Daily Tech News 3 November 2025

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Is OpenAI becoming too big to fail? (MSN)

It sure is. Just like Lehman Brothers. And Worldcom. And Enron.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman explained how the company is planning to pay for $1 trillion worth of hardware and services deals with an annual revenue of $13 billion. (Tech Crunch)
"We are taking a forward bet that it will continue to grow, and that not only will ChatGPT keep growing, but we will be able to become one of the important AI clouds, that our consumer device business will be a significant and important thing, that AI that can automate science will create huge value," he added.
Well, I know I feel comforted.

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The best things to watch over and over and over. (The Verge) (archive site)

I recall my nephew could watch My Neighbour Totoro on loop and never tire of it, but in his defense he was three years old at the time.

Which tells you a lot about the mental ages of tech journalists.
Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2 is here, the sequel to their 2019 game The Outer Worlds which I was looking forward to at the time before they signed an exclusivity agreement with Epic Games for a ton of money and by the time it was available on my preferred stores I had lost all time and interest and even though I own it now I have never gotten around to playing it where was I oh - don't even think of playing it with ray tracing enabled. (Tom's Hardware)

It runs... Adequately... With ray tracing off.

With ray tracing on it can't hit 60 fps (average, never mind the 1% lows which are abysmal) on an RTX 5090 at 1080p even using "performance" upscaling - so it's only actually rendering at 540p.
Meanwhile the Anbernic RG DS is here and under $100. Along with specs which we didn't have until today. (Liliputing)

This is a dual-screen handheld gaming thingy that looks uncannily like the Nintendo DS only better.

The two 4" screens are "only" 640x480, but then the original DS had 3" screens with a 256x192 resolution. The CPU is "only" a quad core Arm A55 running at 2GHz, but the original had a single Arm9 core running at 67MHz. Oh, and 3GB of RAM compared to the original's 4MB.

Also, the DS sold for $150 in 2004.

It looks pretty cool but back when I was playing Final Fantasy III on my DS I did not yet need reading glasses. On the other hand, I now have reading glasses so maybe that's not such an issue.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Only because Kevin Caldwell's EVA AMV is blocked.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 03, 2025 04:02 AM (q8Zj0)

2 Well done, Biden's Dog!

w00t

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:02 AM (RuTUS)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2025 04:03 AM (+qU29)

4 Just 4 work days this week, I think I can do that

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2025 04:04 AM (+qU29)

5 "We are taking a forward bet that it will continue to grow, and that not only will ChatGPT keep growing, but we will be able to become one of the important AI clouds, that our consumer device business will be a significant and important thing, that AI that can automate science will create huge value," he added.

When somebody pushes out that many reasons, there's reason to doubt.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:04 AM (RuTUS)

6 Ridiculously beautiful sunny hot day here in Israel.

Not the weather we need.

Took a swim yesterday in the pool. Water temp was 20C/68F. Trying to hide my runny nose from Mrs. BD and her "I told you so."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 03, 2025 04:06 AM (q8Zj0)

7 Good morning. Shape it up. Get straight. Go forward. Move ahead.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 03, 2025 04:06 AM (0GOwZ)

8 Whip it. Whip it good.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 03, 2025 04:07 AM (BLOW1)

9 7 Shape it up. Get straight. Go forward. Move ahead.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 03, 2025 04:06 AM (0GOwZ)

You're not the boss of us!

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:07 AM (RuTUS)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2025 04:07 AM (sAmhv)

11 8 Whip it. Whip it good.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 03, 2025 04:07 AM (BLOW1)

Oh, I see:

Now whip it into shape, shape it up, get straight
Go forward

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:08 AM (RuTUS)

12 You're not the boss of us!

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:07 AM (RuTUS)
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I thought of it as excellent incentivization.

/stays put in comfy office chair

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 03, 2025 04:09 AM (q8Zj0)

13 The Appalachian song you posted on the ONT was good, Puddleglum.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:10 AM (RuTUS)

14 Singing God's praise.. Psalm 138:1 International fellowship of Christians and Jews :

https://tinyurl.com/2s44necc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 04:11 AM (Yl2Ob)

15 12 You're not the boss of us!

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:07 AM (RuTUS)
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I thought of it as excellent incentivization.

/stays put in comfy office chair
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 03, 2025 04:09 AM (q8Zj0)

Monitoring the situation from afar.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:11 AM (RuTUS)

16 At least Pixy didn't use Rammstein's fun song "Tier".

Now, Rammstein's song "Dicke Titten" would be worth watching...

Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 03, 2025 04:12 AM (Unq1O)

17 Nice version of Amazing Grace:

https://tinyurl.com/5n8uvbvj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 04:13 AM (Yl2Ob)

18 I wandered into Cole Cheney by accident. He's very, very good. I'm a fanboy of bluegrass and Appalachia music.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2025 04:14 AM (sAmhv)

19 genius.com:

According to the band, “Whip It” was inspired by the poems in Thomas Pynchon’s novel Gravity’s Rainbow.

Gravity’s Rainbow is a satirical novel that describes humanity’s evolution as often regressive and lacking self-awareness. This also ties into their band name “Devo” standing de-evolution. A satire into the idea that our society is regressing.

