 AM (QnmlO)

112

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 30, 2025 06:54 AM (EFZgU)

113 You really want to play Tekken 8 with the Waffle House level?

If it was my Shodan test or lower, probably not. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 06:54 AM (BpO1e)

114 San Franpsycho

It is Saturday, not today. Today is Twirling Friday.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2025 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

115
You really want to play Tekken 8 with the Waffle House level?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2025 06:52 AM (x2fg+)

Steady on, there. We went to Waffle House for breakfast after I got home from Mass. Perfectly good, unpretentious food.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2025 06:55 AM (QnmlO)

116 Hillary Clinton

Thank you for losing to Obama and Trump. Your bad example makes America great again.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2025 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

117 Morning Horde , thx Pixt
@109 NR Pax, check out a report at the NY Post . A brawl amongst the usual suspects broke out at an elementary school graduation in West Memphis, Arkansas. Your skills could help

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2025 06:56 AM (3/Qxt)

118 Why, on earth, am I up at a quarter 'til 4 on a vacation day?

Worst of all, I'm stuck drinking hotel room coffee until a breakfast place opens up....
Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2025 06:50 AM (AGTnj)

—

I’m reminded that Waffle House is open 24/7.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 06:56 AM (6ydKt)

119 If you heard a that a riot broke out at a kindergarten graduation ceremony, would you make certain assumptions about the participants? You would probably be correct.

"An Arkansas kindergarten graduation descended into madness when a large brawl broke out between parents, forcing school officials to scold the “unacceptable” behavior displayed in front of the little tykes.

Several adults threw punches at each other in the hallway of West Memphis’ Faulk Elementary on Wednesday as the frightened screams of nearby children filled the crowded corridor"

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2025 06:56 AM (vFG9F)

120 I've never been to a Waffle House, but from what I've seen on the Internet one should plan the duration of one's stay in terms of how many spare magazines one can carry.

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2025 06:57 AM (AGTnj)

121
The company claimed to offer AI-driven programming services, but it looks like it was just a bunch of coders in Bangalore doing that work.

It was a Bangalore torpedo, in other words.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 30, 2025 06:57 AM (Tv15w)

122 AI can also mean coding by Actual Indians.

Posted by: Roy at May 30, 2025 06:57 AM (qwype)

123 104 And now a public service announcement about acid reflux:

https://tinyurl.com/yvpjtmzj

Don't thank me. Thank Ron!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 30, 2025 06:48 AM (tAmR

...

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 06:58 AM (CQE5S)

124
Just two days to PRIDE MONTH!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2025 06:58 AM (QnmlO)

125 69 LeMans24 waves @ Puddlegum

Posted by: Qmark

#twoweeks

:-)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 30, 2025 06:59 AM (sAmhv)

126
But in this one specific instance they're not wrong. I cancelled my Netflix account because it was becoming an unbearable chore to crawl through all their garbage looking for something I actually wanted to watch.

I hope that you can live with yourself after having disappointed Big Mike and Barky and Megan and Harry yet again. For shame!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 30, 2025 07:00 AM (Tv15w)

127 120 I've never been to a Waffle House
Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2025 06:57 AM (AGTnj)

Aw, man, get thee to a Waffle House.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 07:00 AM (CQE5S)

128 the 2am to 4am crowd at Waffle House can be either downright dangerous or absolutely bonkers or both.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 30, 2025 07:00 AM (x2fg+)

129 "Several adults threw punches at each other in the hallway of West Memphis’ Faulk Elementary on Wednesday as the frightened screams of nearby children filled the crowded corridor."

Always bring enough snacks.

Posted by: First rule of Kindergarten Club at May 30, 2025 07:00 AM (dg+HA)

130 And here's a nicer story about an elementary hosting a pet parade:

https://tinyurl.com/muyvbdu2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2025 07:01 AM (lO8HG)

131 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

*Does Happy Dance to Vince Guaraldi. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

132 120 I've never been to a Waffle House, but from what I've seen on the Internet one should plan the duration of one's stay in terms of how many spare magazines one can carry.
Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2025 06:57 AM (AGTnj)

—

Every one I’ve been to around here is pretty quick with service.

