Daily Tech News 6 November 2025

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A survey has found that 72% of game developers say Steam is effectively a monopoly in the PC gaming market. (TechSpot)

No it hasn't.
In a survey of over 300 executives from large US and UK game companies, 72% either slightly or strongly agreed that Steam constitutes a monopoly over PC games.
So by "developers" you mean... Not developers.
Many customers are so adamant about only purchasing games through Steam that the industry's largest publishers, including EA, Ubisoft, and even Microsoft, have tried - and failed - to withhold their titles from the service.
Because Steam works. The competitors less so.

The one standout is GOG, which gets in your way even less than Steam.

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AMD reported its quarterly results and the news is all good. (Tom's Hardware)

"Client" product sales - that is, the CPUs normal humans buy - were up 46% to $2.8 billion. Gaming revenue soared by 181% to $1.3 billion, though the market is still dominated by Nvidia and AMD's gains are a result of moving from "adequate" to "pretty good" rather than stealing the market lead.

Total revenue was $9.2 billion for the quarter, up 36% from last year, and profits were up 61% to $1.2 billion.
The password for the Louvre's video surveillance system was "Louvre". (PC Gamer)

Oh.
SK Hynix - Hyundai's memory chip division - has shown off its roadmap for the next few years. (Tom's Hardware)

You can't afford to look at it.

Pricing problems aside, DDR5 is going to be with us for a while. DDR6 is not expected until 2029 or 2030. Updates like MRDIMM Gen2 are set to double the speed of DDR5 by the simple trick of using two banks of chips at once, so we'll probably be fine.
Unicode footguns in Python. (Python Koans)

(A footgun is a gun designed explicitly for shooting yourself in the foot.)

I've said before that Unicode is a semantic Superfund site, and Python has been around longer than Unicode - though not by much - so it's not surprising that some things are painful.

I do wonder though if there are any programming languages where Unicode is not painful. Unicode attempts to create a single character set merging every human language in history despite the fact that the rules resolving said characters are often mutually contradictory.

It's a mess.
Speaking of messes the October Windows 11 update is triggering BitLocker recovery on some systems. (Bleeping Computer)

This is where you boot your PC up and are met by a demand for your BitLocker password, usually despite you never having heard of BitLocker in your life and certainly not having consciously set it up with a password.

Meaning - if you don't have another PC handy to research the workaround this time - your data is being held ransom by your own computer.

Microsoft had a similar bug back in May. And July last year. And August of 2022.

Windows 10's lack of updates looks better every day.

Not At All Tech News

My house has artificial turf at one side and the rear (between the house and a retaining wall) which the builders told me they put in because keeping a lawn alive in those areas would be too much work.

I tried to talk them down a bit on the price because I knew I wanted to replace it with something less plastic, but they weren't having it, and it was a sellers market right then with a big chunk of NSW under water.

Anyway, I had a sudden thought today that the surface under the fake grass was rather hard underfoot, and if for some reason they had concreted it that would drastically limit my options. (I'm thinking of a mix of pavers and pebbles, maybe a couple of strategic shrubs, but shrubs don't grow well in concrete unless you really don't want them to).

Peeled back a segment.

Nope. Just packed earth. All good.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Need some rain here, to be honest. Ground is as hard as a window pane.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:00 AM (7flK+)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 06, 2025 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2025 04:06 AM (+qU29)

5 >>>Unicode footguns in Python. (Python Koans)
(A footgun is a gun designed explicitly for shooting yourself in the foot.)

Thank you, Pixy. I learn things here.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:09 AM (RuTUS)

6 This is Friday for me

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2025 04:10 AM (+qU29)

7 >>>Peeled back a segment. ... Just packed earth. All good.

Perhaps you are overconfidently extrapolating. I say this while reliving a horrifying experience of pulling back a segment of shag carpet and overconfidently extrapolating that The Nice Tiling I Saw There was What Was Everywhere in the Room.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:13 AM (RuTUS)

8 This is Friday for me

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2025 04:10 AM (+qU29)
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https://youtu.be/DtKicA7tpK8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:13 AM (7flK+)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 04:14 AM (sAmhv)

10 >>>Not At All Tech News
My house has artificial turf

Artificial turf is tech:

technology
the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry: advances in computer technology | recycling technologies.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:15 AM (RuTUS)

11 You know what Mamdani said about getting rid of billionaires? Maybe he's right:

https://tinyurl.com/4w4ydzst

As I always say, subscribe to DataRepublican's posts. They are eye-openers.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:15 AM (7flK+)

12 Way to go, Idaho!

https://tinyurl.com/mstc2fhj

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:17 AM (7flK+)

13 Because Steam works. The competitors less so.

The one standout is GOG, which gets in your way even less than Steam.

A lot of the companies do it, but Rockstar, Ubisoft and Epic are a complete pain in the ass with all of the registration you have to do to first and then you have to get their launcher to open the game, which, as far as I can tell, does absolutely nothing other than sit there and advertise stuff you can buy.

Back in the day all you had to do was make sure the CD was in the tray, and there were software cracks you could download to get around that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2025 04:19 AM (6ydKt)

14 10 Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 04:14 AM (sAmhv)

How's your computer stuff going?

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:20 AM (RuTUS)

15 How does this happen?

https://tinyurl.com/2furj539

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:24 AM (7flK+)

16 For those who commented on the ONT about fighting Newsom's prop 50 with lawfare, so it begins:

https://tinyurl.com/487hp7eh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:27 AM (7flK+)

17 Simply put, game developers want to maintain total control of their product as well as 100pct of the revenue.

Also Steam is a good metric of whether a game is dogshit, companies would rather as few people know there game is dogshit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2025 04:27 AM (XV/Pl)

18 Pixy, there are different grass types you can buy now that are engineered to grow in harsh conditions. I’m no grass expert, well at least not the grass you can mow, but there’s probably a type of grass you can buy that will grow where you are, They have some hybrid grasses that will practically grow anywhere as long as they have a water source.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2025 04:28 AM (6ydKt)

19 ICE is taking the mask off:

https://tinyurl.com/fz4js43u

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:30 AM (7flK+)

20 Regarding the Steam stuff: It's natural for people to deal with one storefront. Nobody wants to have a dozen different accounts and learn a dozen different interfaces, even if the one they go with might not be the best in all respects. That's why Amazon is so dominant in retail.

I'm glad publishers feel like they need to provide their games on Steam, because that's where I buy my games.

Posted by: Ace's liver at November 06, 2025 04:31 AM (B9Dv5)

21 15 10 Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 04:14 AM (sAmhv)

How's your computer stuff going?
Posted by: m

Heh! I'm lazy. I'll mess around with it next week. I do have those suggestions that were posted saved. Right now I'm on Brave, so it's running fine. Firefox is the issue. Again, I'll mess with it next week. Its not a MAJOR problem right now. Just annoying.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 04:32 AM (sAmhv)

22 Wishing everyone a safe and productive day…

Posted by: Adriane the Careful to be as Positive as Possible Critic. . . at November 06, 2025 04:33 AM (3ZUWJ)

23 19 I’m no grass expert, well at least not the grass you can mow
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2025 04:28 AM (6ydKt)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:33 AM (RuTUS)

24 You know what Mamdani said about getting rid of billionaires? Maybe he's right:

https://tinyurl.com/4w4ydzst

As I always say, subscribe to DataRepublican's posts. They are eye-openers.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:15 AM (7flK+)

Linkee no es workee.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 04:35 AM (ExV1e)

25 I think I posted this story before, but this is the video. Scroll down. Atlantic Ciity police officer jumps into freeing water to save abandoned dog:

https://tinyurl.com/2pejpmvn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 04:36 AM (Yl2Ob)

26 22 15 10 Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 04:14 AM (sAmhv)

How's your computer stuff going?
Posted by: m

Heh! I'm lazy. I'll mess around with it next week. I do have those suggestions that were posted saved. Right now I'm on Brave, so it's running fine. Firefox is the issue. Again, I'll mess with it next week. Its not a MAJOR problem right now. Just annoying.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 04:32 AM (sAmhv)

Fingers crossed.
Well, not literally, but.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:37 AM (RuTUS)

27 Did they figure out who the J6 pipe bomber is?

https://tinyurl.com/3b5nd7hm

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:38 AM (7flK+)

28 Thanks.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 04:38 AM (sAmhv)

29 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 04:35 AM (ExV1e)
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Either open an X account (recommended - you can lurk and do nothing else like I do).