As it relates to Whip It, Devo is satirizing America’s insistence on violence and our lack of individuality.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:14 AM (RuTUS)

20 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

CT Scan this morning - hoping that the news is good (more tumor shrinkage) 🙏🙏🙏

Will see both the oncological surgeon and my oncologist next week, at which time we will discuss next steps, possibly surgery to remove one or more sections of my liver.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 04:14 AM (SRRAx)

21 Shape it up. Get straight. Go forward. Move ahead.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 03, 2025 04:06 AM (0GOwZ)

I’m afraid it may be too late.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at November 03, 2025 04:16 AM (JRP2U)

22 There's bot spam at the end of yesterday's tech thread, Pixy. I'm not sure if it's on the agenda to zap them.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:20 AM (RuTUS)

23 Reposted from below:

Getting five hours of sleep or no sleep is no good. However, since I'm here I'll post this -to me- interesting article by a black man taking about the double standard on identity by many in the black community by not supporting Winsome Sears .

https://tinyurl.com/unb83e9j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 04:22 AM (8Cor4)

24 21 Shape it up. Get straight. Go forward. Move ahead.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 03, 2025 04:06 AM (0GOwZ)

I’m afraid it may be too late.
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at November 03, 2025 04:16 AM (JRP2U)

The lyrics say it's not too late!

Now whip it into shape, shape it up, get straight
Go forward, move ahead, try to detect it, it's not too late
To whip it, whip it good

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:23 AM (RuTUS)

25 Praying for you , Teresa.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 04:23 AM (8Cor4)

26 Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 04:14 AM (RuTUS)

My son is a big Thomas Pynchon fan, so much so that he named our black cat Pynchon. He keeps urging me to read his books- the novelist, not the cat😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 04:30 AM (WFtAr)

27 A couple of interesting videos discussing system failures in Portland and in the Democrat party.

Commercial property valuations in Portland took a major hit and it's causing property tax income to collapse.
https://youtu.be/EGC2KR1qGVo

From Elon musk, a discussion about system failure in New York City if Mamdani is elected and how it relates to the Schumer shutdown.
https://youtu.be/Ys34CuW_IM0

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 03, 2025 04:36 AM (uv8gn)

28 Just 4 work days this week, I think I can do that
Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2025 04:04 AM (+qU29)

On the one hand, I have only one more 5 day workweek... ever. OTOH, today I start having 2 hours per day of meetings with India for "knowledge transfer".

Ugh.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 04:37 AM (ExV1e)

29 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at November 03, 2025 04:39 AM (zBOWZ)

30 What are we whipping?

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2025 04:56 AM (+qU29)

31 youtu.be/E4WhWPYt0W0

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2025 05:09 AM (sAmhv)

32 I appreciated what Elon Musk shared in the video, but it looks and sounds strange . Is it AI?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 05:13 AM (guLpK)

33 @30/Skip: "What are we whipping?"

The cream, before it sits out too long.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2025 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

34 Evening to the late toilers, morning to the early risers and insomaniacals. Yes, I *know* it's Monday dammit, but remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2025 05:22 AM (wzUl9)

35 Anyway! It's 55 F. here, humidity not bad for pre-dawn, a little NNE wind. I got to bed a little early last night, so I feel pretty rested and am looking forward (sort of) to working out.

The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space both slept with me. They are romping around both to entertain themselves and to remind me that they are STARVING. I'm not sure how high-energy galloping back and forth is supposed to communicate imminent starvation, but hey, they're an odd species.

Whatz up witchoo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2025 05:26 AM (wzUl9)

36 @28/I used to have a different nic: { On the one hand, I have only one more 5 day workweek... ever. OTOH, today I start having 2 hours per day of meetings with India for "knowledge transfer". }

And they're waiting until now to do this. Recipe for failure. *sighs*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

37
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 03, 2025 05:30 AM (tljrc)

38 @35/Wolfus: "I'm not sure how high-energy galloping back and forth is supposed to communicate imminent starvation, but hey, they're an odd species."

"If we're hungry, and you're not up, we'll help you to get up."
+
"WITNESS ME!"

Also, something I sent to you in yesterday's tech thread, #266, not sure if you saw it:

https://tinyurl.com/3rtndccv

Links to PDF file served up from tf.nist.gov.

"WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks:
Recommended Practices for Manufacturers and Consumers (2009 Edition)"

Go down to section 11(D) starting on page 44:
"General Troubleshooting Tips for WWVB RCCs"

All of section 11 will be of interest to you though.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2025 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

39 From my CBS outlet's website:

"The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced it will use state funds to cover November SNAP benefits for the elderly, people with disabilities, and children. However, those payments will be distributed in four smaller installments rather than one lump sum."

Okay, so no food riots yet. I won't be risking my neck to go to Walmart this morning. (I'll still drive to the one in the far exurbs, both because it's fun and because there are fewer shoppers who might cause trouble there.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2025 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

40 that AI that can automate science

Great. So now the people who scream SCIENCE! will have an AI angel backing them up.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2025 05:32 AM (NR6c1)

41 Links to PDF file served up from tf.nist.gov.

"WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks:
Recommended Practices for Manufacturers and Consumers (2009 Edition)"

Go down to section 11(D) starting on page 44:
"General Troubleshooting Tips for WWVB RCCs"

All of section 11 will be of interest to you though.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2025

***
Thanks, G & R; I did read that. The instructions that came with my clock echoed a lot of that, which is how I knew to put the clock in the window that faces west toward CO. The clock currently hangs on a wall not far from the microwave and refrigerator, as well as far from a window. I'm not surprised it can't update from WWVB where it is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2025 05:34 AM (wzUl9)