They get busy on weekends especially before/after church or after the bars let out when it’s standing room only.

But during slower times they can turnaround pretty quick as the menu is small and the grill is always hot,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

133 Mornin' m! Did you snooze at the 100 mark again?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant (apparently in a rebelious mood this morning) at May 30, 2025 07:01 AM (O7YUW)

134 PabloD

Just watching the chef is entertainment at Waffle House. Like the one in Corsicana.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2025 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

135 Steady on, there. We went to Waffle House for breakfast after I got home from Mass. Perfectly good, unpretentious food.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2025 06:55 AM (QnmlO)

Objection!

You said 'after Mass'. The comment was about the hours of 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. Totally different Waffle Houses, even if the same building.

Posted by: The Hildebeast at May 30, 2025 07:02 AM (gKDq2)

136 Off killer sock.

Posted by: RickZ at May 30, 2025 07:02 AM (gKDq2)

137 My opinion is that if you sleep in a dumpster, you should not be surprised by a rude awakening.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2025 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

138 I have only been at a Waffle House at about 6:00 in the evening. It was fine.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2025 07:02 AM (lO8HG)

139 133 Mornin' m! Did you snooze at the 100 mark again?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant (apparently in a rebelious mood this morning) at May 30, 2025 07:01 AM (O7YUW)

I was off making coffee. It's a dilemma.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 07:03 AM (CQE5S)

140 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Less than 3 weeks for you?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

141
Watching our dog watching out the window above the head of the bed. There are far too many Cand Geese around here and she delights in chasing them back into the water. She is a good dog!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 30, 2025 07:04 AM (Tv15w)

142 Harry Truman had some choice words to say about the spook agencies in a letter to the editor missive to the NYTs about a month after JFK was killed in Dallas. Basically he was pointing out there was already a sort of unelected, unaccountable shadow government in some cases conducting foreign policy. And maybe killing Presidents, if one wants to perhaps read between the lines. That’s kind of the takeaway. Maybe.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 30, 2025 07:04 AM (V73VQ)

143 69 LeMans24 waves @ Puddlegum

Posted by: Qmark

Wait? Are you going? Take CBD with you. He's in France too.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 30, 2025 07:04 AM (sAmhv)

144 I wrote about this corruption yesterday on Pixy thread

https://youtu.be/WhikjPUyIw4

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2025 07:04 AM (PqUrB)

145 132 120 Every one I’ve been to around here is pretty quick with service.

They get busy on weekends especially before/after church or after the bars let out when it’s standing room only.

But during slower times they can turnaround pretty quick as the menu is small and the grill is always hot,
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

In my experience, if you're in a Waffle House that gets standing-room-only crowded, there's another Waffle House not terribly far away. They pick their locations well.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 07:05 AM (CQE5S)

146 The last Waffle House I went to was when I was heading home from the Red Cross. Not too crowded and around 9 in the morning so the human vermin were asleep.

And honestly, I like the food there. But they do have a bit of a reputation.

As a side note: I know this is not the book thread, but I do recommend "Scattered, Smothered and Spellbound" on Kindle.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2025 07:06 AM (BpO1e)

147
I would add, however, to my Waffle House comment that there is a growing and irritating trend among men to wear their hats inside restaurants. Guess I'm feeling my 29ness.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2025 07:06 AM (QnmlO)

148 Another one

https://youtu.be/0lufBkm_CeU

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2025 07:06 AM (PqUrB)

149 @127/m: "Aw, man, get thee to a Waffle House."

What m said, Pablo. Waffle House is, well, here, let me put it this way:

Years ago I took eldest daughter on a road-trip to "Thunder over Louisville" and I introduced her to Waffle House. Her reaction? "Dad, this is AMAZING. We need to stop here again on this trip." And we did, about 3 times.

I miss Waffle House something fierce. I wish they'd open up locations in Canada (even if the prices would be higher.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 07:07 AM (O7YUW)

150 We need educated American kids to take the place of the Chinese in Grad school.

In India, the best students are taking calculus in 5th grade. Here, not so much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

151 I know Joe Feldman and Maria Su pretty well and am a little surprised by this b.s.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2025 07:07 AM (PqUrB)

152 In my experience, if you're in a Waffle House that gets standing-room-only crowded, there's another Waffle House not terribly far away. They pick their locations well.
Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 07:05 AM (CQE5S)

They have some formula of picking major highways depending on the traffic flow numbers.

