Daily Tech News 20 November 2025

Top Story

The EU is considering scaling back the GDPR rules after learning that every website on the planet uses cookies. (The Verge)

Finally.
"We have all the ingredients in the EU to succeed. But our companies, especially our start-ups and small businesses, are often held back by layers of rigid rules," said Henna Virkkunen, executive vice-president for implementing layers of rigid rules at the European Commission.
You don't say.

Tech News

Is the detector that detects whether the watcher that is watching the monitor that monitors DownDetector down? (A Site Whose Name Is Too Long)

No.

But DownDetector itself was down during the Cloudflare outage.
If you need to replace your Nintendo GameBoy - which you likely do since the original came out in 1989 - the Ayaneo Pocket Vert looks like just the thing. (Liliputing)

It's about the same size as the original model, but has replaced the 2.5" monochrome screen with a 3.5" colour model, and upgraded the resolution from 160x144 to... 1600x1440.

Which is better than a whole lot of things.

It has four hidden trigger buttons on the back and turns the blank areas of the faceplate into an invisible touchpad.

No pricing information yet.
More PowerPoint slides than you ever wanted about the upcoming Snapdragon Elite X2. (Hot Hardware)

The Snapdragon Elite sank without a trace in the PC hardware market because it wasn't better enough - and certainly not cheap enough - to make up for the compatibility issues that come from running x86 software on Arm hardware.

As for this second attempt, the 18 core flagship model looks nice, but unless they've solved the pricing and compatibility issues that may not matter.
Screw you guys, I'm installing Linux. (The Verge) (archive site)

2026 will be the year of Linux on my desktop, at least.

Musical Interlude

There was an official music video released for Eye in the Sky, but for the life of me I cannot find it online.

Disclaimer: Ptui.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 04:01 AM (RuTUS)

2 1st?

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 20, 2025 04:01 AM (/aZwr)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 04:02 AM (sAmhv)

4 Damn your eyes m! At least now you have to call the nood - I can go off and read the content!

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 20, 2025 04:02 AM (/aZwr)

5 Good morning. Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 20, 2025 04:03 AM (IfMHM)

6 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 04:03 AM (+qU29)

7 Hey Puddleglum!

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 20, 2025 04:03 AM (/aZwr)

8 5 Good morning. Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr.

No, but if you hum a few bars...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 20, 2025 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

9
The Witch of November comes stealin'.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 04:08 AM (w6EFb)

10 On the content - I always thought the GDPR was simply impossible to really be implemented (completely) the way it's written. The thought that the EU could issue a regulation that would apply to non EU companies everywhere else in the world, with no actual presence in the EU at all, just because some person in the EU logged on and bought something, was stupid.

Hey Fluffy Nugget - I actually watched a documentary on the Edmund Fitzgerald and went and learned the song on the guitar A very good, and haunting, song.

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 20, 2025 04:09 AM (/aZwr)

11 Since I don't do any gaming, I'll just stick with Linux Mint.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 04:09 AM (sAmhv)

12 Yo, PR! (First bump)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 04:10 AM (sAmhv)

13 5 Good morning. Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
_-_
Somewhere around Whitefish Bay, I plumb reckon...

Posted by: Guy who memorized that one at November 20, 2025 04:12 AM (vd6bO)

14 Eye in the Sky

puedo leer tu mente
(mirádote))

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 04:13 AM (RuTUS)

15 4 Damn your eyes m! At least now you have to call the nood - I can go off and read the content!
Posted by: Publius Redux at November 20, 2025 04:02 AM (/aZwr)

I already did! Before I w00ted.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 04:13 AM (RuTUS)

16 5 Good morning. Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 20, 2025 04:03 AM (IfMHM)

Maybe to Detroit?