42 I start having 2 hours per day of meetings with India for "knowledge transfer".

I'm guessing that sending out SOPs via email and telling them "Good luck" won't go over well.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2025 05:34 AM (NR6c1)

43 Good morning! I am happy to report the yard cleanup and prep for the delivery of multiple tons of stone is complete. Get a small respite before the heavy work starts later this week... But I am looking forward to getting this phase completed. Oh, and I order a couple of sacks of daffodils, tulips and irises to put in, too.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 03, 2025 05:35 AM (3Ope8)

44 You like rammstein? My neighbors do.........because I play it loudly!

(Too bad they are commies......see "links" (left in german)

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at November 03, 2025 05:38 AM (jrgJz)

45 On the one hand, I have only one more 5 day workweek... ever. OTOH, today I start having 2 hours per day of meetings with India for "knowledge transfer".

Ugh.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025

***
* waxes nostalgic * Gee, I remember my last five-day workweek, back at the end of March. Good times, good times. . . .

* record screeches to a halt * No, those times really weren't good. Not having to hop in the car for a commute the next Tuesday: Now that was worth remembering fondly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2025 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

46 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 03, 2025 05:40 AM (XQo4F)

47 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 03, 2025 05:40 AM (hoCmQ)

48 Hmmm. I made my coffee a little less strong for this morning: five cups of water, five teaspoons of Cafe Morro instead of six. The juice seems a little smoother. Perhaps I've stumbled on an important truth.

At least when using an espresso-type blend for a non-espresso coffee drink, that is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2025 05:43 AM (wzUl9)

49
The best things to watch over and over and over. (The Verge) (archive site)

"The West Wing"? Oh, do fuck right off, you pretentious mid-wits.

Well over 80% of the things on those lists I had not watched or otherwise consumed even a first time, so it's for damn sure there would be no "over and over".

Finally, any "Star Trek" after TOS is smothered by its pervasive underlying bureaucrats in space atmosphere. Tea. Earl Grey. Not.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 03, 2025 05:44 AM (h2tDR)

50
30 What are we whipping?
Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2025 04:56 AM

------

It...

Posted by: Devo at November 03, 2025 05:48 AM (hf+Z7)

51 Depending upon how many bridges you are willing to burn, try using the most incomprehensible accent you can use to talk to your AI replacements. (AI as in Actual Indian)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 03, 2025 05:58 AM (gyLJj)

52 #27 I listened to almost the whole of Musk video. It was very informative .Thanks, Pilgrim!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 06:01 AM (8Cor4)

53 @41/Wolfus: "Thanks, G & R; I did read that. The instructions that came with my clock echoed a lot of that, which is how I knew to put the clock in the window that faces west toward CO. The clock currently hangs on a wall not far from the microwave and refrigerator, as well as far from a window. I'm not surprised it can't update from WWVB where it is."

Using Google Maps, from NOLA to WWVB, you're 1,119 miles (as the crow flies) from the broadcasting tower, and it's pretty much NW from you.

For me, it's 1,446 miles, almost due west and just a bit south. My clock is in my kitchen on an inner wall but it does face west, and there's a glass window between the old section it's in and a newer extension and there's also a window from that extension nearby so... perhaps it has a proper signal path.

One more factor to consider is the quality and length of the antenna inside the clock itself.

If you want to dig into it more, I found a Canadian supplier that sells components or kits for WWVB based clock development and projects:
https://tinyurl.com/39cwpy5p

The antennas they use are tuned to 60 Hz. I'll have to crack open my atomic clock to have a look at the antenna.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2025 06:05 AM (O7YUW)

54 Morning everyone. Always nice to get the "low tire" warning in the middle of a commute.

Anyway, happy Monday to you all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 03, 2025 06:06 AM (WPL6O)

55 And they're waiting until now to do this. Recipe for failure. *sighs*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

Yeah, and this morning I'm dealing with a change that a fucking CHIEF engineer put in just before going on vacation for a week which breaks everything and is no longer a simple revert because no one actually looks to see if their shit is good.

Fortunately, in 6 weeks I'll never have to care again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:07 AM (ExV1e)

56 If I really wanted to geek out, I'd buy one of those development kits, and figure out how to build both a WWVB based clock plus a Linux based NTP time server, with wifi connectivity to serve my local network routers.

Sadly, I don't really have the time anymore, otherwise that could be a really cool project.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2025 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

57 I appreciated what Elon Musk shared in the video, but it looks and sounds strange . Is it AI?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 05:13 AM (guLpK)

He's using a background filter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:09 AM (ExV1e)

58 I'm guessing that sending out SOPs via email and telling them "Good luck" won't go over well.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2025 05:34 AM (NR6c1)

I suggested an ongoing email exchange, or Teams exchange, so that questions could be asked/answered but some people love to fill their calendar with meetings.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:11 AM (ExV1e)

59 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:09 AM (ExV1e

The setting behind him is faked or that means something else?. Maybe he just always has that tone and manner?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 06:11 AM (8Cor4)

60
Good morning, Hordians.

Both The Big Dummy and Diana spent the early morning hours telling me their clocks had not been reset. I resolutely ignored them until 5:00.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2025 06:12 AM (tgvbd)

61 Not having to hop in the car for a commute the next Tuesday: Now that was worth remembering fondly.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2025 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

My commute is 20 feet or so. I do put in 10 hour days, though, and I won't miss them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:12 AM (ExV1e)

62 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: M-I-T P-H-D M-O-N-E-Y

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 03, 2025 06:13 AM (x7EH8)

63 Depending upon how many bridges you are willing to burn, try using the most incomprehensible accent you can use to talk to your AI replacements. (AI as in Actual Indian)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 03, 2025 05:58 AM (gyLJj)

I actually care about the work and leaving was my choice so I'm not prepared to screw over my interim replacements.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:13 AM (ExV1e)

64 >>I suggested an ongoing email exchange, or Teams exchange, so that questions could be asked/answered but some people love to fill their calendar with meetings.

