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Daily Tech News 19 November 2025
Top Story
- So, Cloudflare. (Cloudflare)
Cloudflare carries something like 20% of the world's web traffic, but for a few hours late last night (my time) or early yesterday morning (US time) it wasn't carrying much of anything, because it stopped working.
Six times.
Not a DNS problem like the recent outages at Azure and Amazon, but a fumbled configuration file change like that massive Crowdstrike outage sixteen months ago.
- And it's going to keep happening, so buckle up. (The Verge) (archive site)
I run traditional unshared physical servers at a smaller datacenter, not bound to any of the major players. On the one hand, a few years ago that datacenter had a fire and while the fire didn't cause any damage, the same could not be said for the sprinkler system mandated by local fire codes. (Yes, a sprinkler system. In a datacenter.)
On the other hand, not one of these big global outages have affected us.
Tech News
- It's now been discovered that the popular Mac Classic II model from 1991 - the original compact format with an updated 68030 processor - never actually worked. (PC Gamer)
A developer working on the MAME emulator found that an emulated Mac Classic II running in 32-bit mode would crash immediately on startup.
100% of the time, despite MAME being a reliable and thoroughly-tested emulator for the 68030 (and many other architectures) and the testing being conducted with a bit-perfect copy of the original firmware.
Testing traced this to a single bad instruction in the Apple ROMs for this hardware. But the hardware was shipped, and it sold well, and it worked fine.
It wasn't until the developer bought and restored an original Mac Classic II to test the code on the the real hardware that he worked out what was going on: Magic.
(Thanks to Comrade Arthur for the link to this story.)
- Bitcoin prices have crashed to just $90,000. (Tom's Hardware)
After hitting $125,000 in early October.
I told you at the time that you could double your money by investing in DRAM.
Well, I didn't, but imagine if I had.
- If you get an email from Monotype, burn it without reading. (Insanity Works)
Trust me on this.
- Microsoft is adding an "Agentic AI" features settings to Windows 11 for all the stuff you don't want but that they insist on shoving in. (Windows Central)
Thanks, I think.
- Talking to your Windows PC quickly reveals how much Windows sucks, and Copilot AI sucks, and the combination is exponential rather than merely additive. (The Verge) (archive site)
Translation: Don't do that.
- The CEO of LLM marketplace Hugging Face says we're not in an AI bubble, just in an LLM bubble. (Tech Crunch)
This is a valid point.
LLMs are generative AI - you tell them to draw a picture of a frog eating a set of deep-fried bagpipes and they pull together petabytes of tagged and shredded images and spit out something that may or may not resemble what you asked for.
That's the bubble.
Discriminative AI is where you point your camera at some weird piece of modern art and it figures out it's supposed to be a frog enjoying a meal of deep-fried bagpipes. Or more usefully, when your self-driving car swerves the precise amount needed to avoid a black cart darting across an unlit road on a moonless night.
That's getting less than 10% of the attention but represents 99% of the long-term value.
Hold My Beer Interlude
160 proof beer? What could possibly go wrong?
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Everything alright there, Mose?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:00 AM (OT+cA)
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2025 04:00 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: clarence at November 19, 2025 04:01 AM (4rENN)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 19, 2025 04:02 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 04:02 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:03 AM (OT+cA)
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 19, 2025 04:04 AM (zO/xW)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 04:08 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:10 AM (OT+cA)
Or, you know, I would be if I was doing actual trading.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at November 19, 2025 04:10 AM (VmDLh)
Looks like a gravestone at the end?
Posted by: m
That belongs to the ghost girl. They've left her some shoes so she can dance.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 19, 2025 04:11 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 19, 2025 04:04 AM (zO/xW)
...and where and where not to be fluffy.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 04:12 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:12 AM (7RYym)
Looks like a gravestone at the end?
Posted by: m
That belongs to the ghost girl. They've left her some shoes so she can dance.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 19, 2025 04:11 AM (BLOW1)
awww
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 04:15 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:17 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 04:18 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:12 AM (7RYym)
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Just ask Grok:
https://tinyurl.com/nh9uee2v
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:24 AM (OT+cA)
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2025 04:24 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2025 04:24 AM (+qU29)
PoIiMath
@politicalmath
5h
The Chat / DM situation on @X with the new rollout can only be described as catastrophic
It's completely unreliable, I'm dropping messages, missing stuff, group chats are an unmitigated disaster. This is a core feature, right behind "tweeting", and it's fully broken
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 04:25 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:25 AM (OT+cA)
https://tinyurl.com/ytrdufym
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:26 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: PabloD at November 19, 2025 04:28 AM (e2cxK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:29 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:31 AM (OT+cA)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:33 AM (looXz)
Here's another story about "Magic" that's computer related. (This one's a very old classic.)
https://tinyurl.com/bdd2tuz8
Also:
G'morning Pixy and Horde.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 04:36 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:36 AM (looXz)
You might appreciate this story/video about a dad and his son and a hunting trip:
https://tinyurl.com/mvt57thk
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:39 AM (looXz)
Looks like a gravestone at the end?
