Daily Tech News 4 September 2025

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AI could bring us a smarter home - if we can trust it, which we obviously can't. (The Verge) (archive site)

They're talking about combining three things, each hilariously unreliable: The Internet of Things, consumer appliances, and LLM-driven AI.

It all reminds me of this:
Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via alexa! I love the future!

Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.
My house was built in 2019 and it contains no smart anythings.

Tech News

AMD says there is no AI bubble, the $500 billion AI market is real, and its chips are expensive because have you seen the price of potatoes? (WCCFTech)

Okay, Jean, whatever.
OpenAI has lifted its share offering from $6 billion to $10 billion just days after CEO Sam Altman warned that AI was in a bubble. (WCCFTech)

Burn money.
Building a bitemporal database from string cheese and floor wax. (Eval Apply)

Sorry, no idea.
The Acer Swift Air 16 could be decent. (Liliputing)

It has (up to) a Ryzen 350 CPU, which compared to my 7730U is 30% faster single-threaded, 50% faster multi-threaded, and twice as fast on integrated graphics. Memory is soldered but it has 32GB. And it offers a 16" 2880x1600 120Hz OLED display, which is basically what I have in my current laptop and is about as good a screen as you can find.

Plus two USB-C ports, one USB-A, HDMI, and a headphone jack.

Oh, and it weighs 1kg, which is very light for a full-size laptop.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: I think Katrina also lost 22lbs in the space of a week.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:54 AM

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1 Good morning

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 04, 2025 04:57 AM (jblHd)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 04, 2025 04:57 AM (wrXPz)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 04, 2025 04:57 AM (BLOW1)

4 AI controlled appliances. So, the future will be 'Maximum Overdrive' without the comet.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 04, 2025 04:59 AM (wrXPz)

5 Oink!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 04:59 AM (aJQjq)

6 Are Acer pc made in Chyna? Full of that delicious spyware?

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 04, 2025 05:00 AM (jblHd)

7 w00t

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 05:00 AM (aURVT)

8 327 No problem. I may be the only one around.

But I know Skip will appear magically at first
Posted by: Pete Bog at September 04, 2025 04:50 AM (jblHd)

Pete Bog for the win!

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 05:01 AM (aURVT)

9 How's your foots pain Pixy. Did the cream help?

Posted by: Tuna at September 04, 2025 05:01 AM (lJ0H4)

10 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 04, 2025 05:03 AM (XQo4F)

11 >>>My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via alexa! I love the future!

I pretty much lost a friendship over alexa, a very early version, when the tech enthusiast would spend get-together time yelling ALEXA TURN ON THE whatever and this got old real fast.

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 05:06 AM (aURVT)

12 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 04, 2025 05:06 AM (hoCmQ)

13 >>> it contains no smart anythings

*YOU* are smart, Pixy!

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 05:07 AM (aURVT)

14 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2025 05:07 AM (+qU29)

15 I should get a laptop someday

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2025 05:08 AM (+qU29)

16 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at September 04, 2025 05:09 AM (TjZlm)

17 When I replaced my HVAC equipment the installer put in a furnace/AC controller that is connected to the intertubes and can accessed by an cell phone app. 6 years later I can say I will always have this type of controller. There's lots of little use cases that you don't think about until you have one.

One is I can be out and about and flip on the AC so the house is cooled down when I get home. Another one is I can turn down the AC in the middle of the night while I'm in bed. Walking over to the device Is now too much trouble. After that I can't think of another smart device I would have in the house. My experience with time saving devices is you have to manage them and they end up being more work than they're worth.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 05:10 AM (aJQjq)

18
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 04, 2025 05:11 AM (tljrc)

19 9 How's your foots pain Pixy. Did the cream help?
Posted by: Tuna

Foots pain has been downgraded from "Walking on acid-coated lava" to "Long day with the kids at the state fair".

Much improved.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 04, 2025 05:11 AM (BLOW1)

20 The trick always is not setting off a ailment again.

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2025 05:12 AM (+qU29)

21 Im shopping for a new occasional laptop. My trusty Microsoft Surface has reached the end of its upgrade life. Use it for business travel and the occasional need a laptop thing.

Despite Microsoft it’s really been a good machine. Should check to see if they are still making newer versions.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 04, 2025 05:13 AM (jblHd)

22 19 "Long day with the kids at the state fair".
Much improved.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 04, 2025 05:11 AM (BLOW1)

Yay!

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 05:14 AM (aURVT)

23 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2025 05:14 AM (iZawE)

24 After that I can't think of another smart device I would have in the house. My experience with time saving devices is you have to manage them and they end up being more work than they're worth.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Door locks. Don't worry and wonder if you forgot to lock the front door while you are gone.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2025 05:16 AM (iZawE)

25 Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.

Reminds me of this meme:

My wife asked me why I carry a gun in the house.

I looked at her and said "Decepticons". She laughed, I laughed, the toaster laughed. I shot the toaster. Good times.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 04, 2025 05:16 AM (O7YUW)

26 There's a third part to your quote:

Cybersecurity Professional: I live in a hut made of sticks.

Posted by: DaveL at September 04, 2025 05:17 AM (9w232)

27 When I replaced my HVAC equipment the installer put in a furnace/AC controller that is connected to the intertubes and can accessed by an cell phone app. 6 years later I can say I will always have this type of controller. There's lots of little use cases that you don't think about until you have one.

Of course, one of the little use cases, possibly the one this sort of thing was created for, is that your power company can decide to adjust your thermostat settings.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 04, 2025 05:21 AM (ExV1e)

28 My experience with time saving devices is you have to manage them and they end up being more work than they're worth.

That is one reason that my uncompromising stance is my technology exists to serve me and not the other way around.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 05:21 AM (OPGS/)

29 Outta here
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2025 05:23 AM (+qU29)

30 25 My wife asked me why I carry a gun in the house.