I’ve got three or four within ten miles either direction.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 07:08 AM (6ydKt)

153 I studied calculus in h.s. and the teacher was convinced I was a moron.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2025 07:08 AM (PqUrB)

154 San Franpsycho

Well, your math background was probably not as rigorous as needed. But you still were ahead of 90% of American students.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2025 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

155 @140/NaCly Dog: "Less than 3 weeks for you?"

Including today, exactly 20 work days remaining, so 4 weeks. June 26 is our end date. The office has a countdown sign, and I think the kids have internalized it and it has them wound up tight like a clock spring.

I've got advanced misbehaviour going on to deal with in some cases. Oy.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 07:09 AM (O7YUW)

156
JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 30, 2025 07:10 AM (gbOdA)

157 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

If you don't stop, I will sing to you. And then do it.

My kids beg me not to sing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

158 I would rather see this young Brazilian nun dancing in a cute video than Rosie as a nun in a sex scene

https://tinyurl.com/49fhsy7t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2025 07:11 AM (EJtBU)

159 Steady on, there. We went to Waffle House for breakfast after I got home from Mass. Perfectly good, unpretentious food.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2025

***
As long as you can find one that doesn't have 'hood rats swapping bullets.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2025 07:12 AM (omVj0)

160 Today, the Waffle House system is more than 1,900 locations in 25 states. All open 24-hours a day, seven days a week.

https://www.wafflehouse.com/our-story/

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 07:12 AM (CQE5S)

161
Morning Horde , thx Pixt
@109 NR Pax, check out a report at the NY Post . A brawl amongst the usual suspects broke out at an elementary school graduation in West Memphis, Arkansas. Your skills could help
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"We's owed 'parations!"

How about 'no'?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 30, 2025 07:14 AM (Tv15w)

162 I miss Waffle House something fierce. I wish they'd open up locations in Canada (even if the prices would be higher.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 07:07 AM (O7YUW)

—

They’re mostly located in the South, but they’ve been expanding.

Maybe they don’t think they can compete with Tim Horton’s?

I actually went to one of those in Erie, PA almost a decade ago.

Got some kind of croissant sandwich for breakfast.
Didn’t even get to try the donuts.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 07:14 AM (6ydKt)

163 In perhaps less important matters, someone was regaling us in the ONT with their icemaker woes.

We had an Amana that after 25 years or so, the icemaker died. Icemakers are standardized usually, they aren’t very expensive. This was pre-Wuhan Flu and I had one delivered to my door for under $15 and installed it myself.

There are a couple adjustments to be made, there is a little cover that is removed, that deals with the water level and such. This will affect cube size. A new one may not be necessary - try messing with it according to the setup instructions.

There is undoubtedly a website and discussion support group forum somewhere on the internet that will walk you through it. It would probably save a nice little chunk of change for those who don’t have a lot of extra $$ floating around to call a plumber. I got away with spending only fifteen bucks, instead of $120 or $150 probably.

First thing, is turn the cute little water supply off that feeds it. Overall it’s not too tough, if inconvenient. As an aside, I’ve never liked the half-moon cubes, which have a tendency to hug the side of a glass and cause problems. There’s a first world problem.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 30, 2025 07:16 AM (V73VQ)

164 162 They’re mostly located in the South, but they’ve been expanding.

Maybe they don’t think they can compete with Tim Horton’s?

I actually went to one of those in Erie, PA almost a decade ago.

Got some kind of croissant sandwich for breakfast.
Didn’t even get to try the donuts.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 07:14 AM (6ydKt)

I think they've also got a formula for figuring out maximum saturation for where to set up shop. Might take competitors into account? I'd kind of doubt it; they're unlike all others!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 07:18 AM (CQE5S)

165 @145/m: In my experience, if you're in a Waffle House that gets standing-room-only crowded, there's another Waffle House not terribly far away. They pick their locations well.