Posted by: m
That belongs to the ghost girl. They've left her some shoes so she can dance.
Posted by: Pixy Misa
Oh. That's kind of adorable.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 04:40 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2025 04:41 AM (+qU29)
What do the Democrats have in mind for Hegseth or Trump to do?
As I have mentioned many times, my vote for Trump was not for economic security, border security or anything else except sheer, unadulterated revenge. Which I have not had.
(what's 'revenge,' you ask? Oh, let's start with the majority of Democrat criminals who are walking around guilty as sin and free as a bird, for starters)
But then, I have never had what I truly want in this life, so Trump is just one more of my life's disappointments.
Anyway, lots of work to do this morning. Feh.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 19, 2025 04:42 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:33 AM (looXz)
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People can be tried and sentenced for subversion, insurrection, and treason. Dem pols are no exception.
Remember, no one is above the law!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:44 AM (OT+cA)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:44 AM (looXz)
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2025 04:46 AM (+qU29)
They're obviously trying to provoke something in order to get a response, but do do have some intelligence about something that will happen or they're just encouraging insurrection?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:46 AM (looXz)
Isn't that just special, sound the alarm defend the Constitution, refuse to follow illegal orders.
Only issue here is the lack of what particular orders are referred to. Kinda makes the "alarms" nonsensical.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 19, 2025 04:46 AM (vFbHf)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:48 AM (OT+cA)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:49 AM (OT+cA)
Trump trolls CNN's Kaitlan Collins:
https://tinyurl.com/cb2ppeeh
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:48 AM (OT+cA)
And he came off seeming utterly blameless!
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 04:52 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 04:53 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 19, 2025 04:42 AM (ufSfZ)
Don't miss the "Moses supposes his toeses are roses" anime!
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 04:55 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2025 04:55 AM (+qU29)
https://tinyurl.com/3ujzjyvh
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:25 AM (OT+cA)
Here's the thing... not only is what they're saying NOT treason, it's absolutely correct. Members of the military (and possibly intelligence services) get training on this, or did when I was in.
You cannot be required to obey an unlawful order. You are actually required to refuse an unlawful order. The trick is knowing what orders are unlawful. Get that wrong, in either direction, and you're screwed.
Now, these Congressional asshats are expecting some military folks to get that answer wrong, and they'll be punished for it, but the jackasses stirring the pot are on legal footing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 04:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 04:33 AM (looXz)
1. They expect them to overreact, just like commentators are.
2. They expect some folks in the military to play "brave resister", get hammered for it, and use that as a political issue.
It is all, and entirely, another op designed to split the country.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 04:58 AM (ExV1e)
Remember, no one is above the law!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:44 AM (OT+cA)
None of those people are guilty of any of those things based purely on that video.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 04:59 AM (ExV1e)
But...production is big and expensive, but customers use it and give us money to do so. Staging sits around and costs as much as production, but nobody's paying us for it. Solution? Well, there are few.
If you're big enough, there's the "fuck you" solution. Oh, we were broke for a while? Fuck you. It'll cost you more to move to some other provider of my service than for you to placate your customers.
If you aren't that big, you scale down staging and hope that's good enough. Sometimes it isn't.
There are more, but comments can be only so long.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 04:59 AM (vWzw8)
Have read occasionally throughout years every once in awhile some Leftist gets a bug up their ass they won't do this or that in the military.
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2025 05:00 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2025 05:03 AM (+qU29)
Have read occasionally throughout years every once in awhile some Leftist gets a bug up their ass they won't do this or that in the military.
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2025 05:00 AM (+qU29)
The military deals with a few cases of this every year. Usually low rank people. Depending on the details, they normally get a Bad Conduct Discharge. Sometimes they go to prison.
I'm guessing that the folks in the video are encouraging officers, and preferably senior officers, to play the "I know the law" game. It won't work out well for them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 05:03 AM (ExV1e)
To date, everything that the accused are doing/ saying the accusers are guilty of. I'm thinking people CAN'T be that dumb to buy into it.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 19, 2025 05:09 AM (vFbHf)
Each one of those people have marked themselves for some truly epic citizen "commentary", perhaps along the lines of:
https://youtu.be/JLjToexLzPw
("Fed up French farmers spray manure on government buildings in protest")
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 05:10 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2025 05:11 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 05:12 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 05:15 AM (sAmhv)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 19, 2025 05:15 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Just Wondering at November 19, 2025 05:18 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 19, 2025 05:25 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 04:58 AM (ExV1e)
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Color Revolution, Step 6:
https://tinyurl.com/4tsdsdfw
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 05:26 AM (OT+cA)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 05:27 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: no one at November 19, 2025 05:27 AM (W7XSX)
54: This is your fault Skip. All complaints over this video, see Skip.