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the maritime sailors' cathedral

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 04:17 AM (RuTUS)

17 I do have Win11 on a Beelink minipc. I don't for how much longer as Microsoft continues to vomit out garbage but for my own good. Utopians are the worst of tyrants. Whenever I do put Linux on it, I might try something else besides Mint.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 04:18 AM (sAmhv)

18
It went with Hiawatha, into the sunset, from the shores of Gitche Gumee, shining big-sea water.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 04:21 AM (w6EFb)

19 I understand exactly fuck-all about Pixy's posts. Evening, horde.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 20, 2025 04:23 AM (6Bc88)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 20, 2025 04:25 AM (tljrc)

21 Old time time hymn , "Holy, Holy, Holy":

https://tinyurl.com/yhkt5jmd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 04:26 AM (Yl2Ob)

22 Is the detector that detects whether the watcher that is watching the monitor that monitors DownDetector down? (A Site Whose Name Is Too Long)

LA was down, for a second, there.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 04:26 AM (RuTUS)

23 ...or, reportedly.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 04:27 AM (RuTUS)

24 Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 20, 2025 04:23 AM (6Bc88

You don't have to understand anything about it . Be like me. Enjoy the musical selections , ask stupid questions about tech and post about things that interest you. Pixy is very patient with my additions here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 04:28 AM (Yl2Ob)

25 Good morning, good people, from the 20 degree wonderland that is the Adirondacks.

One more day spent in the majesty of the most exceptional country on the planet. I consider it great good fortune to be able to do so. One of the things has been serving in the military for a spell. I wore that uniform with PRIDE and would wear it again in an instant.

Plus as usual, may all effort from you always result in great benefit with commensurate heartburn for the leftwit fungi.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 20, 2025 04:32 AM (vFbHf)

26 Top Story is pretty wild.

Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI lawsThe EU folds under Big Tech’s pressure.

After years of staring down the world’s biggest tech companies and setting the bar for tough regulation worldwide, Europe has blinked. Under intense pressure from industry and the US government, Brussels is stripping protections from its flagship General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — including simplifying its infamous cookie permission pop-ups — and relaxing or delaying landmark AI rules in an effort to cut red tape and revive sluggish economic growth.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 04:33 AM (RuTUS)

27 ... although The Verge can't write:

The changes, proposed by the European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, changes core elements of the GDPR

ch-ch-ch-changes

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 04:35 AM (RuTUS)

28 moar from the Top Story:

The proposed overhaul won’t land quietly in Brussels, and if the development of the GDPR and AI Act are anything to go by, a political and lobbying firestorm is on its way.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 04:40 AM (RuTUS)

29 Can't sleep. Ugh.

Anybody else still awake?

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 04:49 AM (rdVOm)

30 Raises hand...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at November 20, 2025 04:50 AM (/HDaX)

31 Lotta hostility in the comments on that Verge article. Not quite a cesspool like Reddit, but nationalism all over the place.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 04:53 AM (RuTUS)

32 @29

Good morning, glory. This'll be my second year of really early awakening. It started right after the loss of my beloved Lab Elizabeth from cancer.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 20, 2025 04:55 AM (vFbHf)

33 Hello, fellow not-asleepers!

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 04:59 AM (rdVOm)

34 IG, sorry to hear you've lost Spastic Lab.

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 04:59 AM (rdVOm)

35 Since I don't do any gaming, I'll just stick with Linux Mint.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 04:09 AM (sAmhv)

OTOH, if you did decide to do gaming, Linux Mint would work just fine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 05:06 AM (ExV1e)

36 the Linux-seeker at The Verge sounds very brave:

I’ve cleverly arranged it so the stakes are only medium: I have other machines to work on while my desktop is inevitably borked....

Maybe it’ll all go smoothly and I’ll report back in a few weeks, another prophet of the revolution. Maybe it’ll go terribly and I’ll come crawling back. Only one way to find out.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 05:06 AM (RuTUS)

37 Indoor temp is almost back to comfortable. Yay. Stoopid pellet heat...

Oh well. At least it wasn't a mechanical issue, and I would've shut if off Thursday anyhow for its weekly cleaning.

Got tomorrow's chore done today! Woohoo!

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 05:07 AM (rdVOm)

38 JJ will have the link probably
At Legalinsurrection.com last night saw one judge sent a scathing decent of that Texas gerrymandering ruling.