Or replace X.com with XCANCEL.com in the link.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:40 AM (7flK+)

30 12 You know what Mamdani said about getting rid of billionaires? Maybe he's right:

https://tinyurl.com/4w4ydzst

As I always say, subscribe to DataRepublican's posts. They are eye-openers.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:15 AM (7flK+)

Yes, but they're heavy stuff.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:40 AM (RuTUS)

31 Rabbi's daughter from IFCJ reflects on the righteous and the wicked and Genesis 18:23

https://tinyurl.com/ycx4m3w4

Pray for Israel and the US.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 04:40 AM (Yl2Ob)

32 https://nitter.net/datarepublican
will get you to the site

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:41 AM (RuTUS)

33 Either open an X account (recommended - you can lurk and do nothing else like I do).

Or replace X.com with XCANCEL.com in the link.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:40 AM (7flK+)

tinyurl said that the link didn't exist. It wasn't a restricted post on X.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 04:42 AM (ExV1e)

34 He seems nice (the post at the bottom):

Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
13h
A plane crash feels a bit on the nose

@Alidinar2
Nov 4
I would rather die in a plan crash than to worship the god that was born by a woman

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:43 AM (RuTUS)

35 Yes, but they're heavy stuff.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:40 AM (RuTUS)
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Don't need to read every word of every post but get the gist of the reports and who's who on the bad and the good sides.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:44 AM (7flK+)

36 Of First Importance . Christian devotional followed by some insights and a prayer :

1st Corinthians15:3-8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 04:49 AM (2sfNr)

37 35 He seems nice (the post at the bottom):

Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
13h
A plane crash feels a bit on the nose

@Alidinar2
Nov 4
I would rather die in a plan crash than to worship the god that was born by a woman

Posted by: m

Well, ok, but you're going to meet God a lot sooner than you expected and it's not going to go well. Good luck, though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 04:51 AM (sAmhv)

38 The password for the Louvre's video surveillance system was "Louvre".

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

John Podesta hardest hit ... he was certain it would be either "Password" or "Pedophile."

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 06, 2025 04:51 AM (2eJ7p)

39 36 Yes, but they're heavy stuff.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:40 AM (RuTUS)
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Don't need to read every word of every post but get the gist of the reports and who's who on the bad and the good sides.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:44 AM (7flK+)

yep

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 04:53 AM (RuTUS)

40 Man discovers that the man who was his coach is actually his dad:

https://tinyurl.com/ytxu8xzr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 04:54 AM (2sfNr)

41 A most awesome Trump pic:

https://tinyurl.com/yastvjyj

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:57 AM (7flK+)

42 Man discovers that the man who was his coach is actually his dad:

https://tinyurl.com/ytxu8xzr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 04:54 AM (2sfNr)
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What sport is that?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:58 AM (7flK+)

43 I chose GOG over Steam from the beginning because the games have no DRM, and the installers can be downloaded and kept on your own storage.

Because of those two things, I never really worried about "what happens if the company goes bankrupt or gets sold to another company."

G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 06, 2025 04:59 AM (O7YUW)

44 Biden's Dog no mystery, going to play war games for a few days.

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2025 05:00 AM (+qU29)

45 Rabbi's daughter from IFCJ reflects on the righteous and the wicked and Genesis 18:23

https://tinyurl.com/ycx4m3w4

Pray for Israel and the US.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 04:40 AM (Yl2Ob)

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

[Dark/Black Humor Warning:]

A friend sent me a meme image yesterday (I can't find a link online) -- looked like posted by a female rabbi on some social media platform -- showing a distant shot of the burning NYC twin towers on 9/11 with the caption "New York City Has Elected A New Mayor."

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 06, 2025 05:01 AM (2eJ7p)

46 42 A most awesome Trump pic:

https://tinyurl.com/yastvjyj
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 04:57 AM (7flK+)

Ouch! My eyes!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 05:01 AM (RuTUS)

47 The man who invaded the women's locker room at Gold's Gym a few days ago?

https://tinyurl.com/3jwvh4rn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 05:02 AM (7flK+)

48 Ouch! My eyes!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 05:01 AM (RuTUS)
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What? Did I post Nancy's holiday pic by mistake?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 05:04 AM (7flK+)

49 What sport is that?

I should have put that in. Football coach.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 05:07 AM (WFtAr)

50 Boo hoo. Cry more, lady:

https://tinyurl.com/yc4eemmh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 05:08 AM (7flK+)

51 What sport is that?

I should have put that in. Football coach.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 05:07 AM (WFtAr)
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Because back then it was the opposite of today. Women were allowed in men's locker rooms.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 05:10 AM (7flK+)

52 48 The man who invaded the women's locker room at Gold's Gym a few days ago?

https://tinyurl.com/3jwvh4rn
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 05:02 AM (7flK+)

Good on that lady doing that video!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 05:11 AM (RuTUS)

53 53 48 The man who invaded the women's locker room at Gold's Gym a few days ago?

https://tinyurl.com/3jwvh4rn
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 05:02 AM (7flK+)

Good on that lady doing that video!
Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 05:11 AM (RuTUS)

Gold's Gym should give her a lifetime membership.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 05:12 AM (RuTUS)

54 Good on that lady doing that video!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 05:11 AM (RuTUS)
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I think she got thrown out of the gym due to its explicit DEI policy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 05:13 AM (7flK+)

55 I came downstairs because I couldn't sleep and I was thinking that FenSpouse might be running late to work today because he wasn't up yet. I thought I should go and wake him up. Then I recalled that he has a day off today and tomorrow. What a nice surprise!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 05:15 AM (WFtAr)

56
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 05:16 AM (tljrc)

57 Good morning, AltonJackson.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 05:17 AM (RuTUS)

58 Windy but clear out for the dog super moon or whatever it is

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2025 05:18 AM (+qU29)

59 I've been leaning more towards GOG than Steam as of late. Owning the software is a nice thing and they are doing a lot of great work in bringing back old games.

The advantage with Steam is they tend to get the new releases first and I can easily move the game files from one hard drive to another.

And both companies have the attitude of "Our customers are the reason we exist" instead of treating them like talking meat bags that owe them money for existing.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2025 05:20 AM (lXoJ5)

60 @Pixy: You can't afford to look at it.

I'll just do what I always do at times like this: Wait two or three years until the demand collapses (because it always goes in cycles) and the manufacturers and supply chain suddenly are stuck with a massive glut of memory they can't move at the prices they were demanding.