One of the biggest reasons for my retirement last Spring was that I was trapped on a project where the customer PM was a sociopath who demanded that the whole team of 17 people meet for 1 hour (assuming no overrun) 5 days a week. Normally, only 3-4 people actually said anything during these meetings. Reached a point where I could no longer stand it.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 03, 2025 06:15 AM (NcvvS)

65 The setting behind him is faked or that means something else?. Maybe he just always has that tone and manner?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 06:11 AM (8Cor4)

Yes, the setting behind him is faked. That's why there's flickering around him as he moves. As for his tone, I suspect that's just how he sounds when he's calm.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:15 AM (ExV1e)

66 @55/I used to have a different nic:

Hey, it's six weeks. Start coasting. Their crises are no longer really your crises, you're in wrap-up mode. Keep your eye on that six week mark and keep thinking how good it will be not to have to deal with this company's problems anymore!

Basically, I'm suggesting you become a bit more like the hypnotized version of Peter in "Office Space"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2025 06:16 AM (O7YUW)

67 "As for his tone, I suspect that's just how he sounds when he's calm."

Good point!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 06:17 AM (WFtAr)

68 but some people love to fill their calendar with meetings.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

"Meetings are where productivity goes to die." -unknown.

Reminds me of someone asking how to gracefully bow out of a meeting that had nothing to do with them. The answer was reaching out to the coordinator and saying this: "Hey, can you tell me what this is about?" Once you get the answer. "OK, I don't really have anything to contribute but I'll keep an eye out for the summary afterward and direct questions to you."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2025 06:20 AM (NR6c1)

69 the youtube video that has an Elonlike person speaking:

Disclaimer: This is a fan-made channel, and its content is not affiliated with Elon Musk or his companies. The videos are inspired by Elon Musk's public statements and ideas for informational, educational and motivational purposes only, using a synthesized voice that does not belong to Elon Musk. We use visual lip-syncing and dubbed narration to match the spoken words with on-screen footage, purely to enhance clarity, create a cinematic experience, and make the content more engaging for viewers.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 06:21 AM (RuTUS)

70 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2025 06:25 AM (kHop/)

71 the youtube video that has an Elonlike person speaking:

Our aim is to amplify the original message by making it easier to understand for the end consumer, helping us reach and educate more people with Elon Musk's valuable perspectives. We also make the messages of Elon Musk more accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing by applying professional transcription to the majority of our videos. We share his visionary ideas in a respectful and inspiring manner, without any intent to mislead.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 06:25 AM (RuTUS)

72 the youtube video that has an Elonlike person speaking:

Our channel’s content is based on facts, rumors, and fiction. Nothing on this channel is financial or medical advice. Like Elon Musk uses AI in most of his companies, we may sometimes use AI models to help us with specific video production and publishing processes for this channel.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 06:26 AM (RuTUS)

73 If Trump can change the name of the Department of Defense back to the Department of War, perhaps it's time to change the term Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) back to good old Food Stamps.
Make stigma great again.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 03, 2025 06:28 AM (XQo4F)

74 the youtube video that has an Elonlike person speaking:

This one:

27 From Elon musk, a discussion about system failure in New York City if Mamdani is elected and how it relates to the Schumer shutdown.
https://youtu.be/Ys34CuW_IM0
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 03, 2025 04:36 AM (uv8gn)

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 06:28 AM (RuTUS)

75

Glad you felt comforted by that, Pixy. Me, it made the hair stand up on my neck.

BTW, good morning to you and all the other good people who reside in the most exceptional country on the planet. May all you do result in unparalleled benefit to you, and unexcelled heartburn for the leftwit fungi.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 03, 2025 06:29 AM (vFbHf)

76 thx for that NIST link, G&R, I was just wondering about the data stream the other day, bet my answer is in there somewhere, lol!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2025 06:30 AM (kHop/)

77 If Trump can change the name of the Department of Defense back to the Department of War, perhaps it's time to change the term Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) back to good old Food Stamps.
Make stigma great again.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 03, 2025 06:28 AM (XQo4F)

Stigma? People have social media channels entirely devoted to how much free shit they're getting on the backs of the taxpayer.

Stigma died a long time ago.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:31 AM (ExV1e)

78 Tea. Earl Grey. Not.

"Fish!" "Today's Fish is Trout A La Creme. Please enjoy your meal."

"Fish!"

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at November 03, 2025 06:32 AM (gHSfI)

79 I use AI for things like "how do I cook pork ribs."

I wouldn't pay for it.

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 06:33 AM (aTgV0)

80 Can't spell obesity without EBT.

Look at all those starving Tic Toc mamas, prolly think broccoli's the name of some rap star.