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 05:08 AM (+qU29)

39 JJ will have the link probably
At Legalinsurrection.com last night saw one judge sent a scathing decent of that Texas gerrymandering ruling.
Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 05:08 AM (+qU29)

Ace did a substantial post on it yesterday.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 05:09 AM (ExV1e)

40 >>...one judge sent a scathing decent of that Texas gerrymandering ruling.
Posted by: Skip

Yeah, Ace covered it earlier:

"Two Partisan Hacks Ignored Supreme Court Precedent to Claim the Texas Redistricting Map Was Illegal.
Judge Smith Dissents"

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 05:10 AM (rdVOm)

41 Ok-- good night, horde. Gonna go back to bed.

Have a wonderful day!

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 05:12 AM (rdVOm)

42 Pretty sure the official Eye in the Sky is on the official channel somewhere.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at November 20, 2025 05:17 AM (p2GXS)

43 G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025 05:19 AM (O7YUW)

44 I guess this sort of observation (Verge) prompts some of the nationalistic comments:

With very few exceptions, Europe doesn’t have any credible competitors in the global AI race, which is dominated by US and Chinese companies like DeepSeek, Google, and OpenAI.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 05:21 AM (RuTUS)

45 With very few exceptions, Europe doesn’t have any credible competitors ~~in the global AI race, which is dominated by US and Chinese companies like DeepSeek, Google, and OpenAI~~.

Edited for brevity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 05:22 AM (ExV1e)

46 It is not on the official channel. It is on a channel called Clipz. I guess Arista still owns the 1982 video?

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at November 20, 2025 05:23 AM (p2GXS)

47 45 With very few exceptions, Europe doesn’t have any credible competitors

Edited for brevity.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 05:22 AM (ExV1e)

Although, out of context, that could be read as: Europe is number one in everything!

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 05:26 AM (RuTUS)

48 Greetings and good morning, one and all. A friend took us out last night for sushi. I am still quite full and will be avoiding food until dinner tonight. Life is good.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 05:28 AM (RjOoY)

49 46 It is not on the official channel. It is on a channel called Clipz. I guess Arista still owns the 1982 video?
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at November 20, 2025 05:23 AM (p2GXS)

Thanks!

Meanwhile, when I typed into my browser bar

clipz sirius alan parsons project

AI Overview "helps" me by providing this insightful scolding:

"Clipz Sirius" is a misremembered title for "Sirius," an instrumental by the band The Alan Parsons Project, which is famously used as intro music for sports teams, most notably the Chicago Bulls.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 05:31 AM (RuTUS)

50 AI is not helping. Ugh.

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at November 20, 2025 05:33 AM (p2GXS)

51 The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project "Sirius" - "Eye In The Sky" (Live in Colombia)

https://youtu.be/Q6ZRGzx31iQ

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 05:34 AM (RuTUS)

52 Fen, out of curiosity: Did you get my answer to your question about Aikido being appropriate for older people?

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 05:34 AM (RjOoY)

53 Have frost, that is unexpected

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 05:35 AM (+qU29)

54 I am sure my ice scraper isn't in my truck

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 05:37 AM (+qU29)

55 Although, out of context, that could be read as: Europe is number one in everything!
Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 05:26 AM (RuTUS)

You make a fair point although anyone thinking that the author meant that would have to assume that the author was a comedian or a loon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 05:39 AM (ExV1e)

56 Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 05:34

Yes, i did. Thanks. I should have responded at the time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 05:39 AM (2sfNr)

57 Christian devotional "God chose me first "

John 15:12-17:

https://tinyurl.com/2y7k499f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 05:41 AM (2sfNr)

58 50 AI is not helping. Ugh.
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at November 20, 2025 05:33 AM (p2GXS)

It's the scolding, man, the scolding.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 05:42 AM (RuTUS)

59 G'morning, all!

52 degrees out, with a high in the 80's yesterday.

