Daily Tech News 10 June 2025

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Ohio University says that all students will be required to learn and be fluent in AI. (The Guardian)
"Ohio State has an opportunity and responsibility to prepare students to not just keep up, but lead in this workforce of the future," said the university's president, Walter "Ted" Carter Jr.

He [Ted] added: "Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live, work, teach and learn. In the not-so-distant future, every job, in every industry, is going to be [affected] in some way by AI. I'm Ted."
Sigh.
China shut down public AI chatbots during exam season. (The Verge)

How will esteemed offspring ever be able to enter the civil service now, short of having his knackers chopped off?

And has Ohio State considered that option?

Tech News

People arguing about the tax code change affecting software development. (Hacker News)

None of whom know what they are talking about.
YouTube will protect free expression by, uh, protecting free expression. (Ars Technica)

The guidelines of the level of "misinformation" required for content to be removed have been increased - making it less likely that material that triggers the lunatic left will be censored - and staff have been advised to contact their managers if they are unsure that the content crosses the line.

The lunatic left - here admirably represented by Ars Technica itself - is outraged that differences in opinion are permitted at all.
Apple - who have not gone all-in on AI, almost uniquely among the big tech companies - says that AI cannot think, and they can prove it. (Tom's Hardware)

Oh, and they're right. At least as far as LLMs go, which are gobbling up 99% of the investment and research efforts.
Speaking of which, ChatGPT was trounced in a chess match... Against an Atari 2600 from 1732. (Hot Hardware)

It's expected to line up next month against the Antikythera Mechanism.
MacOS 26 will be the last version that supports Intel hardware. (9to5Mac)

Err... They seem to have skipped a few version numbers there.
The GPD MicroPC 2 is an upgrade to the GPD MicroPC. (Liliputing)

Notably with twice the RAM (now 16GB soldered) and a full-size M.2 2280 storage device.
3GB GDDR7 modules exist. (WCCFTech)

Which we already know because they're used in Nvidia's 24GB laptop RTX 5090 and the $10,000 96GB RTX Pro 6000.

These could save the RTX 5060 an 8GB RTX 5060 Ti by upgrading them to 12GB - four 3GB modules instead of four 2GB - but at $10 each they cost a lot for that extra 1GB.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: How many babies do you need?!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:40 AM

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1 Yay! w00t

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:41 AM (CQE5S)

2 Slightly delayed because the server ceased to exist.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 10, 2025 04:42 AM (BLOW1)

3 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 04:42 AM (hoCmQ)

4 RIP server.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:45 AM (CQE5S)

5 Thanks again for putting us back online, Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2025 04:45 AM (rdVOm)

6 Virtual server?

Posted by: Ciampino - you looked? at June 10, 2025 04:46 AM (sPQoU)

7 Mornin'

Ohio State and Ohio University are two different schools. FYI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 10, 2025 04:47 AM (sAmhv)

8 Slightly delayed because the server ceased to exist.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

That is not the server you are looking for

Posted by: Oni-Wan Miklos at June 10, 2025 04:48 AM (K6h4I)

9 Speaking of which, ChatGPT was trounced in a chess match... Against an Atari 2600 from 1732. (Hot Hardware)

Tell us that 1732 is a bad typo.

Posted by: Ciampino - you peaked? at June 10, 2025 04:48 AM (sPQoU)

10 He added: “Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live, work, teach and learn. In the not-so-distant future, every job, in every industry, is going to be [affected] in some way by AI.”

The word replaced by [affected] was redacted in the Grauniad article! Not just in Pixyland. Wonder what it could have been, that the Guardian thought it best to rephrase. "Grokked"?

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:49 AM (CQE5S)

11 Don't give me no lines

And keep your hands to yourself

Posted by: Server at the Waffle House at June 10, 2025 04:50 AM (K6h4I)

12 There's a Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, just to muddle the waters.

Posted by: Ciampino - you peaked didn't you? at June 10, 2025 04:51 AM (sPQoU)

13 5 Thanks again for putting us back online, Pixy!
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2025 04:45 AM (rdVOm)

JQ, go check all your curtains. Last seen, you were *laughing* at a cat who had MOST SADLY been soaked during a neighborhood prowl?

592 Cat just came in-- a bit wet. Guess he got doused by the neighbor's automatic sprinklers, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2025 04:25 AM (rdVOm)

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:52 AM (CQE5S)

14 9 Tell us that 1732 is a bad typo.
Posted by: Ciampino

Eh. Close enough.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 10, 2025 04:52 AM (BLOW1)

15 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 56 cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a 70% chance of rain.

Not too much work ahead of me, but certainly a good 2 hours' worth.

As you know, I'm generally only on AoS Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I'm really glad I wasn't on yesterday, as I am sick and tired of not seeing the streets of LA cleared with a whiff of grapeshot.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 10, 2025 04:52 AM (Dg2sF)

16 "Dumb Slow " ( ie "Bright Speed) has died completely and we get to pay $20.00 a month to get an upgrade from something to something else. Thanks for paying attention to this highly technical immediate t 😉 FenSpouse on a break between bus runs had to talk to the customer service lady. I was complaining yesterday that English was clearly her second language , but it did make me laugh when she said, "I am in silence here doing my work" which sounds like some sort of Eastern meditative practice and spouse and I got some humor from politically incorrect language ( sorry!) from saying -and imagine some Indian accent here -"I am in silence here doing my work, to try to explain the mysteries of internet connection to you stupid American dolts" and such like comments . It reminded me of the movie with the Beatles where some European English actor plays an Indian.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 04:54 AM (YIRlV)

17 6 Virtual server?
Posted by: Ciampino

Yeah. The IP addresses need to be bound to the hardware so that traffic can be proxied to the virtual servers.

Those bindings suddenly disappeared. Everything else was running but nobody could reach the site.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 10, 2025 04:54 AM (BLOW1)

18 7 Ohio State and Ohio University are two different schools. FYI
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 10, 2025 04:47 AM (sAmhv)

True. But the Guardian's more generic heading:

Ohio university says all students will be required to train and ‘be fluent’ in AI

is filled out by the subhead:

Ohio State to embed curriculum teaching undergraduates how artificial intelligence ‘can be responsibly applied’

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:54 AM (CQE5S)

19 Meant "highly technical post"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 04:54 AM (YIRlV)

20 14 9 Tell us that 1732 is a bad typo.
Posted by: Ciampino

Eh. Close enough.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 10, 2025 04:52 AM (BLOW1)

I like it!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:55 AM (CQE5S)

21 So they sell a lot of hoodies in LA?

Posted by: Ciampino - bank says no hoodie at June 10, 2025 04:55 AM (sPQoU)

22 Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:52 AM
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Oh, you misunderstand...