In the meantime though, it's going to suck for anyone needing a new system to replace a failed old one.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 06, 2025 05:20 AM (O7YUW)

61 55 Good on that lady doing that video!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 05:11 AM (RuTUS)
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I think she got thrown out of the gym due to its explicit DEI policy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

They threw out a black lesbian because she complained about a dude who identified as a woman was in the ladies locker room. DEI attacking DEI. A battle of the grievance hierarchy.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 05:20 AM (sAmhv)

62 They threw out a black lesbian because she complained about a dude who identified as a woman was in the ladies locker room. DEI attacking DEI. A battle of the grievance hierarchy.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 05:20 AM (sAmhv)
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Think of Rock, Paper, Scissors, Match - The Queer Edition.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 05:25 AM (7flK+)

63 A parishioner came with me to our retired organist Jessie's home yesterday and we shared communion. It was lovely. I should ask more retired people to come with me to make these visits.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 05:28 AM (8Cor4)

64 Evening and morning to the late Thor's Day toilers and early risers/insomaniacals as well! I'm up disgustingly early on a no-workout day, so coffee and AoSHQ it is before I feed the furry monsters and then myself.

Yesterday I bought some Bravecto flea treatment for them. Price: You don't wanna know. But it is a three-month supply for two cats, so it breaks down to about $19/month. You know, like those TV PSAs begging you to send just that amount to them for the abused animals or disabled vets or out-of-work software developers. (I may have made that last one up.)

So what're you all up to?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 05:33 AM (wzUl9)

65 Gold's Gym should give her a lifetime membership.
Posted by: m

I don't think she'd be inclined to go back to a place that treats her like that. Last I heard, YouTuber Joey Swoll has offered to look into other gyms in her area and pay for her membership.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2025 05:34 AM (lXoJ5)

66 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2025 05:20 AM (sAmhv)
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I have a feeling that she might have complained if she were not a lesbian. I would had I been there and I am straight.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 05:35 AM (8Cor4)

67 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 06, 2025 05:36 AM (XQo4F)

68
g'mornin', m

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 05:36 AM (tljrc)

69 I have a feeling that she might have complained if she were not a lesbian. I would had I been there and I am straight.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 05:35 AM (8Cor4)

On the one hand, she wasn't wrong. OTOH, given her location, career, and demographics, the odds that she didn't vote for the people who put those policies in place are very small.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 05:37 AM (ExV1e)

70 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 06, 2025 05:41 AM (hoCmQ)

71 The lady in the video:

"What is going on?"

What is going on is you keep supporting the people and policies that have led to this and you had your head in your ass so far up there that you can not see what is going on.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 05:44 AM (vFG9F)

72 Weather in Da Swamp: 62 F., high humidity (I'm guessing based on loooong experience), maybe not much wind. I'm looking forward to the so-called "cold" front next week, which will test my insulation job on the window around the A/C unit. I could probably mount some larger pieces outside between the unit and the brick window opening . . . but they would be somewhat open at the top, and rainwater could pool inside. Better to leave it as it is for now.

I have a slight leak in the bedroom window too. It's not noticeable except in cold weather. I'll slide a piece of the remaining insulation in there as a temporary fix. No doubt the cats will knock it out, but I can replace it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

73 @Pixy: "the October Windows 11 update is triggering BitLocker recovery on some systems."

Me to Microsoft:
https://youtu.be/mkoPq5AOCOA

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 06, 2025 05:46 AM (O7YUW)

74 Wolfus, I pull the window unit in my shop office out for the winter and put a thick piece of foam insulation in there. It's impossible to stop the leaks around and thru the unit.

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

75 I'm acyually afraid to subscribe to Data Republican. The level of information provided there will just make me feel worse about the political situation.

Posted by: pawn at November 06, 2025 05:48 AM (sPsWv)

76 test

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2025 05:50 AM (AOsQT)

77 I was reliably told last night by the weatherman on Live5News that we're getting an "Arctic Blast" early next week.

Lows around 30 and high around 50 on Tuesday.

Thankfully I don't live up north where you poor people are going to be wearing long johns and chapstick next week.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2025 05:51 AM (6ydKt)

78 Bitlocker. Bah. 99% of people don't even need it. If they don't have the key and the system gets f'd up it becomes Bitblocker. Microsoft sucks.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 05:51 AM (vFG9F)

79 Dagny has settled atop the hassock in front of the couch to give me The Look. The one that says, "I am STARVING."

It strikes me every day how much she looks like her mother. I should grab that early kittenhood pic where she looked sort of brownish and ordinary, and a recent one, and send them to the Pet Thread to show how she has grown and filled out in a bit more than three years.

Big Stirling is atop the kitchen counter, the extension that surrounds the sink on two sides, no doubt beaming the same look at me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 05:51 AM (wzUl9)

80 76 test

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2025 05:50 AM (AOsQT)

B- for improper capitalization.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2025 05:51 AM (6ydKt)

81 I'm acyually afraid to subscribe to Data Republican. The level of information provided there will just make me feel worse about the political situation.
Posted by: pawn at November 06, 2025 05:48 AM (sPsWv)

I wouldn't worry about that. If you look at her content then you get on a list. Big Brother will have you killed before the sadness from knowledge can really take hold.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 05:52 AM (ExV1e)

82 Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2025 05:51 AM (6ydKt)

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 05:52 AM (oT1li)

83 Good morning. Zero. One. One. Two. Three. Five. Eight. Thirteen. Twenty One. ...

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 06, 2025 05:52 AM (SSEhk)

84 >@Pixy: "the October Windows 11 update is triggering BitLocker recovery on some systems."
----

YES
my Dell WIN11 laptop occasionally goes bluescreen and wants me to do the bitlocker thing
fortunately there is a way to click past this, but wtf

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2025 05:53 AM (AOsQT)

85 Good morning. Zero. One. One. Two. Three. Five. Eight. Thirteen. Twenty One. ...
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 06, 2025 05:52 AM (SSEhk)

34

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 05:54 AM (ExV1e)

86 I think it's wonderful that if you go to the WH website they have a message for All Saints Day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 05:55 AM (oT1li)

87 The normie libs just don't realize that when you vote for the Free Shit Party it comes as a package deal.

Yes, you get subsidized/free food, housing, and healthcare.
But you also get trannies, year-round Pride month, violent, crazy, freak-shows, and the Karen's making decisions.

It's always a shock when you find out there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2025 05:56 AM (6ydKt)

88 some posts failed to appear
thought I was banned there for a minute

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2025 05:56 AM (AOsQT)

89
[Good morning. Zero. One. One. Two. Three. Five. Eight. Thirteen. Twenty One. ...
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 06, 2025 05:52 AM (SSEhk)

34

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 05:54 AM

fifty-five

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 05:57 AM (tljrc)

90 @78/fd: "Bitlocker. Bah. 99% of people don't even need it. If they don't have the key and the system gets f'd up it becomes Bitblocker. Microsoft sucks."

The third thing I do on a new Windows 10 or 11 system is:
- Fully decrypt all Bitlocker encrypted drives
- Configure Bitlocker to not encrypt any drives
- Kneecap Bitlocker so it won't run. (Thing is, I can't trust Microsoft not to, in future at some point, push a forced update to resurrect Bitlocker from the grave I put it in.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 06, 2025 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

91 River of No Return (Marilyn and Mitchum) is finishing on the Movies! Channel, and The Breaking Point, the noir-ish remake of To Have and Have Not with John Garfield, is next.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

92 [Good morning. Zero. One. One. Two. Three. Five. Eight. Thirteen. Twenty One. ...
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 06, 2025 05:52 AM (SSEhk)

34

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 05:54 AM

fifty-five
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 05:57 AM (tljrc)

Hike!

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at November 06, 2025 05:57 AM (JRP2U)

93 "Zero. One. One. Two. Three. Five. Eight. Thirteen. Twenty One. ..."