And there are instances if they go "overcrowded" regularly, do they enlarge the parking lot? Nope, they'll build another Waffle House right next to that Waffle House, with an appropriate sized parking lot.

They have a formula, and they stick to it because it WORKS.

Also see Waffle House on disaster planning and logistics:
https://youtu.be/wSEmC4dydew

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 07:18 AM (O7YUW)

166 Posted by: Common Tater at May 30, 2025

Common Tater! Look what day it is!

63 Begorrah! It's the International Day of the Potato!

Praties all 'round!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2025 06:15 AM (6YdsJ)

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 07:19 AM (CQE5S)

167 @162/SpeakingOf: "Maybe they don’t think they can compete with Tim Horton's?"

They'd be wrong. Tim's is struggling because it was bought out (repeatedly) by other foreign owners that have been trying to figure out how to reduce costs. Quality has dropped, and a lot of Canadians have woken up to the fact that they're not what they used to be, and that they're also no longer a "Canadian" icon. There are way better options if you look for them.

Waffle House would slaughter Tim's.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 07:22 AM (O7YUW)

168 165 @145/m: In my experience, if you're in a Waffle House that gets standing-room-only crowded, there's another Waffle House not terribly far away. They pick their locations well.

And there are instances if they go "overcrowded" regularly, do they enlarge the parking lot? Nope, they'll build another Waffle House right next to that Waffle House, with an appropriate sized parking lot.

They have a formula, and they stick to it because it WORKS.

Also see Waffle House on disaster planning and logistics:
https://youtu.be/wSEmC4dydew
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 07:18 AM (O7YUW)

I don't know if they still do this, but in my neck of the woods, rumor was they used to hire ex-cons who seemed rehabilitatable. So they took a bet on them. And those guys could keep order in the House!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 07:22 AM (CQE5S)

169 What!? Why wasn’t I informed of this?

Well I guess I am now. My strategic potato supply is all plussed up, I’ll have to think about this carefully. Taters and onions, mit cheese. Eggs, Bacon. A fine repast.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 30, 2025 07:23 AM (gptA6)

170 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 30, 2025 07:23 AM (ExV1e)

171 @168/m: I don't know if they still do this, but in my neck of the woods, rumor was they used to hire ex-cons who seemed rehabilitatable. So they took a bet on them. And those guys could keep order in the House!

Bring trouble into a Waffle house, and if those guys don't sort you out with a quickness, the unassuming small woman who is a chair throwing ninja will. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 07:26 AM (O7YUW)

172 The nearest Waffle House is over 1000 miles from me, so I think I'll skip the drive.

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2025 07:29 AM (AGTnj)

173 172 The nearest Waffle House is over 1000 miles from me, so I think I'll skip the drive.
Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2025 07:29 AM (AGTnj)

They have take-out!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 07:32 AM (CQE5S)

174 171 @168/m: I don't know if they still do this, but in my neck of the woods, rumor was they used to hire ex-cons who seemed rehabilitatable. So they took a bet on them. And those guys could keep order in the House!

Bring trouble into a Waffle house, and if those guys don't sort you out with a quickness, the unassuming small woman who is a chair throwing ninja will. :-)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 07:26 AM (O7YUW)

hahahahaha indeed

Posted by: m at May 30, 2025 07:33 AM (CQE5S)

175 @172/PabloD: If you're ever on a road trip and you're in Waffle House country, try them out.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2025 07:41 AM (O7YUW)

176 It only took me an hour to figure out that PabloD mean pistol magazines, not reading material for the wait.

This is what I get for trying to think before I’ve had a shower.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 30, 2025 07:57 AM (6ydKt)

177 @Puddlegum ... nope stuck under a tent in the middle of a soccer complex with my charging brick & laptop ....
I will not be denied ... !!

Posted by: Qmark at May 30, 2025 08:20 AM (yRRAN)

178 Did they do ZERO due diligence on this? The payoffs must have been amazing,

"The whole thing appears to have been fake. The company claimed to offer AI-driven programming services, but it looks like it was just a bunch of coders in Bangalore doing that work."

Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at May 30, 2025 11:27 AM (zOD0w)

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