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 03, 2025 06:34 AM (zeLd4)

81 Four hours in a 300 degree oven.

Posted by: You're welcome at November 03, 2025 06:34 AM (XQo4F)

82 49, lol, just what I was thinking, K vs. C!

like a list of things you should be watching if you're a Good Party Member.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2025 06:34 AM (kHop/)

83 Today is National Sandwich Day.

Warren Zevon enjoined us to enjoy every sandwich.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 03, 2025 06:35 AM (x7EH8)

84 @76/sock_rat_eez: "thx for that NIST link, G&R, I was just wondering about the data stream the other day, bet my answer is in there somewhere, lol!"

Yup, it is! See here:
https://tinyurl.com/y55eusz6

( goes to www.nist.gov )

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2025 06:36 AM (O7YUW)

85 " Four hours in a 300 degree oven.
Posted by: You're welcome"

I ask AI things like "what is consciousness", just to see what it says.

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 06:38 AM (aTgV0)

86 > AI that can automate science will create huge value

It may well do. The problem with AI from an investment perspective is it is currently an almost perfectly competitive market. No-one can charge anything close to the value users are extracting.

There are potential lock-ins that may allow some companies to charge a little more (e.g. if they have all your history there will be some cost to switching). But nowhere near enough to justify their valuations.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 03, 2025 06:40 AM (1Nv0l)

87 and another "Thanks, G&R!", there it is!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2025 06:41 AM (kHop/)

88 Four hours is a long time to cook something in an oven.

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 06:42 AM (aTgV0)

89 TOS: "Hey, we're in space! Don't be a commie!"

TNG: "Hey, we're in space! Don't be racist!"

Kurzmann-Dreck: "Hey, we're probably in space, i don't know, whatever. You're not racist enough!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2025 06:42 AM (06Hmj)

90 The corgi girl reset her clock and now demands breakfast at her regular 5 a.m. standard time. All four feet on my chest, licking my eyelids.

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 03, 2025 06:43 AM (zeLd4)

91 Yeah, and this morning I'm dealing with a change that a fucking CHIEF engineer put in just before going on vacation for a week which breaks everything and is no longer a simple revert because no one actually looks to see if their shit is good.

Fortunately, in 6 weeks I'll never have to care again.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:07 AM (ExV1e)

Uh oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!

Posted by: Obligatory Office Space quote at November 03, 2025 06:44 AM (PiwSw)

92 Good morning, hordians.

A few hours of work this morning, then, joy, joy, off to the county auditor and the DMV to pay the tax on, then transfer the titles, for a few vehicles.

Then back to work afterwards.

Here's hoping the paperwork is in order.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 03, 2025 06:44 AM (6ydKt)

93 Uh oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!
Posted by: Obligatory Office Space quote at November 03, 2025 06:44 AM (PiwSw)

Yes, but anyone senior enough to have CHIEF in their title should know better than to commit code before they're out of the office for a week.

The guy gets paid more than I do and he's screwed up the system for a hundred or so other developers. No one gives a damn about doing the right thing anymore.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:46 AM (ExV1e)

94 The goofy thing about TOS is "hey...money doesn't exist now."

So does Kirk get paid like the redshirts do? With nothing?

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 06:46 AM (aTgV0)

95 So does Kirk get paid like the redshirts do? With nothing?
Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 06:46 AM (aTgV0)

Kirk gets green alien chicks willing to get frisky. Red shirts get death. They are not the same.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:48 AM (ExV1e)

96 So does Kirk get paid like the redshirts do? With nothing?

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 06:46 AM (aTgV0)

As the captain he gets the perks the red shirts don't, like a cool captain's chair, and not dying immediately on an away mission.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 03, 2025 06:48 AM (6ydKt)

97 "88 Four hours is a long time to cook something in an oven."

Not if that something is pork ribs.

Posted by: I want my baby backs! at November 03, 2025 06:51 AM (XQo4F)

98 The goofy thing about TOS is "hey...money doesn't exist now."

Money doesn't exist because replicator technology eliminated scarcity.

So why does anyone work? Are there no plumbers?

And where does dilithium come from... that's the dirty TOS secret. Mining dilithium, the secret to replicator technology, is dirty, dangerous work. Work done by prisoners... slaves, if you will.

The Star Trek economy is build on slavery.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 06:52 AM (ExV1e)

99 Kirk?
Money for nothing. Chicks for free.

Posted by: Dire Straits at November 03, 2025 06:53 AM (XQo4F)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 06:53 AM (RuTUS)

101 Ready for another exciting week of commenting action.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I like things that are great at November 03, 2025 06:53 AM (AOsQT)

102 49 Finally, any "Star Trek" after TOS
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 03, 2025 05:44 AM (h2tDR)

Not being a trekkie, I always read that as "Star Trek: Terms of Service."

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 06:54 AM (RuTUS)

103 93, moral relativism has redefined "the right thing"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2025 06:55 AM (kHop/)

104 Baby back ribs. Oven BBQ. Yes. Four hours.

Posted by: no one at November 03, 2025 06:55 AM (W7XSX)

105 mornin yall. This sucks. I think I have shingles.

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 06:56 AM (vFG9F)

106 Did you eat seafood yesterday? Maybe you have an allergy?

Posted by: no one at November 03, 2025 06:58 AM (W7XSX)

107 If I really wanted to geek out, I'd buy one of those development kits, and figure out how to build both a WWVB based clock plus a Linux based NTP time server, with wifi connectivity to serve my local network routers.