A/C in the day, and heat at night is no way to run a railroad.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2025 05:45 AM (a1415)

60 Alan Parsons is still touring. He's 76.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 05:46 AM (RuTUS)

61 Is it evening for the late toilers? Yes. Is it morning for the early risers and insomaniacals? Indeed yes, for I am among that number. A no-workout morning for me, and I was going to sleep until 5:30 . . . but then big black Stirling *shot* as if from a cannon off the bed, which startled me out of a dream about a friend of a friend offering me a job. ("I need somebody *now.* Can you start tomorrow?") Couldn't go back to sleep.

Whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

62 Yes, i did. Thanks. I should have responded at the time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

You're welcome. If you have a school in your area, the best approach would be watch a class and get a feel for it.

The other advice I give is when you start, don't bother with a gi. Bring in sweats. If you are doing it for a few months, you can get a cheap gi on Amazon for about $40-50.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 05:47 AM (RjOoY)

63 The 1978 nostalgia from the ONT was fascinating. I can't wait to skim the comments and wish I'd been in on it. We went out for a little Haagen-Dasz ice cream last night, and I found myself dozing by 9:30, so I hit the haystack early.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 05:48 AM (wzUl9)

64 Alan Parsons bio

https://alanparsons.com/pages/alan-parsons

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 05:48 AM (RuTUS)

65 Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 05:49 AM (2sfNr)

66 Although, out of context, that could be read as: Europe is number one in everything!
Posted by: m at November 20, 2025

***
Translated: "Europe is urinating on itself"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

67 "2026 will be the year of Linux on my desktop, at least."

I guess I was an early adopter. ~1998 was when I switched for anything other than Windows games. My laptop has my last operational Windows boot partition (my main desktop's windows drive failed and I haven't bothered to replace/fix that one) which I use to run Steam. After I found out that the author of my favorite games, Derek Smart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Smart) was rabidly anti-Trump, I deleted his games from my Steam account. ("All Aspect Warfare" was fun as well as "Universal Combat CE 2.0") I guess I'll try the new emulation layers to see if the older games that I like to play which don't have linux ports actually work.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 20, 2025 05:49 AM (vWzw8)

68 Fox has a new poll that indicates Trump is unpopular, and that people blame him for their problems.

Posted by: Don Black at November 20, 2025 05:51 AM (AOsQT)

69 For those of you in North and South Carolina, near a Lowes grocery store, and enjoy Michelob Light beer....

Between the current sale, and clipping the digital coupon and stacking it, you can own a case of Michelob Light for the paltry sum of $15.88 ( Limit of four cases per purchase)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2025 05:51 AM (a1415)

70 Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Any time. This is one of those topics I will talk about in great detail. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 05:53 AM (RjOoY)

71 Between the current sale, and clipping the digital coupon and stacking it, you can own a case of Michelob Light for the paltry sum of $15.88

Does it come with something to mop up my pride after I make the purchase?

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 05:54 AM (RjOoY)

72 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 20, 2025 05:55 AM (bQ4nt)

73 Walter Matthau (from the days before he settled into his comic on-screen personae) and Bruce Dern are in The Laughing Policeman on Movies! Seems to be a serious '70s crime film set in a big city -- NYC, maybe?

*checking*

Yep, 1973 and San Francisco -- based on a novel set in Stockholm (!).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

74 Fox has a new poll that indicates Trump is unpopular, and that people blame him for their problems.
Posted by: Don Black at November 20, 2025 05:51 AM (AOsQT)

Might be true. People are easily manipulated and the left is good at manipulation.

I saw a thing yesterday where some brainiac was saying that we should ban billionaires and just confiscate all wealth over 999 million... like people like Musk are just sitting there with stacks of cash all over their house.

Or the idiots would complain about no jobs, and high rent, and high insurance but don't you dare remove those people who're in the country illegally.

The citizenry has become a collection of petulant children.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 05:56 AM (ExV1e)

75 68 Fox has a new poll that indicates Trump is unpopular, and that people blame him for their problems.
Posted by: Don Black at November 20, 2025 05:51 AM (AOsQT)

Good morning, Sunshine!

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 05:57 AM (RuTUS)

76 "Does it come with something to mop up my pride after I make the purchase?"