Cat was just barely sprinkled, not *soaking wet*. At current temperature, he likely enjoyed a bit of cooling-off!

He happily nibbled his kibble, and went back out to the deck after a few rubbys.

Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2025 04:56 AM (rdVOm)

23 22 Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:52 AM
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Oh, you misunderstand...

Cat was just barely sprinkled, not *soaking wet*. At current temperature, he likely enjoyed a bit of cooling-off!

He happily nibbled his kibble, and went back out to the deck after a few rubbys.
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2025 04:56 AM (rdVOm)

whew

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:56 AM (CQE5S)

24 20 14 9 Tell us that 1732 is a bad typo.
Posted by: Ciampino

Eh. Close enough.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 10, 2025 04:52 AM (BLOW1)

I like it!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:55 AM (CQE5S)
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Imagine a computer made up entirely of 555 timer chips.

Posted by: Ciampino - alarms everywhere at June 10, 2025 04:58 AM (sPQoU)

25 “Ohio State has an opportunity and responsibility to prepare students to not just keep up ...,” said the university’s president, Walter “Ted” Carter Jr.

...but to split infinitives all over the place.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:59 AM (CQE5S)

26 Steven Brown, an associate professor of philosophy at the university, told NBC News that after students turned in the first batch of AI-assisted papers he found “a lot of really creative ideas”.

“My favorite one is still a paper on karma and the practice of returning shopping carts,” Brown said.

...

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:01 AM (CQE5S)

27 Not sure how you got 1732 from 1977 but never mind .....

Posted by: Ciampino - alarms everywhere but no drink at June 10, 2025 05:05 AM (sPQoU)

28 I know what the customer service lady reminded me of- the cult leader in the Beatles film "Help" played- not by an Indian- but by Englishman, Leo McKern.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:06 AM (YIRlV)

29 Disclaimer: How many babies do you need?!

Well, possibly taking a stab at an answer, in the sidebar at the Grauniad article, there's this maybe on-topic article:

Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new report

and also this:

The moment I knew: she was giving birth to another man's child - I was in absolute awe

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:07 AM (CQE5S)

30 "I am going to meditate here on your colossal stupidity while trying to maintain a calm demeanor."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:10 AM (YIRlV)

31 The word replaced by [affected] was redacted in the Grauniad article! Not just in Pixyland. Wonder what it could have been, that the Guardian thought it best to rephrase. "Grokked"?
Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:49
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The word was "impacted".

https://is.gd/C97PL1

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 05:10 AM (hoCmQ)

32 15 ... I am sick and tired of not seeing the streets of LA cleared with a whiff of grapeshot.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 10, 2025 04:52 AM (Dg2sF)

I am taking *some* pleasure in watching Gavin be Gavin.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:11 AM (CQE5S)

33 G'morning, all!

Well....the kittens have completed their first full journey around the sun last night.

Now we get to consider them as 15 human year old junior cats.

And boy, do they act it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2025 05:11 AM (a1415)

34 31 The word replaced by [affected] was redacted in the Grauniad article! Not just in Pixyland. Wonder what it could have been, that the Guardian thought it best to rephrase. "Grokked"?
Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:49
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The word was "impacted".

https://is.gd/C97PL1
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 05:10 AM (hoCmQ)

Hey, olddog! Good for you; that's fun.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:12 AM (CQE5S)

35 Morning, m.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 05:13 AM (hoCmQ)

36 Quick post-surgery follow-up visit at the hospital at mid day today.

All is healing well and I expect to be cleared for full arm use today.

Then I can mow the yard with the push mower.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2025 05:14 AM (a1415)

37
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 10, 2025 05:16 AM (tljrc)

38 @17/Pixy: "Those bindings suddenly disappeared. Everything else was running but nobody could reach the site."

Any idea why?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2025 05:18 AM (O7YUW)

39 36
Like this?

https://tinyurl.com/3a2879hv

Actually I'm a cautious type so I would give it another week, .... year?

Posted by: Ciampino - procrastination is the name of the game at June 10, 2025 05:20 AM (sPQoU)

40 700 Marines are enroute to LA from Twentynine Palms. Left couple of hours ago best I can gather.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 05:20 AM (hoCmQ)

41 from the OSU link:

Initiatives in development include AI-driven hackathons, programs for gaining work experience and hands-on workshops for building and prototyping products.

Sounds cool.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:21 AM (CQE5S)

42 38 @17/Pixy: "Those bindings suddenly disappeared. Everything else was running but nobody could reach the site."

Any idea why?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Nope. It has happened once or twice before with this setup, but it's easy to fix so I haven't searched too hard.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 10, 2025 05:21 AM (BLOW1)

43 "700 Marines are enroute to LA from Twentynine Palms. Left couple of hours ago best I can gather."

Is this where somebody says....'Things are about to get Sporty!'?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2025 05:22 AM (a1415)

44 42 38 @17/Pixy: "Those bindings suddenly disappeared. Everything else was running but nobody could reach the site."

Any idea why?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Nope. It has happened once or twice before with this setup, but it's easy to fix so I haven't searched too hard.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 10, 2025 05:21 AM (BLOW1)

Gremlins?

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:23 AM (CQE5S)

45 @16/FenelonSpoke: {{ ...and imagine some Indian accent here -"I am in silence here doing my work, to try to explain the mysteries of internet connection to you stupid American dolts" }}

https://youtu.be/K6TLYwelOPk

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2025 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

46 As a Michigan grad, I wholeheartedly applaud your first paragraph wherein you refer to Ohio State as both osu and "Ohio University." Few things annoy the insecure dunces of that school more than that. Of course no offense intended to any esteemed morons who may be alums of that school down south.

Posted by: Sheets to the Wind at June 10, 2025 05:25 AM (AN+ve)

47 We finally saw the final Mission Impossible last night.

It was worth the $5.80.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2025 05:26 AM (a1415)

48 Attractive woman talks about faith not being a feeling but a choice. The site had a long description but it's probably better to just skip to the video. For one thing she's very attractive,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:27 AM (YIRlV)

49 "I am going to meditate here on your colossal stupidity while trying to maintain a calm demeanor."

Sadly, that sounds about right when dealing with India.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 05:27 AM (+4yJ5)

50 Tell us that 1732 is a bad typo.
Posted by: Ciampino

Eh. Close enough.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Relative to the lifespan of the universe, not even a rounding error.