:-)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 05:15 AM (sAmhv)
wild and crazy!
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 05:28 AM (RuTUS)
https://tinyurl.com/4tsdsdfw
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 05:26 AM (OT+cA)
There have already been senior officers relieved of duty over them deciding that Trump isn't THEIR President. I hope that we can survive this but the fact of the matter is that most of the populace gets caught up in the day-to-day manipulations and doesn't understand that they're being manipulated so they don't see the big picture.
I expect pain and sorrow.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 05:34 AM (ExV1e)
Is anyone here knowledgeable about cameras? In particular, does anyone have a recommendation for an SLR rig for a beginning photographer with a particular interest in birdwatching?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 05:37 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 05:34 AM (ExV1e)
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I expect MORE pain and sorrow.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 05:38 AM (OT+cA)
I expect to once again hear "Six Seven" repeated endlessly on the bus today, as it has been for months and months (started last school year sometime.) Does this count as "more pain and sorrow"?
I don't get why this stupid fad phrase hasn't died out yet.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 05:42 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: no one at November 19, 2025 05:42 AM (W7XSX)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 05:42 AM (O7YUW)
Oh, the irony.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 05:43 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 05:42 AM (O7YUW)
Because it annoys adults which is a surefire boon to longevity.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 05:45 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 05:48 AM (RuTUS)
The only downside was at the last 5-10 minutes, my knee said "I'm done, boss." so I had to sit things out.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 19, 2025 05:48 AM (+4yJ5)
I'm guessing that the folks in the video are encouraging officers, and preferably senior officers, to play the "I know the law" game. It won't work out well for them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 05:03 AM (ExV1e)
___________
Sort of like the officers version of "I'm a sovereign citizen".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2025 05:50 AM (tgvbd)
I will tell you this yet again--we live in the most exceptional country on this planet, populated by an extraordinary people who are governed by the most unique political system in history.
A brief glimpse through our history will show we have met and prevailed over issues every bit as serious as the current mess, with an unbroken record of success. It has become a large part of our heritage to continue the struggle of our predecessors to ensure that our Republic endures. We WILL prevail over this latest, because as Americans we are denied the option of failure. Always remember that.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 19, 2025 05:51 AM (vFbHf)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 19, 2025 05:51 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2025 05:50 AM (tgvbd)
Something like that. They also want the Administration to over-react since they're just stating things which are in the UCMJ.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 05:51 AM (ExV1e)
I dreamed just now that I was hiking in a national park, one of the Western dry ones, with a female friend (probably Linda). Suddenly I was bitten by a centipede -- a pale gray thing that had looked just like the rock it was on. Thing was a foot long! And it bit me not on the leg, as you'd expect, but *jumped* somehow to bite me on the right arm below the elbow. It hung on, too, and Linda had to pull it loose.
I was bleeding, so we crossed the street -- apparently this park was right in town -- to the first aid station. It was getting dark and the nurse and doctor were about to go home (?), but sprang into action when they saw my blood. I was asking if I would need an antivenin shot, and the doctor was saying yes, and are you allergic to anything?, when I woke up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 05:52 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 19, 2025 05:54 AM (06Hmj)
I don't get why this stupid fad phrase hasn't died out yet.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025
***
What does it mean?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 05:54 AM (wzUl9)
I expect to once again hear "Six Seven" repeated endlessly on the bus today, as it has been for months and months (started last school year sometime.) Does this count as "more pain and sorrow"?
I don't get why this stupid fad phrase hasn't died out yet.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 05:42 AM
I still do not understand this "Six Seven" business
what does it mean? what's the jape? how did it start, and why?
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 19, 2025 05:55 AM (tljrc)
How long have you been doing this martial art?
Would it be a good thing for an older person ( Like me😉
to take up?Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 05:55 AM (looXz)
Dagny is sprawled on a dining chair. No doubt she wonders why Stirling expends so much energy to so little purpose. After all, she gets the same food and petting and play with far less rushing about.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 05:57 AM (wzUl9)
It's international. They're saying it on spouse's school bus too.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 05:57 AM (looXz)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-7_(meme)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 05:57 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: no one at November 19, 2025 05:58 AM (W7XSX)
@80/AltonJackson
I have no idea what it actually means. I guess I ended up with too much experience at being 29 at some point along the line.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 06:00 AM (O7YUW)
PoIiMath
@politicalmath
Nov 15
So what I'm learning is that hallucinations are a substantially more dangerous and alarming symptom than I previously understood
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:00 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 05:57 AM (looXz)
Say it back to them. Nothing makes something uncool faster than when old people start doing it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:00 AM (ExV1e)
I started back in 92 when I lived in California. Did it for about 6 years and then stopped when I moved out to Maryland until I found my current school. I've been with them since 2017.
