Daily-ish Tech News 10 August 2025

Top Story

OpenAI has priced GPT-5 so low it may spark a price war. (Tech Crunch)

Chance would be a fine thing.
OpenAI's GPT-5 comes with up to 80% fewer hallucinations. (The Register)

Fewer hallucinations are good, or so the voices tell me.
OpenAI's GPT-5 is one hundred percent convinced that "blueberry" is spelled with three b's. (Kieran Healy)

Oops.

Not Really Tech News

I have RSV - respiratory syncytial virus - and putting a name to it doesn't help at all to be perfectly honest.

I bought a COVID test because I was starting to suspect this wasn't just a cold, and the particular test also tested influenza A and B - it didn't feel like the flu, but okay - and RSV, which hadn't crossed my mind at all.

Good news: My lifetime 100% COVID-free rating remains untouched.

Bad news: RSV is bloody annoying.

The common symptoms in adults match mine precisely, so I haven't developed an idiosyncratic reaction.
If present, symptoms are generally isolated to the upper respiratory tract: runny nose, sore throat, fever, and malaise. In most cases, nasal congestion precedes the development of cough. Unlike other upper respiratory infections, RSV is more likely to cause new onset wheeze in adults.
Still annoying.

Tech News

HTTP is not a simple protocol. (Haxx)

It drives everything and is implemented everywhere but it is rarely if ever entirely correct. The original 1.0 version in 1997 ran to 18,615 words; the later 1.1 version currently runs to 95,740 words, as much as a substantial novel.
HTTP/2: The sequel is always worse. (Portswigger)

It just is.
Microsoft Lens - Window's free text-scanning app - is being replaced with AI. (Thurrott)

That's "blueberry" with three b's.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Five to nine is still worse though.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 04:30 AM (+qU29)

2 Oink!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 10, 2025 04:30 AM (9vYpt)

3 I wonder what I got, minor chest congestion that won't go away

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 04:32 AM (+qU29)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 04:34 AM (aURVT)

5 >>>I have RSV

RSVP!

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 04:36 AM (aURVT)

6 >>>I have RSV - respiratory syncytial virus - and putting a name to it doesn't help at all to be perfectly honest.

Does that dictate a course of treatment?

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 04:37 AM (aURVT)

7 Stairway to Heaven
Dolly Parton
https://youtu.be/fw_Codf29Pw

Nobody asked for this but we got it.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 10, 2025 04:37 AM (9vYpt)

8 7 Stairway to Heaven
Dolly Parton
https://youtu.be/fw_Codf29Pw

Nobody asked for this but we got it.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 10, 2025 04:37 AM (9vYpt)

I got about 20 seconds in and thought I dunno.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 04:40 AM (aURVT)

9 Good morning, good people, from the steamy Adirondacks.

May munificent benefits be incurred for all your effort plus the accompanying heartburn for the leftwit fungi.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 10, 2025 04:41 AM (hKoQL)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 10, 2025 04:42 AM (qKYfj)

11 Disclaimer: Five to nine is still worse though.

6PM to 6AM is a real bugger.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 10, 2025 04:44 AM (qKYfj)

12 Pity, you might want to hit the Vitamin D and C.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 04:45 AM (HFcKg)

13 Sounds like a miserable infection, Pixy. I hope you have something or they can give you something for it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 04:45 AM (2GCMq)

14 Pixy,

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 04:46 AM (HFcKg)

15 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 10, 2025 04:48 AM (XQo4F)

16 Does that dictate a course of treatment?

Sadly no. They say stay hydrated and get a humidifier - check and check - and take ibuprofen if you need it, but currently there are no really effective treatments. Well, oxygen, but I'd have to be a lot worse off to warrant that. Fortunately.

12 Pity, you might want to hit the Vitamin D and C.

I do take Vitamin C and multivitamins, so I'm probably covered there.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 10, 2025 04:49 AM (BLOW1)

17 Son has a problem with his Apple Phone. Last time I asked him about it, the phone put out a message, "Try again in six hours." He's been talking with Grok for a long time about it which seems like an utter waste of time. I think we need to bring it to the store, but if he has to get a new phone, this will be the second phone within three months after the earlier one dropped out of his pants In the parking lot and his supervisor ran over it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 04:50 AM (2GCMq)

18 Kind policeman helps out an elderly woman who Ned help with her lawn:

https://tinyurl.com/37ukw6e9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 04:53 AM (2GCMq)

19 Just got home from seeing Joe Bonamassa's band. Absolutely stunning. As always. This is a musician's band. No flying around the arena, No fireworks, no, nothing. Just straight up great playing by every member of the band. They're all virtuosos.

They finished up the show with a blistering arrangement of Led Zeppelin's How Many More Times. The video is from a London show with a. Subset of his previous lineup that approximates the current band. There are videos with the current band playing but the audio is of such terrible quality they're unlistenable. This particular professionally shot version is spot on and is equally great to what I heard tonight.

If you like going to concerts this band should be one of your bucket lists. Bonus round: the audience aren't barbarians.

https://youtu.be/TuocThsJa0g

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 10, 2025 04:54 AM (9vYpt)

20 Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 10, 2025 04:49 AM (BLOW1)

You Aussies don't know shit about medicine.

Bourbon.

Bourbon is the treatment.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 10, 2025 04:55 AM (tVbC9)

21 I have a friend who got Covid about two weeks ago and another friend who got pneumonia last week on a long-haul plane ride. Yuck.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 04:55 AM (aURVT)

22 No Stairway!

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at August 10, 2025 04:55 AM (gHSfI)

23 BOING!

Another 2020 election conspiracy, laughed at, looking like it might be true:

https://tinyurl.com/2khm6mus

I don't recall which brainy X accounts were shouting this in 2019 but they were mostly ridiculed into silence. Or were they threated by big law firms?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 10, 2025 04:58 AM (JdYf9)

24 I got about 20 seconds in and thought I dunno.
Posted by: m

It is a pretty weird song choice for Dolly Parton. The interpretation is suss as hell. Why she decided to do this I have no idea. But she did so there we are.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 10, 2025 04:59 AM (9vYpt)

25 The "Hey Disco! Found your people!" on the ONT is completely cracking me up.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 04:59 AM (aURVT)

26 Nice Kid from NC who's been mowing lawns for about four years helps to pay off his church's mortgage:

https://tinyurl.com/3zybkkzy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 04:59 AM (2GCMq)

27 Bourbon is the treatment.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 10, 2025 04:55 AM (tVbC9)
-

Had some yesterday and I'm still fit as a fiddle. See? It works!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 10, 2025 05:00 AM (JdYf9)

28 20 Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 10, 2025 04:49 AM (BLOW1)

You Aussies don't know shit about medicine.

Bourbon.

Bourbon is the treatment.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 10, 2025 04:55 AM (tVbC9)

Or tea?

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:01 AM (aURVT)

29 Been awake a hour and nothing to show for it but a daily suduko

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 05:01 AM (+qU29)

30 Woman who's retired considers dealing with change through the help of her faith. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

https://tinyurl.com/mhj6xb9v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 05:03 AM (2GCMq)

31 Second dose of bourbon with honey and lemon for the cough.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 05:07 AM (HFcKg)

32 29 Been awake a hour and nothing to show for it but a daily suduko
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 05:01 AM (+qU29)

You called a nood for the tech thread.