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2025 05:27 AM (DgGvY)

51 45 @16/FenelonSpoke: {{ ...and imagine some Indian accent here -"I am in silence here doing my work, to try to explain the mysteries of internet connection to you stupid American dolts" }}

https://youtu.be/K6TLYwelOPk
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2025 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

There are actual tears squeezing themselves out of my eyes.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:28 AM (CQE5S)

52 Artificially Intelligent. The same says it all.

Posted by: Sheets to the Wind at June 10, 2025 05:28 AM (AN+ve)

53 And it looks like anti-ICE protestors have placed Baltimore in their sights for their performance protests.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2025 05:28 AM (a1415)

54 Sponge, on the outside chance you are on the tech thread early enough, these are the extensions I have on my browser that block YouTube ads:

Enhancer for YouTube
AdBlock
NoScript

Now, I use Brave instead of Opera but hopefully they are available for you. And I'll repost this on the morning thread if you don't respond.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 05:29 AM (+4yJ5)

55 We finally saw the final Mission Impossible last night.
It was worth the $5.80.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Was this mission actually impossible?

No, wait, don't spoil it.

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2025 05:30 AM (DgGvY)

56 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2025 05:23 AM

Thanks. I have never seen "Short Circuit" lol,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:30 AM (YIRlV)

57 And with that....time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2025 05:31 AM (a1415)

58 Ciampino, couple days ago you mentioned Cairo was county seat of Pulaski County, IL. Ackshually, Mound City is its county seat. Cairo, my boyhood hometown, is the county seat for Alexander County.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 05:32 AM (hoCmQ)

59 Link for post 48. D'oh. Sorry:

https://tinyurl.com/2en42vrc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:32 AM (YIRlV)

60 46 As a Michigan grad, I wholeheartedly applaud your first paragraph wherein you refer to Ohio State as both osu and "Ohio University."

I realised afterwards that The Grauniad had used "Ohio university" as a generic term but didn't go back and adjust my headline.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 10, 2025 05:32 AM (BLOW1)

61 56 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2025 05:23 AM

Thanks. I have never seen "Short Circuit" lol,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:30 AM (YIRlV)
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Light hearted but definitely worth the viewing. We love it. The sequel - ignore it.

Posted by: Ciampino - Do not disaaemble Number 5 at June 10, 2025 05:33 AM (sPQoU)

62 54 Sponge, on the outside chance you are on the tech thread early enough
Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 05:29 AM (+4yJ5)

This reminds me:

Sponge, I tripped across this yesterday, and thought of, well:

The Kraken
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Below the thunders of the upper deep,
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides; above him swell
Huge -->sponges
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages, and will lie
Battening upon huge sea worms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:34 AM (CQE5S)

63 In "Help," the actor Leo McKern played the Indian. He was from Australia. He had some Aborigine lineage.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 05:34 AM (ZmEVT)

64 oops, my sponge-focused arrows removed text:

Below the thunders of the upper deep,
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides; above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages, and will lie
Battening upon huge sea worms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:37 AM (CQE5S)

65 58 Ciampino, couple days ago you mentioned Cairo was county seat of Pulaski County, IL. Ackshually, Mound City is its county seat. Cairo, my boyhood hometown, is the county seat for Alexander County.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 05:32 AM (hoCmQ)
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You are absolutely correct. My apologies.
The Extension Office in Mounds was also the Office for Alexander County (it didn't merit it's own office!) hence my confusion after not visiting since 2012 and I am 29.

Posted by: Ciampino - Do not disassemble Number 5 at June 10, 2025 05:39 AM (sPQoU)

66 I rewatched Mission Impossible Part One on Prime recently. How did Ethan get the key from Gabriel?

During the fight scene on top of the train?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 05:39 AM (ZmEVT)

67 "The" Ohio State University.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 05:39 AM (ZmEVT)

68 @44/m: "Gremlins?"

Usually a value coming back from a function call that doesn't fit at all with what is expected, and how to handle a situation like that (in the exception handler part) isn't properly written because the programmer was of the mindset "Well that will never happen" or "That's impossible, I won't worry about it."

Haha, no. It's always possible and it will eventually happen. Code your exception handlers accordingly.

Also, never code your impossible exceptions to throw very crudely worded messages to your end-user. *cough* I may have learned that lesson the hard way.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2025 05:40 AM (O7YUW)

69 Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 05:34 AM (ZmEVT)

He did a great job!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:40 AM (O+RF1)

70 67 "The" Ohio State University.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 05:39 AM (ZmEVT)

That's what they WANT us to say!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:41 AM (CQE5S)

71 I was working on a cell phone project over 2 decades ago.

I had the idea that when the phone crashed, we would do a "silent reset." The phone would reboot without making any audible sounds to alert the user that we had failed and rebooted.

Pretty sneaky, huh?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 05:42 AM (ZmEVT)

72 68 @44/m: "Gremlins?"

Usually a value coming back from a function call that doesn't fit at all with what is expected, and how to handle a situation like that (in the exception handler part) isn't properly written because the programmer was of the mindset "Well that will never happen" or "That's impossible, I won't worry about it."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2025 05:40 AM (O7YUW)

So, gremlins?

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:44 AM (CQE5S)

73 "spiritual dryness"

Giggity.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 05:44 AM (kcTlG)

74 "Oh stewardess? I speak AI."

The funny thing about that article is that by the time the people in Ohio graduate, AI is probably going to be different from what they learned.

And I love the Guarniad's pledge about "Not bowing to Trump." They are proudly standing at the intersection of STUNNING! and BRAVE!

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 05:45 AM (+4yJ5)

75 BOING!

Mrs. BD and I spent 2 hours pressure cleaning the entire pool area. Ready for the pups!

Now for lunch. l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 10, 2025 05:46 AM (copfg)

76 I have no idea what giggity means .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:46 AM (O+RF1)

77 "Also, never code your impossible exceptions to throw very crudely worded messages to your end-user. *cough* I may have learned that lesson the hard way."

Those types of messages are for server-side logs.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 05:47 AM (kcTlG)

78 70 67 "The" Ohio State University.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 05:39 AM (ZmEVT)

That's what they WANT us to say!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:41 AM (CQE5S)
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Funny because University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is adamant that it does NOT WANT A 'THE' IN FRONT.

So it's like saying 'Pick up hammer Ugh' instead of ' Pick up the hammer Ugh'. 'We are University' instead of 'We are the University'. Weird.

Posted by: Ciampino - Number Five Alive at June 10, 2025 05:47 AM (sPQoU)

79 Pixy, in Australian English, would "impacted" seem "off" in this context?

31 The word replaced by [affected] was redacted in the Grauniad article! Not just in Pixyland. Wonder what it could have been, that the Guardian thought it best to rephrase. "Grokked"?
Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 04:49
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The word was "impacted".

https://is.gd/C97PL1
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 05:10 AM (hoCmQ)

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:48 AM (CQE5S)

80 @71/no one of any consequence: "Pretty sneaky, huh?"

As the final fall-back in the exception handling, that one's pretty smart. Beats the heck out of locking up and not responding.