*checks contents of go bag*

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:00 AM (vFG9F)

94 89

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 06, 2025 06:00 AM (n9ltV)

95 The third thing I do on a new Windows 10 or 11 system is:
- Fully decrypt all Bitlocker encrypted drives
- Configure Bitlocker to not encrypt any drives
- Kneecap Bitlocker so it won't run. (Thing is, I can't trust Microsoft not to, in future at some point, push a forced update to resurrect Bitlocker from the grave I put it in.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 06, 2025 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

I haven't had issues with Win10, the first thing I did with Win11 is decide that I'd never install it. At that point, issues with Win11 falls into two categories:

- if I know the person who's having the issue, I feel bad for them... a little... no, really, maybe they have to use it for work or something.
- if I don't know the person... I mostly ignore it. Sometimes I giggle a bit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 06:00 AM (ExV1e)

96 94 89
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 06, 2025 06:00 AM (n9ltV)

nuh-uh

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:02 AM (RuTUS)

97 89
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 06, 2025 06:00 AM (n9ltV)

nuh-uh
Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:02 AM (RuTUS)

Good thing that math isn't allowed on the blog.

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

98 54

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

99 89
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 06, 2025 06:00 AM (n9ltV)

Do you have a recipe for fiber gnocchi?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at November 06, 2025 06:04 AM (JRP2U)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:04 AM (RuTUS)

101 100

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:04 AM (RuTUS)

Sigh....

143

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 06, 2025 06:06 AM (n9ltV)

102
89

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 06, 2025 06:00 AM

nuh-uh

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:02 AM

ah-huh

144

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 06:07 AM (tljrc)

103 83 Good morning. Zero. One. One. Two. Three. Five. Eight. Thirteen. Twenty One. ...
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 06, 2025 05:52 AM (SSEhk)

Thirty Four

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:08 AM (RuTUS)

104 If you're using a laptop made in the last five years or so, definitely check if it's main drive has been Bitlocker'd.

They usually are on laptops.
Makes them a little more secure if somebody steals it.

Windows 11 didn't even install Bitlocker when I built this rig.
But it's definitely on the two Lenovo laptops I've bought since 2021. I think the BL keys are on a USB thumbdrive somewhere... I hope.

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

105 83 Good morning. Zero. One. One. Two. Three. Five. Eight. Thirteen. Twenty One. ...
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 06, 2025 05:52 AM (SSEhk)

Thank you, Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. This was doable word problems math.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:09 AM (RuTUS)

106 Seventeen.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 06, 2025 06:10 AM (q2Q7i)

107 So everybody is just random numbers? Thanks for the laugh. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 06:10 AM (guLpK)

108 Let's check the local mug shots. Huh. Zakiyyah Rasheedah Hakeem got arrested for making terroristic threats. She is not cited for parole violations though, which is unusual for someone with their neck covered in tattoos.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:12 AM (vFG9F)

109 I like knocci.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 06, 2025 06:12 AM (q2Q7i)

110 Fibonacci Sequence. Add 2 numbers get the next.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 06, 2025 06:14 AM (q2Q7i)

111
So everybody is just random numbers? Thanks for the laugh. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 06:10 AM

not random

233

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 06:14 AM (tljrc)

112 @94/CBD: "89"

Well that's just Prime.

Posted by: Optimus at November 06, 2025 06:15 AM (O7YUW)

113
Fibonacci Sequence. Add 2 numbers get the next.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 06, 2025 06:14 AM

see the cashier to collect your winnings

377

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 06:16 AM (tljrc)

114 @94/CBD: "89"

Well that's just Prime.

Posted by: Optimus at November 06, 2025 06:15 AM (O7YUW)
-

CBD was ribbing us?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 06:16 AM (R4U7I)

115 88 some posts failed to appear
thought I was banned there for a minute
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2025 05:56 AM (AOsQT)

That happens if you enter text that has already been entered. Exactly the same text. Like if, on this thread, you were to enter only the text:

test

which has already been entered at comment #76.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:16 AM (RuTUS)

116 Dagny has settled atop the hassock in front of the couch to give me The Look. The one that says, "I am STARVING."

Big Stirling is atop the kitchen counter, the extension that surrounds the sink on two sides, no doubt beaming the same look at me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 05:51 AM (wzUl9)
----
*** Allie, Jasmine, and Hexie have entered the chat... ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2025 06:16 AM (IBQGV)

117 thought I was banned there for a minute
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2025 05:56 AM (AOsQT)

CBD is just fucking with you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 06:18 AM (ExV1e)

118 G'mornin' everyone!

"Windows 10's lack of updates looks better every day."

sure does! last vestige of windows at Chateau D'Eez is a refurb HP mini with no internet connection running win10 and our antique (and fully paid for) (remember the Before Time when you could (sort of) own software?) adobe cs2

updates? we don' need no steenkin' updates! we don' want no steenkin' updates!

Mrs E has a Linux box to do internet things.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2025 06:18 AM (kHop/)

119 101 100

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:04 AM (RuTUS)

Sigh....

143

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 06, 2025 06:06 AM (n9ltV)

Playing two games at once. Mul-ti-task-ing.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:19 AM (RuTUS)

120
some posts failed to appear
thought I was banned there for a minute

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2025 05:56 AM

That happens if you enter text that has already been entered. Exactly the same text. Like if, on this thread, you were to enter only the text:

test

which has already been entered at comment #76.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:16 AM

Amy Schumer hit hardest

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 06:19 AM (tljrc)

121 @116/"Perfessor" Squirrel: "Allie, Jasmine, and Hexie have entered the chat..."

https://twolumps.net/comic/20040322/

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 06, 2025 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

122 Tech thread? OK.

Remember the genius glitter bomb inventor?

He's moved on to bigger projects:

https://youtu.be/0XgcOz95hTs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 06:20 AM (R4U7I)

123 running win10 and our antique (and fully paid for) (remember the Before Time when you could (sort of) own software?) adobe cs2

updates? we don' need no steenkin' updates! we don' want no steenkin' updates!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2025 06:18 AM (kHop/)

For most everything you need for photo editing CS2 is perfectly fine.

But I gotta admit Photoshop's newer AI integrations is really helpful, especially for masking and retouching, even generating background and "harmonizing" lighting in composites.

I'm impressed by those aspects but everything else is pretty much the same as in 2005.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2025 06:21 AM (6ydKt)

124 Thanks for the info

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2025 06:24 AM (AOsQT)

125 Amy Schumer hit hardest
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025

***
Whatever happened to her? Is she still around, or has she expired from sheer bigness like the dinosaurs in the Sunday paper?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 06:24 AM (wzUl9)

126 He's moved on to bigger projects:

https://youtu.be/0XgcOz95hTs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 06:20 AM (R4U7I)

Mark Rober is impressive.
I still love his Backyard Squirrel Olympics videos.

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

127 Let's see what the spark of humanity Carlos Reyes-Castillo has been up to:

THEFT BY TAKING – MISDEMEANOR
THEFT BY RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY- FELONY
POSSESSION OF DRUG RELATED OBJECT/EQUIPMENT
WILLFUL OBSTRUCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS – MISDEMEANOR
THEFT BY TAKING – FELONY
IMMIGRATION OFFENSE

He was just trying to support his family in a country that will not position him for success.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:24 AM (vFG9F)

128 "Theft by taking"? How can there be another kind of theft?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

129 A Castillian?

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 06, 2025 06:26 AM (q2Q7i)

130 128 "Theft by taking"? How can there be another kind of theft?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

THEFT BY RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY- FELONY

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

131 A Castillian?
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 06, 2025

***
Queen Isabella would disown him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

132 Whatever happened to her? Is she still around, or has she expired from sheer bigness like the dinosaurs in the Sunday paper?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 06:24 AM (wzUl9)

Critical Drinker just did a video on her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 06:27 AM (ExV1e)

133 122 Tech thread? OK.