I looked at her and said "Decepticons". She laughed, I laughed, the toaster laughed. I shot the toaster. Good times.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 04, 2025 05:16 AM (O7YUW)

; )

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 05:23 AM (aURVT)

31 Of course, one of the little use cases, possibly the one this sort of thing was created for, is that your power company can decide to adjust your thermostat settings.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You are dead wrong. The electric company has zero knowledge or access to this device.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 05:23 AM (aJQjq)

32 Belated BOING!

Exercised and squeaky clean! A whole list of work and household chores to do. Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 04, 2025 05:25 AM (pvrrs)

33 Good morning! We have smart light switches and and the generator, washer, dryer and refrigerator are all connected to the wifi. There's an Alexa in every room and one on the patio. The wife watches fox news and some other right wing news/commentary shows through out the day so if the Alexa scrunt is listening in, Bob is getting an earful. But I do enjoy having beisbol, hockey and SRV playing out on the patio in the cigar lounge.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 04, 2025 05:27 AM (3Ope8)

34 Earlier this year in the depths of winter I had to replace the ancient mercury filled round thermostat.

Bought the least expensive bimetallic strip round thermostat from the Big Box Blue Apron Home Improvement Store™.

Works fine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 04, 2025 05:27 AM (XQo4F)

35 @17/Alteria Pilgram:

Can you change settings or programming from the main thermostat if it is unable to reach the upstream servers due to an internet outage?

Similarly, if disconnected from the internet, will the thermostat successfully progress through its normal 24 hour daily cycle?

Does it have an automatic update feature, and can you turn that off if you wish?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 04, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

36 I looked up Katrina and the Waves' top 10 songs on Spotify. 5 of the 10 are various versions of Walking on Sunshine. Combined they have about one billion hits. The next 5 have 2.5 million hits. Unlike a clock, being right once in music can send you into a comfortable retirement.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 05:27 AM (aJQjq)

37 Can you change settings or programming from the main thermostat if it is unable to reach the upstream servers due to an internet outage?
- Yes

Similarly, if disconnected from the internet, will the thermostat successfully progress through its normal 24 hour daily cycle?

-Yes

Does it have an automatic update feature, and can you turn that off if you wish?

- Yes

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 05:28 AM (aJQjq)

38 *The electric company has zero knowledge or access to this device.*

Sure, Jan.

Posted by: Bob from the NSA at September 04, 2025 05:29 AM (XQo4F)

39 After that I can't think of another smart device I would have in the house.

We've recently installed automated blinds, albeit without a smart controller. Being able to schedule blind openings would solve a problem with the Texas sun and items of furniture being bleached by said Texas sun.

Door locks. Don't worry and wonder if you forgot to lock the front door while you are gone.

I am quite paranoid about providing external internet access to anything related to my home's physical security. My garage doors have an app that would allow me to do things remotely. I've never bothered to allow that access. I prefer my thieves to noisily break a window to gain entrance versus using an app to silently unlocking the front door to be able to quietly walk in.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at September 04, 2025 05:30 AM (nkVIZ)

40 Katrina? Waves?
Been there. Done that.

Posted by: The Ninth Ward at September 04, 2025 05:30 AM (XQo4F)

41 @37/Alteria Pilgram:

Cool, nice to see when they build these things with a mind towards "the server will not always be available". Thanks for the answers!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 04, 2025 05:34 AM (O7YUW)

42 Building a bitemporal database from string cheese and floor wax.

I took a look and I'm also not the target audience of whatever that was.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at September 04, 2025 05:35 AM (nkVIZ)

43 I don't understand how smart door locks work. What I do know is they have software installed. Experience has taught me software can be wildly amusing when you least want that. Still, like the blinds you have, I get the use case.

Oh hell no to having a garage door opener app. I even have removed the emergency release cord and wired the release shut because thieves can run a coat hanger over the top of the garage door pop the release open. It takes about 10 seconds.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 05:36 AM (aJQjq)

44 Yesterday's drive, day 1 of school: The morning went reasonably well, low stress.

The afternoon was chaotic and stressful. May today go better.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 04, 2025 05:37 AM (O7YUW)

45 AMD says there is no AI bubble, the $500 billion AI market is real, and its chips are expensive because have you seen the price of potatoes?

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 04, 2025 05:40 AM (O7YUW)

46 I even have removed the emergency release cord and wired the release shut because thieves can run a coat hanger over the top of the garage door pop the release open.

Yep. Easier to do than one might think.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at September 04, 2025 05:42 AM (nkVIZ)

47 Disclaimer: I think Katrina also lost 22lbs in the space of a week.

---------------

Sunshine hardest hit.

Posted by: ShainS -- Clear and Present Danger 2: Tren de Aragua Boogaloo at September 04, 2025 05:42 AM (BtEeq)

48 "This is the day which the Lord hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it."

Psalm 118:24.