While we're on this topic, here's a look at the mindset behind servers: "Pets vs Cattle":
https://tinyurl.com/3bbmht5a

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2025 05:48 AM (O7YUW)

81 We ( spouse and I ) want faster Internet. I just wanted the @&### thing to work.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:48 AM (O+RF1)

82 Meant "didn't " want faster internet

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:50 AM (O+RF1)

83 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 10, 2025 05:50 AM (AN2gy)

84 76 I have no idea what giggity means .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:46 AM (O+RF1)
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I don't know either. Maybe giggling while giddy?

Posted by: Ciampino - spinning wheel at June 10, 2025 05:52 AM (sPQoU)

85
Colleges and universities believe that their role is to turn out "chatbotlings", that is, "educated" "free thinkers" who rely on chatbots to tell them what to think?

All righty, if said "chatbotlings" can do that now, without the blessings and benefits conveyed by having attended "The" Ohio State University, then what is the point of attending "The" Ohio State University in the first place?

Buh-bye, Buckeyes!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 05:52 AM (xG4kz)

86 Hated that song "All that she wants" but I appreciate the musical links, Pixy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:53 AM (O+RF1)

87 78 70 67 "The" Ohio State University.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 05:39 AM (ZmEVT)

That's what they WANT us to say!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:41 AM (CQE5S)
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Funny because University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is adamant that it does NOT WANT A 'THE' IN FRONT.

Posted by: Ciampino - Number Five Alive at June 10, 2025 05:47 AM (sPQoU)

What The Ohio State University is asking, I believe, is that we capitalize the "the."

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:53 AM (CQE5S)

88 g'mornin' everyone!

49 degrees, overcast

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 10, 2025 05:53 AM (/Ghsb)

89 "Giggity" is a slang word, typically used as a catchphrase or exclamation, often associated with the character Glenn Quagmire from the animated TV show Family Guy. It can be used to express delight, amusement, or sexual desire.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 05:53 AM (+4yJ5)

90 "I have no idea what giggity means ."

Ah. You'd have to have degenerate enough to watch the show "Family Guy" or to have looked for YouTube videos of a character in that show named Quagmire.

Imagine the most gross hetero-sexual pervert you can imagine and you'll be close to Quagmire. His catchphrase is "Giggity".

I'll try to find a not-too-disgusting example and give a link.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 05:54 AM (kcTlG)

91 Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ satellites across the system! (Watch those methane storms, Titan, they can be a tad difficult.)

It's Tiu's Day again! Despite the sour warmth, I intend to go for a walk this am before breakfast. Now, where is my motivation? I saw it around here just last night. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2025 05:54 AM (omVj0)

92 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 10, 2025 05:55 AM (lIgBp)

93 GASP!

FenelonSpoke said "@&###"!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 10, 2025 05:56 AM (copfg)

94 I was stationed in the UK when that Ace of Base song came out. You couldn't get away from it. It played on the radio, clubs, pubs, Euro MTV, etc. It was huge. Then they quickly disappeared. The blond was pretty anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 10, 2025 05:56 AM (sAmhv)

95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S_WRXTEZOc

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 05:57 AM (kcTlG)

96 Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 05:54 AM (kcTlG)

That's ok , but I appreciate the explanation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 05:58 AM (O+RF1)

97 ... and yet "The" Ohio State University does not seem much to care if we bandy about a definite-article-free OSU. And, even on their VERY OWN website, they leave it off here and there:

"Ohio State's AgrAbility program is helping Ohio farmers stay in their fields."

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 05:58 AM (CQE5S)

98 Maybe stop watching that after 3 minutes or so....

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 05:59 AM (kcTlG)

99 SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-24
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: June 10, 2025
Launch Time: 9:05 a.m. EDT, 1305 UTC, 15:05 CEST

https://www.youtube.com/live/caMJFZ0e-Zw

Posted by: Ciampino - spinning wheel in the sky at June 10, 2025 06:01 AM (sPQoU)

100
"giggity giggity" is a verbal tick of a character, Glenn Quagmire, in "Family Guy"

Glenn Quagmire, who is usually referred to by his surname, is a fictional character from the American adult animated sitcom Family Guy. He is a neighbor and friend of the Griffin family and is best known for his hypersexuality and his catchphrase, "Giggity Giggity". The show's creator and voice actor Seth MacFarlane describes him as "an appalling human being who is still caught in the Rat Pack era" based on anachronistic 1950s party-animal clichés.

It's the cartoon equivalent of Matthew McConaughey saying, "all right, all right, all right" when he starred as David Wooderson, another skeevy character, in the 1993 film "Dazed and Confused".

Here endeth the cultural catch phrases lesson.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:01 AM (xG4kz)

101 100

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:01 AM (CQE5S)

102 drat

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:02 AM (CQE5S)

103 That might be an interesting thread. Songs played over and over again which we detested, although it doesn't sound like too uplifting of a thread. I already shared mine- Pina colada song." I'm looking to cheat on my girlfriend. "Do you like the same booze I do?" *

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 06:02 AM (O+RF1)

104 I think part of the reason so many near-illiterates use "impact(ed)" instead of "affect(ed)" is that the latter got confused with "effect." Even though "effect" is usually a noun and "affect" is a verb. (There's a specialized use of "affect" as a noun, to mean "emotional response," but that's not part of everyday English. "Effect" can also be a verb, but it's rarer now.)

"The rainy weather affected the picnic." (Verb)

"The rainy weather had an effect on the picnic." (Noun)

"Impact" is also supposed to be a noun. But in the continual enverbification of English nouns, it got co-opted (from an adjective, as in "impacted wisdom tooth") to mean "affected."

Here endeth this morning's grammar lesson, probably unneeded by AoSHQ commenters!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2025 06:02 AM (omVj0)

105 "Gig 'em, Aggies."

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:03 AM (CQE5S)

106 "Here endeth this morning's grammar lesson, probably unneeded by AoSHQ commenters!"

Giggity.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 06:04 AM (kcTlG)

107 USAGE
The phrasal verb impact on, as in ‘when produce is lost, it always impacts on the bottom line’, has been in the language since the 1960s. Many people disapprove of it despite its relative frequency, saying that make an impact on or other equivalent wordings should be used instead. New formations of verbs from nouns (as in the case of impact) are often regarded as somehow inferior

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:04 AM (CQE5S)

108
You know who else had porgorms, er, programs to "help keep farmers in their fields", OSU's AgrAbility?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:04 AM (xG4kz)

109 106 "Here endeth this morning's grammar lesson, probably unneeded by AoSHQ commenters!"

Giggity.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 06:04 AM (kcTlG)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:05 AM (CQE5S)

110 The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space have had breakfast. Now Stirling the big black is grooming on the floor near me, while Dagny the little gray Siberian is perched atop the kitchen counter extension where she can watch what Stirling and I are doing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2025 06:07 AM (omVj0)

111 105 "Gig 'em, Aggies."

