Daily Tech News 35 September 2025

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The Eternal September is finally over after 34 years as AOL shuts down its dialup service. (Tom's Hardware)

Looking around and seeing the current state of the internet, I think they might have left it running a little too long.
Speaking of which, how does my upgraded 500Mb internet feel?

Exactly the same as before, on 100Mb, to be honest. Moving from ADSL (I got about 16Mb down and 2Mb up) to a nominal 100/40 connection was a huge upgrade. At least it was until I got hit by lightning and my modem exploded.

Since I mostly look at (and work on) US-hosted sites, that trans-Pacific latency erases any obvious gains. The new plan is cheaper, though, and the next step down goes all the way to 50/20 and only saves $2.

Tech News

Maxsun has teamed up with case manufacturer Abee to produce a workstation powered by Intel CPUs and GPUs, the latter specifically being Maxsun's Arc Pro B60 48GB Turbo model. (WCCFTech)

The B60 is based on Intel's B580 gaming card, not particularly powerful compared with Nvidia's RTX 5060 or AMD's 9060 XT, but $50 cheaper at $250 and equipped with 50% more VRAM - 12GB rather than 8GB - which makes some memory-intensive titles run better even though the hardware is nominally slower.

The Arc Pro B60 48GB Turbo takes two of those, doubles the memory on each, and fits them on a single card for $1200. It's only really useful for certain specific tasks - you wouldn't buy one of these to play games - but it's a lot cheaper than any 48GB cards from AMD or Nvidia.
HP has launched the ZGX Nano G1n, powered by Nvidia's GB10 chip. (WCCFTech)

What?

It's an AI thing.

Oh.

It has 20 Arm CPU cores - 10 X925 full-size cores and 10 A725 mid-size cores, 48 graphics cores - the same as an RTX 5070 desktop graphics card, 128GB of soldered LPDDR5X memory on a 256-bit bus, and two 200Gb Ethernet ports for attaching it to more of the same.

Price not announced but expect it to cost around 50% more than AMD's very similar systems based on the Ryzen AI Max 395.
Food delivery robots have human names and blinking eyes. But they're not our friends. (CNN)

I might return to this item tomorrow because the article is impressively deranged.
Gmail is dropping Gmailify and POP support. (PC World)

Going forward, you will need to use an email client that supports the new IMAP standard, which came out in... 1986.
A comparison of Ada and Rust. (GitHub)

Is it just me, or is Rust kind of... Bad?

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Makes me want to say, STOP BITING ME!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

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

2 Good morning all.

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

3 Disclaimer: Makes me want to say, STOP BITING ME!

And it makes you want to SHOUT!

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

4

I excrete in your expansion slot!

Posted by: Erudite Philosopher of All The Things at October 05, 2025 04:10 AM (WKIwd)

5 BOING!

Going soon with Mrs. BD and a DIL to a distillery for some day drinking and restocking.

Nice distraction from reality.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2025 04:11 AM (z+UA5)

6 Devo - Beautiful World

Well, that's a provocative little time capsule. Can't say I'd want it playing in the background, ever.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:11 AM (aURVT)

7 Daily Tech News 35 September 2025

Is it that late?

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:12 AM (aURVT)

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 05, 2025 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

9 from the CNN Business article:

>>>They’re as much an accepted part of life in my neighborhood as the obnoxious scooters that litter sidewalks.

I hate those so much.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:24 AM (aURVT)

10 8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 05, 2025 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

ha ha!

A tongue-in-cheek program called sdate outputs the current date, formatted using the Eternal September calendar (September X, 1993, where X is an unbounded counter for days since that epoch).

Today
Sunday
October 5,
2025
September 11723,
1993

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:29 AM (aURVT)

11

I refused to click on "agree" on the CNN article to allow them to use cookies, and found no way to refuse cookies but still allow me to read the article--i.e. it was either allow them or not be able to read their posting.

Thus CNN is relegated, like Windows 11, to fellating rotten maggot penis.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2025 04:38 AM (vFbHf)

12 G'Day everyone
Pixy back up at 4am for awhile?

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2025 04:45 AM (+qU29)

13 Pixy digs nonstandard dates. He likes to mess around with February especially.

Jan 0 used to be used a lot in astronomical epoch definitions. For example, when ephemeris time was officially adopted, it was set equal to UT(GMT) at noon, Jan 0, 1900. That was the standard epoch for a while.

Currently, J2000 is the standard epoch, but that was defined as Noon, Jan 1, 2000 (TT, not UTC or UT1). Don't know why. I dig Jan 0.