And this is the note from my Bible ( The Life Application Bible)

There are days when the last thing we want to do is rejoice. Our mood is gloomy; the situation is out of hand, and our sorrow or guilt is overwhelming. We can relate to the writers of the psalms, who often felt this way. But no matter how low the writers felt, they were always honest with God. And as they poured out their hearts to him, their despair often turned to praise. When you don't feel like rejoicing, tell God how you truly feel. You will find
God will show you reasons to rejoice. God has given you this day to live and serve him- be glad, because serving Him makes all the difference in the World."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2025 05:44 AM (2GCMq)

49 We have a camera security system that's PoE, and you can pull up the system remotely and see any of the cameras. If the interwebz goes down the only loss is remote viewing.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 04, 2025 05:44 AM (3Ope8)

50 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 04, 2025 05:37 AM (O7YUW)

I'm sorry that the afternoon was chaotic and stressful. May the stress ease up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2025 05:46 AM (2GCMq)

51 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 05:36 AM (aJQjq)

Can you reorient the latch so the pull action is towards the unit instead of the door?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 04, 2025 05:46 AM (3Ope8)

52 I absolutely love the doomcasting regarding the smart home stuff. People have been saying for years that my home will spontaneously explode because I have smart switches, smart appliances, cameras, internetnconnected irrigation, hvac, robot vacuums...oh and smart speakers.

None of that has happened. It's all worked flawlessly. I haven't had hackers turn on my lights and sirens at 3AM. They haven't turned off my dishwasher mid cycle.

Posted by: Defenestratus at September 04, 2025 05:48 AM (6RsFi)

53 You are dead wrong. The electric company has zero knowledge or access to this device

There was an incident in Colorado where smart thermostats were locked because of an "energy emergency."

The companies can access the devices but the customer had to sign an agreement with the power company to allow access in return for lower bills.

This being me, the option to say no to outsiders having access will be taken away on these devices in a few years because greenies are crying over Mother Earth.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 05:49 AM (OPGS/)

54 There are days when the last thing we want to do is rejoice.

Usually, it's when the alarm goes off. -:-)

My college was asking for alumni to tell stories about our time there. One of the bits of advice I gave was to set aside a day of gratitude once in a while.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 05:50 AM (OPGS/)

55 Devotional on God with us- through it all. Scripture: John 1:1-5

https://tinyurl.com/39d7yjsw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2025 05:51 AM (2GCMq)

56 >Foots pain has been downgraded from "Walking on acid-coated lava" to "Long day with the kids at the state fair".

___

Try walking on sunshine.

Posted by: Katrina and her waves at September 04, 2025 05:51 AM (XQo4F)

57 Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 05:50 AM (OPGS/)

I think that's very good advice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2025 05:53 AM (2GCMq)

58 56 >Foots pain has been downgraded from "Walking on acid-coated lava" to "Long day with the kids at the state fair".

___

Try walking on sunshine.
Posted by: Katrina and her waves at September 04, 2025 05:51 AM (XQo4F)

hahahahahaha!

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 05:53 AM (aURVT)

59 We have a camera security system that's PoE, and you can pull up the system remotely and see any of the cameras. If the interwebz goes down the only loss is remote viewing.

I have multiple external IP cameras who were talking to some external server that I didn't authorize. I have those reporting to a Linux box that blocks any traffic to the outside world. My interface to that is via the open source version of ZoneMinder (https://zoneminder.com/downloads/ although their source downloads don't build), which at the moment I don't have external access.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at September 04, 2025 05:53 AM (nkVIZ)

60 @50/FenelonSpoke: "I'm sorry that the afternoon was chaotic and stressful. May the stress ease up."

Thank you, and it will. It's the first few days. The schools are mostly organized, but chaos can suddenly appear, much like if someone releases a greased piglet in the house.

Getting things back in order quickly is much like trying to catch, and hold on to that greased piglet.

The first day back has more than its fair share of piglet events. This should calm down as everyone falls into a mostly predictable routine.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 04, 2025 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

61 49 We have a camera security system that's PoE, and you can pull up the system remotely and see any of the cameras. If the interwebz goes down the only loss is remote viewing.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 04, 2025 05:44 AM (3Ope

Power over Ethernet (PoE) security cameras (google)

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 05:58 AM (aURVT)

62 The companies can access the devices but the customer had to sign an agreement with the power company to allow access in return for lower bills.

This being me, the option to say no to outsiders having access will be taken away on these devices in a few years because greenies are crying over Mother Earth.
Posted by: NR Pax

My thermostat has zero capabilities in that direction. The power company has been pushing installing thermostats they can control in exchange for a small price break. I am like hell no to that. I don't know Gaia people would force that. Unlike an external meter which is necessary to get service, the power company has zero legal basis to mandate installing a device it owns and controls inside your house. The lawsuits would come fast and furious if a power company tried to mandate those.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 05:59 AM (aJQjq)

63 None of that has happened. It's all worked flawlessly. I haven't had hackers turn on my lights and sirens at 3AM. They haven't turned off my dishwasher mid cycle.

Good for you. Can you think of other risky things that you have done that didn't result in pain?

Posted by: Richard Cranium at September 04, 2025 05:59 AM (nkVIZ)

64 I think that's very good advice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I figure it was better than "Be the nastiest and most evil person Financial Aid ever dealt with so they can just throw money at you and send you on your way."

That was the approach I had to take.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 06:01 AM (OPGS/)

65 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 04, 2025 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

Yes; I would think the first few days are chaotic and stressful and then it will calm down. Spouse has to go over to the school early today ( It's their first day back) to get the tablets ( for the routes and changes) because they didn't have them at their meeting yesterday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2025 06:01 AM (2GCMq)

66 Good afternoon everyone, from the misty mountains of southern France.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 04, 2025 06:02 AM (GX6xJ)

67 "Pollyanna" came up in an in-real-life conversation the other day and the book where the concept originated is free at Gutenberg so I downloaded a pdf and read it on my iPad and whoa it's dated and boring but not entirely a waste of time.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1450

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 06:02 AM (aURVT)

68 66 Good afternoon everyone, from the misty mountains of southern France.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 04, 2025 06:02 AM (GX6xJ)

Bonjour!