Would it be a good thing for an older person ( Like me😉 to take up?
Absolutely. It doesn't rely on brute strength to make things work.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 19, 2025 06:01 AM (+4yJ5)
Posted by: no one at November 19, 2025 06:02 AM (W7XSX)
You are of course right in this, but at the company I work at staging means real architecture, real code, not real data. No matter how hard you try to test something in that environment you can't reliably produce real data or real data volume.
Actually processing all real data twice would be cost prohibitive so we effectively end up testing in prod... bad things will happen. I am but one voice in the wind.
Posted by: CanuckJack at November 19, 2025 06:02 AM (1cCGi)
He thinks the kids don't know what it means either. They just say it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 06:02 AM (looXz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 06:02 AM (looXz)
Here's the joke... it doesn't MEAN anything. It's just a noise.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:03 AM (ExV1e)
There is a reason why I am staunchly against the release of the so-called "Epstein files"
"...they contain hundreds of other names"
As someone intimately familiar with the contents of criminal investigative files, there is a reason they are not ordinarily made public
Nothing in the Epstein case changes that
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:04 AM (RuTUS)
99.
Posted by: Missed it by THAT much at November 19, 2025 06:04 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 06:04 AM (looXz)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:04 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: CanuckJack at November 19, 2025 06:02 AM (1cCGi)
We have some stuff in the system I work on which tests some aspects in production. It's not customer facing, which limits downsides, but it's a PITA when something breaks. Still the cost/effort of setting up an entire parallel system to test every source change before rolling it out would be crazy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:06 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 06:07 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 06:07 AM (OT+cA)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:07 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 06:07 AM (OT+cA)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 06:07 AM (OT+cA)
hahahahahaha
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:07 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 06:07 AM (O7YUW)
OK, so let's say they manage to make Trump resign. Or they finally assassinate him. Everything goes back to normal, right? Our long national nightmare is over, right? Peace, comity and bipartisanship return to the land, right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2025 06:07 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 06:08 AM (OT+cA)
As someone intimately familiar with the contents of criminal investigative files, there is a reason they are not ordinarily made public
Nothing in the Epstein case changes that
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:04 AM (RuTUS)
Oh, the horse jumped over the ditch of confidentiality a long time ago. Some guy got elected to the Senate that way.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2025 06:09 AM (tgvbd)
There is a reason why I am staunchly against the release of the so-called "Epstein files"
"...they contain hundreds of other names"
As someone intimately familiar with the contents of criminal investigative files, there is a reason they are not ordinarily made public
Nothing in the Epstein case changes that
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:04 AM (RuTUS)
I saw a video yesterday where the person said that they were fine with a few thousand people having to deal with bullshit in order to "out the pedos". Like that's gonna happen.
People have manufactured an idea that the government has a list of the rich/powerful who were fucking 8 year olds but it likely isn't true. Still... EVERYONE knows it. So, when the files are released, and they don't contain that, millions will believe it's all still being covered up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 06:08 AM (OT+cA)
Take a gander at comment number 67 for the *chef's kiss* of the day.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:10 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Ace's liver at November 19, 2025 06:12 AM (B9Dv5)
True point (we insert a subset of prod data into our staging, which *isn't* a mirror of production), but a configuration change that breaks production _should_ have broken staging.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:13 AM (vWzw8)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:14 AM (ExV1e)
No, but I have every confidence that you will continue to worship God and will keep on praying!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 06:16 AM (looXz)
Funny how some of the very best iterations of both Superman and Batman came from animation.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 06:16 AM (wzUl9)
I said earlier that the next big thing was going to be the screaming and screeching for the REAL EPSTIEN LIST.
This isn't going away, it's just changing key.
Posted by: pawn at November 19, 2025 06:17 AM (sPsWv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025
***
Wear a Groucho Marx nose-mustache-glasses mask. Hilarity will ensue.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 06:17 AM (wzUl9)
Just started a new book this morning. In Chapter 1 the main protagonist has his head cut off. Executed for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It's going to get a lot weirder from there, I can tell.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 19, 2025 06:18 AM (IBQGV)
@politicalmath
14h
Much better advice
Harry ‘Max’ Hazell, II
@hm_hazell
14h
Replying to @politicalmath
If the order seems wrong, consult a JAG outside your command, make a paper trail, and be prepared to ride out the storm. Advice that’s just “don’t obey orders YOU think are unconstitutional” is terrible advice, and the politicians don’t pay the price for the SM guessing wrong.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:20 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2025 06:07 AM (tgvbd)
In a word - yes.