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:03 AM (CQE5S)
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..... just the punchline .....

"Ah, let him have another try ..."

Posted by: Ciampino - spinning wheel in the sky keeps on at June 10, 2025 06:07 AM (sPQoU)

112
"Here endeth this morning's grammar lesson, probably unneeded by AoSHQ commenters!"

Giggity.

Posted by: Richard Cranium

Scored the seemingly sacred "hunnert" post though, didn't it? All right, all right, al; right!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:07 AM (xG4kz)

113 @81/FenelonSpouse: "We ( spouse and I ) want faster Internet. I just wanted the @&### thing to work.

For me, reliability is absolutely prized over "fast but crashes unexpectedly" - something I wish the door to door internet provider salesmen would get through their heads as I repeatedly tell them to get off my lawn.

I'm happy with who I'm with and what I pay, even though it's more expensive than the temporary "much lower" price these salesgoons try to dangle in front of me. That's bait, I'm not biting.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2025 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

114 I don't recall hearing "impact" as a verb until the '80s sometime. It's not too horrible, but "impacts on" sounds clumsy. Just say "impacts the bottom line" and leave it at that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2025 06:09 AM (omVj0)

115
The lunatic left - here admirably represented by Ars Technica itself - is outraged that differences in opinion are permitted at all.

The lunatic left is outraged that differences in opinion even exist at all.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2025 06:09 AM (QnmlO)

116 112 Scored the seemingly sacred "hunnert" post though, didn't it?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:07 AM (xG4kz)

Well deserved.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:09 AM (CQE5S)

117 An orderly exit was effected via the rear door.

I like impact for something forceful whereas affect is for everything else.

Posted by: Ciampino - spinning wheel in the sky keeps on turning at June 10, 2025 06:11 AM (sPQoU)

118 114 I don't recall hearing "impact" as a verb until the '80s sometime. It's not too horrible, but "impacts on" sounds clumsy. Just say "impacts the bottom line" and leave it at that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2025 06:09 AM (omVj0)

Sounds to me like it has a military origin, but I don't know that.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:11 AM (CQE5S)

119
Habitual users of the term "impacted" are persons whose faces are badly in need of being impacted by a fist.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:12 AM (xG4kz)

120 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: she's got to be somebody's baby.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 10, 2025 06:14 AM (6YdsJ)

121 Old time hymn sung by husband and wife, "Great is thy faithfulness."

https://tinyurl.com/3xte2u5y

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2025 06:14 AM (noQgu)

122 @119/Krebs v Carnot: {{ Habitual users of the term "impacted" are persons whose faces are badly in need of being impacted by a fist. }}

Corporate bafflegab has entered the chat.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2025 06:16 AM (O7YUW)

123 story of the day expected to be:

15 ... I am sick and tired of not seeing the streets of LA cleared with a whiff of grapeshot.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 10, 2025 04:52 AM (Dg2sF)

40 700 Marines are enroute to LA from Twentynine Palms. Left couple of hours ago best I can gather.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 05:20 AM (hoCmQ)

43 "700 Marines are enroute to LA from Twentynine Palms. Left couple of hours ago best I can gather."

Is this where somebody says....'Things are about to get Sporty!'?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2025 05:22 AM (a1415)

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:16 AM (CQE5S)

124 mornin yall.

Star Wars, 1977. Red Leader's missile missed and "it just impacted on the surface". That was the first time I remember hearing the word used that way.

Posted by: fd at June 10, 2025 06:17 AM (vFG9F)

125 119
impacted, leveraged, interdicted

Posted by: Ciampino - wheel in the sky keeps on turning at June 10, 2025 06:17 AM (sPQoU)

126
Having endured less than a minute watching that video in the "your local rioters are being brought to you by ... you, the taxpayer!" thread, I could not help but notice that the head motions of Jennifer Rubin as she listened to their learned guest strongly resembled those of a stupid chicken looking for food in a barnyard.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:17 AM (xG4kz)

127 120 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: she's got to be somebody's baby.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 10, 2025 06:14 AM (6YdsJ)

Nice one!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:18 AM (CQE5S)

128 102 drat
Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:02 AM (CQE5S)
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Shoulda used more "giggity."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2025 06:18 AM (GlyvH)

129 Governor Newsome posted a picture of National Guard troops sleeping on the floor of a building. "Trump did this! No food! No place to sleep!"

Never mind the picture of the MRE box. As for sleeping on the floor, tell me you never served without telling me you never served.

I guess luxury hotels are too good for troops since they had to make way for the illegals.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 06:18 AM (+4yJ5)

130
If you can't phase 'em with facts, baffle 'em with bullshit

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:19 AM (xG4kz)

131 Having endured less than a minute watching that video in the "your local rioters are being brought to you by ... you, the taxpayer!" thread, I could not help but notice that the head motions of Jennifer Rubin as she listened to their learned guest strongly resembled those of a stupid chicken looking for food in a barnyard.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:17 AM (xG4kz)
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Hey!

Posted by: Stupid Chickens Everywhere at June 10, 2025 06:20 AM (6YdsJ)

132 Gavin's pinned tweet:

Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
17h
The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor.

This is a day I hoped I would never see in America.

I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:20 AM (CQE5S)

133 ... which has

43,297 comments

Gavin Narcissist

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:21 AM (CQE5S)

134 Greta refused to watch the atrocities video and they deported her anyway. They should have just dropped her off in Gaza.

Posted by: fd at June 10, 2025 06:21 AM (vFG9F)

135 I've been using StarLink for a year (I think). I'm at a location where cable/fiber isn't available.

StarLink's been great EXCEPT during thunderstorms (dense rain interferes with the signal to the satellites). StarLink also provide IPV6, which is useful and maybe needed if you run a server that you'd like to access from outside your home network. (If that sentence made no sense to you, then either you don't need to worry about that stuff OR I need to improve my writing.)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 06:22 AM (kcTlG)

136
Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
17h
The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor.

This is a day I hoped I would never see in America.

I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.

Gavin's thinking, "But if he intends to arrest one, let it be me ... please, please, please, p..l..e..a..s..e!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:22 AM (xG4kz)

137 Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
17h
The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor.

Your filthy, treasonous party bent every rule and corrupted every institution to imprison Trump. And when that didn't work, you tried to kill him.