Sadly, I don't really have the time anymore, otherwise that could be a really cool project.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

------

Use ChatGPT. I've started (and finished!) several projects that I never had the time or energy for without AI. It helps enormously pointing you in exactly the right direction, assists with laying out the options at key decision points, with debugging.

ChatGPT-5 is now good enough that you can more-or-less have it write entire scripts for you, and they generally work.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 03, 2025 06:58 AM (1Nv0l)

108 Re: fantasy lit blaming video, I thought everybody knew that Judy-Lynn Del Rey did almost all of the acquisitions, as well as author guidance and encouragement. She was not woke; and she was an SF giant in a very tiny body. (Her size was basically never mentioned back then, because people were polite.)

Judy liked making money, but she also encouraged lots of different styles of writing fantasy. She basically brought to fruition the work of many others, in making fantasy a real genre with many subgenres, instead of a scattershot topic of occasional novels and short stories. Her death was a loss to the field that still has not been repaired, but that is hardly her fault.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at November 03, 2025 07:02 AM (p2GXS)

109 So the red shirts get turned into salt dodecahedrons for nothing while Kirk is getting it on with hot alien chicks?

Make it make sense, Gene.

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 07:02 AM (aTgV0)

110 mornin yall. This sucks. I think I have shingles.
Posted by: fd

Had them earlier this year. The burning was terrible.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 03, 2025 07:02 AM (Uws2m)

111 fd, put some ice on it

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 07:04 AM (E6fZE)

112 There are no video games in ST TOS. People have to have something to do.

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

113 "The Star Trek economy is build on slavery.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic "

It is!!!

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 07:05 AM (aTgV0)

114 No seafood. I'm not allergic to anything I know of. This is a first for me.

Ben Had, a hot shower seems to help more than anything.

I'm calling the doctor when they open.

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

115 mornin yall. This sucks. I think I have shingles.
Posted by: fd

Hoo boy. My son recently got over a case of shingles. He was just miserable. Hoping yours is just an allergic reaction or something.

Posted by: Tuna at November 03, 2025 07:06 AM (lJ0H4)

116 Whip it good.

The Son of God used a whip in the temple for retailing and usury.
Whipping to the good.

Posted by: Kingsman at November 03, 2025 07:07 AM (ehY6c)

117 moral relativism has redefined "the right thing"

And don't forget that having a work ethic is an example of huwhite sooopremasy.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2025 07:08 AM (NR6c1)

118 This headline:

"Mississippi mom shoots dead monkey that escaped from overturned truck to protect her children"

Why would you shoot a dead monkey?

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

119 "And don't forget that having a work ethic is an example of huwhite sooopremasy.
Posted by: NR Pax "

Unless it's Korea or Japan.

Then it's just their culture.

And the Red Shirts.

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 07:10 AM (aTgV0)

120 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 03, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

121 There are no video games in ST TOS. People have to have something to do.
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:04 AM (vFG9F)
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3D chess is the only form of entertainment aboard ship.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2025 07:10 AM (IBQGV)

122 And why did the monkey escape from a truck to protect her children?

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

123 118 This headline:

"Mississippi mom shoots dead monkey that escaped from overturned truck to protect her children"

Why would you shoot a dead monkey?
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

And why would you shoot a dead monkey that escaped from an overturned truck to protect your children??

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 07:11 AM (RuTUS)

124 Was the dead monkey protecting her children?

I have questions.

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 07:13 AM (aTgV0)

125 This story poses more questions than it answers. I think this is going to be what AI turns out to do.

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

126 Morning peeps.

A most unfortunate discovery; the Thompsons water seal on my deck works. Water beads up nicely.

Then freezes when it's 32F or lower. And is every bit as slippery as you'd imagine.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 03, 2025 07:15 AM (Q4IgG)

127 My go to rewatches are Mad Men, American Dad, and Deep Space Nine. My mate loved rewatching Wentworth and it was the only reason we kept Netflix. Now, it's gone and not streaming anywhere. So, I'm buying the DVDs for Christmas and a multi region DVD player since the DVDs are not available in American format.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 03, 2025 07:16 AM (T3wMX)

128 And why would you shoot a dead monkey that escaped from an overturned truck to protect your children??

Its Mississippi. The taxidermist will make a unique and fun Christmas gift out of it.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 03, 2025 07:16 AM (nAS9C)

129 What kind of monkeyshine is this?

Posted by: Paul Lynde in Charlotte's Web at November 03, 2025 07:17 AM (XQo4F)

130 Then freezes when it's 32F or lower. And is every bit as slippery as you'd imagine.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 03, 2025 07:15 AM (Q4IgG)

Just keeping you on your toes.

Feature not a bug.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 03, 2025 07:19 AM (6ydKt)

131 There are no video games in ST TOS. People have to have something to do.
_________________

Whereas by Voyagers time period, the crew is spending all day hanging around in holographic French bars and villages full of Irish stereotypes.

Culture really did come to a dead stop in the 1990s. No one ever uses a holodeck to recreate anything from the 21st to 24th century.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 03, 2025 07:19 AM (T3wMX)

132 We did deer ribs for the first time in about 25 years.
They need more time, and lower temps than pork ribs, we re-discovered.

Posted by: MkY at November 03, 2025 07:21 AM (q6tQZ)

133 In June 2024, the USDA reported that about 11.7% or about $10.5 billion in SNAP benefits paid in fiscal year 2023 were improper.