I don't have time to expand on it, but the left will be happy, the vast majority of the GOP will be happy, the MFM will be happy, the 'conservative' media will call for dialing down the temperature and the hardcore Trump supporters will wait in vain for someone to pick up the torch and cry havoc.
Imagine Lincoln being assassinated before the war broke out. People north and south would sigh in relief that the can had been kicked down the road.
If I were with you in person, I could expand on why I think what I do, but I have work to finish.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 19, 2025 06:20 AM (ufSfZ)
Harry ‘Max’ Hazell, II
@hm_hazell
13h
Replying to @hm_hazell @politicalmath
Probably worth mentioning that I have disobeyed an unlawful order before.
I was given it, I consulted a JAG, he sent an email to the CO’s JAG, and it was revoked.
If they don’t let you check, or rain hell on you for doing so, call the IG.
But unlawful orders are VERY rare.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:21 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 06:23 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 06:24 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Omaha! at November 19, 2025 06:25 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Don't use the one that looks like a cat ???
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at November 19, 2025 06:26 AM (3ZUWJ)
Well, if you want to automate releases via CI/CD, that's what you gotta do.
Where I work used to have a startup culture; deploy at 0-dark-thirty, test, rollback if the tests fail. If it fails the next day, rollback ASAP. Impact to customers is minimal and you release stuff fairly quickly.
We were bought by a company that loves process so much that the process smells like jism. Said company, however, won't pay for staging to look like production and the people who greenlight releases only sniff the documentation around the release to see if it smells like enough ejaculate is on it.
Yeah, it's all about trade-offs and what you should have might be too expensive to actually have; I get that (I like the company to have enough money to pay me, after all). But, there are cost savings to be had by reducing useless process, which never seems to happen.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:26 AM (vWzw8)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 19, 2025 06:26 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 06:17 AM (wzUl9)
I work from home and steadfastly refuse to use a camera. I see that I've finally discovered a downside to that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:27 AM (ExV1e)
https://tinyurl.com/4zzh9ppb
Have a blessed day, everyone . You are a blessing to others!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2025 06:27 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 06:29 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Is the character played by Sean Bean ?
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at November 19, 2025 06:30 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:21 AM (RuTUS)
Because, of course, it's also illegal to issue unlawful orders.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:30 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: pawn at November 19, 2025 06:30 AM (sPsWv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025
*
I work from home and steadfastly refuse to use a camera. I see that I've finally discovered a downside to that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025
***
Oh! I pictured you being actually present in the boss's office, sitting calmly in the boss's office chair with the Groucho mask on while everybody in the outer office giggles uncontrollably.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 06:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 19, 2025 06:31 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: pawn at November 19, 2025 06:32 AM (sPsWv)
I blame Hollywood. There is always some 'list' with all the names of the guilty on. Well, in the real world, there is no list. And, if for some dumb chance, there is, the IC has already shredded it, burned it, put the ashes in cement, and dropped the cement block down the Marianas Trench.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 06:32 AM (sAmhv)
Exceptional events deserve exceptional actions. You'll never have a final annual review. Surprise them.
(My Teams/Slack icon is a close up of my right eye. I have an animated GIF that overlaid a spinning ellipse for my pupil, but neither Teams nor Slack would render the animation. I was disappointed.)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:33 AM (vWzw8)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 19, 2025 06:31 AM (BLOW1)
breaker one nine
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:33 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: pawn at November 19, 2025 06:35 AM (sPsWv)
"Uh, negatory there, Smokey Mountain Smokey. I can let ya have two fives and some loose change."
"Dig the peanut butter outta your ears, Blue Trooper! I want your *location*!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 06:35 AM (wzUl9)
_Eye twitches_
I used to be signal officer *many* moons ago. That still annoys me.
"How do you read me, over?"
"You are coming in broken and stupid, over."
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:36 AM (vWzw8)
Posted by: Pixy Misa
breaker one nine
Posted by: m
Roger, Roger ...
Posted by: Captain Oveur at November 19, 2025 06:36 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 19, 2025 06:37 AM (mlg/3)
Well just keep this in mind: In 11 days, you'll be free of all of this nonsense. Also in 11 days, your supervisors will still be stuck doing these mostly pointless exercises in futility.
That aughta make you smile.