BTW, "delta t", the difference between ephemeris time/TT and UT1(GMT) is now 69.09072 s. The earth has lagged behind uniform time by a minute and nine seconds since Jan 0, 1900.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2025 04:47 AM (w6EFb)

14 11 I refused to click on "agree" on the CNN article to allow them to use cookies, and found no way to refuse cookies but still allow me to read the article--i.e. it was either allow them or not be able to read their posting.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2025 04:38 AM (vFbHf)

https://archive.is/w3Q9B

Posted by: m at October 05, 2025 04:55 AM (aURVT)

15 I threw out the last of my dialup modems over a decade ago. I didn't realize AOL was still supporting technology that primative. I worked for Motorola Transmission Products Division building and doing tech support for dialup and banking 2 wire modems.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at October 05, 2025 05:16 AM (DY7Xb)

16 "I might return to this item tomorrow because the article is impressively deranged."

One of the biggest problems with self-driving cars isn't other self-driving cars but the human assholes driving their cars on the same roads as the self-driving cars.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at October 05, 2025 05:19 AM (wxYcL)

17 Have a large cup of coffee, mix 50/50 regular and a Starbucks cinnamon

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2025 05:20 AM (+qU29)

18 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2025 05:21 AM (AN2gy)

19 @14

Very many thanks, m. I will remember that.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2025 05:23 AM (vFbHf)

20 How many of us received (dozens of!) those damned AOL floppies and simply re-formatted them, for *other* uses?

*raises paw*
------

Also-- just back from ER. Hubby is mostly ok, no broken bones, and was transported back to nursing home.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 05:28 AM (rdVOm)

21 Good morning! Haven't ben able to keep up with you guys due to some aircraft delivery jackassery, so I have to as if Wolfus is around and how did his road trip go?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2025 06:02 AM (3Ope8)

22 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I vant to drink your blood.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2025 06:04 AM (WvZaB)

23 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2025 06:13 AM (t0a+i)

24 Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2025 06:13 AM (t0a+i)

Technically, yes. But it's still darker than the heart of a leftist out there.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 06:15 AM (uQesX)

25 Crotchety Old Jarhead, Good to see you and that you have just been too busy to drop in.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2025 06:16 AM (kurEY)

26 Mornin' Puddleglum.

https://youtu.be/6VwbyBGbqPY

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 06:19 AM (rdVOm)

27 G'morning, all!

The good Doctor, Ian Roberts continues to entertain with his record of excellence in education.

https://tinyurl.com/yvx9298r

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2025 06:20 AM (a1415)

28 Evening to Pixy as he moves into a new Daylight Saving world, and morning to all the early risers. I'm up, sipping coffee, and wondering if I should brave the outdoors for a short workout. The streets are damp, there is no rain falling, but we have something like an 80% chance of the stuff today. Ah, I'll worry about it after the second cup of black juice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:21 AM (omVj0)

29 I remember the before-eternal-September time by many years. I suppose I could now focus on the quality of people on the net as that moment passed and things continue to move forward, but it's all been said before.

But in regards to technology in general: I do miss arcades from the early to mid 1980's. What I don't miss is how slow the computer technology was, how small and expensive the data storage was, and how insanely expensive it was in comparison to what we have today.

I also don't miss phone companies' outrageous cost for long distance service per minute.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2025 06:21 AM (O7YUW)

30 Miss Linda dragged me to this Art for Art's Sake thing on the uptown shopping avenue last night. As I predicted, it was crowded, warm, and damp -- not even a light drizzle deterred these people from free wine, crackers, and cheese in various shops. I took the chance to grab some supplies from the pipe/cigar shop; and there was a vintage store with actual guy stuff, including a pair of Justin boots, Ropers that I'd have loved except they were half a size too big. And no price was on them -- a bad sign.

Aside from that, all the open stores were ones we'd visited before, and nearly all had Halloween decorations up or for sale. Yes, I'll admit that many (not all) of the attendees dressed up a little instead of wearing just T-shirts and shorts. But most of the "art" was of Lousy-ana and Da Swamp scenes. I long for some Southwestern art, I really do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:25 AM (omVj0)

31 >>I also don't miss phone companies' outrageous cost for long distance service per minute.
------

Definitely!

But I do miss those practically unbreakable phones, and their superior sound quality!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 06:26 AM (rdVOm)

32
Thus CNN is relegated, like Windows 11, to fellating rotten maggot penis.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 05, 2025 04:38 AM (vFbHf)

----

I vote to add the Atlantic to the same rotten group as CNN, having seen their article equating George Floyd to Charlie Kirk. (Covered in AoSHQ late yesterday)

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 05, 2025 06:27 AM (H4xOd)

33 G'mornin all y'all
Blessings to you and yours
Pets included.

Posted by: OkJohn at October 05, 2025 06:29 AM (NC/it)

34 ...annnnnd... Good night, horde. Finally *wound down* enough to try for some sleep. Been a long night.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2025 06:30 AM (rdVOm)

35 I'd like me some September 1993, please. No, I wasn't earning much money; I was working two jobs. But I'd been to New Mexico twice, I enjoyed driving my Oldsmobile Cutlass coupe, and I was studying computers at night and had (I thought) boundless possibilities in front of me.