Remember the genius glitter bomb inventor?

He's moved on to bigger projects:

https://youtu.be/0XgcOz95hTs
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 06:20 AM (R4U7I)

aagghh that triggered my fear of heights

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

134 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 06:24 AM (wzUl9)

She was big, but she's lost weight.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 06:29 AM (Yl2Ob)

135 132 Whatever happened to her? Is she still around, or has she expired from sheer bigness like the dinosaurs in the Sunday paper?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 06:24 AM (wzUl9)

Critical Drinker just did a video on her.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 06:27 AM (ExV1e)

Critical Drinker just did a video on her.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at November 06, 2025 06:30 AM (RuTUS)

136 She was big, but she's lost weight.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 06:29 AM (Yl2Ob)

OTOH, she hasn't suddenly become funny from her own material or become a decent person.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 06:30 AM (ExV1e)

137 "Theft by taking"? How can there be another kind of theft?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius"

Theft by finding.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

138 Thursday. One day closer to Friday. Let’s be thankful.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2025 06:31 AM (jgmnb)

139 The moon outside is spectacular.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 06:31 AM (6jy2V)

140 Tech thread? OK.

Remember the genius glitter bomb inventor?

He's moved on to bigger projects:

https://youtu.be/0XgcOz95hTs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 06:20 AM (R4U7I)

----------

That looks fascinating -- need to get a little sleep and will watch later today with The Wifey -- thanks!

[Last I saw him, Mark Rober, the former NASA engineer and YouTuber known for his "glitter bomb" videos, created a series of videos demonstrating complex obstacle courses for squirrels to deter them from stealing birdseed from his feeder -- here's Part 1:]

youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 06, 2025 06:31 AM (2eJ7p)

141 132 Critical Drinker just did a video on her.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 06:27 AM (ExV1e)

He's a national treasure.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:32 AM (RuTUS)

142 Schumer is probably on Ozempic or something. Maybe she will dry up and disappear. Ditto for her scum uncle.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:33 AM (vFG9F)

143 *She was big, but she's lost weight.*

Used to date her.

Posted by: Lose some more honey at November 06, 2025 06:35 AM (XQo4F)

144 143 Posted by: Lose some more honey

Would you like to buy a comma?

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:37 AM (RuTUS)

145 NYPost writer says she is not moving because Madami got elected. NYC is so great and awesome it will be just fine. This is the kind of urban attitude I hate. Big cities are wonderful concentrations of people and culture and you people out in the sticks are a bunch of stupid hicks who just don't understand.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:40 AM (vFG9F)

146 Nobody (even Tina) has matched the Ann Peebles original of I Can't Stand the Rain... but that version up top is a real tragedy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2025 06:40 AM (BI5O2)

147 @128/Wolfus: { "Theft by taking"? How can there be another kind of theft? }

Theft by not buying enough of the music or movies we put out! You have to buy it so our profits keep going up, it's the law*, we swear!

{*} Okay we may have tried to get that to be an actual law but even Congress has its limits as to how much they'll sell out the citizenry... for now.

Posted by: The ever so entitled and insane RIAA and MPAA at November 06, 2025 06:43 AM (O7YUW)

148
Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
13h
A plane crash feels a bit on the nose

@Alidinar2
Nov 4
I would rather die in a plan crash than to worship the god that was born by a woman

I... the... what?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2025 06:45 AM (tgvbd)

149 NYPost writer says she is not moving because Madami got elected. NYC is so great and awesome it will be just fine. This is the kind of urban attitude I hate. Big cities are wonderful concentrations of people and culture

------

There are people who, for reasons I will never understand, love living in a soul-crushing human ant heap. Good for them, they can have 'em.

But with certain cities like Paris and NYC, a lot of them been told that "living here makes you better than anyone else, by virtue of just being here," and the people who think that will hang on no matter what, because leaving would damage their self___.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2025 06:45 AM (BI5O2)

150 And now the sun on the maples is just lovely. Have a good day everyone!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 06:46 AM (m6Eem)

151 "139 The moon outside is spectacular."

And yet a harsh mistress.

Posted by: Or so I've heard at November 06, 2025 06:47 AM (XQo4F)

152 146 Nobody (even Tina) has matched the Ann Peebles original of I Can't Stand the Rain... but that version up top is a real tragedy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2025 06:40 AM (BI5O2)

I kinda like it! Especially the popcorn-sounding xylophone (or whatever). There's a shorter version that might be more palatable.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 06:49 AM (RuTUS)

153 144 143 Posted by: Lose some more honey

Would you like to buy a comma?

###

Snort

Posted by: Try monk fruit at November 06, 2025 06:51 AM (XQo4F)

154 Megan Markle has accepted a challenging acting role portraying herself.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

155 self___.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2025 06:45 AM (BI5O2)

selfIMG.

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

156
Plodding along with getting the references for my book properly cited and put into EndNote. About 2/3 of the way through the first tranche of 1700.

Then I have to do a second tranche of about 1300. But between the two, there's a gap in time from about 2000 to 2004 that has to be filled in.

I've found that almost all the references worth citing come from just a few publishers: the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Wiley, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, and Springer. All of them have search functions on their sites.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2025 06:53 AM (tgvbd)

157 Biggest loser in this past election? Kumswalla. It turns out everyone can beat Republicans except her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 06:53 AM (oA3dc)

158 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 06, 2025 06:54 AM (eQmnE)

159 149 But with certain cities like Paris and NYC, a lot of them been told that "living here makes you better than anyone else, by virtue of just being here," and the people who think that will hang on no matter what, because leaving would damage their self___.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2025 06:45 AM (BI5O2)

"I left all those filthy bible-thumping, sister-humping hillbillies behind, and I'll be damned if I come crawling back to them when I'm elite and they're subuman filth!"

Sound about accurate for their attitude?

Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 06:57 AM (6Uni8)

160 Mamdami says there is no problem too big or small that government can't solve. This is gonna be great.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

161 149 NYPost writer says she is not moving because Madami got elected. NYC is so great and awesome it will be just fine. This is the kind of urban attitude I hate. Big cities are wonderful concentrations of people and culture

------

There are people who, for reasons I will never understand, love living in a soul-crushing human ant heap. Good for them, they can have 'em.

But with certain cities like Paris and NYC, a lot of them been told that "living here makes you better than anyone else, by virtue of just being here," and the people who think that will hang on no matter what, because leaving would damage their self___.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I have seen New Yorkers all over Facebook asking their fellow New Yorkers, "what have you done??"

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 06, 2025 06:59 AM (eQmnE)

162 Sound about accurate for their attitude?
Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 06:57 AM (6Uni

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Nope, I wouldn't say New Yorkers think about other places at all, much less with that kind of venom. Pretty much everyone in the city is from somewhere else anyway.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:01 AM (F9slB)

163 I also tend to get the impression that even people who don't live in NYC voted "Blue No Matter Who" while pretending they were voting for Mamdani "in spirit".

Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 07:01 AM (6Uni8)

164 "Kim Kardashian Blames ChatGPT for Failing Her Law Exams: ‘They’re Always Wrong’

Stupid twat may be missing the point.