291 Tech thread is upstairs
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 04:31 AM (+qU29)

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:08 AM (aURVT)

33 A nice Bordeaux can be effective as well.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 05:13 AM (HFcKg)

34 Bourbon is the treatment.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 10, 2025 04:55 AM (tVbC9)

Or tea?
Posted by: m

Note: Bourbon is the treatment.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 10, 2025 05:16 AM (9vYpt)

35 I hope you feel better, Pixy. Sounds very unpleasant. Get well, friend! I love your stuff, read it every day.

Posted by: Pooklord at August 10, 2025 05:19 AM (asU3w)

36 G'morning, all!

Myrtle Beach is a strange place.

Glad to be home.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 10, 2025 05:20 AM (a1415)

37 Almost forgot...

Baltimore mass shooting last night.

https://tinyurl.com/wc7r293r

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

38
Went to bed late, woke up early. Getting Her Majesty, Rosalind and The Big Dummy on the road to Denver this morning, then I'm headed off to Mass.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 05:23 AM (kkTda)

39 Hadrian, wishing safe travels for HM and all expectations exceeded for the pups.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 05:26 AM (HFcKg)

40 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 05:23 AM (kkTda)

"The Big Dummy". Haha.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 05:26 AM (2GCMq)

41 Hadrian, how is Diana doing?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 05:27 AM (HFcKg)

42 May they all have traveling blessings back and forth, Hadrian.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 05:28 AM (2GCMq)

43 37 Almost forgot...

Baltimore mass shooting last night.

https://tinyurl.com/wc7r293r
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 10, 2025 05:22 AM (a1415)

https://archive.is/qbC8Z

(same link without intrusive article-covering junk)

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:28 AM (aURVT)

44 yowza

BPD mass shooting presser. Commissioner Worley says it seemed like people were sitting on their porch when someone opened fire:
• 6 victims
• 4 males
• 2 females
• 5 year old girl shot in hand
• man shot critical and surgery
• Homicide unit notified
• No arrests

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:33 AM (aURVT)

45
Hadrian, how is Diana doing?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 05:27 AM (HFcKg)

__________

Diana is on a couple of medications to ease her nerve pain and help her stomach. She gets chicken and hamburger twice a day and free feeding of kibble. She eats well and is energetic, but is still a hard keeper.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 05:34 AM (kkTda)

46 moar covfefe

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:34 AM (aURVT)

47 G'mornin' everyone!

67 degrees, overcast, humid

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2025 05:35 AM (dKEEs)

48 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 10, 2025 05:39 AM (AN2gy)

49 *Baltimore mass shooting last night.*

Full moon.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 05:40 AM (XQo4F)

50 34 Bourbon is the treatment.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 10, 2025 04:55 AM (tVbC9)

Or tea?
Posted by: m

Note: Bourbon is the treatment.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 10, 2025 05:16 AM (9vYpt)

That was my dad's prescription, too.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:40 AM (aURVT)

51 Hadrian, have you given buttermilk a thought?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 05:40 AM (HFcKg)

52 So this was a.nice thing that happened yesterday. A soft spoken, smart man with a dry sense of humor in the local Republican group called me and asked if I could perform a non denominational wedding. I said " I never have but I certainly could ." He and his funny, nice ( female ) partner have been together for 20 years . I didn't even know they were not married I think it's nice he wants to make it official.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 05:41 AM (2GCMq)

53
HM will be gone until the first week in September. Greeley, CO starting Thursday, then to Lake Elmo, MN the weekend after that for the Greater Twin Cities Borzoi Club specialties, then Amana, IA for a Hound Group show.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 05:43 AM (kkTda)

54 I see your Dolly Parton and raise you Stairway to Gilligan's Island:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKr3mhojyvY

Posted by: fluffy at August 10, 2025 05:46 AM (AN2gy)

55 54 I see your Dolly Parton and raise you Stairway to Gilligan's Island:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKr3mhojyvY
Posted by: fluffy at August 10, 2025 05:46 AM (AN2gy)

hahahahahaha

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:50 AM (aURVT)

56 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 05:51 AM (tjClK)

57 49 *Baltimore mass shooting last night.*

Full moon.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 05:40 AM (XQo4F)

This is true!

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:51 AM (aURVT)

58 It's damn early.

Been on site since 2:30 AM.

Maintenance window isn't going all that well. This is going to be a long day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 05:51 AM (tjClK)

59 Another "Baby Trump" video:

https://tinyurl.com/re7jn385

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 05:52 AM (2GCMq)

60 58 It's damn early.

Been on site since 2:30 AM.

Maintenance window isn't going all that well. This is going to be a long day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 05:51 AM (tjClK)

But you got a FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:52 AM (aURVT)

61 I have RSV - respiratory syncytial virus - and putting a name to it doesn't help at all to be perfectly honest.

There is a vaccine for that.

I don't recommend taking it, however, I don't recommend taking any vaccines anymore since the medical and pharmaceutical industries have destroyed all their credibility.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 05:53 AM (tjClK)

62
But you got a FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:52 AM (aURVT)

A given.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 05:56 AM (tjClK)

63 >>>I have RSV - respiratory syncytial virus

syncytium
noun (plural syncytia) Biology
a single cell or cytoplasmic mass containing several nuclei, formed by fusion of cells or by division of nuclei.
• Embryology syncytium forming the outermost layer of the trophoblast.
DERIVATIVES
syncytial (adjective)

ORIGIN
late 19th century: from syn- ‘together’ + -cyte ‘cell’ + -ium.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:57 AM (aURVT)

64 I cannot tell if the "Baby Trump" guy doesn't like Trump or not, but if not , he sure found something that many supporters of Trump find amusing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 05:58 AM (2GCMq)

65 Syncytia, Phil Collins

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:00 AM (aURVT)

66 I cannot tell if the "Baby Trump" guy doesn't like Trump or not, but if not , he sure found something that many supporters of Trump find amusing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 05:58 AM (2GCMq)
-

It's hilarious all around!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 10, 2025 06:01 AM (JdYf9)

67 Syncytia, Phil Collins
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:00 AM (aURVT)

Abacab.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:01 AM (tjClK)

68 Evening and morning to all!

Pixy: "Fewer hallucinations are good, or so the voices tell me."

A worthy successor to the old "I can't come in to work. The voices told me to stay home and clean all the guns today."

Sorry to hear about the RSV. How long is a case supposed to last?

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

69 Don't take Syncytia if you're allergic to Syncytia.

Posted by: The Legal Department at August 10, 2025 06:07 AM (XQo4F)

70 Don't take Syncytia if you're allergic to Syncytia.
Posted by: The Legal Department at August 10, 2025 06:07 AM (XQo4F)

"I've got Type II diabetes cuz I'm fat as a cow."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:08 AM (tjClK)

71 >>>I have RSV
*
RSVP!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025

***
At my former work, a university, a colleague told me that the students in our major -- a very bright bunch, by all accounts -- did not know what "RSVP" meant. He had to use "Please reply" or wording like that on emails to them instead.

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

72 syncytium

***
Sounds like a body structure. A private one that should not be discussed on genteel blogs like this one.

(I crack myself up sometimes.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2025 06:12 AM (omVj0)

73 Sid get a cat nap.in
Nedz coffee now

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 06:12 AM (+qU29)

74 67 Syncytia, Phil Collins
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:00 AM (aURVT)

Abacab.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:01 AM (tjClK)

When you wake in the morning
Wake and find you're covered in cellophane

Could be worse, Pixy!

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:12 AM (aURVT)

75 "I've got Type II diabetes cuz I'm fat as a cow."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:08 AM (tjClK)
-

Fat cows don't have diabetes.

You're doing something wrong.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 10, 2025 06:12 AM (JdYf9)

76 68 Sorry to hear about the RSV. How long is a case supposed to last?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

One to two weeks for the active stage, which is less time than it has lasted so far. Then possibly several more weeks with a persistent cough as your body gets rid of all the gunk.