Also a little up-beat theme music for you today:
https://youtu.be/8iwBM_YB1sE
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2025 06:37 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:37 AM (vWzw8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 06:38 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: PabloD at November 19, 2025 06:39 AM (e2cxK)
Alas, I still have 23 CALENDAR days left, but I'm only working 10 of them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:39 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Colin at November 19, 2025 06:40 AM (wlQdF)
It's almost like that's one of the big things the military is used for.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:40 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2025 06:29 AM
Now do 29+.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 19, 2025 06:40 AM (XQo4F)
_Eye twitches_
I used to be signal officer *many* moons ago. That still annoys me.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:36 AM (vWzw
?
over and out
(in two-way radio communication) used to indicate that the communication is at an end: message understood, over and out.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:40 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 19, 2025 06:43 AM (XQo4F)
(in two-way radio communication) used to indicate that the communication is at an end: message understood, over and out.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:40 AM (RuTUS)
While I have never been a radio operator, I believe that the military uses 'over' to mean "I have completed my message and and available for a response", whereas 'out' means "I have completed my message and am going offline". The two do not go together as that would present conflicting information.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:43 AM (ExV1e)
----
What book is it? I may have read it. (I need a cue because I have read somewhere in the vicinity of ten thousand books across many genres).
Posted by: clarence at November 19, 2025 06:44 AM (91IwC)
(in two-way radio communication) used to indicate that the communication is at an end: message understood, over and out.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:40 AM (RuTUS)
While I have never been a radio operator, I believe that the military uses 'over' to mean "I have completed my message and and available for a response", whereas 'out' means "I have completed my message and am going offline". The two do not go together as that would present conflicting information.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:43 AM (ExV1e)
aha
Thanks!
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:44 AM (RuTUS)
(in two-way radio communication) used to indicate that the communication is at an end: message understood, over and out.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:40 AM (RuTUS)
While I have never been a radio operator, I believe that the military uses 'over' to mean "I have completed my message and and available for a response", whereas 'out' means "I have completed my message and am going offline". The two do not go together as that would present conflicting information.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I was a Radio Operator (USAF) and yes. You are correct.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 06:46 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 19, 2025 06:43 AM (XQo4F)
and also:
PoIiMath
@politicalmath
14h
The Biden admin & Democrats coerced thousands of soldiers into getting the Covid vaccine and discharged 8,000 who refused
Now they launch this political theater piece to appeal to the honor of those they treated so dishonorably
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:46 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Colin at November 19, 2025 06:40 AM (wlQdF)
---
The Computer is always your friend. To believe otherwise is treason. You aren't a traitor, are you?
Posted by: Friend Computer at November 19, 2025 06:47 AM (IBQGV)
"over and out" means you are babbling a little longer on the air, giving whoever might be direction finding your location a better chance to find your radio, which won't be that far from your ass.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:47 AM (vWzw8)
----
What book is it? I may have read it. (I need a cue because I have read somewhere in the vicinity of ten thousand books across many genres).
Posted by: clarence at November 19, 2025 06:44 AM (91IwC)
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You'll have to tune in to the Sunday Morning Book Thread to find out!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 19, 2025 06:49 AM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:47 AM (vWzw
Although you shouldn't refer to your officer as an ass out loud.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:49 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:50 AM (vWzw8)
I worked at a company in an office tower (the old Alcatel, now Avaya, building in Denver). The guy who managed the building was total dumbass and yuuuuge Patriots fan, BIRM.
I told this guy - several times, no less than five times over the course of a couple years - "this building's HVAC is running at significant negative pressure, and it's going to cause a problem for you eventually."
Eventually happened one day when we had a brutal cold snap, the HVAC sucked enough very cold air into the elevator shafts/utility trunk, froze the sprinkler system up, and every sprinkler in the building started spewing. Including in our server room.
We had a bunch of software engineers spend a day running a bucket brigade in there.
This doofus tried *ordering us out* for "safety." We just laughed in his face and told him to get fucked. We weren't about to let our servers get ruined to assuage the officious ego of the retard who flooded the building because he was to busy beating off to Tom Brady to listen to reason and do his job.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 19, 2025 06:50 AM (BI5O2)
The way I heard it this originated with helicopter pilots using radio in naturally very noisy environments. I think it was the articulation of the acronym HUA which stands for Heard, Understood, Acknowledged and was spoken after repeating something that was just said to them as a sort of confirmation.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 19, 2025 06:51 AM (XQo4F)
Remember, no one is above the law!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2025 04:44 AM (OT+cA)
None of those people are guilty of any of those things based purely on that video.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 04:59 AM (ExV1e)
This exchange got me to watch it. I believe that you are right.