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

165 Mamdami says there is no problem too big or small that government can't solve. This is gonna be great.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:59 AM (vFG9F)
-----------
Bankruptcy, next stop.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:03 AM (F9slB)

166 Mamdami says there is no problem too big or small that government can't solve. This is gonna be great.
Posted by: fd

There is no problem that government can't solve when the answer is to kill the problem.
Gays getting uppity? Throw them off of a roof.
Women getting uppity? Honor kill them.
Blacks getting uppity? Kill the infidel!

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 06, 2025 07:04 AM (eQmnE)

167 154 Megan Markle has accepted a challenging acting role portraying herself.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:53 AM

She just wants her privacy.

Posted by: Let's give it to her at November 06, 2025 07:04 AM (XQo4F)

168 165 Mamdami says there is no problem too big or small that government can't solve. This is gonna be great.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:59 AM (vFG9F)
-----------
Bankruptcy, next stop.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:03 AM (F9slB)

Make all the property not worth it for the owners, seize it and raze it.

Then : Mosques. Minarets. Muezzins.

EZPZ Conquest.

Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 07:05 AM (6Uni8)

169 Can they keep the government shut down untill 2027? I would be ok with it.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

170 "There is no problem that government can't solve when the answer is to kill the problem"

How do you handle a problem like PDT?

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

171 My big fear is Mamdani will out a mosque at the World Trade Center. Trump would go nuts though, if he tries.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:08 AM (F9slB)

172 Spins a platter

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

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:10 AM (lyxw5)

173 Stupid twat may be missing the point.

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

She might make a great divorce lawyer.
I wouldn't trust her in any other specialization.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2025 07:11 AM (6ydKt)

174 171 My big fear is Mamdani will out a mosque at the World Trade Center. Trump would go nuts though, if he tries.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:08 AM (F9slB)

Didn't they already build one at Ground Zero? Or did that effort get blocked somehow?

Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 07:11 AM (6Uni8)

175 New Yorkers looking to flee Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic socialist agenda are being given an open invitation to Florida by one county sheriff, pitching it as “the beginning of a new life.”

“If you’re an NYC resident or a great NYPD officer unhappy with the results of tonight’s Mayoral election, let me be the first to invite you into the welcoming arms of Volusia County,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood wrote on Facebook Tuesday night.

Dude, how about you STFU? We don't want them.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2025 07:11 AM (Y1sOo)

176 Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:03 AM (F9slB)

Make all the property not worth it for the owners, seize it and raze it.

Then : Mosques. Minarets. Muezzins.

EZPZ Conquest.
Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 07:05 AM (6Uni

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Would not surprise me at all if he went after the cathedrals and churches for "code violations."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2025 07:12 AM (IBQGV)

177 "There is no problem that government can't solve when the answer is to kill the problem"

How do you handle a problem like PDT?
Posted by: fd

1. He's not in NYC
2. They've tried.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 06, 2025 07:12 AM (eQmnE)

178 My phone reports what I do to Sunnyvale, my computer to Redmond, our cars to Germany...all this data collection done to advertise stuff to me that I ignore completely.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:13 AM (F9slB)

179 178 My phone reports what I do to Sunnyvale, my computer to Redmond, our cars to Germany...all this data collection done to advertise stuff to me that I ignore completely.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:13 AM (F9slB)

They're banking on some of that seeping subliminally into your brain.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:14 AM (RuTUS)

180 After her breakfast, Dagny has returned to the hassock and is rolling over for belly rubbing. If this is her idea of showing affection as well as accepting it, well, that's pretty good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2025 07:14 AM (wzUl9)

181 Didn't they already build one at Ground Zero? Or did that effort get blocked somehow?
Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 07:11 AM (6Uni

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You're right, in that I know they tried. I rhink Greg Gutfeld blocked it though, buying the next door building and announcing a new gay strip bar.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:15 AM (F9slB)

182 Plodding along with getting the references for my book properly cited and put into EndNote.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2025 06:53 AM (tgvbd)

And then what? Self publish, or try to find a publisher of text/non-fiction?

Might want to ask Wolfus how long it can take with a publisher.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 06, 2025 07:15 AM (uQesX)

183 pitching it as “the beginning of a new life.”

Florida is an off-world colony?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:16 AM (lyxw5)

184 I just want to thank the horde for getting me through this week. Bartender, a round for everyone on me!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:18 AM (F9slB)

185 Sound about accurate for their attitude?
Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 06:57 AM (6Uni

Yes, and hilariously, I've noticed most with that attitude are pretty poor for it. "I live in a rat-infested fifth-floorcwalkup that costs every penny I make as a freelance copywriter, and a hobo ate my face, but I am still better than YOU."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2025 07:19 AM (BI5O2)

186 I remember when George Soros tried to build a "History of Freedom" museum at Ground Zero only to lose interest in the project when he was told to build it a few blocks away.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2025 07:19 AM (lXoJ5)

187
And then what? Self publish, or try to find a publisher of text/non-fiction?

Find a publisher, Wiley or Elsevier first. That after preparing an outline and perhaps a sample chapter.

I got a bad attitude about this anyway. Deep down, I'm not writing it for other people. They couldn't care. The Kool Kidz don't write or read books anyway. That's for unimaginative drudges, like me. No, I'm writing it for me and my own satisfaction.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2025 07:21 AM (tgvbd)

188 I just want to thank the horde for getting me through this week. Bartender, a round for everyone on me!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:18 AM (F9slB)
-

/bartender handed me a piece of melba toast

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 07:21 AM (R4U7I)

189 "I live in a rat-infested fifth-floorcwalkup that costs every penny I make as a freelance copywriter, and a hobo ate my face, but I am still better than YOU."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice"

And I don't have to do yardwork and can walk to a bodega any time I want.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

190 @161

>>I have seen New Yorkers all over Facebook asking their fellow New Yorkers, "what have you done??"

I was born and raised in NYC, left in 2009. I never plan to return and I despise and loath the city now.

Having said that, there really is an energy and excitement to living in a big city that cannot be replicated in a town or or burg.

It's also a tough town to live in so if you can make a go of it, you want some street cred for your troubles.

It's completely unaffordable now so I really don't know how people afford to make rent, so since you are spending most of your money on rent and can't go anywhere, the city becomes the only place you experience.

It essentially becomes part of your identity.

You've seen people who when you asked them where they are exclaim NYC with an air of, how do you like that.

Being from Winslow Arizona doesn't quite have the same cache.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2025 07:22 AM (XV/Pl)

191 bartender handed me a piece of melba toast
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2025 07:21 AM (R4U7I)
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Hopefully he also gave you the cheese tray. I told him to include that!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:23 AM (4gvj9)

192 Oh dear, China has a real-life Ironman One situation. Three stranded in orbit due to debris hitting their ship.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:23 AM (lyxw5)

193
And I don't have to do yardwork and can walk to a bodega any time I want.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

And get Turkish take-out at 3:00 AM. Unlike you materialistic suburban losers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2025 07:23 AM (tgvbd)

194 "You've seen people who when you asked them where they are exclaim NYC with an air of, how do you like that"

People tell me they are from Atlanta and I tell them I'm sorry.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

195 No, I'm writing it for me and my own satisfaction.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Sounds like my current story. Part one ended up being 77 pages and I am making my way through part two.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2025 07:24 AM (lXoJ5)

196 Being from Winslow Arizona doesn't quite have the same cache.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2025 07:22 AM (XV/Pl)
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Jackson Browne thought Winslow worked out pretty well.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:24 AM (4gvj9)

197 >It's also a tough town to live in so if you can make a go of it, you want some street cred for your troubles.
----

Would you say that, if you could make it there, you could make it anywhere?