I think I'm moving into the persistent cough stage now.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 10, 2025 06:13 AM (BLOW1)

77 syncytium

***
Sounds like a body structure. A private one that should not be discussed on genteel blogs like this one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2025 06:12 AM (omVj0)
-

The inner syncytium?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 10, 2025 06:14 AM (JdYf9)

78 76 68 Sorry to hear about the RSV. How long is a case supposed to last?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

One to two weeks for the active stage, which is less time than it has lasted so far. Then possibly several more weeks with a persistent cough as your body gets rid of all the gunk.

I think I'm moving into the persistent cough stage now.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 10, 2025 06:13 AM (BLOW1)

Oof.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:15 AM (aURVT)

79 Anyway! I am up, awake (for certain values of "awake"), sipping coffee; have fed the furry thugs. Shortly I must decide if I will go walk -- and "walking for forty-five minutes" sounds like "climbing a mountain," in my current mental state -- or not.

Little Dagny actually slept on the bed for part of the night. I was aware that something was on the covers down near my feet as I drifted up and back down into sleep. Then I woke, and there she was, grooming herself and acting like "No big deal."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2025 06:15 AM (omVj0)

80 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: An 8, a 9...and a 3!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 10, 2025 06:15 AM (WvZaB)

81 Fat cows don't have diabetes.

You're doing something wrong.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 10, 2025 06:12 AM (JdYf9)

They are vegetarians. I eat vegetarian meats. They are tasty.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:15 AM (tjClK)

82 I think I'm moving into the persistent cough stage now.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 10, 2025 06:13 AM (BLOW1)
-

Our NC pup and family came down with RSV about 2 years ago. They're vax-free. Took about 2 weeks to get back to normal.

Get well fast.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 10, 2025 06:15 AM (JdYf9)

83 Syncytia, Phil Collins

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:00 AM (aURVT)

I thought that was a Metallica song.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:17 AM (tjClK)

84 Don't take Syncytia if you're allergic to Syncytia.
Posted by: The Legal Department at August 10, 2025

***
If you've never taken it, how do you know you're allergic to it?

Posted by: Pharmaceutical Rep at August 10, 2025 06:17 AM (omVj0)

85 *73 Sid get a cat nap in.*

My I recommend:

https://youtu.be/rLdpprJ3jeE

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 06:20 AM (XQo4F)

86 Don't worry about all 'em "side effects'! The lawyers make 'em say that.

Posted by: Some Guy I Work With, Proud User of Term "Legalese" at August 10, 2025 06:22 AM (vd6bO)

87 >The inner syncytium?
+++
The Holy of Holes.

Posted by: 1st Book of Anatomy at August 10, 2025 06:23 AM (XQo4F)

88 I can't believe it. We're already a third of the way through the month. In contrast, July dragged like a rawhide bag being hauled through heavy brush behind a slow horse.

Amazing how your perceptions of external events can shift like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2025 06:24 AM (omVj0)

89 83 Syncytia, Phil Collins

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:00 AM (aURVT)

I thought that was a Metallica song.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:17 AM (tjClK)

"Cyanide"?

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:26 AM (aURVT)

90 89 83 Syncytia, Phil Collins

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:00 AM (aURVT)

I thought that was a Metallica song.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:17 AM (tjClK)

"Cyanide"?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:26 AM (aURVT)

or

"Screaming Suicide"

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:26 AM (aURVT)

91 I can't believe it. We're already a third of the way through the month. In contrast, July dragged like a rawhide bag being hauled through heavy brush behind a slow horse.

Amazing how your perceptions of external events can shift like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2025 06:24 AM (omVj0)

Next thing you know, the TxMoMe is upon us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:26 AM (tjClK)

92 Side effects may include bleeding from the ears, seizures, and cannibalism.

Posted by: The Lawyers Make Us Say This Stuff at August 10, 2025 06:26 AM (XQo4F)

93 90 89 83 Syncytia, Phil Collins

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:00 AM (aURVT)

I thought that was a Metallica song.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:17 AM (tjClK)

"Cyanide"?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:26 AM (aURVT)

or

"Screaming Suicide"
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:26 AM (aURVT)

or

"Sanitarium"

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:27 AM (aURVT)

94 Said often,
Anyone ever hear of published side effects of the Fake Vax?

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 06:27 AM (+qU29)

95 Side effects may include bleeding from the ears, seizures, and cannibalism.
Posted by: The Lawyers Make Us Say This Stuff at August 10, 2025

***
Oh, "cannibalism." That's okay then. As long as it doesn't lead to malicious gossip and posting of uncomplimentary memes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2025 06:28 AM (omVj0)

96 86 Don't worry about all 'em "side effects'! The lawyers make 'em say that.
Posted by: Some Guy I Work With, Proud User of Term "Legalese" at August 10, 2025 06:22 AM (vd6bO)

They write it off.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:29 AM (aURVT)

97 "...side effects of the Fake Vax."

Paranoia, distrust of authority figures, suspicion of the CDC, cancellation of cable and satellite TV subscriptions, more time spent outside experiencing fresh air and sunshine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 06:32 AM (XQo4F)

98 They write it off.
_-_-_
Had a family member telling me that one a while back. "I have an LLC, so I can just 'write-off the purchase'."

Sure, you won't have to pay income tax on it, but the money's still gone!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 10, 2025 06:33 AM (vd6bO)

99 "They write it off."

Allow Kramer to explain:

https://youtu.be/XEL65gywwHQ

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 06:37 AM (XQo4F)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:37 AM (aURVT)

101 49 *Baltimore mass shooting last night.*

Full moon.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Nah, just a Baltimore Saturday night.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 10, 2025 06:38 AM (sAmhv)

102 Pizza dough's proofing. 2 plus hours before I get the thing rolled out. I'm still close to 4 hours out from eatin'. I know it takes 45 minutes plus to bake and at least 15 minutes to set before slicing.

But it's in the works. Sliced Kalamatas, sliced pepperoni, sliced sweet red peppers along with a three-cheese combo of grated Romano, just a little slicing provolone and the mozzarella. Homemade sauce (already well-tasted).

14" pizza pan. Guardian Cookware. Heavy-duty aluminum. Got it for $10 at a flea market 30 some years ago. Best damn $10 I ever spent. Makes the best pie/crust. And I've made a few. Now to add one more.

Posted by: RickZ at August 10, 2025 06:39 AM (gKDq2)

103 99 "They write it off."

Allow Kramer to explain:

https://youtu.be/XEL65gywwHQ
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 06:37 AM (XQo4F)

"It's a write-off for them. They just write it off."

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:43 AM (aURVT)

104 Or tea?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 05:01 AM (aURVT)

Rum Tea.

Fresh-brewed Lapsang Souchong, Meyers Dark Rum, brown sugar, fresh lemon juice. Kills anything.

Posted by: RickZ at August 10, 2025 06:43 AM (gKDq2)

105
The great weakness of "9 to 5" was having Jane Fonda in the cast.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 06:45 AM (Tv15w)

106 76 68 One to two weeks for the active stage, which is less time than it has lasted so far. Then possibly several more weeks with a persistent cough as your body gets rid of all the gunk.

I think I'm moving into the persistent cough stage now.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 10, 2025 06:13 AM (BLOW1)

We can hang out and entertain you.
For some values of "entertain."