His Lordship Arizona the big red tabby was only ten and healthy. Da Swamp had not decayed as much as it has now, and my apartment complex was a pleasure to live in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:32 AM (omVj0)

36 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Time for the grading marathon to commence!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2025 06:33 AM (IBQGV)

37 Da Swamp had not decayed as much as it has now, and my apartment complex was a pleasure to live in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Here's hoping you are able to make the move up north that you so desire within the next couple of months.

Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2025 06:35 AM (lJ0H4)

38 Looks like another couple of weeks in the 90s. Translates as 'get the golf in while you can.' Soon enough the wind will blow and things will cool off and we'll have to start the fall gardening plan to be ready for spring.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2025 06:37 AM (3Ope8)

39 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2025 06:38 AM (K7MIk)

40 I took the chance to grab some supplies from the pipe/cigar shop; and there was a vintage store with actual guy stuff....

I long for some Southwestern art, I really do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:25 AM (omVj0)

A store with actual guy stuff. Man, those were the days. It's hard to find stuff like that any more. Fossil used to be like that, then they turned into a woman's purse and watch store.

It gets tiring seeing Kokopelli everywhere.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025 06:40 AM (uQesX)

41 September 1993?

Like most things from that year - pass.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2025 06:40 AM (c44Rp)

42
Here's hoping you are able to make the move up north that you so desire within the next couple of months.
Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2025

***
Thanks, Tuna. I'm beginning to think I'll need to pack up and store my furniture and move to a furnished apartment in my chosen area, or load up a truck and drive to an unfurnished one. Once on the ground, so to speak, I can see if I love that place, look at houses easily, meet with a lender, etc.

I don't care for the idea of paying to store my things while I look, or of driving a truck with my car trailing behind as I did to Denver in '97. Owensboro, KY, which I liked even better than Evansville in IN, seems to have no furnished apartments for rent at all (source: Apartments dot com). That might solve that question right there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:41 AM (omVj0)

43 @13/publius: "Don't know why. I dig Jan 0."

Then you might enjoy an episode of "The Twilight Zone" from 1986, titled "A Matter of Minutes":

https://youtu.be/e9XFRfeGBVI

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 05, 2025 06:43 AM (O7YUW)

44 Sunny, mild with light breezes on the island. The ground is still squishy even tho it hasn’t rained for a week.
Never in all the years of living in New York did I ever see an ad for state legislators. WAVY10 has candidates for Virginia delegates every break.
Sears has ads on YouTube.

Posted by: Accomack at October 05, 2025 06:44 AM (Bbhox)

45
Food delivery robots have human names and blinking eyes. But they're not our friends. (CNN)

Bag 'em, take 'em to an out of the way place (a dead end alley, for example), and leave them there, on their backs.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 06:44 AM (IP+zj)

46 41 September 1993?

Like most things from that year - pass.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2025 06:40 AM (c44Rp)
Clintons top to bottom.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2025 06:45 AM (jgmnb)

47 A store with actual guy stuff. Man, those were the days. It's hard to find stuff like that any more. Fossil used to be like that, then they turned into a woman's purse and watch store.

It gets tiring seeing Kokopelli everywhere.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 05, 2025

***
This one had leather blazers of the style we saw in the '70s and '80s, and some other boots too, ones too small for me. Again, no prices that I could see. Not a good sign -- like a restaurant labeling something "Market Price."

Yeah, Kokopelli gets dull. I'd rather see Arizona and New Mexico buttes, or cowboys a la Remington. But trust me, alligators, crawfish, swamp scenery, streetcars, and the word "go" written as "Geaux" gets just as old and dull.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:45 AM (omVj0)

48 I did see a cool T-shirt last night, emblazoned:

"I'm Killing Them With Kindness.

When Do They Die?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:46 AM (omVj0)

49 27 G'morning, all!

The good Doctor, Ian Roberts continues to entertain with his record of excellence in education.

https://tinyurl.com/yvx9298r
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2025 06:20 AM (a1415)

I think the Columbia School of Journalism has found its next President!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2025 06:47 AM (PiwSw)

50 mornin yall. 35th of September is also the day of my birth.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025 06:47 AM (vFG9F)

51 "Bag 'em, take 'em to an out of the way place (a dead end alley, for example), and leave them there, on their backs.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot"

Not before harvesting their lithium batteries.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

52 mornin yall. 35th of September is also the day of my birth.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2025

***
Celebrate responsibly!

Or, you know, not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)

53 No love for the Discordian Date format?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 05, 2025 06:49 AM (PiwSw)

54
The good Doctor, Ian Roberts continues to entertain with his record of excellence in education.

How dashing, erudite, debonair and well spoken could this clown have been to have snagged that position? And what was he competing against, toasters?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 05, 2025 06:50 AM (xG4kz)

55 Note to self: Don't drink coffee after 4 PM

Posted by: Halfhand at October 05, 2025 06:52 AM (7adUC)

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