I gave up pride for lower carbs quite some time ago.

Not sure if it was a smart trade, but my pants fit better.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2025 05:57 AM (a1415)

77 I have nine workdays left.

https://youtu.be/sOhE3Rq7OiM?t=41

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 05:59 AM (ExV1e)

78 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 20, 2025 06:01 AM (XQo4F)

79 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 05:59 AM (ExV1e)

And how did your meeting go with your boss yesterday? Was that yesterday?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 06:01 AM (2sfNr)

80 I gave up pride for lower carbs quite some time ago.

Not sure if it was a smart trade, but my pants fit better.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2025 05:57 AM (a1415)

Michelob is made by Anheuser-Busch so that might be the AIDS.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:01 AM (ExV1e)

81 IMO the poll has a whiff of excrement to it

anyway, grain of salt and all that

Posted by: Don Black at November 20, 2025 06:01 AM (AOsQT)

82 So in the minds of the Left it is a bad thing to soft wash a historic building .....

But it's OK to destroy historic statues.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2025 06:02 AM (a1415)

83 In other news, Fox has already called the 2028 Arizona Presidential race for the Democrat.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 20, 2025 06:03 AM (PiwSw)

84 @74/I used to have a different nic: "I saw a thing yesterday where some brainiac was saying that we should ban billionaires and just confiscate all wealth over 999 million... like people like Musk are just sitting there with stacks of cash all over their house. "

I am reminded of Bill Whittle's episode of "Firewall" called "Eat the Rich":
https://youtu.be/661pi6K-8WQ

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025 06:03 AM (O7YUW)

85 54 I am sure my ice scraper isn't in my truck
Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 05:37 AM (+qU29)

Kitchen drawer.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 06:03 AM (RuTUS)

86 And how did your meeting go with your boss yesterday? Was that yesterday?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 06:01 AM (2sfNr)

It was and it went well. She gave me the second highest rating, which is what I gave myself, and was very complimentary in the "past year" write-up. My goals for next year were stuff like "learn to sleep in" and the like.

She did say that she had decided to not give me a raise, which I thought was fair since I won't be here to receive it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:04 AM (ExV1e)

87 I have been tracking down music videos for songs I used to listen to on the radio, and recently I hit a bad batch of excessively queer ones. I had no idea, since I didn't have cable and had not seen the videos at the time, but Faith No More, the Goo Goo Dolls, and Jane's Addiction (among others) are obnoxiously faggy.

I imagine that they thought they were being edgy, but it doesn't look that way through the lens of today. If anything it makes me sad; maybe it was their choice, or maybe they took The Ticket and got forced into gender-bending by diabolists.

Posted by: SciVo at November 20, 2025 06:05 AM (VB5xp)

88 G'mornin' everyone!

37 degrees!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 20, 2025 06:05 AM (Cjt/F)

89 I have nine workdays left.

https://youtu.be/sOhE3Rq7OiM?t=41
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025

***
I was pretty busy in my last two weeks. The budget for 2025-26 was due by the end of March. It was my job to reconcile everything (salaries, guest speakers, and supplies, to mention only three things) and make sure it was all entered in the budgeting software my employer used.

I miss tackling the logic puzzles of "Why am I off by $14,000?" Nothing else about it all, though.

Changing my older PC laptop over to Linux Mint will be a good challenge, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

90 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:04 AM (ExV1e)

Glad it went well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 06:06 AM (2sfNr)

91 . . . My goals for next year were stuff like "learn to sleep in" and the like.

She did say that she had decided to not give me a raise, which I thought was fair since I won't be here to receive it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025

***
No Groucho mask, I guess? Still, it sounds like you are heading out on a good note for you!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

92 Tim Hawkins- comedian "Junk drawer":

https://tinyurl.com/mwx7rmc9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 06:09 AM (2sfNr)

93 I was pretty busy in my last two weeks.

I still have a meeting every day with my (temporary) replacements but they're already handling all the work and just checking with me if they have questions or to verify that they're doing things right.