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:46 AM (aURVT)

107 July sucked because the weather was god awful hot and humid.
So far, August has been a sweet October ride.

Posted by: Accomack at August 10, 2025 06:50 AM (Bbhox)

108
Full moons, like winter storms, are now referred to by name. Last night was the "Sturgeon Moon", in honor of Theodore Sturgeon, a noted author of science fiction.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 06:52 AM (Tv15w)

109 85 *73 Sid get a cat nap in.*

My I recommend:

https://youtu.be/rLdpprJ3jeE
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 06:20 AM (XQo4F)

I'm gonna leave that running in the background for a while. Wondering if it'll help with tinnitus.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:53 AM (aURVT)

110 I really wish people would stop lying about the results they are getting from ai, especially from the commercial ai, gpt-5 did not have the issue for me, nor could I get it to produce incorrect results for 20 other words.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 10, 2025 06:54 AM (XV/Pl)

111 83 I thought that was a Metallica song.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2025 06:17 AM (tjClK)

I maybe have never heard a Metallica song? I looked up "most popular" etc. and got "Enter Sandman" and that's not familiar to me.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:56 AM (aURVT)

112
I really wish people would stop lying about the results they are getting from ai, especially from the commercial ai, gpt-5 did not have the issue for me, nor could I get it to produce incorrect results for 20 other words.

Posted by: Thomas Bender

Maybe it's not people reporting erroneous results arrived at through AI, but an AI engine.

Which are known to lie.

Doom loop, that is.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 06:57 AM (Tv15w)

113 *Wondering if it'll help with tinnitus.*

Try this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/YyT9ZwWy5Jc

(No hot iron required.)

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 06:58 AM (XQo4F)

114 mornin yall. The NYP says "Reading is the most attractive hobby a man can have, according to a study that has sparked spirited debate online."

"The survey was conducted by Date Psychology, with the company creating a list of 74 male hobbies. Women were subsequently required to designate the hobby as “attractive” or “unattractive” for a man to do."

Fat book or fat wallet? Ladies, you decide!

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

115 113 *Wondering if it'll help with tinnitus.*

Try this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/YyT9ZwWy5Jc

(No hot iron required.)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 06:58 AM (XQo4F)

Thank you! I tried that when it was posted the other day and I keep trying it. So far I don't think it's working but we'll see. I think "distraction" is something that works, and both of these create that.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:07 AM (aURVT)

116 Blacksmithing as a hobby rated lower with the ladies than gardening, painting, and foreign languages. I think this means something.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

117 I get Tinnitus every once in awhile, if not low volume constantly. Things can set it off loudly

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 07:08 AM (+qU29)

118 I need to remember to relax my shoulders.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:09 AM (aURVT)

119 I suggest those "ladies" get a girlfriend because they damn sure don't want a man

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 07:11 AM (HFcKg)

120 Good news for you though, Skip. Woodworking was #5 on the list of most attractive hobbies, though it still rated below cooking and foreign languages.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:11 AM (vFG9F)

121
I tried to read an article in what was purported to be Newsweek. I had to fight my way through ads to see the scraps of an article whose first six or seven paragraphs don't even mention whe things in the headline. At that point I gave up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 07:12 AM (kkTda)

122 121 I tried to read an article in what was purported to be Newsweek. I had to fight my way through ads to see the scraps of an article whose first six or seven paragraphs don't even mention whe things in the headline. At that point I gave up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 07:12 AM (kkTda)

archive.is is your friend

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:13 AM (aURVT)

123 https://www.americanthinker.com/the west's new woke war model means we won't win any more wars

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 07:14 AM (+qU29)

124 110 I really wish people would stop lying about the results they are getting from ai, especially from the commercial ai, gpt-5 did not have the issue for me, nor could I get it to produce incorrect results for 20 other words.

Posted by: Thomas Bender

The article notes that other people got different results.

But this is a known problem that happens for a known reason - that tokens in LLMs do not map isomorphically to letters or groups of letters - and LLMs can be remarkably bad at what appear to be simple tasks.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 10, 2025 07:18 AM (BLOW1)

125 Why do women feel a need to rate men's hobbies anyway? I don't know any men who consider reading a hobby. Yes, they're not getting.paid to do it , but they enjoy it, but they do also do perfectly useful things around the house, such as painting , putting down linoleum and yard work

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 07:21 AM (RECOl)

126 I don't even think about hobbies being "attractive " or "unattractive "

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 07:22 AM (RECOl)

127 https://www.americanthinker.com/the fbi covered for tim walz and china

"No one enters China without the Party’s permission, and when the Party spends money on a foreigner,"

Point I make often is China doesn't let its citizens out for purely economic, humanitarian or just a sense of freedom. Even one has been permitted to leave and expected to return something for it.

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 07:22 AM (+qU29)

128 Nah, just a Baltimore Saturday night.

My shirt is ragged, and my pants are tore
I ain't found nothin' I'm a-looking for
And I wanna go back to Baltimore

I miss my dinghy on the Chesapeake shore
The shrimp and the shad a-fish I adore,
And I wanna go back to Baltimore...

Posted by: Zombie Sonny James at August 10, 2025 07:23 AM (R/m4+)

129 "Why do women feel a need to rate men's hobbies anyway? "

It was a dating company doing the survey. As far as women rating things men do, I think it's in the jeans.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

130 "Reading is the most attractive hobby a man can have, according to a study that has sparked spirited debate online."

I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: A big expensive yacht at August 10, 2025 07:23 AM (XQo4F)

131 I know. Let's ask AI what is the most attractive hobby for a man.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

132
Men rating women's hobbies is controlling and patriarchal.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 07:26 AM (kkTda)

133 Men's hobbies women love: Ones that improve the woman's life in some tangible way
Men's hobbies women hate: Golf

Posted by: Wally at August 10, 2025 07:27 AM (AGl/x)

134 Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

I don't have Sydney's Sweeney's jeans or genes and I've never ranked any hobbies in my life. I've also never read a dating magazine.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 07:28 AM (2GCMq)

135 /// Spillover from the ONT ///

Everything is SUV's now. They took over the station wagons. I think women like the SUV's because they sit higher and they can see the road better.
Posted by: Case
===

One ofmy first cars was an IH Scout Traveler.
Title said "Station Wagon".
345 ci V8

And now you know why they do not make them anymore.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2025 07:28 AM (/lPRQ)

136 In local news, Kenterrious Shonez Coker was picked up again for his hobby, aggravated assault and third degree cruelty to children.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

137 114 The NYP says "Reading is the most attractive hobby a man can have, according to a study that has sparked spirited debate online."

"The survey was conducted by Date Psychology, with the company creating a list of 74 male hobbies. Women were subsequently required to designate the hobby as “attractive” or “unattractive” for a man to do."

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

WWWS?
(What Would Weasel Say?)

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:29 AM (aURVT)

138
Man cave: space for sports entertainment. Meant to hide from the wife.

Library: space for the works of the mind. Also, to hide from the wife.

Workshop: space for the works of the hand. And hiding from the wife.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 07:31 AM (kkTda)

139 135 One ofmy first cars was an IH Scout Traveler.
Title said "Station Wagon".
345 ci V8

And now you know why they do not make them anymore.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2025 07:28 AM (/lPRQ)

Reflecting the original purpose of transporting people and luggage between country estates and train stations,[7] the station wagon body style is called an "estate car" or "estate" in the United Kingdom or a "wagon" in Australia and New Zealand. (Wikipedia)

huh

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:33 AM (aURVT)

140 @131

>>I know. Let's ask AI what is the most attractive hobby for a man.