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 06:04 AM (aURVT)

69 Ha! I had a Canon color printer/scanner. Every now and then it would spool up, whirr, make a few clicking noises. It was kind of strange. I’d usually give it the side eye and say “Oh yeah!?” Sat idle for many years and when I fired it up it still worked fine. More surprisingly Canon had drivers for it, their website support was good. Even more more surprisingly I was able to get them installed and it worked great.

Then I discovered they use two (2) different black ink cartridges. The default, even when printing only text documents, is to use a little bit of both cartridges. It runs out quickly that way. “Low Ink” light blinking. I could have shot it for that reason, thinking back on it. Those Ink cartridges are a thorn in their side. The scanner was great for taking pictures and editing stuff for online sales though.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 04, 2025 06:04 AM (XkVSB)

70 Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 06:01 AM (OPGS/)

LOL. You've been out of college for a while now, correct? . It sounds like a good idea to modify that initial approach. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2025 06:04 AM (2GCMq)

71 That Acer Swift Air is pretty decent in most specs.

But that 50Wh battery means you won’t be using it for more than a few hours unplugged.

They had to save on weight and money somewhere, I guess.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 04, 2025 06:06 AM (6ydKt)

72 I'm diffidently old enough to remember the first appliance available to connect to the internet. A refrigerator with a computer screen on the door, contents of your refrigerator at you fingertips. (who cares). Was over at a friends house and he is very anti tech, and what does he do while we are drinking coffee, yell at Alexa to turn off the kitchen lights. I'm, never going to let a robot do anything for me........famous last words......

Posted by: Colin at September 04, 2025 06:07 AM (wlQdF)

73 Printer ink cartridges are cruel and expensive. They are the dominatrix of the technology world.

I got rid of my inkjet printer when the last cartridges ran out. My choice was to spend $150 on ink or buy a full function printer that uses toner. The toner printers are the way to go for everyday printing as long as you're good with black and white. The color toner printers are very expensive.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 06:12 AM (aJQjq)

74 Why do they use watt hours for battery specs now?
Amps are the currency unit for batteries. Some sort of hipster jiggery-pokery going on there, I think.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 04, 2025 06:12 AM (XkVSB)

75 LOL. You've been out of college for a while now, correct?

Very true. But back then, Financial Aid treated you as a burden that was interrupting their lazy days. As much as I didn't want to, I learned that being an utter asshole to these people were the only way they were going to finish their jobs and give me money.

The only exception was this nice lady that worked there. She resolved every single problem I ever had without breaking a sweat. To this day, she still is puzzled at my gratitude and says "But I was only doing my job."

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 06:14 AM (OPGS/)

76 …each hilariously unreliable: … consumer appliances…

Consumer appliances aren’t hilariously unreliable, they’re sadly unreliable. I have consumer appliances well past fifty years old still working great: blenders, mixers; and some approaching fifty years old—my refrigerator, my dishwasher, my microwave, may all be from the eighties. They’re still (dare I tempt fate) going strong. But I do fear the day I have to replace them with something new.

Even some newer items bought during this century are extraordinarily reliable, such as a Kitchen Aid stand mixer and a Cuisinart food processor, all bought in the oughts.

Most of these things are single-purpose appliances that ought to be reliable to the point of not even thinking of them as reliable. And we know how, or knew how, to build such things.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 04, 2025 06:17 AM (1NuH7)

77 Can you reorient the latch so the pull action is towards the unit instead of the door? Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

That was a really interesting question. So I got out of bed to go look at it. Nope. Implementing your idea would require a completely different carrier that contains the emergency release and attaches to your door. Doing that from the existing bits does not look possible.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 06:17 AM (aJQjq)

78 Why do they use watt hours for battery specs now?
Amps are the currency unit for batteries. Some sort of hipster jiggery-pokery going on there, I think.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 04, 2025 06:12 AM (XkVSB)

I’m guessing because it’s easier to calculate how much time you have on a charge.

You can take the CPU wattage, add in some more watts based on SSD, RAM, and GPU, if applicable, and get a rough estimate of how long you can be away from the charger.

The highest you can get is 99Wh, seem in gaming & premium large laptops.
Anything more than that is illegal to take in planes due to fire hazards.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 04, 2025 06:18 AM (6ydKt)

79 76 They’re still (dare I tempt fate) going strong.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 04, 2025 06:17 AM (1NuH7)

I was gonna say....

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 06:19 AM (aURVT)

80 The printer I have is an Epson EcoTank ET-2800 inkjet. The toner is in tanks as opposed to cartridges. Works pretty well for me.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 06:19 AM (OPGS/)

81 Yes - I had little reason to print color docs. There was a software setting to use only the large black ink cartridge iirc maybe. But it would always give the “low ink” blink, the bahstid. Something like that. Annoying.

I was more annoyed with Windows. I remember trying to use whatever software for typing something up. It is very powerful, but I couldn’t figure out how to do something really simple, too many bells and whistles, it was maddening. Think I used Notepad and deleted the whole damn program.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 04, 2025 06:20 AM (XkVSB)

82 Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ satellites on this Thor's Day! Pixy, I hope you are doing well with your health issues.