Trump having you arrested would be an act of sheer kindness compared to what I want him to do to you.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 10, 2025 06:24 AM (Dg2sF)

138 136 Gavin's thinking, "But if he intends to arrest one, let it be me ... please, please, please, p..l..e..a..s..e!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:22 AM (xG4kz)

... and his wife, if she were straight-thinking, would be in agreement.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:25 AM (CQE5S)

139 Hmmm.

California is in open rebellion. Send the Senators and Congress critters back. Reconstruction! Disenfranchise every registered Democrat.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 06:25 AM (ZmEVT)

140 Greta refused to watch the atrocities video and they deported her anyway.

WTF, no one in Israel has ever seen A Clockwork Orange?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 10, 2025 06:25 AM (Dg2sF)

141 moar gavin:

Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
7h
U.S. Marines serve a valuable purpose for this country -- defending democracy. They are not political pawns.

The Secretary of Defense is illegally deploying them onto American streets so Trump can have a talking point at his parade this weekend.

It’s a blatant abuse of power.

We will sue to stop this.

The Courts and Congress must act. Checks and balances are crumbling.

This is a red line — and they’re crossing it. WAKE UP!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:26 AM (CQE5S)

142 SHEEPLE

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:26 AM (CQE5S)

143 Greta refused to watch the atrocities video and they deported her anyway. They should have just dropped her off in Gaza.
Posted by: fd at June 10, 2025 06:21
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Well, shoot. I was hoping she'd watch it. Wonder why she refused?

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 06:27 AM (hoCmQ)

144
California is in open rebellion. Send the Senators and Congress critters back. Reconstruction! Disenfranchise every registered Democrat.

Posted by: no one of any consequence

I said it yesterday, none dare call it an insurrection, but that is exactly what it is.

Serve all of them a hearty dose of "J6 justice". Their precedent, their rules.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:27 AM (xG4kz)

145 Well, shoot. I was hoping she'd watch it. Wonder why she refused?
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2025 06:27 AM (hoCmQ)
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She's allergic to truth.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 10, 2025 06:27 AM (6YdsJ)

146
How long before pallets of bricks are found to have been delivered to street corners conveniently close to the action?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:30 AM (xG4kz)

147 134 Greta refused to watch the atrocities video and they deported her anyway. They should have just dropped her off in Gaza.
Posted by: fd at June 10, 2025 06:21 AM (vFG9F)

Except, except ... they might trade her back to us at a high price in Bad Guys.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:30 AM (CQE5S)

148 "Wonder why she refused?"

She doesn't want to spoil her Brat Summer.

Posted by: fd at June 10, 2025 06:31 AM (vFG9F)

149
I'm patiently transcribing bibliographies of legacy publications on metallocene polymerization catalysts from Word and Excel documents into EndNote. I have about 5000 of them to do and I've gotten maybe 10% of them done. I also have to get a list of articles from about 2020 to 2025 from SciFinder, but I need to fix my account with Chemical Abstract Services.

Google Scholar is a big help. Copy the DOI or title into the search box and the bibliography comes up. There's a link to import the reference into EndNote, which is the work of a moment.

Of course, once that's done, how do I get the publications themselves? There are a few available on Research Gate and similar repositories, and some are in open-access journals, but the great bulk of them would otherwise require purchase, at about $50 an article. Don't think that's happening. Patents, which have no copyright, are so much easier to work with.

I've also purchased what I hope is a used version of ChemDraw so I can do the drawings.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2025 06:31 AM (QnmlO)

150 "How long before pallets of bricks are found to have been delivered to street corners conveniently close to the action?"

I saw a picture on X of exactly that already.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 06:31 AM (ZmEVT)

151 It is a dumpster fire over at gavin's 𝕏 account:

https://nitter.net/gavinnewsom

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 06:31 AM (CQE5S)

152 "As for sleeping on the floor, tell me you never served without telling me you never served."

We used to dream of sleeping on a floor!

Monty Python joke aside, yeah. Newscum will probably point out the lack of hot food as a failure in preparation. The cretins who think he's an effective governor will seal-clap such statements.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 06:32 AM (kcTlG)

153
"Impacted" sounds more kinetic than "affected", which sounds passive.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2025 06:33 AM (QnmlO)

154
Newscum will probably point out the lack of hot food as a failure in preparation. The cretins who think he's an effective governor will seal-clap such statements.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 06:32 AM (kcTlG)

Maybe he can order in for them from the French Laundry.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2025 06:34 AM (QnmlO)

155 "Impacted" sounds more kinetic than "affected", which sounds passive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2025 06:33 AM (QnmlO)
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Deep Impact.

Deep Affect.

*scratches chin*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 10, 2025 06:34 AM (6YdsJ)

156 "Impacted" suggests someone got hit.

"affected" suggests their lunch was cold.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 06:35 AM (ZmEVT)

157 "Ohio State's AgrAbility program is helping Ohio farmers stay in their fields."

So they're out standing in their fields?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 10, 2025 06:35 AM (lIgBp)

158 157 "Ohio State's AgrAbility program is helping Ohio farmers stay in their fields."

So they're out standing in their fields?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 10, 2025 06:35 AM (lIgBp)
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*rimshot*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 10, 2025 06:35 AM (6YdsJ)

159 G'mornin all y'all

Posted by: OkJohn at June 10, 2025 06:36 AM (NC/it)

160 I guess the California pimple is raising its head to be popped.

Or to be the source of sepsis to kill the US.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2025 06:38 AM (kcTlG)

161
Governor Newsome posted a picture of National Guard troops sleeping on the floor of a building. "Trump did this! No food! No place to sleep!"

Never mind the picture of the MRE box. As for sleeping on the floor, tell me you never served without telling me you never served.

I guess luxury hotels are too good for troops since they had to make way for the illegals.

Posted by: NR Pax

Troops sleeping on the floors of parking garages was A-OK to Gavin and his ilk during the high water opening to their "J6 justice" days campaign. 'Member that, Newscum?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:38 AM (xG4kz)

162 Is Greta in L.A. yet?
Is she wearing a Mexican flag keffeyia?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 10, 2025 06:38 AM (lIgBp)

163 Is she wearing a Mexican flag keffeyia?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 10, 2025 06:38 AM (lIgBp)
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Is that the equivalent of a checkered sombrero?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 10, 2025 06:39 AM (6YdsJ)

164 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 10, 2025 06:40 AM (6YdsJ)

165 149
I've also purchased what I hope is a used version of ChemDraw so I can do the drawings.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2025 06:31 AM (QnmlO)
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I was a beta tester for CD back in the 90s. Got a free copy of it from that work, as a reward.