AI ranks the following:

Playing a musical instrument
Sports/Fitness
Cooking
Travel/Adventure
Dancing
Photography/Art
Volunteer work
DIY/Craftsmanship

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 10, 2025 07:35 AM (XV/Pl)

141 The only company that makes a vehicle remotely station wagoney is Mercedes Benz and I think the starting price on one is just under 100k.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 10, 2025 07:37 AM (XV/Pl)

142 Ok, Duck.ai: "What's the most attractive hobby for a woman to do to attract a man?"

Creative Hobbies:
Painting, drawing or photography

Active Hobbies:
Yoga, pilates, hiking or running

Musical Hobbies:
Playing Guitar or Piano and singing

Intellectual Hobbies:
Reading or learning a new language

Social Hobbies:
Volunteering or cooking classes

---

Yep. Sammich making.
Top of the list.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 07:37 AM (XQo4F)

143 "Playing a musical instrument"

Millions of budding rock stars agree.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:37 AM (vFG9F)

144 131 I know. Let's ask AI what is the most attractive hobby for a man.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

We'd have to add something to the prompt like "to attract the romantic interest of a woman."

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:37 AM (aURVT)

145 If you do your hobby just to get poon, is it really a hobby or just a tool to facilitate your real hobby, trying to get poon?

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

146 141 The only company that makes a vehicle remotely station wagoney is Mercedes Benz and I think the starting price on one is just under 100k.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 10, 2025 07:37 AM (XV/Pl)

Ouch.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:40 AM (aURVT)

147 One ofmy first cars was an IH Scout Traveler.
Title said "Station Wagon".
345 ci V8

And now you know why they do not make them anymore.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2025

***
Don't BMW and Mercedes each still make a wagon model? Possibly only for the Euro market, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2025 07:40 AM (omVj0)

148 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: The Buick Roadmaster at August 10, 2025 07:40 AM (XQo4F)

149 Man cave: space for sports entertainment. Meant to hide from the wife.
Library: space for the works of the mind. Also, to hide from the wife.
Workshop: space for the works of the hand. And hiding from the wife.

She Shed: A place for watching Oprah, making TikTok videos and where the Green Dildo goes to hide from the husband.

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, Local democrat scold and busybody at August 10, 2025 07:40 AM (R/m4+)

150
The only company that makes a vehicle remotely station wagoney is Mercedes Benz

_________

I think the term is "station wagonish"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 07:43 AM (kkTda)

151 I thought the driver's seat of a car is the primary studio for women to make their TikTok videos.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 07:43 AM (XQo4F)

152 The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:43 AM (aURVT)

153 I de-googlefied my new phone but it keeps popping up a message that some apps won't work if Google Play is disabled. I know that, that's why it's disabled. It was on my old phone too but I was able to get to stop complaining about it.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:44 AM (vFG9F)

154 Reading leaves no mess, isn't noisy

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 07:44 AM (+qU29)

155
I thought the driver's seat of a car is the primary studio for women to make their TikTok videos.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 07:43 AM (XQo4F)

_________

Stupid mirror___d videos.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 07:45 AM (kkTda)

156 We're reading here, now. On Teh Tech Thread.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:46 AM (aURVT)

157
How did that happen?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 07:46 AM (kkTda)

158 155
I thought the driver's seat of a car is the primary studio for women to make their TikTok videos.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 07:43 AM (XQo4F)

_________

Stupid mirror___d videos.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 07:45 AM (kkTda)

Stupid mirrorIMGd videos.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:46 AM (aURVT)

159 The lowercase version of IMG is verboten on this blog so people can't imbed junk images.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:47 AM (aURVT)

160
Stupid mirrorIMGd videos.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:46 AM (aURVT)

________

That's more or less what I meant. What appeared is a mystery.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 07:47 AM (kkTda)

161 159 The lowercase version of IMG is verboten on this blog so people can't imbed junk images.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:47 AM (aURVT)

... and is clevery replaced by a solid underline.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:48 AM (aURVT)

162 *cleverly

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:49 AM (aURVT)

163 159 The lowercase version of IMG is verboten on this blog so people can't imbed junk images.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:47 AM (aURVT)

Quelle dommage.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 10, 2025 07:49 AM (PiwSw)

164 My explanation is very amateurish but it works for me.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:50 AM (aURVT)

165 "Stupid mirrorIMGd videos."

Is that the type where a portrait oriented video is in focus with an out of focus landscape oriented video is behind it?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 07:50 AM (XQo4F)

166 Quel énorme dommage.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:51 AM (aURVT)

167 I got a '34 wagon and we call it a Woody

Posted by: Don Blac; at August 10, 2025 07:52 AM (AOsQT)

168 The only company that makes a vehicle remotely station wagoney is Mercedes Benz

_________

I think the term is "station wagonish"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

========

Dodge Magnum ?
Or didi they stop making them, again.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 10, 2025 07:52 AM (/lPRQ)

169 I asked AI what is the most attractive hobby for women and it's basically the same list, minus blacksmithing.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

170 Well, it did add "Yoga and Dancing". Why those would not be attractive hobbies for a man, I don't know. I'll ask AI.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

171 Farding in cars is one hobby I wish women didn't have.

Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at August 10, 2025 07:56 AM (G5+As)

172 *I think the term is "station wagonish"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh*
###

Hey, big boy...

Posted by: Subaru Outback at August 10, 2025 07:56 AM (XQo4F)

173 And here's the answer:

"Great question—and the truth is, yoga and dancing are attractive hobbies for men, but they’ve historically been underrepresented or stereotyped in certain cultures. Let’s unpack why that perception exists and how it’s changing:"

*eyeroll*

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:57 AM (vFG9F)

174 and is clevery replaced by a solid underline.

Pixies blog, asian. Can go with chinese english.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2025 07:58 AM (n4GiU)

175 173 And here's the answer:

"Great question—and the truth is, yoga and dancing are attractive hobbies for men, but they’ve historically been underrepresented or stereotyped in certain cultures. Let’s unpack why that perception exists and how it’s changing:"

*eyeroll*
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:57 AM (vFG9F)

Does the answer come with a barf bag?

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:58 AM (aURVT)

176 The HTML/2 article:
Classic request smuggling vulnerabilities mostly occur because the front-end and back-end disagree about whether to derive a request's length from its Content-Length (CL), or Transfer-Encoding (TE) header.

I felt so dirty after reading this.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 07:58 AM (6ydKt)

177 Or was it HTTP/2.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 07:58 AM (6ydKt)

178 I have never dated a man who did blacksmithing. I would sometimes meet them at various fairs, and we might have interesting conversations but that was it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 07:59 AM (2GCMq)

179 "Does the answer come with a barf bag?
Posted by: m"

It's ludicrously predictable. I did not alter a single word.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

180 179 "Does the answer come with a barf bag?
Posted by: m"

It's ludicrously predictable. I did not alter a single word.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

And so affirming.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 07:59 AM (aURVT)

181 I misspelled my nic
wtf

anyway, a Suburban is just a muscled-up station wagon

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 07:59 AM (AOsQT)

182 "I have never dated a man who did blacksmithing."

Neither have I, but I can tell you one thing. They are HOT!

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 08:00 AM (vFG9F)

183 "Fewer hallucinations are good"

I agree! In the last week, I've had to deal with Pooky waking up in the middle of the night and him believing that:

Wizards are battling downstairs
The Muppet Show called him and he needed to call them back
Treasure was hidden throughout our house and he needed to find it
He needed to find the "Magic Rock of Denari" but couldn't so he "put everything back" (that was last night and I'm scared of what kind of random mess I'm going to find)

If those new meds he just got off of caused permanent damage, especially to his (and therefore my) sleep, his psych med PA is going to regret it.

Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy and irritated at August 10, 2025 08:00 AM (Wt5PA)

184 I’d never heard of RSV until after COVID and then it seemed everybody, including babies were getting it.

Then, magically, a vaccine appeared.

Did they used to call that “hay fever”?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 08:00 AM (6ydKt)

185 "Classic request smuggling vulnerabilities mostly occur because the front-end and back-end disagree about whether to derive a request's length from its Content-Length (CL), or Transfer-Encoding (TE) header."

I read that in Cliff Clavin's voice.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 08:00 AM (XQo4F)

186 I don't want to chat with inanimate jobs- Grok, Chat, GPT. Etc.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 08:00 AM (2GCMq)

187 There's a group of women in MN who are known as "Ladies of Steam" who maintain and drive steam tractors and engines. Several of them are very attractive.

Posted by: Barry Boiler at August 10, 2025 08:01 AM (G5+As)

188 That's what I'm talkin' bout, Barry.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 08:02 AM (vFG9F)

189 Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy and irritated at August 10, 2025 08:00 AM (Wt5PA)

I empathize. I am dealing with a son who is off meds and is not sleeping and having problems.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 08:03 AM (2GCMq)

190 Pixy, ginger helps coughs. Giinger tea, ginger in chicken soup, etc.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 10, 2025 08:03 AM (6Tzur)

191 This is one of the very few Sundays all summer I don't have to work

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 08:03 AM (+qU29)

192 109 85 *73 Sid get a cat nap in.*

My I recommend:

https://youtu.be/rLdpprJ3jeE
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 06:20 AM (XQo4F)

I'm gonna leave that running in the background for a while. Wondering if it'll help with tinnitus.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 06:53 AM (aURVT)

I've had it running in the background for a little over an hour. I think it's helping.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:03 AM (aURVT)

193 Ahem.
The Suburban is a full sized Sport Utility Vehicle.

Posted by: The good people of Chevrolet Motor Division at August 10, 2025 08:03 AM (XQo4F)

194 Quelle fromage.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2025 08:03 AM (ZmEVT)

195 186-"objects" not "jobs"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 08:04 AM (2GCMq)

196 194 Quelle fromage.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2025 08:03 AM (ZmEVT)

Brie!

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:04 AM (aURVT)

197 I can cook MUCH better than Ginger.

Posted by: Mary Ann at August 10, 2025 08:05 AM (XQo4F)

198 Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 08:00 AM (

LOL. The ones I can recall certainly seemed fit😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 08:05 AM (2GCMq)

199 182 "I have never dated a man who did blacksmithing."

Neither have I, but I can tell you one thing. They are HOT!
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 08:00 AM (vFG9F)

I think we are discovering the intended audience for Forged in Fire.

Which is actually one of the better competition shows on TV.

It’s like Hell’s Kitchen but with more fire and less high-strung British guy randomly screaming at people.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 08:06 AM (6ydKt)

200 200

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:06 AM (aURVT)

201 So they're resurrecting Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Hulu. A 48 year old slayer with a stake and a tube of Ben Gay. Should be fabulous.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 10, 2025 08:06 AM (2NHgQ)

202 191 This is one of the very few Sundays all summer I don't have to work
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 08:03 AM (+qU29)

Good to see you on the tech thread, Skip.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:07 AM (aURVT)

203 I like to call "Hell's Kitchen" "Gordon Ramsey's Hostile Work Environment."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2025 08:08 AM (ZmEVT)

204 I once owned one of the last generation of Chevy Blazers, before they down-sized it, turned it into a car, and killed it. What a great vehicle. Fun times. Went 320K miles.

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:09 AM (AOsQT)

205 They are contestants. If they were employees, he could not get away with the rants.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2025 08:09 AM (ZmEVT)

206 Amazon and Henry Cavil have the TV streaming rights to Warhammer 40k.

Posted by: Accomack at August 10, 2025 08:09 AM (oERdd)

207 Elite hs in NYC forcing kids to use pens to avoid the use of Chat GPT:

https://tinyurl.com/yc3m8pt3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 08:10 AM (2GCMq)

208 I have a forge, anvil and various weights of turning hammers.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 08:10 AM (HFcKg)

209 Good morning!

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

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

210 Quel énorme fromage ? pourquoi ??

Posted by: runner at August 10, 2025 08:11 AM (g47mK)

211 185 "Classic request smuggling vulnerabilities mostly occur because the front-end and back-end disagree about whether to derive a request's length from its Content-Length (CL), or Transfer-Encoding (TE) header."

I read that in Cliff Clavin's voice.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 08:00 AM (XQo4F)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:11 AM (aURVT)

212 210 Quel énorme fromage ? pourquoi ??
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2025 08:11 AM (g47mK)

Ace is the Énorme Fromage of this here blog.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:12 AM (aURVT)

213 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

It is well know that you are HOT. And could end anyone that gets out of line.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

214 >So they're resurrecting Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Hulu.
----

Last week I saw an episode of that show. Everybody talks about it, so I wanted to see. Never saw it before.

Sarah Michelle etc is very cute and fun to watch, but there's no way I'm plowing thru 7 seasons of what is essentially live action Scooby Do.

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:13 AM (AOsQT)

215 Now that car companies don't have to pay a penalty for not meeting CAFE standards (thanks to The One Big Beautiful Bill) will big engines without turbochargers be coming back onto the market?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 08:13 AM (XQo4F)

216 NaCly, ha.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 08:14 AM (HFcKg)

217 208 I have a forge, anvil and various weights of turning hammers.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 08:10 AM (HFcKg)

🎶 If I had a hammer

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:15 AM (aURVT)

218 FenelonSpoke

Tell FenelonSon that sound sleep leads to over-performance when needed. A weekend in Paris Island with a Marine Drill instructor will motivate him to sleep.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

219 "...of what is essentially live action Scooby Do."

Never seen it. Does she drive a groovy 70s era van?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 08:16 AM (XQo4F)

220 With CAFE out the window, we might even see the return of the full size 4 door sedan.

Bring back the Crown Vic.

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:16 AM (AOsQT)

221 201 So they're resurrecting Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Hulu. A 48 year old slayer with a stake and a tube of Ben Gay. Should be fabulous.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 10, 2025 08:06 AM (2NHgQ)

I’m gonna take a wild guess and say Buffy is going to have to be the recruiter for some younger cheerleader gals to do all the heavy lifting this go-around. She’ll risk blowing a knee out if she tries some of those moves from her 20s.

She’ll probably just be Head Slayer this time.
Queen Slayer.
Chief Slayer.
Elder Slayer.
Slayer #1.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 08:16 AM (6ydKt)

222
I've also never read a dating magazine.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

No subscription to "Date Farmer's Monthly" in the Fen household?

Pity. They've got great recipes for dishes that use dates or figs.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:16 AM (Tv15w)

223 None of that " for the want of a nail" stuff around here.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 08:17 AM (HFcKg)

224 Morning

Launch very soon

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - KF-02 (Project Kuiper)
SLC-40 - CCSFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 10, 2025
Launch Time: 8:57 a.m. EDT (1257 UTC, 14:57 CEST)

https://youtu.be/YEVD9hnk0YU

Posted by: Joyenz at August 10, 2025 08:17 AM (sPQoU)

225 >Never seen it. Does she drive a groovy 70s era van?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty
---

I don't know if she has a driver's license. I only saw the pilot episode.

Buffy's way to young for me, but her mom is a looker.

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:18 AM (AOsQT)

226 FenelonSpoke

Not everyone can be blessed with FenelonSpouse.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

227
I have a forge, anvil and various weights of turning hammers.
Posted by: Ben Had

Do you hammer in the morning? Do you hammer in the evening?