Can you imagine a business with 1 out of 8 transactions or payments were wrong?

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 03, 2025 07:21 AM (gbOdA)

134 133 In June 2024, the USDA reported that about 11.7% or about $10.5 billion in SNAP benefits paid in fiscal year 2023 were improper.

Can you imagine a business with 1 out of 8 transactions or payments were wrong?
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 03, 2025 07:21 AM (gbOdA)

Sic DOGE on it.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 07:22 AM (RuTUS)

135 134 133 In June 2024, the USDA reported that about 11.7% or about $10.5 billion in SNAP benefits paid in fiscal year 2023 were improper.

Can you imagine a business with 1 out of 8 transactions or payments were wrong?
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 03, 2025 07:21 AM (gbOdA)

Sic DOGE on it.
Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 07:22 AM (RuTUS)

... or Marco Rubio.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 07:23 AM (RuTUS)

136 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 03, 2025 07:23 AM (A0sqA)

137 Its Mississippi. The taxidermist will make a unique and fun Christmas gift out of it.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 03, 2025 07:16 AM (nAS9C)

I would do the symbols and funny hat pose.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 03, 2025 07:23 AM (gbOdA)

138 No one ever uses a holodeck to recreate anything from the 21st to 24th century.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

And the enlisted men hate cleaning up the holodeck after Ryker used it.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2025 07:23 AM (NR6c1)

139 Fen thanks for the link to Amazing Grace, beautiful rendition of the song.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 03, 2025 07:23 AM (2NHgQ)

140 fd & m

She needed two shots. So not as good as an 'ette, but still good.
The monkey was supposedly non-pathogenic and aggressive.

I support the Mom.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 03, 2025 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

141 Whereas by Voyagers time period, the crew is spending all day hanging around in holographic French bars and villages full of Irish stereotypes.

Culture really did come to a dead stop in the 1990s. No one ever uses a holodeck to recreate anything from the 21st to 24th century.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 03, 2025 07:19 AM (T3wMX)
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I always found that curious--we never, ever see any imaginary Earth culture past the year 2000. As you point out, Earth culture simply stopped. We rarely even hear about the 300 years or so between 1990s and the 23rd century.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2025 07:24 AM (IBQGV)

142 A most unfortunate discovery; the Thompsons water seal on my deck works. Water beads up nicely.

Then freezes when it's 32F or lower. And is every bit as slippery as you'd imagine.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 03, 2025 07:15 AM (Q4IgG)

That's what the flamethrower is for. D'uh.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 07:24 AM (ExV1e)

143 So, Fuentes is gay? It'll be interesting to see certain people who are normally critical of Big Gay suddenly saying "Love Is Love," lol.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 03, 2025 07:24 AM (BI5O2)

144 Here is Texas SSS found 20 or 30 EBT skimmers. This is so easy. 1 year ban if a skimmer is found in you store.
Lifetime on second.
Also EBT need to go to chip cards. About a dollar more per card to make.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 03, 2025 07:25 AM (gbOdA)

145 The monkey was alive before she shot it dead.

Posted by: no one at November 03, 2025 07:25 AM (W7XSX)

146 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Lack of imagination, lack of money, and worries that something out of our frame of reference will not sell.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 03, 2025 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

147 And the enlisted men hate cleaning up the holodeck after Ryker used it.
________________________&

18 different variations of nude volleyball alone.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 03, 2025 07:26 AM (T3wMX)

148 105 mornin yall. This sucks. I think I have shingles.

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 06:56 AM (vFG9F)

If it's really painful, it probably is shingles. Depending on your immune function, they can just appear without even a seeming real cause (it's why I had my Shingles vaxes before treatment start, even though I'm not 50...and can I tell you, those shots sucked, especially the 2nd)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 03, 2025 07:26 AM (tOcjL)

149 143 So, Fuentes is gay? It'll be interesting to see certain people who are normally critical of Big Gay suddenly saying "Love Is Love," lol.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 03, 2025 07:24 AM (BI5O2)

In a Venn diagram, the overlap between people who are normally critical of Big Gay and people supporting Fuentes is sort of vanishingly small, I'd think.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 07:26 AM (RuTUS)

150 Is it looting time again in the city?

Posted by: democrat goblin at November 03, 2025 07:26 AM (4rdBE)

151 I think the left and right could come together over mutual loathing of Nick Fuentes.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 03, 2025 07:27 AM (T3wMX)

152 145 The monkey was alive before she shot it dead.
Posted by: no one at November 03, 2025 07:25 AM (W7XSX)

Not according to the headline.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 07:27 AM (RuTUS)

153 I always found that curious--we never, ever see any imaginary Earth culture past the year 2000. As you point out, Earth culture simply stopped. We rarely even hear about the 300 years or so between 1990s and the 23rd century.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2025 07:24 AM (IBQGV)

There was a nuclear war in the ST timeline around the 2050s to 2060s. Warp technology was developed after the war and Zefram Cochrane uses an ICBM to build the spacecraft he broke lightspeed with.