Posted by: Ciampino - found a serious memory leak at June 10, 2025 06:40 AM (sPQoU)

166 Or a plaid poncho?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 06:40 AM (ZmEVT)

167 Have they been able to identify any White Christian Nationalists responsible for all this violence?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 10, 2025 06:41 AM (PiwSw)

168
Is she wearing a Mexican flag keffeyia?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 10, 2025 06:38 AM (lIgBp)
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Is that the equivalent of a checkered sombrero?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

It's the equivalent of a used and greasy disposable thin paper wrapper from a Cheesy Gordita Crunch from Taco Belle

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:43 AM (xG4kz)

169
Have they been able to identify any White Christian Nationalists responsible for all this violence?

Why, they're Amish, of course!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:44 AM (xG4kz)

170
"Impact" as a verb sounds like the kind of thing you'd see on LinkedIn posted by some go-getter girlboss with a meme "Don't use these terms, use these instead" that came out of some management guru's book.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2025 06:48 AM (QnmlO)

171 I want to see an interview of one or more people who had their cars torched.

Posted by: Ciampino - bet they are pissed at June 10, 2025 06:49 AM (sPQoU)

172 So I asked Grok to draw an image of Greta Thunberg in a sombrero. The result was very realistic. Don't know how to share it with you, though.
*shrugs*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 10, 2025 06:50 AM (lIgBp)

173 171 I want to see an interview of one or more people who had their cars torched.
Posted by: Ciampino

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at June 10, 2025 06:52 AM (lIgBp)

174 I said it yesterday, none dare call it an insurrection, but that is exactly what it is.

Serve all of them a hearty dose of "J6 justice". Their precedent, their rules.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:27 AM (xG4kz)

I said it, too. Good and hard. Grand opportunity missed if not.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2025 06:53 AM (i24o9)

175 In my working years in Los Angeles we went from Mayor Richard Riordan, a successful businessman, highly capable executive, solid, decent Republican and charming politician to Karen Bass, an odious Communist and total managerial incompetent. Probably a lot of messages and indicators of social collapse in that downward trajectory.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 10, 2025 06:53 AM (x2CMu)

176 Did the morons see the footage of Maxine Waters being denied access to the ICE facility?

Her intent was to go see that union dude in jail.

She walked away muttering like a doddering old dementia patient.

Posted by: kallisto at June 10, 2025 06:53 AM (UBNlR)

177 173
More often than not your vehicle is worth a lot more to you than the book/insurance value. You can't buy an equivalent replacement with that sum of money.

Posted by: Ciampino - bet they are pissed off at June 10, 2025 06:55 AM (sPQoU)

178 It is a dumpster fire over at gavin's 𝕏 account:

Can't see it until I'm home. I take it he doesn't have a lot of support?

And is there any truth to Trump calling for Gavin to be arrested? I would think that would be a major news story but this seems to be an absinthe induced fantasy right now.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 06:57 AM (+4yJ5)

179 And is there any truth to Trump calling for Gavin to be arrested?
Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 06:57 AM (+4yJ5)

He didn't call for it. When asked if Newsom should be arrested, he replied in his throwaway fashion, "I would."

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 10, 2025 06:59 AM (x2CMu)

180 Why, look. There's a pallet of cinder blocks sitting at an LA intersection. How did it get there? Prolly one of those big flatbed trucks with the forklift hanging off the back.
And when that conspicuous truck drove through the streets of LA in the wee hours of the morning it was recorded by countless cameras, some of which have license plate scanning software to identity the specific vehicle and registration.

Will these taxpayer funded law enforcement resources be brought to bear to prosecute the accomplice to a riot?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 10, 2025 07:00 AM (lIgBp)

181 When asked if Newsom should be arrested, he replied in his throwaway fashion, "I would."

OK, so it's a fantasy then. Of course his supporters are saying WHAT CRIME DID HE COMMIT? HMMMM!? The Orange Idi Amin is a felon and he's not in jail!!>!>>!one!Eleventy!!

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 07:01 AM (+4yJ5)

182 Ready for another day of exciting commenting action!

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2025 07:01 AM (AOsQT)

183 Will these taxpayer funded law enforcement resources be brought to bear to prosecute the accomplice to a riot?

In an ideal world, the driver would be under interrogation and told that he either gives up who hired him or he will get treated as an unlawful combatant.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 07:02 AM (+4yJ5)

184 Morning peeps.

What up?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2025 07:02 AM (Q4IgG)

185 *She walked away muttering like a doddering old dementia patient.*

Hey, don't knock it.

Posted by: Creepy Joe at June 10, 2025 07:03 AM (lIgBp)

186 156 "Impacted" suggests someone got hit.

"affected" suggests their lunch was cold.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 06:35 AM (ZmEVT)

*Ka-POW* fits the first one!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 07:04 AM (CQE5S)

187
*She walked away muttering like a doddering old dementia patient.*

Max Maxine is long past her "sell by" date. This is her swan song.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 07:04 AM (xG4kz)

188 Newsom is one whiney little bitch isn't he?

Maybe Trump can order his arrest but Trump is not going to arrest him.

Just leave him twisting in the wind is good enough.
In other words, ignore him like he is nothing.

Posted by: Case at June 10, 2025 07:05 AM (k7qYZ)

189 161 Troops sleeping on the floors of parking garages was A-OK to Gavin and his ilk during the high water opening to their "J6 justice" days campaign. 'Member that, Newscum?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 10, 2025 06:38 AM (xG4kz)

I want you in my corner when if we have to fight gavin newsom.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 07:07 AM (CQE5S)

190 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 10, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

191 I am sick and tired of not seeing the streets of LA cleared with a whiff of grapeshot.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 10, 2025 04:52 AM (Dg2sF)

Soylent Green scoops.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2025 07:08 AM (i24o9)

192
I don't want to provoke anyone into screaming their head off, but what's the NG there for? To restore order or to allow ICE to do its job? Because we've learned enough about peacekeeping missions in hostile environments.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2025 07:08 AM (QnmlO)

193 175 In my working years in Los Angeles we went from Mayor Richard Riordan, a successful businessman, highly capable executive, solid, decent Republican and charming politician to Karen Bass, an odious Communist and total managerial incompetent. Probably a lot of messages and indicators of social collapse in that downward trajectory.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 10, 2025 06:53 AM (x2CMu)

In the past couple of days, Bass has sounded more reasonable than gavin.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 07:09 AM (CQE5S)

194

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 10, 2025 07:09 AM (5hfjS)

195 In an ideal world, the driver would be under interrogation and told that he either gives up who hired him or he will get treated as an unlawful combatant.

Then jail the driver for failing to produce a 1099 from his employer.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 10, 2025 07:12 AM (a4flb)

196 46 As a Michigan grad, I wholeheartedly applaud your first paragraph wherein you refer to Ohio State as both osu and "Ohio University." Few things annoy the insecure dunces of that school more than that. Of course no offense intended to any esteemed morons who may be alums of that school down south.
Posted by: Sheets to the Wind at June 10, 2025 05:25 AM (AN+ve)

The Ohio State University.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2025 07:13 AM (6ydKt)

197 Gavin Newsom is amazing! He's like watching a burning clown car crash into a nuclear power plant. Funny and horrific at the same time!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 10, 2025 07:13 AM (sAmhv)

198 > In the past couple of days, Bass has sounded more reasonable than gavin.
--------
She's also exposed to more potential risk as mayor. Newsom's just running his mouth.