Also: It's not a well-produced video.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:51 AM (RuTUS)
Such a great game.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 19, 2025 06:51 AM (+4yJ5)
Well, I was one but I'm more of a dickhead than an ass.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:52 AM (vWzw8)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 06:52 AM (vWzw
Name checks.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 06:53 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 19, 2025 06:50 AM (BI5O2)
haha!
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:53 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 06:53 AM (xouAs)
A buddy from college was in the Air Force for a few years. He had an NCO that did not like him and the feeling was mutual. Rather than let things get out of hand, they had an agreement. After formation, they would go to his office, close the door and the two of them would yell at each other.
Five minutes later, they established that everything was settled and they went about their day. I approve of good leadership like that.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 19, 2025 06:54 AM (+4yJ5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 06:54 AM (xouAs)
Posted by: Friend Computer at November 19, 2025 06:47 AM (IBQGV)
Com(rade)puter
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:55 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Colin at November 19, 2025 06:40 AM (wlQdF)
---
The Computer is always your friend. To believe otherwise is treason. You aren't a traitor, are you?
Posted by: Friend Computer
You know, I haven't watched THX-1138 in a long while. I think I may do that soon.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 06:55 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2025 06:56 AM (0E0In)
A buddy from college was in the Air Force for a few years. He had an NCO that did not like him and the feeling was mutual. Rather than let things get out of hand, they had an agreement. After formation, they would go to his office, close the door and the two of them would yell at each other.
Five minutes later, they established that everything was settled and they went about their day. I approve of good leadership like that.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 19, 2025 06:54 AM (+4yJ5)
Reminiscent of Pvt Gomer Pyle and Sgt Vince Carter. Except the Sgt was doing all the yelling.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 06:59 AM (RuTUS)
Not sure i believe that one, though.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 19, 2025 07:01 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: no one at November 19, 2025 07:01 AM (W7XSX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 06:55 AM (sAmhv)
I watched that last year when it was on TCM. I expected it to be depressing. I didn't expect it to be so damned dull.
Although I did like Donald Pleasance giving his usual "creepy man who isn't your friend" performance.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 19, 2025 07:02 AM (ufSfZ)
Only ever in a gamer context though.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 19, 2025 07:04 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: no one at November 19, 2025 07:01 AM
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 19, 2025 07:04 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: no one"
A country boy can survive. Gomer mostly on dicks.
mornin yall.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 19, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: no one at November 19, 2025 07:06 AM (W7XSX)
Posted by: fd at November 19, 2025 07:06 AM (vFG9F)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 19, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)
Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, 1374: “Lat nat this wrechched wo thyn herte gnawe, But manly set the world on sexe and seuene.”
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 19, 2025 07:07 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: no one at November 19, 2025 07:01 AM
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 19, 2025 07:04 AM (XQo4F)
Shazam.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 07:08 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 19, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)
185 Damn. Somebody put their sock on my tablet.
Posted by: fd at November 19, 2025 07:06 AM (vFG9F)
Coulda been worse.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 07:10 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 19, 2025 07:07 AM (zdLoL)
My world's dial doesn't even go up to sexe, let alone seuene.
I blame patriarchy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 19, 2025 07:11 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 19, 2025 07:11 AM (+mTgD)
Posted by: mustbequantum at November 19, 2025 07:14 AM (b43eW)
Posted by: It was brutal at November 19, 2025 07:15 AM (XQo4F)
Although I did like Donald Pleasance giving his usual "creepy man who isn't your friend" performance.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 19, 2025 07:02 AM
I watched The Eagle has Landed over the weekend;
Pleasance was spot on as Himmler
he was also very good in Fantastic Voyage
he's kinda "type-cast" for roles, but he's always very good & believable
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 19, 2025 07:15 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: no one at November 19, 2025 07:01 AM (W7XSX)
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Reminds me of my second favorite WKRP In Cincinnati episode (after the classic Thanksgiving "flying turkeys" one):
The DJs have a highway patrol officer on as a guest talking about the affects of drunk driving on one's reflexes; Dr. Johnny Fever is drinking throughout the episode, and his reflex-times actually improve the more he drinks.
I had a friend in college (a brilliant kid, never studied and kicked my ass in classes) who was like this when we played drinking games -- he just got quicker, smarter, and funnier the more alcohol he drank ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 19, 2025 07:17 AM (+mTgD)
Pleasance was spot on as Himmler
Weird that they included Himmler in a movie about the Apollo 11 mission.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 07:17 AM (ExV1e)
Weird that they included Himmler in a movie about the Apollo 11 mission.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 07:17 AM
I know, right?
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 19, 2025 07:20 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 07:21 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 19, 2025 07:17 AM (+mTgD)
"God as my witness, ..."