I'm up, awake (for certain values of "awake"), have fed the furry thugs, and am sipping coffee while I ponder going to work out today. ("Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" "I think so, Brain, but but Zero Mostel times anything will still give you Zero Mostel.")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2025 06:21 AM (omVj0)

83 My pellet grill, security cameras and Thermador ovens connect to my phone via wi-fi, does that count? If not I have internet, that's as connected as I'm going to get.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 04, 2025 06:23 AM (2NHgQ)

84
Good morning, Hordians. Her Majesty is coming home today.

*runs around the house cleaning frantically*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2025 06:24 AM (kkTda)

85 You are dead wrong. The electric company has zero knowledge or access to this device.

What brand is it? Because I’ve been looking for a thermostat which does not connect to an external server but just uses my HomeKit hub. I’ve never seen one. They all require a connection to the manufacturer’s server, which in term can be used to communicate with whoever the manufacturer wants, including the electric company.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 04, 2025 06:24 AM (1NuH7)

86 Consumer appliances aren’t hilariously unreliable, they’re sadly unreliable. I have consumer appliances well past fifty years old still working great: blenders, mixers; and some approaching fifty years old—my refrigerator, my dishwasher, my microwave, may all be from the eighties. They’re still (dare I tempt fate) going strong. But I do fear the day I have to replace them with something new.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 04, 2025 06:17 AM (1NuH7)

Just had to replace a Maytag washer from 2016, last week. The motor locked up, no spin cycle.

The 25 year old dryer sitting next to it has had the heating element, thermostats, and fuses replaced and works fine, for now.
*knocks on wood*

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 04, 2025 06:24 AM (6ydKt)

87
'Tis admirable that your old appliances are working well. But when you bought them, "planned obsolescence" was very much a term too.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2025 06:26 AM (kkTda)

88 66 Good afternoon everyone, from the misty mountains of southern France.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 04, 2025 06:02 AM (GX6xJ)

Bonjour!
Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 06:04 AM (aURVT)
----
Crazy gibberish!

Posted by: Professor Farnsworth at September 04, 2025 06:27 AM (IBQGV)

89 Watt hours are used for more than computers though, all the portable batteries and inverter units and things like that - they like to call them “generators” now too. It’s awkward I think. Maybe whatever one is used to. Ampere hours is easy to convert when items amp draw is known.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 04, 2025 06:27 AM (XkVSB)

90 My laser printers at work since about 2015 were two HP Laser Jets, the color ones that would also scan and copy and were networkable. It cost about $500, I think, in 2015, and the second one at my last job in 2018 was close to the same. Cartridges ran over $100 each; there were four, black, red, blue, and yellow. Always worked well, as it should at that kind of money.

My printer at home is much older, a laser I'm too lazy to get up and look at to see the manufacturer. B & W only. It works fine for printing manuscripts and eBay shipping labels. I need to replace it with one that has a scanner.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2025 06:27 AM (omVj0)

91 The printer I have is an Epson EcoTank ET-2800 inkjet. The toner is in tanks as opposed to cartridges. Works pretty well for me.
Posted by: NR Pax

Those are a really interesting solution. I don't print that much. So my concern with the Eco tanks is how likely would the print heads plug? This goes triple because I live in a desert. If I understood that I might have gone that route instead of a toner printer. Good luck trying to find out that answer though.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 06:27 AM (aJQjq)

92 Two words:

PC LOAD LETTER.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Luddite Housekeeper at September 04, 2025 06:28 AM (PiwSw)

93
Doncha love it when someone links to an article that looks very interesting and when you click on it, it takes you to a paywall?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2025 06:28 AM (kkTda)

94 I used to always use high rez setting and full cartridge for printing up eBay labels. You want the bar code to be easily scannable. Trust me on that.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 04, 2025 06:30 AM (XkVSB)

95 From what I can tell most 4+1 cartridge ink jets won’t let you print anything if one of the color cartridges is out, even if you’re printing straight black.

Which is really stupid.

The stupidest thing is HP printer-scanners not allowing you to scan anything if an ink cartridge is low.

That screwed up, money-grubbing, move right there is the reason I’ll never own an HP printer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 04, 2025 06:31 AM (6ydKt)

96 So my concern with the Eco tanks is how likely would the print heads plug?

For what it's worth, I have had this printer for a little over a year and it has not happened. And the menu on the front is pretty straightforward if you want it to clean the print heads.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 06:34 AM (OPGS/)

97 As I suspected, the local story about a football coach at my former high school here being assaulted on campus has vanished from the "news." He must have been white and his assailant black ("a teen" or "a youth").

In the meantime, Trump is "floating" the idea of sending the National Guard here to cut down on violent crime. Apparently they would mostly be a deterrent, would not arrest suspects but would hold them for the cops. There's no timeline as to when this might happen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2025 06:36 AM (omVj0)

98 I used to always use high rez setting and full cartridge for printing up eBay labels. You want the bar code to be easily scannable. Trust me on that.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 04, 2025

***
It's working so far. I have two or three of my old, high-quality fedoras up for sale on the 'Bay. Maybe I should see about replacing the printer before they sell.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2025 06:37 AM (omVj0)

99 Doncha love it when someone links to an article that looks very interesting and when you click on it, it takes you to a paywall?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2025 06:28 AM (kkTda)

On many sites like that, certainly not all, you can click on Reading Mode, and at least read the article.

Some sites have figured out a way to block that but many still don’t.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 04, 2025 06:37 AM (6ydKt)

100 meanwhile in Australia:

Caitlin Johnstone
@caitoz
Sep 3
If the Israelis lay down their arms, a genocide ends. If Hamas lays down their arms, Israel’s planned ethnic cleansing of Gaza happens quickly and without resistance.

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 06:38 AM (aURVT)

101 Thursday, comrades.

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2025 06:38 AM (jgmnb)

102 99 Doncha love it when someone links to an article that looks very interesting and when you click on it, it takes you to a paywall?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2025 06:28 AM (kkTda)

On many sites like that, certainly not all, you can click on Reading Mode, and at least read the article.