And now the kicker: all over this land?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:20 AM (Tv15w)

228 Joyenz

The scrub yesterday due to rain was disappointing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

229 217 208 I have a forge, anvil and various weights of turning hammers.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2025 08:10 AM (HFcKg)

🎶 If I had a hammer
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:15 AM (aURVT)

227
I have a forge, anvil and various weights of turning hammers.
Posted by: Ben Had

Do you hammer in the morning? Do you hammer in the evening?

And now the kicker: all over this land?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:20 AM (Tv15w)

; )

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:20 AM (aURVT)

230 The singer says he/she would 'hammer out' love

how would that go, exactly

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:22 AM (AOsQT)

231 Hammer time.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:22 AM (aURVT)

232 SpeakingOf. That's my read as well. Another reboot with diversity covered. POC gay slayer this time instead of the sidekick being a lesbian, muslim wicken sidekick, soy boy sidekick. Well you get the picture.
They brought back The Librarians, a series I enjoyed. Haven't watched it yet in it's new format and probably won't. From pictures I've seen it looks very diverse.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 10, 2025 08:22 AM (2NHgQ)

233 I empathize. I am dealing with a son who is off meds and is not sleeping and having problems.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 08:03 AM (2GCMq)

Sleep is so incredibly important to our health, especially mental health, and our modern "staring at screens til 2 a.m." society doesn't seem to understand that.

Posted by: pookysgirl has to take a sleeping pill every other night at August 10, 2025 08:23 AM (Wt5PA)

234 Why they's all kinda dates.

They's boiled dates, steamed dates, deep fried dates, date scampi, date salad. Pan fried, stir fried, pineapple dates, lemon dates, coconut dates, date burgers, and date sandwich.

Thass...thass about it.

Posted by: Bubba Date at August 10, 2025 08:24 AM (XQo4F)

235 U can’t touch this.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 08:24 AM (6ydKt)

236 "The singer says he/she would 'hammer out' love

how would that go, exactly
Posted by: Don Black"

Let's ask AI. No, better yet, let's ask a real expert, Paul Pelosi.

Posted by: fd at August 10, 2025 08:24 AM (vFG9F)

237 RSV sounds like what I had around the New Year. Tests confirmed it wasn't the flu or COVID but it was worse than the standard cold. Miserable 5 days for me.

Posted by: Farquad at August 10, 2025 08:25 AM (znbnV)

238
Everything is SUV's now. They took over the station wagons. I think women like the SUV's because they sit higher and they can see the road better.
Posted by: Case

They still can't park them for shit. Almost every time I encounter a woman in one ever so tentatively trying to enter or leave a parking space in a lot, I'm tempted to holler, "If you can't park it, leave it at home!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:25 AM (Tv15w)

239 The scrub yesterday due to rain was disappointing.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

It was. Today's launch is the fourth try for this project. It keeps getting scrubbed. The weather is only 55% favorable.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 10, 2025 08:25 AM (sPQoU)

240
I don't know if it's AI writing or not, but I see an article that says, "Retail Chain Closing 38 Stores". I click on it.

Now back in ancient olden times - like five years ago - the body of the article would have started, "So-And-So announced the closure of 38 stores." Nowadays, however, you get a long exposition of retail sales, economic conditions, the effects of COVID, and so on. Way, way down is the first you read of So-And-So.

My guess is so that you have to pass through a slew of in-story ads to reach the nugget of information promised by the headline.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 08:25 AM (kkTda)

241 Here we go again. I bet this ends up scrubbed again.

A new T-Zero has been released: 9:13 a.m. EDT (1313 UTC, 15:13 CEST).

Posted by: Joyenz at August 10, 2025 08:29 AM (sPQoU)

242 “ When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:12

Posted by: Marcus T at August 10, 2025 08:29 AM (seQ7t)

243 Don Black

https://youtu.be/71_UAZgeE9Q? is the answer to your question.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

244 They brought back The Librarians, a series I enjoyed. Haven't watched it yet in it's new format and probably won't. From pictures I've seen it looks very diverse.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 10, 2025 08:22 AM (2NHgQ)

I liked the Noah Wyle movies because they reminded me of a cheesier & funnier Indiana Jones.

I think I watched maybe a half-dozen episodes of the TV series, which was entertaining but I moved on from it.

Didn’t even know about the new series until you mentioned it.

Yup, looks woke just checking out the Wiki article,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 08:30 AM (6ydKt)

245 241 Here we go again. I bet this ends up scrubbed again.

A new T-Zero has been released: 9:13 a.m. EDT (1313 UTC, 15:13 CEST).
Posted by: Joyenz at August 10, 2025 08:29 AM (sPQoU)

I've pulled it up on my desktop, hoping not!

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:30 AM (aURVT)

246 >My guess is so that you have to pass through a slew of in-story ads to reach the nugget of information promised by the headline.
---

that's why the bread and milk are at the back of the store

make you walk by all the impulse buys* first

*Party Size Cool Ranch Doritos

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:30 AM (AOsQT)

247
Shocker, I know:

Many "short" videos in FB purporting to be of "Karen incidents" are staged, especially if the camera work is cleanly done.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:31 AM (Tv15w)

248 *I don't know if it's AI writing or not, but I see an article that says, "Retail Chain Closing 38 Stores". I click on it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2025 08:25 AM

Check out The Company Man on the Utoobz:

https://youtube.com/@companyman114

Posted by: Bubba Date at August 10, 2025 08:32 AM (XQo4F)

249
*Party Size Cool Ranch Doritos
Posted by: Don Black

* adds "Don Black -- Party Size Cool Ranch Doritos" to the "freely divulged weaknesses of the horde" list *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:34 AM (Tv15w)

250 243 Don Black

https://youtu.be/71_UAZgeE9Q? is the answer to your question.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

I love that so much.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:35 AM (aURVT)

251 Praying you'll be over RSV soon

Posted by: Bob Grindrod at August 10, 2025 08:36 AM (RtNHs)

252 yeah the Nacho Cheese variety can give you a bad case of goldfinger

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:37 AM (AOsQT)

253 My guess is so that you have to pass through a slew of in-story ads to reach the nugget of information promised by the headline.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

People used to buy newspapers in part because of the ads and local sales and skim them and/or go through in detail.

Posted by: New Name at August 10, 2025 08:37 AM (/lPRQ)

254 253 My guess is so that you have to pass through a slew of in-story ads to reach the nugget of information promised by the headline.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

People used to buy newspapers in part because of the ads and local sales and skim them and/or go through in detail.
Posted by: New Name at August 10, 2025 08:37 AM (/lPRQ)

... and obituaries.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:38 AM (aURVT)

255 I should do something other watch Warhammer videos.

Posted by: Accomack at August 10, 2025 08:38 AM (28cZF)

256 Good morning good people. Here I am, back from vacation. Little Winger's wedding was beautiful. He married a nice Christian girl who also is gorgeously stunning. He really hit the jackpot.

So now I have my mother for 5 days. She can barely walk so I'm trying to think of things to do with her.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2025 08:38 AM (SfhV1)

257 Yeah I followed the link, and it went to a gay video, so I don't know what the original poster is trying to tell me

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:38 AM (AOsQT)

258
Why has no composer stepped forward to offer up "The Mortar and Pestle Chorus"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:39 AM (Tv15w)

259 Posted by: pookysgirl has to take a sleeping pill every other night at August 10, 2025 08:23 AM (Wt5PA)

Very true . If you are a praying person let us pray for our children and each other as moms.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 08:39 AM (hDBOA)

260 that's why the bread and milk are at the back of the store

make you walk by all the impulse buys* first

*Party Size Cool Ranch Doritos
Posted by: Don Black

Milk is in back because that is where the loading docks, chiller storage, and ability to restock from the backside make it practical to put it.