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2025 07:24 AM (AOsQT)

198 Megan Markle has accepted a challenging acting role portraying herself.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

The Pretentious Whore Chronicles?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 07:25 AM (ExV1e)

199 "Oh dear, China has a real-life Ironman One situation. Three stranded in orbit due to debris hitting their ship.
Posted by: Anna Puma"

With 3 you get barrel roll.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

200 200

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:25 AM (RuTUS)

201 Find a publisher, Wiley or Elsevier first. That after preparing an outline and perhaps a sample chapter.

I got a bad attitude about this anyway. Deep down, I'm not writing it for other people. They couldn't care. The Kool Kidz don't write or read books anyway. That's for unimaginative drudges, like me. No, I'm writing it for me and my own satisfaction.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2025 07:21 AM (tgvbd)

That's as good of a reason as any. It's a record of the times, and if found a hundred years from now, it will let people get a glimpse of what your business was like.

If they can still read, that is.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 06, 2025 07:26 AM (uQesX)

202 193 And get Turkish take-out at 3:00 AM. Unlike you materialistic suburban losers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2025 07:23 AM (tgvbd)

Admittedly, living in a place where everything closes at 7 PM kinda sucks.

(OK, a few places have gone back to closing at 9, but some stuck with 7 even after the COVID bullshit was done with)

Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 07:26 AM (6Uni8)

203
Being from Winslow Arizona doesn't quite have the same cache.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2025 07:22 AM

not sure if it qualifies as a "bucket list" item, but if I ever find myself even remotely proximate to Winslow Arizona I shall make the pilgrimage and stand on "the corner"

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 07:26 AM (tljrc)

204 Has anyone tried to write a coherent story using emojis yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:26 AM (lyxw5)

205 @197

>>Would you say that, if you could make it there, you could make it anywhere?

Sure can, but anywhere else you might have to put up with people using ketchup in place of tomato sauce and the height of cuisine being a deep fried hotdog.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2025 07:27 AM (XV/Pl)

206 My phone reports what I do to Sunnyvale, my computer to Redmond, our cars to Germany...all this data collection done to advertise stuff to me that I ignore completely.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:13 AM (F9slB)

They're banking on some of that seeping subliminally into your brain.
Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:14 AM (RuTUS)

I, pretty much, don't watch TV and my browser blocks ads. Their bank account is looking low.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 07:27 AM (ExV1e)

207 192 Oh dear, China has a real-life Ironman One situation. Three stranded in orbit due to debris hitting their ship.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:23 AM (lyxw5)

"Call me."
--Elon

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:27 AM (RuTUS)

208 I think getting in and out of NYC just irritates people. Once you are there it can be very neighborly. I know that's not the rep., but I always thought the local bodega, the cleaners, the bagel shop guys etc. looked out for the people who lived on the block.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:27 AM (4gvj9)

209 Getting take-out at 3am is overrated unless you also own stock in an antacid company.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:28 AM (lyxw5)

210 My sister like to tell me how she can walk her dog to the park in Atlanta and they walk the trails and it is so wonderful with all the people walking and jogging and being so happy but she can't lock her car because someone will bust a window to rummage change from the console.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

211 204 Has anyone tried to write a coherent story using emojis yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:26 AM (lyxw5)

Does Burger King's "Whopper, Whopper, Whopper, Whopper" jingle count?

Because you can convert that entire thing to emoji.

Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 07:28 AM (6Uni8)

212 "If they can still read, that is.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 06, 2025 07:26 AM (uQesX) "

Aye, there's the rub ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2025 07:28 AM (kHop/)

213 Hadrian. What's your take on the new guidance out of the Vatican on Mary's titles, description, whatever they refer to her as? I've never given any thought to this, actually never knew there was co-redemptrix even associated with her. The Blessed Mary has always been a part of my Catholic faith and even more so since I attend a Church named after her. A few of my fellow parishioners are up in arms over this.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 06, 2025 07:28 AM (2NHgQ)

214 I, pretty much, don't watch TV and my browser blocks ads. Their bank account is looking low.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 07:27 AM (ExV1e)
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Exactly. I hope we frustrate the bastards.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2025 07:29 AM (4gvj9)

215 Having said that, there really is an energy and excitement to living in a big city that cannot be replicated in a town or or burg.

True. Fewer zombies in a small town.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

216 203
Being from Winslow Arizona doesn't quite have the same cache.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2025 07:22 AM

not sure if it qualifies as a "bucket list" item, but if I ever find myself even remotely proximate to Winslow Arizona I shall make the pilgrimage and stand on "the corner"
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 07:26 AM (tljrc)

Been there! Done that!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:29 AM (RuTUS)

217
Oh dear, China has a real-life Ironman One situation. Three stranded in orbit due to debris hitting their ship.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:23 AM (lyxw5)

Time to get David Janssen and fire up the XR-V lifting body!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2025 07:29 AM (tgvbd)

218 There was a film in the late 60s called "Marooned." I have always been repulsed by that sort of thing.

Oh how horrible it would be.

Posted by: no one at November 06, 2025 07:29 AM (W7XSX)

219 There really is an energy and excitement to living in a war zone that cannot be replicated in a town or or burg.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

220 There is more than one corner. Take your pick.

Posted by: no one at November 06, 2025 07:30 AM (W7XSX)

221
Been there! Done that!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:29 AM

fistbump

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 07:31 AM (tljrc)

222
What's your take on the new guidance out of the Vatican on Mary's titles, description, whatever they refer to her as?

I'm just a dumb pew-sitter. I leave all the heavy thinking to the big boys.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2025 07:31 AM (tgvbd)

223 There really is an energy and excitement to living in a tunnel under the city that cannot be replicated in a town or or burg.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

224 co-redemptrix?

Seems like the radicals in the Church were attempting to replace Christ as the only path. So Leo is coming down on the side of tradition.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:31 AM (lyxw5)

225 >Oh dear, China has a real-life Ironman One situation. Three stranded in orbit due to debris hitting their ship.
----

wait
I saw this movie
Sandra Bullock, and that guy from ER

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2025 07:32 AM (AOsQT)

226 The Laity know the faith and morals better than the hierarchy.

Posted by: no one at November 06, 2025 07:33 AM (W7XSX)

227 It's getting to the point that the criteria for my retirement home is "Clear field of fire for five hundred yards." Focus on that and then worry about number of bedrooms and bathrooms.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2025 07:33 AM (lXoJ5)

228 You can't really grow much in packed earth, either, to be honest. But it's much easier to dig up than concrete. But, figure out your drainage with that retaining wall - water can do ugly things under a house, and it can kill plants, too.

Posted by: GWB at November 06, 2025 07:33 AM (uc836)

229
Actually, not even a pew-sitter. I sit on the bench in the back of the church. I don't and can't kneel anyway and I don't want anyone breathing down my neck.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2025 07:34 AM (tgvbd)

230 Has anyone tried to write a coherent story using emojis yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:26 AM (lyxw5)

I tried but Pixy wouldn't permit it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

231 Anna. I just don't know what the fuss is. I've attended a lot of Catholic churches in my moves around the US and also when visiting parishes while traveling. I've never been in a situation where a church attempted to replace Jesus with the Blessed Virgin. I've always viewed her as an obedient servant of God. Some speculate that this is a way to bring in converts since no other Christian faith pays much attention to Mary and they feel uncomfortable with the Catholic's veneration of her. I've always viewed the inclusion of Mary as tradition.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 06, 2025 07:36 AM (2NHgQ)

232 "not sure if it qualifies as a "bucket list" item, but if I ever find myself even remotely proximate to Winslow Arizona I shall make the pilgrimage and stand on "the corner"

Done that. Nary a flat bed ford to be seen. Whatta waste of a day.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 06, 2025 07:38 AM (89Sog)

233 I didn't know there was a disco version of that song. Huh.

And you have to love a bassist wearing a silver cape.