Neither have any real fear that they'll go to jail.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2025 07:13 AM (Q4IgG)

199 Hillary Clinton

Gavin Newsome has information that could lead to your arrest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 10, 2025 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

200 Insurance will not cover the car losses in LA. Riots not covered.

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

201 And when that conspicuous truck drove through the streets of LA in the wee hours of the morning it was recorded by countless cameras, some of which have license plate scanning software to identity the specific vehicle and registration.

There is open source software that has been available for years that will allow you to drive through a parking lot with your phone camera capturing parked car after car after car. The OCR software is prety good for captuing the plates into processable text, and good but still improving on determining make, model, year and color of the car with that license plate.

That is, the tech to do ALPR is everywhere there is a phone.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 10, 2025 07:15 AM (a4flb)

202 Insurance will not cover the car losses in LA. Riots not covered.

First thing they tell you in Krav Maga self defense classes is "Don't be there".

Get off the X, the experience isn't worth the risk.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 10, 2025 07:17 AM (a4flb)

203
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
@SecDef
12h
Due to increased threats to federal law enforcement officers and federal buildings, approximately 700 active-duty U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton are being deployed to Los Angeles to restore order.

We have an obligation to defend federal law enforcement officers - even if Gavin Newsom will not.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 07:17 AM (CQE5S)

204 192
I don't want to provoke anyone into screaming their head off, but what's the NG there for? To restore order or to allow ICE to do its job? Because we've learned enough about peacekeeping missions in hostile environments.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2025 07:08 AM (QnmlO)
----
The NG ison federal ground and protecting the federal building(s), leaving the federal officers free to deal with troublemakers.
Next question is what are the Marines going to be doing?

Posted by: Ciampino - break some bones at June 10, 2025 07:17 AM (sPQoU)

205 Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
9h
Have no doubt — Violent criminals who take advantage of Trump’s chaos WILL be held accountable.

Our number one priority has been and will be keeping LA safe.

If you’re protesting peacefully. Stay calm. Look out for one another.

—

Two lies and some platitudes.
That’s Newsom in a nutshell.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2025 07:18 AM (6ydKt)

206 We have an obligation to defend federal law enforcement officers - even if Gavin Newsom will not.

I'm not paying taxes just to protect the holy and sacred government employee.

Get your ass out there and gun down these terrorists and enemy combatants.

The United State has clearly entered the definition of Failed State: loss of control of borders, budget and law & order

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 10, 2025 07:19 AM (a4flb)

207 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Wasn't there a ICE raid in your fair city recently?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 10, 2025 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

208 AI will fulfill all your needs and there will be no more jobs, no more families, no more church and no more privacy.

Hahahahaha!

(rubs tiny flaccid shrimp dick over and over to no effect)

Posted by: Bill Gates, Owner Of Fat Man Boobs And Tech Weirdo at June 10, 2025 07:20 AM (PxmHT)

209 I got suspended from Twitter (before Elon) once for writing "Shoot the rioters."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 07:20 AM (ZmEVT)

210 Next question is what are the Marines going to be doing?
Posted by: Ciampino - break some bones at June 10, 2025 07:17 AM (sPQoU)

Hopefully recon and search & destroy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2025 07:21 AM (6ydKt)

211 Have no doubt — Violent criminals who take advantage of ~~Trump’s~~ chaos WILL be held accountable.

Our number one priority has been and will be keeping LA safe.

Patel and Bongino could utter the same words.

Show me some arrests and prosecutions. Your words are always understood as lies.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 10, 2025 07:21 AM (a4flb)

212 no one of any consequence

Ya got to frame it as a practice of the French. 20,000 dead to put down the Paris Commune.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 10, 2025 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

213 J.J. With the MR News.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 10, 2025 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

214 Pete Hegseth retweeted
Karoline Leavitt
@PressSec
Jun 8
In recent days, violent mobs have attacked ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement Agents carrying out basic deportation operations in Los Angeles, California.

These operations are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States.

In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens.

That is why President Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester.

The Trump Administration has a zero tolerance policy for criminal behavior and violence, especially when that violence is aimed at law enforcement officers trying to do their jobs.

These criminals will be arrested and swiftly brought to justice.

The Commander-in-Chief will ensure the laws of the United States are executed fully and completely.

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 07:22 AM (CQE5S)

215 EVERYTHING IS AWESOME: and don't forget, TACO Tuesday is coming up, that's the day that every rule following citizen gets a free TACO and his love,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsdpb-4kW3Y&t=26s
Prez. Business' long drive delivers devastation to Cloud CookooLand.

It's what happens when he doesn't. Watch Live: Today!
https://california.liveuamap.com/

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 10, 2025 07:23 AM (Y2taF)

216 Yeah. The King of France would regularly have to send troops into Paris to hang the Mayor and City Council.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2025 07:23 AM (ZmEVT)

217 one has to hope that the Marines are tasked with arresting state and local officials who are active in the insurrection

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 10, 2025 07:24 AM (/Ghsb)

218 The United State has clearly entered the definition of Failed State: loss of control of borders, budget and law & order
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at June 10, 2025 07:19 AM (a4flb)

We've regained control of borders (for the moment), are at least making efforts on the budget, and likewise with law and order. We're in the throes of an undeclared civil war taking place in multiple dimensions of policy, technology and brute force. The jury is still out on recoverability.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 10, 2025 07:25 AM (x2CMu)

219 JJ is up!

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2025 07:25 AM (+4yJ5)

220 Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 10, 2025 07:23 AM (Y2taF)

wut

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 07:26 AM (CQE5S)

221 Are these rioters being arrested on federal charges or is it just disturbing the peace local charges. Are they being rounded up and then let go or are they going to a federal detention center?

Posted by: Megthered at June 10, 2025 07:26 AM (qkhhv)

222 221 Are these rioters being arrested on federal charges or is it just disturbing the peace local charges. Are they being rounded up and then let go or are they going to a federal detention center?
Posted by: Megthered at June 10, 2025 07:26 AM (qkhhv)

It's about 4:30 am in LA, so we don't know!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2025 07:28 AM (CQE5S)

223 Microsoft had the “Build” conference in Seattle last week (or the week before) and they had 100+ disruptions by protesters with some incoherent agenda, which they did their best to keep out of the national press.

Now comes …

Microsoft has confirmed that it will no longer host its annual Build conference in Seattle starting in 2026, citing issues related to rampant homelessness, visible drug use, and urban decay.

… funny they didn’t mention the local crazies.

Posted by: SMOD at June 10, 2025 08:34 AM (fOA0b)

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