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 07:21 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 07:22 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 19, 2025 07:22 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 07:23 AM (RuTUS)
Fire. Fire is likely the first thing to go wrong. Then your hair, house, or car will be en fuego.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at November 19, 2025 07:24 AM (1fGnI)
A German plot to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.
DirectorJohn Sturges
StarsMichael Caine
Donald Sutherland
Robert Duvall
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 07:26 AM (RuTUS)
Fire. Fire is likely the first thing to go wrong. Then your hair, house, or car will be en fuego.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at November 19, 2025 07:24 AM (1fGnI)
I have to assume that would be unpleasant to drink.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 07:26 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 19, 2025 07:26 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 07:27 AM (RuTUS)
A German plot to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.
DirectorJohn Sturges
StarsMichael Caine
Donald Sutherland
Robert Duvall
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 07:26 AM (RuTUS)
The Eagle Has Landed (1969)
Radio message from Apollo 11 when it touched down on the moon.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 07:28 AM (ExV1e)
Or HUA means Head Up Ass; you used to be able to buy little somewhat abstract sculptures outside of Camp Casey that represented a man standing with his head up his own ass.
One of my company commanders had one on his desk.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2025 07:29 AM (vWzw8)
Good to see you posting. I had a vision of retro fashion from the 1890s coming back. I thought of you and how you would approve. At least I thought it was the 1890s. My fashion knowledge is quite limited.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 19, 2025 07:29 AM (u82oZ)
Pleasance was spot on as Himmler
I never saw that. I can imagine Pleasance conveying Himmler's coldness, but I see him as plumper than the Reichsfuhrer-SS.
The late great John Carradine played Heydrich in 1943s Hitler's Madman. He had the height and slimness for the part, but I thought he chewed too much scenery.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 19, 2025 07:30 AM (ufSfZ)
My dad used to say this when his paycheck was deposited.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 07:31 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2025 07:36 AM (A0sqA)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 19, 2025 07:37 AM (u82oZ)
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
Director
Marvin J. Chomsky
Stars
Anne Heywood
Donald Pleasence
Robert Vaughn
Posted by: m at November 19, 2025 07:37 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2025 07:38 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2025 07:38 AM (A0sqA)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 19, 2025 07:41 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 19, 2025 07:30 AM (ufSfZ)
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My favorite TV series as a kid was Kung Fu.
I rewatched it a few years ago with The Wifey -- who'd never seen it -- and was surprised that she actually enjoyed it.
Was cool seeing a gorgeous young Barbara Hershey. Also, seeing David Carradine's father John play a blind preacher character named "Reverend Serenity Johnson."
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 19, 2025 07:41 AM (+mTgD)
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Gay (pun intended) and retarded ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 19, 2025 07:43 AM (+mTgD)
Posted by: no one at November 19, 2025 07:51 AM (W7XSX)
Hiring cheap, unqualified labor to run critical systems. What could possibly go wrong?
American Jobs for American Citizens. End the H1B.
Posted by: Naqamel at November 19, 2025 08:09 AM (MPmJg)
Posted by: Joker of Clubs at November 19, 2025 08:37 AM (KfeB1)
The engineers were concerned, as they didn't understand how there would be so much cruft and unneeded design in hand-rolled code. So they analyzed. And analyzed.
Turns out, the code "did not work". More accurately, there were side effects from the AI's design technique that worked on the specific FPGA chip it was working with. Run this little bit of code, and the flow of electricity would change enough so that bit of code 'malfunctioned', but in the way that supported the goal. Terribly efficient, but not fully reproducible for other chips without those same exact flaws.
Wondering how much code was designed by developers who used similar "undocumented features" and other bugs, making the software unstable and unusable in other contexts, but allowing them to ship today.
Posted by: Another Anon at November 19, 2025 08:57 AM (4h45B)
Imagine deciding you want to learn how to swing a golf club better. Golf is, apparently, an expensive sport. There's the hardware itself, your golf bag and golf clubs. There are the fees for a golf course, which you can't use 24/7 because shared resource. If you want to train, you need someone to coach, which would mean even more money.
What if you could train how to swing in your backyard, or even in a room within your house (without actual ball) (or maybe keep it outside; remember the Wii-motes). A specialized golf tee platform, some cameras, and an AI tutor. You do a few practice swings, it records the motion. Calculates your body - height, arm length, where your hips are, etc. Calculates how you swing. Identifies issues with how you move, and provides advice on how to improve your posture, grip, motion. Maybe it could also simulate what your swing would do to a golf ball, giving a virtual display of where it would go. And then different examples of its path, based upon different wind patterns.
If you keep up with the training, you could learn a part of how to be a better golfer. Personalized for you, not reliant on the limited time of another.
Posted by: Another Anon at November 19, 2025 09:11 AM (4h45B)
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John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)