I think that's why we don't really see much about the 21 century, and then everything picks up again in the 22nd century with Captain Archer and Enterprise.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 03, 2025 07:27 AM (6ydKt)

154 Here is Texas SSS found 20 or 30 EBT skimmers. This is so easy. 1 year ban if a skimmer is found in you store.
Lifetime on second.
Also EBT need to go to chip cards. About a dollar more per card to make.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 03, 2025 07:25 AM (gbOdA)

The government needs to investigate:

- if the person 'receiving' benefits is entitled to those benefits
- if the person 'receiving' benefits actually needs those benefits
- if the person 'receiving' benefits actually uses those benefits

and then they need to adjust both what is purchasable and the amount granted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 07:28 AM (ExV1e)

155 John Brennan seems to be the center of news again. He always makes me think the nation needs some retribution, him and t"his sad-sack troupe of scumbags, Comet, Clapper, Morell, Hayden etc.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 03, 2025 07:29 AM (Os3IE)

156 In a Venn diagram, the overlap between people who are normally critical of Big Gay and people supporting Fuentes is sort of vanishingly small, I'd think.
Posted by: m at November 03, 2025 07:26 AM (RuTUS)

In the sense that the racist/fascist segment of the Right is really small, sure. But most of it is not enthusiastic about homosexuality.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 03, 2025 07:29 AM (BI5O2)

157 And the enlisted men hate cleaning up the holodeck after Ryker used it.

Why are there enlisted men? Why would they clean the holodeck?

There's no pay and no need for anyone to do anything they don't want. The whole thing falls apart.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 03, 2025 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

158 In a ST TOS episode, it is mentioned that the Enterprise is "self cleaning". I don't remember which one.

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

159 democrat goblin

An acquaintance knows a guy who is ready. That guy has a truck with a special forklift for breaking into large warehouses, getting high value low volume items, and transporting them away quickly. He figures 15 minutes max is all the time he needs to loot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 03, 2025 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

160 Nope. Looked it up. In TNG Riker says the ship is self cleaning.

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

161 Apparently, Christianity died sometime in the 22nd century.

Posted by: no one at November 03, 2025 07:33 AM (W7XSX)

162 Why are there enlisted men?

They've been mentioned before. Like the one man that went straight into Starfleet as an enlisted medic in part because he wanted to get to the stars but also because his Romulan heritage would cause him problems when applying to the academy.

Why would they clean the holodeck?

Because even in the future, there are lower ranked people doing grunt work.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2025 07:33 AM (NR6c1)

163 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 03, 2025 07:23 AM (2NHgQ)

You are most welcome. I thought she did a lovely job and the setting was really nice as well. Also, she's a cute woman, but even if I were in the dating scene she's too young and the wrong sex .😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 07:33 AM (WFtAr)

164 Very please this morning to see the U.S. government finally rousing itself to protect persecuted Christians in Africa.

What has been happening is an outrage yet not a peep from the genocidiaires. Only some genocides matter, you see.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 03, 2025 07:33 AM (A0sqA)

165 "Apparently, Christianity died sometime in the 22nd century.
Posted by: no one "

That is not so.

Posted by: Cloud William at November 03, 2025 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

166 Maybe it was the Rapture?

Posted by: no one at November 03, 2025 07:34 AM (W7XSX)

167
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 03, 2025 07:35 AM (gbOdA)

168 San Franpsycho

Trump taking on the role of a crusading Pope. We only got so much military to go around, and an ocean of targets.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 03, 2025 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

169 There was a nuclear war in the ST timeline around the 2050s to 2060s.
_____ ___________

Those nuclear wars must have devastated China and Africa and left the Earth with the ethnicities that prevailed in the late 20th Centuries.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 03, 2025 07:36 AM (T3wMX)

170 *Can you imagine a business with 1 out of 8 transactions or payments were wrong?*

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

Posted by: Kramer at November 03, 2025 07:36 AM (XQo4F)

171 Damn. Wrong again. I think it's spreading to my brain.

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:37 AM (vFG9F)

172 Because even in the future, there are lower ranked people doing grunt work.
___________________

Amazing that under Luxury Space Communism anyone chooses to be a waiter or a janitor.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 03, 2025 07:38 AM (T3wMX)

173 "There's no pay and no need for anyone to do anything they don't want. The whole thing falls apart.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic "

Right?

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 07:38 AM (aTgV0)

174 "Amazing that under Luxury Space Communism anyone chooses to be a waiter or a janitor.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo "

Right? Cleaning toilets is great.

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 07:39 AM (aTgV0)

175 172 Because even in the future, there are lower ranked people doing grunt work.
___________________

Amazing that under Luxury Space Communism anyone chooses to be a waiter or a janitor.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 03, 2025 07:38 AM (T3wMX)

If you wanna go into space, and it's the only way you can make it on the ship...

Space travel is a luxury in Start Trek...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 03, 2025 07:40 AM (tOcjL)

176 I was actually thinking about writing a fanfic about some in the 24th century who just lives like a bum because he can.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 03, 2025 07:41 AM (xzPzk)

177 TOS was cool but man were there holes in Gene's logic.

Like the hangar deck.

How can you let shuttles in without letting all the air out.

Posted by: eleven at November 03, 2025 07:42 AM (aTgV0)

178 Bring on the SNAP Weigh Ins and Tape Tests.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 03, 2025 08:07 AM (5dJvI)

179 I played The Outer Worlds when it was on GamePass and loved it. Kind of reminded me of the show Firefly. Bummed to hear my 4070 isn’t strong enough to play the sequel.

Posted by: Caiwyn at November 03, 2025 08:47 AM (nKjbR)

180 "It sure is. Just like Lehman Brothers. And Worldcom. And Enron."

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley

Posted by: sidney at November 03, 2025 10:04 AM (Uy/WF)

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