Gives me more time to post here and try to teach people the definition of treason.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:09 AM (ExV1e)

94 No Groucho mask, I guess?

No Groucho mask. She did say that she thinks the IT help desk, where I have to return my laptop, is closed on Fridays (cuz corporate America) so I may have to turn it in on Thursday and, literally, be unable to do anything work related on my last day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:11 AM (ExV1e)

95 mornin yall. They really have Trump now. This may be the beginning of the end of MAGA.

*sets hair on fire, jumps into 50 degree pool*

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:12 AM (vFG9F)

96 Treason is the highest form of Patriotism.

I learned that from the Left.

Posted by: no one at November 20, 2025 06:13 AM (W7XSX)

97 I needed a haircut anyway.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:13 AM (vFG9F)

98 "I saw a thing yesterday where some brainiac was saying that we should ban billionaires and just confiscate all wealth over 999 million.

I'm reminded of the execrable "influencer" named Pokimane yapping about how we need to tax the rich. The guy who was interviewing her asked "Aren't you one of the rich?" (Her net worth is close to 10 million.).

Immediately: "Nooooo! I mean the super rich. The needlessly rich!"

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 06:14 AM (RjOoY)

99 Usually, the last day is exit interview, turn in badge and a lunch of no return.

Posted by: no one at November 20, 2025 06:14 AM (W7XSX)

100 Art III Sec 3

Posted by: Don Black at November 20, 2025 06:14 AM (AOsQT)

101 Wonder if Ace will do a post on this today...

https://youtu.be/BtggRZDp1JY -- short news clip

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:14 AM (ExV1e)

102 >Usually, the last day is exit interview, turn in badge and a lunch of no return.

Posted by: no one
---

My last day at Big Pipeline, I was on the night shift
at one point I went outside for a smoke, and when I tried to get back in, my key fob to re-open the door no longer worked.
That's when I knew.

Posted by: Don Black at November 20, 2025 06:18 AM (AOsQT)

103 I'm sure JJ will be all over this, but as an amuse-bouche before the Morning Report:

https://tinyurl.com/434chz73

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 20, 2025 06:18 AM (PiwSw)

104 No wonder the Trump administrations considering Getting rid of FEMA. They didn't give aid to people who had Trump signs outside their houses and this awful women ripped them off to the tune of millions .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 06:18 AM (2sfNr)

105 Usually, the last day is exit interview, turn in badge and a lunch of no return.
Posted by: no one at November 20, 2025

***
Somehow I missed out on the exit interview. I'd have loved to say honestly what I thought of my employer's execrable behavior and treatment of employees during the Sniffle Scare.

I did leave early, though!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 06:19 AM (wzUl9)

106 I see I used to have a different nic (iuthadn ? ) beat me to the punch.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 20, 2025 06:19 AM (PiwSw)

107 Usually, the last day is exit interview, turn in badge and a lunch of no return.
Posted by: no one at November 20, 2025 06:14 AM (W7XSX)

No exit interview. Gonna hang out in the cafe in case someone wants to say goodbye in person, turn in my badge, and drive off into the early afternoon...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:20 AM (ExV1e)

108 I see I used to have a different nic (iuthadn ? ) beat me to the punch.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 20, 2025 06:19 AM (PiwSw)

I've always assumed that people would shorten it to just diffnic but it hasn't happened yet. Folks used LiT for my old nic pretty fast though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:22 AM (ExV1e)

109
I am reminded of Bill Whittle's episode of "Firewall" called "Eat the Rich":
https://youtu.be/661pi6K-8WQ

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025 06:03 AM

that originated on Dave Burge's Iowahawk blog back in the day (long before Burge got et by the twits). Whittle & Burge collaborated on the Firewall vid

I still prefer Whittle's long-form essay work ('member those?) to the vlogging but I get it: send someone a link to a 30K+ word essay and they'll TL,RD; but they'll probably watch a ten minute video

I think Eat The Rich should be required viewing (Clockwork Orange style) for anyone who even hints at spending other peoples' money

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 20, 2025 06:24 AM (tljrc)

110 H Town

Carlos Rusi was arrested Tuesday for aggravated robbery of a person over 65 years old, records show.