Some sites have figured out a way to block that but many still don’t.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 04, 2025 06:37 AM (6ydKt)

https://archive.is often works

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 06:39 AM (aURVT)

103 If the Israelis lay down their arms, a genocide ends. If Hamas lays down their arms, Israel’s planned ethnic cleansing of Gaza happens quickly and without resistance.
Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 06:38 AM (aURVT)

Opposite World.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Luddite Housekeeper at September 04, 2025 06:39 AM (PiwSw)

104 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 04, 2025 06:40 AM (ppG5b)

105 https://archive.is often works
Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 06:39 AM (aURVT)

Yup, for a lot of stuff it does, NY Times articles in there all the time.

I guess it depends on if someone bothers to archive a page.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 04, 2025 06:42 AM (6ydKt)

106 103 If the Israelis lay down their arms, a genocide ends. If Hamas lays down their arms, Israel’s planned ethnic cleansing of Gaza happens quickly and without resistance.
Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 06:38 AM (aURVT)

Opposite World.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Luddite Housekeeper at September 04, 2025 06:39 AM (PiwSw)

Indeed. Point made where I found the tweet quoted:

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
13h
Oh, I get it, it's Opposite Day.
Caitlin Johnstone
@caitoz
Sep 3
If the Israelis lay down their arms, a genocide ends. If Hamas lays down their arms, Israel’s planned ethnic cleansing of Gaza happens quickly and without resistance.

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 06:42 AM (aURVT)

107 There is a way out of this but nobody reads the instructions.

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2025 06:46 AM (jgmnb)

108 When I had to have my AC replaced earlier this year I asked the installers to install the Ecobee I'd bought at Costco years before but hadn't gotten around to installing. It can connect to the intertubes but I refuse to do that and it works fine. No remote controls but I'm fine with that, I work from home mostly.

I can program a schedule for an entire week and even temporarily modify it for a vacation or whatever. One annoyance is that the time drifts a bit because it's not connected to the internet and when there's a power outage I have to remember the date/time gets reset and throws off the programmed schedule. One nice thing is I can set a range for cold and hot temperatures so I never have to worry about changes in season/weather really.

Posted by: Farquad at September 04, 2025 06:47 AM (uALCb)

109 If the Israelis lay down their arms, a genocide ends. If Hamas lays down their arms, Israel’s planned ethnic cleansing of Gaza happens quickly and without resistance.

So... literally the exact opposite of what has happened over the entire lifetime of Hamas. But this time, this time comrades, the Israelis are bloodthirsty ghouls, the Republican President will cancel elections and enslave us all, communism will work, all migrants will be brain surgeons and engineers. This time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 04, 2025 06:49 AM (ExV1e)

110 69/Common Tater:

The amount of shenanigans the printer companies have played with DRM in chips in those ink cartridges has made me swear off ever buying a printer that uses them.

Since I prefer toner based laser printers to ink, I would consider a toner-tank version of a laser printer, but nothing with cartridges.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 04, 2025 06:49 AM (O7YUW)

111 If six was nine……
-Jimi

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2025 06:50 AM (jgmnb)

112 The latest dodge the pharmaceutical companies have in their ads is "Side effects may not appear for weeks." As in, you think you're fine with this new medication, you buy a second refill of it, and suddenly you have heart palpitations, insomnia or sleepiness while driving, plus simultaneous diarrhea and frequent urination. But it's okay, they got two payments for refills out of you or your insurance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2025 06:55 AM (omVj0)

113 92 Two words:

PC LOAD LETTER.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

youtu.be/5QQdNbvSGok

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 04, 2025 06:55 AM (sAmhv)

114 ARMS?!?

YOU BASTARDS!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at September 04, 2025 06:56 AM (KUrBr)

115 I've got one of the old Alexa devices. It's useful on occasion, though its weather forecasting abilities are generally inaccurate.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 04, 2025 06:56 AM (WPL6O)

116 From what I can tell most 4+1 cartridge ink jets won’t let you print anything if one of the color cartridges is out, even if you’re printing straight black.

Which is really stupid.

The stupidest thing is HP printer-scanners not allowing you to scan anything if an ink cartridge is low.

That screwed up, money-grubbing, move right there is the reason I’ll never own an HP printer.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Sadly, with what an inkjet cartridge costs, you can buy a whole new printer for.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2025 06:57 AM (SFL/f)

117 I've got one of the old Alexa devices. It's useful on occasion, though its weather forecasting abilities are generally inaccurate.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

*Your local weatherman has entered the chat.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2025 06:58 AM (SFL/f)

118 I would never send anything through the mail with handwritten labels any longer if I could help it. OCR is very good, but. Not anything important or expensive. The bar code needs high contrast, sharp crisp lines. It doesn’t hurt.

Overlay the entire label with clear tape so it doesn’t get torn or smudged.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 04, 2025 06:58 AM (Fbq7X)

119 If the Israelis lay down their arms, a genocide ends.

It's not wrong. Hamas would kill them all and put an end to that genocide. And then they'll move onto the next target.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 07:01 AM (OPGS/)

120 I would never send anything through the mail

Hurtful.