Posted by: New Name at August 10, 2025 08:40 AM (/lPRQ)

261 250 243 Don Black

https://youtu.be/71_UAZgeE9Q? is the answer to your question.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

I love that so much.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:35 AM (aURVT)

Even the gays like…

Hammer Time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 08:41 AM (6ydKt)

262 I guess most grocery stores have a phone app nowadays to tell you what's on sale.
I appreciate a retail store app (like WallyMart) that tells me what aisle to locate a particular item.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2025 08:41 AM (XQo4F)

263 Don Black

They are hammering out love. It's opera and automatically culture.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

264 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2025 08:38

Praise the Lord for a daughter in law of faith and looks and kindness. God bless them!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2025 08:42 AM (hDBOA)

265
No "You be careful out among those English!" thread

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:42 AM (Tv15w)

266 I suspect besides welders and cooks, blacksmiths get burned a lot daily

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 08:42 AM (+qU29)

267 Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

That would be grinding a tune out, not hammering.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:43 AM (u82oZ)

268 Thank you Fen. I believe with all my heart that God brought them together for a purpose.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 10, 2025 08:43 AM (SfhV1)

269 I should do something other watch Warhammer videos.
Posted by: Accomack at August 10, 2025 08:38 AM (28cZF)

Why?

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at August 10, 2025 08:44 AM (89Sog)

270 {{{grammie winger}}} and a respectful tip of the hat to the Rev.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:44 AM (u82oZ)

271 Having a lousy month. House is on recess, Battleaxe is home, so no 2AM Naked Hammer Time.

Posted by: Savvy Investor Paul Pelosi at August 10, 2025 08:44 AM (G5+As)

272 Milk is in back because that is where the loading docks, chiller storage, and ability to restock from the backside make it practical to put it.
Posted by: New Name at August 10, 2025 08:40 AM (/lPRQ)

Yes, but all if the candy bars, mints, and magazines are squished in next to the cash register.

Just in case you get an impulse to read People magazine while eating your Snickers.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 08:45 AM (6ydKt)

273 Change your name to skeevy, corrupt Paul Pelosi.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2025 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

274 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead

There was discussion of fromage/cheese earlier in the thread.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:45 AM (aURVT)

275 >Yes, but all if the candy bars, mints, and magazines are squished in next to the cash register.
----

the KitKat bars know my name

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:50 AM (AOsQT)

276
People and/or Time are now flooding the checkout magazine offerings with "specials", like a single issue devoted to Pokemon, and such. Challenging intellectual fare, it is.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:50 AM (Tv15w)

277 If Wally World didn't provide store maps, no one would find anything.
BJ's has their dairy chiller in a stand alone garage like space. Almost invariably with a loading door open. I don't buy ice cream there because who knows how long the ice cream has been thawing on the pallet before going into the display freezer.
Why? Because it is not an optimal use of a Sunday morning.
Carolina Pride hot sausage makes a great sausage gravy.

Posted by: Accomack at August 10, 2025 08:51 AM (28cZF)

278 Microsoft Lens - Window's free text-scanning app - is being replaced with AI.

As they say if the product is free...

So what is Microsoft's angle since the product has worked fine without AI.

It might be that Lens is straight up espionage. People take photos of important documents that they want to keep, curate or share. Microsoft may be taking these documents and building patterns of life from Lens input of deeds, documents, receipts, licenses, wills and other things that users want to convert to PDF a/o archive.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 10, 2025 08:52 AM (a4flb)

279 Get a nebulizer and some saline solution. It is the cure for respiratory issues.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 10, 2025 08:54 AM (kUxzU)

280
How the publisher of the periodical that featured Bat Boy failed to keep things above water with the intellectual heft of today's populace is a profound loss for us all.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:54 AM (Tv15w)

281 This little girl trusts her Daddy, and the huge horse she’s on:

https://tinyurl.com/3drrb866
(Dutch on X)

But I bet her Mom has chewed every bit of her fingernails off.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 08:55 AM (6ydKt)

282 Weekly World News and S&H Green Stamps.

Posted by: Back in the day at August 10, 2025 08:56 AM (XQo4F)

283 The differences between Scooby-Doo and Buffy are many, but the main thing is that in Buffy, the supernatural is real. It has rules and limitations, but people -- sometimes major characters, even likeable ones -- can and do die during the course of the show.

There's also the sparkling dialog. (Not being sarcastic here.) It's witty and deft, completely unlike the cartoon series. To give you an example, one of the characters dubbed Buffy and her non-Slayer friends and evil fighters "the Scoobies"!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2025 08:56 AM (omVj0)

284
Got to get out and about. I am chauffeuring the gKids back to their home up north this day.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:57 AM (Tv15w)

285 Artificial intelligence, like military intelligence, is an oxymoron. (Not the good kind.)

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 10, 2025 08:57 AM (XMwZJ)

286 276
People and/or Time are now flooding the checkout magazine offerings with "specials", like a single issue devoted to Pokemon, and such. Challenging intellectual fare, it is.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 10, 2025 08:50 AM (Tv15w)

For some unknown reason I was getting People magazine in the mailbox every week for three months earlier this year.

Never ordered it, never had any intention of ordering it, but it was there.

Then it stopped as suddenly as it started.

I gave them all away.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2025 08:58 AM (6ydKt)

287 you people are fisking the hell out of me this morning

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:58 AM (AOsQT)

288 Grass is green, water is wet.

Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2025 08:58 AM (AOsQT)

289 fisk
verb [with object] informal
refute the points made in (an article or other piece of writing) one by one: I was going to fisk their entire editorial, but if they're not going to take their work seriously then neither am I.

ORIGIN
early 21st century: from the name of the British political journalist Robert Fisk (1946–2020), whose articles have been refuted in a point-by-point way by various bloggers.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 08:59 AM (aURVT)

290 BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2025 09:00 AM (+qU29)

291 4.5 hours and still the up thread, must be a new record for Pixie. Assist to the Perfessor.
Now to think of something to add to the conv.
Beautiful day out, been up for a while now. I suppose pants soon.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2025 09:01 AM (n4GiU)

292 Men vs women: men, when parking, will attempt to center the car in the middle of the spot; women don't give a shit.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 10, 2025 09:01 AM (XMwZJ)

293 Nood weasel reading.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2025 09:04 AM (n4GiU)

294 about a million pounds of propellant

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 09:10 AM (aURVT)

295 This is the 1st flight of the F9 Booster (B1091), SpaceX's 97th mission in 2025, the 515th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, the 502rd recovery attempt of a first stage, and the 531st overall mission.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 09:11 AM (aURVT)

296 That transcript looks like it was set up from the start. It reads as if the model was instructed that “Blueberry” has three B’s and told never to deviate from that premise. In my experience, that’s the only time I’ve seen this kind of broken reasoning from a GPT.

Posted by: Argent at August 10, 2025 09:13 AM (z7Oco)

297 Bad weather at the recovery area.

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 09:13 AM (aURVT)

298 Launch scrubbed

Posted by: Joyenz at August 10, 2025 09:13 AM (sPQoU)

299 I hung in there for it!

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 09:15 AM (aURVT)

300 300

Posted by: m at August 10, 2025 09:15 AM (aURVT)

301 "Wish ChatGPT-5 into the cornfield, son ... please."

Posted by: Dr_No at August 10, 2025 11:00 AM (ayRl+)

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