But Rusi is no stranger to being the subject of crime reports. In 2017, KPRC 2 News reported on police needing help finding him as a gang member and a bank jugging suspect.

At the time, he had more than 30 arrests.

30

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 06:26 AM (gbOdA)

111 104 No wonder the Trump administrations considering Getting rid of FEMA. They didn't give aid to people who had Trump signs outside their houses and this awful women ripped them off to the tune of millions .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 06:18 AM (2sfNr)

How much did Hilldog steal from Haiti?

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 06:27 AM (gbOdA)

112 A lot of social media influencers yap more than a Yorkie on meth or Schumer in front of a microphone.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 20, 2025 06:29 AM (wnD9v)

113
"We have all the ingredients in the EU to succeed. But our companies, especially our start-ups and small businesses, are often held back by layers of rigid rules,"

There was a recent graphic where the combined market cap of the 50 most successful EU start-ups over the last 50 years was smaller than that of Home Depot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 20, 2025 06:31 AM (tgvbd)

114 Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 06:27 AM (gbOdA)

She wasn't part of FEMA but yes, huge amounts of money.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 06:32 AM (Yl2Ob)

115 Houston adds citywide curfew on scooters and ATVs

At the very end of civilizations the Great Elders add laws, and rules, and regulations that have nothing to do with safety, or crime, or economics.

Police, Judges, and Tax Collectors become High Priest that argue over the rights and privileges criminals and gangs while never noticing there is victim that is asking for justice.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 06:34 AM (gbOdA)

116 @101/I used to have a different nic: "Wonder if Ace will do a post on this today..."

Let's play the "Guess the party" game. News story about a corrupt politician that's been caught being corrupt. Title doesn't mention party affiliation. Summary doesn't either. First 30 seconds of the video doesn't either.

Gee, I wonder... Go to Wikipedia, paste in the politician's name.

Sure enough: Political party Democratic.

Funny how when it's a Republican in a story like this, (R) is right after their name, and they salt the summary and the video/audio with the term "Republican" as much as they can.

Nobody hates the partisan media enough.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025 06:34 AM (O7YUW)

117
Usually, the last day is exit interview, turn in badge and a lunch of no return.

Posted by: no one

For me, it was turn in the badge and get escorted off the site. The stock price of the company at the time was 125. It's now 36.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 20, 2025 06:35 AM (tgvbd)

118 It's been the year of Linux on the desktop for over 30 years.

It's never going to be a mass thing until there are killer apps and major vendors offer it pre-installed on shipping units at scale.

Having said that Niri has made me fall in love with Linux all over again.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 20, 2025 06:35 AM (XV/Pl)

119 Good morning morons

Why am I up at 3 am?

Posted by: The Daleks at November 20, 2025 06:36 AM (9ipOP)

120 Peaceful piano music of hymns and Fall folliage:

https://tinyurl.com/3uas48zy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 06:37 AM (Yl2Ob)

121 For those of you who use Charity Navigator to evaluate charities:

https://tinyurl.com/4jje3sdh

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 20, 2025 06:37 AM (PiwSw)

122 115 Houston adds citywide curfew on scooters and ATVs

laws, and rules, and regulations that have nothing to do with safety, or crime, or economics

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 06:34 AM (gbOdA)

Me, personally, I'm tired of having scooters ditched randomly all over the sidewalk.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 06:38 AM (RuTUS)

123 @109/AltonJackson: "I still prefer Whittle's long-form essay work ('member those?) "

Sure do. I used to read Bill's "Eject! Eject! Eject!" blog.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025 06:39 AM (O7YUW)

124 It's been the year of Linux on the desktop for over 30 years.

It's never going to be a mass thing until there are killer apps and major vendors offer it pre-installed on shipping units at scale.

- Too many distros.
- Business uses MSoft.
- A significant portion of the Linux 'intelligentsia' are absolute assholes.