Posted by: John Kasich, Sone of a Male Man at September 04, 2025 07:02 AM (KUrBr)

121 Of course the (Dem) local and state "leaders" are pushing back on the idea of Trump sending the NG to Da Swamp. Trump is suggesting it, so they're against it, even if it makes them look pro-crime.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 04, 2025 07:04 AM (omVj0)

122 I refuse to buy the big name cartridges for my 2 inkjet printers. I let those inscrutable chinee manufacturers supply me with ink.
https://tinyurl.com/z8a9ucvc

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 04, 2025 07:05 AM (2NHgQ)

123 The bitemporal database thing is related to how businesses "write off" things. So the quote from "Seinfeld" is actually relevant here

Too bad that I can't remember it.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 04, 2025 07:09 AM (VmDLh)

124 122 I refuse to buy the big name cartridges for my 2 inkjet printers. I let those inscrutable chinee manufacturers supply me with ink.
https://tinyurl.com/z8a9ucvc
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 04, 2025 07:05 AM (2NHgQ)

I refuse to buy anything but. It is a marker of status. Your low-status print cartridges mark you as being of a lower caste. Ye gods man, I'd smite you with my gilded cane if this were a face-to-face conversation.

Posted by: CE Winchester III at September 04, 2025 07:12 AM (KUrBr)

125 Since I prefer toner based laser printers to ink, I would consider a toner-tank version of a laser printer, but nothing with cartridges.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

--
At work they gave an old HP color laser printer.
It uses 4 toners - black & 3 colors.
Each toner is around $140.

It woukd be cheaper to buy a new printer than replace toners,,,

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 04, 2025 07:12 AM (nLlkW)

126 So my concern with the Eco tanks is how likely would the print heads plug?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 04, 2025 06:27 AM (aJQjq)
-

Have a 14 year old Brother all in one. About 2 years ago, the heads clogged up and the printer's built-in cleaning routines no longer helped.

I found printer head cleaning kits on Amazon. Had to do it twice but the printing is like new. Otherwise, I was going to toss the printer out.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 04, 2025 07:14 AM (pvrrs)

127 Side effects to Cryfylnz may include but are not limited too: cancer, birth defects, tuberculosis, major organ failure, neurological impairment, hives, blisters, warts, hemorrhoids, fistulas, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, incontinence, malaise and rape. Side effects may occur anytime prior to or after taking Cryfylnz. Do not take Cryfylnz for any reason at anytime unless proscribed by your doctor or HR professional.

Posted by: Accomack at September 04, 2025 07:14 AM (5KunV)

128 (IMDB)

Jerry: So we're gonna make the Post Office pay for my new stereo now?
Cosmo Kramer: It's a write-off for them.
Jerry: How is it a write-off?
Cosmo Kramer: They just write it off.
Jerry: Write it off what?
Cosmo Kramer: Jerry, all these big companies, they write off everything.
Jerry: You don't even know what a write-off is.
Cosmo Kramer: Do you?
Jerry: No, I don't.
Cosmo Kramer: But they do, and they're the ones writing it off.

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 07:15 AM (aURVT)

129 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 04, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

130 “If the Israelis lay down their arms”…

Not only is that statement a combination of vicious lies, it also is a complete and intentional mockery of one of the most important aspects of the entire conflict. As such, I would call a statement like that not simply Evil, but satanic, a term I would also apply to anyone who claimed to believe such a thing. (I realize poster was just reposting some twitter message, which many of us do for various reasons)

First Truth: Israel is *not* conducting a genocide under any rational standard. Also, Israel has stated clear goals - return of the hostages and an end to the self declared terrorist group Hamas, which began this war.
Meanwhile the clear and stated goal of Hamas is the genocide of all Jews.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 04, 2025 07:15 AM (r2+h3)

131 I've got a color laser printer someone gave me because they tried to jam a black toner cart into the yellow slot. It got stuck so they went and bought another printer.

I fixed it and they gave me a full set of cartridges to boot.

Posted by: fd at September 04, 2025 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

132 Posted by: Tom Servo at September 04, 2025 07:15 AM (r2+h3)
-

I knew that!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 04, 2025 07:16 AM (pvrrs)

133 It would be cheaper to buy a new printer than replace toners,,,
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

My previous printer was an HP. I took it into Best Buy since I had the warranty. They told me to take it to customer service for disposal and gave me money for my current printer.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 07:19 AM (OPGS/)

134 (Jerusalem Post)

It was the late Golda Meir – Israel’s prime minister 49 years ago – who famously said, “If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel.”

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-719355

Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 07:21 AM (aURVT)

135
Peace is when all the Jews are dead.

Genocide is when you use the wrong pronouns.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2025 07:21 AM (kkTda)

136 Meanwhile the clear and stated goal of Hamas is the genocide of all Jews.
Posted by: Tom Servo

That image makes college students in the US get aroused.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 07:21 AM (OPGS/)

137 G'morning all from sunny B'More.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 04, 2025 07:21 AM (oeJyF)

138 Tom Servo

Those mooks that tell Israel to lay down their arms love them some Stalin and Pol Pot.

No Pali, No problem is looking better and better.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 04, 2025 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

139 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

I trust everyone you care about is in fine fettle. Baltimore is on it's own.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 04, 2025 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

140
Ye gods man, I'd smite you with my gilded cane if this were a face-to-face conversation.
Posted by: CE Winchester III at September 04, 2025 07:12 AM (KUrBr)

_________

Princeton, '71.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2025 07:23 AM (kkTda)

141 (Jerusalem Post)

It was the late Golda Meir – Israel’s prime minister 49 years ago – who famously said, “If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel.”

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-719355
Posted by: m at September 04, 2025 07:21 AM (aURVT)

Was she ever an Australian scribbler? Then what does she know? -- Caitlin Johnstone

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 04, 2025 07:24 AM (ExV1e)

142 I suspect the talk about NO and the NG is because it will be much easier to do in a State with a republican governor that won’t be fighting him. In order to establish the precedent.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 04, 2025 07:26 AM (r2+h3)

143 I have two printers, a Brother color laser printer,and an HP black and white. I got the HP for $25 from someone who was cleaning out their office. The Brother was because my ex-wife took hers when she left.