Posted by: GWB at November 06, 2025 07:38 AM (uc836)

234 People since 1926 have been trying to get Mary elevated to co-redemptrix? I wonder if the Jesuits were involved. But it gained momentum in the past 30 years this idea. So here we are with the Pope saying "nope."

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:38 AM (lyxw5)

235
There is more than one corner. Take your pick.

Posted by: no one at November 06, 2025 07:30 AM

there is but one

NW corner of Rte. 66 (E 2nd St.)& Kinsley Ave. in Winslow

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 07:38 AM (tljrc)

236 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I'm going to come over there and give you the biggest pinch😉 You are not dumb.!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 07:39 AM (vY9Lp)

237 235
There is more than one corner. Take your pick.

Posted by: no one at November 06, 2025 07:30 AM

there is but one

NW corner of Rte. 66 (E 2nd St.)& Kinsley Ave. in Winslow
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 07:38 AM (tljrc)

There's a sign there that identifies where you be.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:41 AM (RuTUS)

238
It's getting to the point that the criteria for my retirement home is "Clear field of fire for five hundred yards." Focus on that and then worry about number of bedrooms and bathrooms.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2025 07:33 AM

and Zillow won't let you sort by "2,000' minimum driveway"

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 07:41 AM (tljrc)

239 233 I didn't know there was a disco version of that song. Huh.

And you have to love a bassist wearing a silver cape.
Posted by: GWB at November 06, 2025 07:38 AM (uc836)

Jamaican disco.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:42 AM (RuTUS)

240 I love Steam and GOG. Easy to use. Non-intrusive. I will actively avoid buying your game if you require me to activate your storefront on top of either Steam or GOG.

Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2025 07:42 AM (PwgSL)

241 234 Pope saying "nope"
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:38 AM (lyxw5)

haha!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:43 AM (RuTUS)

242 I will actively avoid buying your game if you require me to activate your storefront on top of either Steam or GOG.

As a friend used to say: "No Steam? No sale."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2025 07:43 AM (lXoJ5)

243 Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:38 AM (lyxw5)

Good for the Pope! I guess I shouldn't speak for Mary, but it's clear from Scripture that she was a humble woman, so I think she would reject being called a "Co- Redemptrix"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 07:44 AM (vY9Lp)

244 By saying "yes", she participated in the Redemption. She is not divine, but she is Blessed.

I don't understand why the Vatican is going out of its way to piss-off Tradition.

Posted by: no one at November 06, 2025 07:45 AM (W7XSX)

245 It's getting to the point that the criteria for my retirement home is "Clear field of fire for five hundred yards." Focus on that and then worry about number of bedrooms and bathrooms.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2025 07:33 AM

and Zillow won't let you sort by "2,000' minimum driveway"

Or helpful neighborhood feature descriptions like:

Friendly and privacy sensitive neighborhood with easy access to backhoe.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 06, 2025 07:45 AM (c3sdc)

246 240 I love Steam and GOG. Easy to use. Non-intrusive. I will actively avoid buying your game if you require me to activate your storefront on top of either Steam or GOG.

Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2025 07:42 AM (PwgSL)

GOG's only real weakness is a lack of Japanese games compared to Steam.

Not that there are none at all, but there are so many on Steam that I wish were on GOG.

Posted by: XTC at November 06, 2025 07:46 AM (6Uni8)

247 Precious Wilson is a Jamaican soul singer.
Born: October 18, 1957 (age 68 years), Spanish Town, Jamaica
Music group: Eruption
Genres: Dance-pop, dance, soul

wikipedia

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:46 AM (RuTUS)

248 Bishop Sheen did warn us about "the Ape of the Church."

Posted by: no one at November 06, 2025 07:46 AM (W7XSX)

249
I love Steam and GOG. Easy to use. Non-intrusive. I will actively avoid buying your game if you require me to activate your storefront on top of either Steam or GOG.

Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2025 07:42 AM

did they ever get Steam to work in a Linux environment?

the kids tried years ago but never got it to work in Linux

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 07:47 AM (tljrc)

250 Our criteria for looking for property on Zillow was "large and surrounded by creek and swamp".

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2025 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

251 I have not read up why they were pushing this 'co-redemptrix' idea so hard but at a guess the argument was being built on an expansive interpretation of Catholic doctrine of Mary being born without Original Sin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:48 AM (lyxw5)

252 did they ever get Steam to work in a Linux environment?

the kids tried years ago but never got it to work in Linux
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 07:47 AM (tljrc)

Yes. Pretty much any game which doesn't require online anti-cheat will work on Linux.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

253 GOG games pretty much work on Linux also although I believe that's because Valve did the heavy lifting already.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

254 Or helpful neighborhood feature descriptions like:

Friendly and privacy sensitive neighborhood with easy access to backhoe.

Yeah...apparently it's very difficult to screen for neighborhood features you really want because das raysis.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2025 07:51 AM (lXoJ5)

255 Go back to reading Luke when Gabriel bows to Mary.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:51 AM (lyxw5)

256 Did JJ ban himself?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 07:51 AM (ExV1e)

257 I have always liked Botticelli's painting of the Annunciation.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:52 AM (lyxw5)

258 I just read Michael.Goodwin's essay in the NY Post
I don't think that in the many years I've read him I've seen him so scathing. It's a strong and very good piece the madman Zohran. I imagine JJ might have it in today's MR.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2025 07:52 AM (QAQdw)

259
Yes. Pretty much any game which doesn't require online anti-cheat will work on Linux.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 06, 2025 07:48 AM

cool, thx

we were trying on Mint 19.something; I've heard that the latest (22.x?) has got these things figured out

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 07:53 AM (tljrc)

260 Nood Sefton.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2025 07:53 AM (NcvvS)

261 Catch everyone later.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:53 AM (lyxw5)

262
JJ is nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2025 07:54 AM (tljrc)

263 261 Catch everyone later.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2025 07:53 AM (lyxw5)

*waves*

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 07:54 AM (RuTUS)

264 My neighbors across the street have a backhoe. Mostly because it's a cemetery. Which got me thinking. It's an excellent place to hide bodies. They never go look for them there.

Posted by: Tennessee Jed at November 06, 2025 07:54 AM (CLS0Q)

265 At this point, if you're still putting up with Windows 11, and supporting H1B Visas (whose idiocy is causing these technical problems, because they are NOT skilled engineers, they're complete frauds who got a fake degree from a diploma mill and can't do the job they were hired to do, so all they're good for is giving their nepotistic manager kick backs for hiring them), you kind of get what you deserve.

Switch to Linux. And End the H1B Visa.

Posted by: Naqamel at November 06, 2025 08:12 AM (72SPe)

266 Another problem with epic is they refuse to allow an anonymous email. Nobody gets a basic email from me except I guess ace but that’s been forever. But these days I use a unique anonymous email like from simplelogin and epic blocks the whole domain. I had to make up an apple alias.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 06, 2025 08:24 AM (3uBP9)

267

Good morning, good people, from one of the citizens of what is inarguably the most exceptional country on the planet. I am truly fortunate to be so blessed.

And in keeping, may all of you fellow citizens receive maximum benefit for all effort expended, always, with commensurate heartburn for the leftwit fungi.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 06, 2025 08:37 AM (vFbHf)

268 >>>The one standout is GOG, which gets in your way even less than Steam.

And no-one has yet chimed in "Gog and Magog"?!!!??

Posted by: m at November 06, 2025 09:49 AM (RuTUS)

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