I don't want an all in one because flatbed scanners are cheap, now that everyone uses phones for scanning.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 04, 2025 07:26 AM (VmDLh)

144 Salty.

Yep, MiL honey-do list 50% complete.

Gotta see the family lawyer briefly today.

Take Mrs VIA to Oprah's favorite crab place for her 29th birthday tomorrow.

Family reunion in the shadow of Limerick Nuclear plant on Sunday.

Mon-Wednesday in Ocean City.

Thursday return home.

Friday rebuild Volvo wagon front suspension.

Easy ten days.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 04, 2025 07:26 AM (oeJyF)

145 Caitlin Johnstone, ladies and gentlemen. Here to remind us that no matter how much you think you hate the media, you simply don't hate them enough.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 07:27 AM (OPGS/)

146 Village Idiot's Apprentice

I'm tired just reading that.
Carry on.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 04, 2025 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

147

Posted by: . at September 04, 2025 07:29 AM (AOsQT)

148 I've got one of the old Alexa devices. It's useful on occasion, though its weather forecasting abilities are generally inaccurate.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

*Your local weatherman has entered the chat.

Though I am over four hours away from Austin, I still check Zack Shields morning WX forecast on the fox7 website.

I like how he explains the weather patterns and shows the fronts, the pressure systems and occasionally reminds viewers what these things mean.

Most "meteorologists" just show a wide area heat zone map and read a dozen temperatures off and then parrot the National Weather Service. (yawn)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 04, 2025 07:30 AM (a4flb)

149 The only wire I use and trust in my house is my wire coat hanger to unclog the shitter when needed.

Posted by: Old Fart Luddite at September 04, 2025 07:30 AM (OU3xT)

150 Wal Mart - HP 67 Tri-color Ink Cartridge $67.00

Best Buy - Canon Inkjet Printer - $59.99

Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2025 07:30 AM (SFL/f)

151 "I'm tired just reading that.
Carry on."

Heh!

Almost forgot...take the two cats with us so they can spend the week visiting with Grammy.

She does love her grand-cats.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 04, 2025 07:30 AM (oeJyF)

152 Caitlin Johnstone, ladies and gentlemen. Here to remind us that no matter how much you think you hate the media, you simply don't hate them enough.

So why do you continually expose yourself to their lies?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 04, 2025 07:31 AM (a4flb)

153 Caitlin, is that the one with the hatchet jaw? I hate that guy

Posted by: Common Tater at September 04, 2025 07:31 AM (Fbq7X)

154 Most "meteorologists" just show a wide area heat zone map and read a dozen temperatures off and then parrot the National Weather Service. (yawn)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 04, 2025 07:30 AM (a4flb)

Today, September 4th, in Austin the high temperature will be near 100, which has never happened at any point in the Earth's history. Give up your cars, eat the bugs, obey your masters. -- average weather persyn

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 04, 2025 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

155 So why do you continually expose yourself to their lies?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

I don't. I am simply responding to what was posted up above.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 04, 2025 07:35 AM (OPGS/)

156
Side effects to Cryfylnz may include but are not limited too: cancer, birth defects, tuberculosis, major organ failure, neurological impairment, hives, blisters, warts, hemorrhoids, fistulas, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, incontinence, malaise and rape.

__________

You left out "uncontrolled flatulence".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2025 07:35 AM (kkTda)

157 One suite, remote, device type thing, is Ford pass. Starts on cold mornings, and if I in the truck, as long as I have my phone in my hand, I can unlock it.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 04, 2025 07:35 AM (SFL/f)

158 “If the Israelis lay down their arms”…

Come to find out most of those arms are US Taxpayer's

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 04, 2025 07:37 AM (a4flb)

159
You want to read something that's nothing short of amazing.

https://tinyurl.com/5dtwaakv

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2025 07:37 AM (kkTda)

160 Come to find out most of those arms are US Taxpayer's

Pretty sure that this has been explained... numerous times.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 04, 2025 07:38 AM (ExV1e)

161 Hadrian,

I will miss your frequent comments when HM gets home, but glad she will be back at the homestead.

(Loved that pic of Diana catching the pancake.)

Posted by: Brunnhilde at September 04, 2025 07:40 AM (3AwA+)

162 JJ

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2025 07:43 AM (kkTda)

163
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 04, 2025 07:43 AM (gbOdA)

164 I’ve read some of Caitlin Johnstone’s articles over the years at ZeroHedge.

While I can generally agree with her libertarian takes on government, her nutty views on everything else are a turn-off.

She’s got that extreme-right hate for Jews that’s so common among that group now.

They seriously believe that most of the world’s problems could be fixed if Israel didn’t exist, and by extension America for supporting Israel.

It’s just another virtue signaling pose against supposed tyranny and colonialism.

They read a few books that supposedly enlighten them on the history of the conflict there and never to think to realize what’s been left out of the propaganda and why they are so eager to be manipulated into thinking the Israelis are the bad guys here.

I guess since the Palestinians have been bitching and morning for eighty years, instead of building a functioning nation and economy like the Israelis have, that means he who complains the loudest and longest wins among the “blame it on oppression” crowd.

It’s so tiresome.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 04, 2025 07:49 AM (6ydKt)

165 "I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise."

This is the way.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at September 04, 2025 10:06 AM (1hM1d)

166 >The Acer Swift Air 16 could be decent

It could be if it was made by anyone but Acer. Acer laptops are disposable crap with terrible QA and build quality so poor I can literally break them in half with my bare hands. And have, to prove the point. Wait for another vendor.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at September 04, 2025 12:23 PM (LgYtf)

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