It's a toy OS and it'll always be a toy OS but it's enough of an OS to do what I want, it's free, and I don't have to put up with MSoft's bullshit anymore.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:40 AM (ExV1e)

125 "Former President George W. Bush and his family are reportedly planning to retake the Republican Party from President Donald Trump once he is out of office, according to a recent report."

What did I tell you? It's all over for MAGA. Get ready for MABA.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

126 Pope Leo meets with woman whose 14 year old son committed suicide after being influenced by a chatbot:

https://tinyurl.com/3adu86v6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 06:41 AM (Yl2Ob)

127 Why am I up at 3 am?
Posted by: The Daleks at November 20, 2025 06:36 AM (9ipOP)

Presumably there's a time lord nearby, or whatever it was that motivated your kind.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:41 AM (ExV1e)

128 "Why am I up at 3 am?
Posted by: The Daleks"

To exterminate, of course.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:42 AM (vFG9F)

129 What did I tell you? It's all over for MAGA. Get ready for MABA.
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

Mister we could use a woman like Liz Cheney again

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 06:43 AM (gbOdA)

130 For those of you who use Charity Navigator to evaluate charities:

https://tinyurl.com/4jje3sdh
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 20, 2025 06:37 AM (PiwSw)

This charity's score is 100%, earning it a Four-Star rating. If this organization aligns with your passions and values, you can give with confidence.

---

So, if you really, really, really want to give money to the Clintons and write it off your taxes...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:43 AM (ExV1e)

131 125 "Former President George W. Bush and his family are reportedly planning to retake the Republican Party from President Donald Trump once he is out of office, according to a recent report."

What did I tell you? It's all over for MAGA. Get ready for MABA.

Posted by: fd

'Recent report'

Who reported it?

Where is the 'Everything is fake and gay' poster?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 06:43 AM (sAmhv)

132 @119/The Daleks: "Why am I up at 3 am?"

Extra shaving time?

EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025 06:44 AM (O7YUW)

133 No real crosstab on the Trump Is Bad Fox survey but some of the MOE are 8 and 9%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 06:45 AM (gbOdA)

134 "Former President George W. Bush and his family are reportedly planning to retake the Republican Party from President Donald Trump once he is out of office, according to a recent report."
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

I'm planning on having a threesome with two supermodels... with the wife's blessing, of course.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:45 AM (ExV1e)

135 @125/fd: "Former President George W. Bush and his family...

Oh god. "JEB!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025 06:46 AM (O7YUW)

136 A significant portion of the Linux 'intelligentsia' are absolute assholes.

That's been my problem with it. You ask a question and get "Did you RTFM?"

"How about you neckbearded fucks just answer questions instead of acting like your the keeper of the secrets?"

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 06:46 AM (RjOoY)

137 I'm planning on having a threesome with two supermodels... with the wife's blessing, of course.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I was assuming she was one of the supermodels.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 06:47 AM (RjOoY)

138 "Iran Suffers Flash Flooding After Cloud-Seeding to Combat Drought"

Those people are never happy.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

139 That's been my problem with it. You ask a question and get "Did you RTFM?"

"How about you neckbearded fucks just answer questions instead of acting like your the keeper of the secrets?"
Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 06:46 AM (RjOoY)

That part is getting a bit better as there are now "Linux influencers" who don't do any coding and just want to be internet famous.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:48 AM (ExV1e)

140 I was assuming she was one of the supermodels.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 06:47 AM (RjOoY)

Smooth.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 06:49 AM (ExV1e)

141
A Jeb Bush / Liz Cheney ticket? Sign me up!

Posted by: Auspex at November 20, 2025 06:49 AM (Y8DZL)

142
Sure do. I used to read Bill's "Eject! Eject! Eject!" blog.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025 06:39 AM

uptwinkles

the glory days of the OG bloggers...every six seven months (SWIDT?) Whittle would drop a 30,000 word essay & it would light up the inter-web net-tubes for weeks

with actual debate & discussion; not the poopy-head nazi-calling ad hominem boo ship with the inevitable DDOS attacks

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 20, 2025 06:50 AM (tljrc)

143 "Who reported it?

Where is the 'Everything is fake and gay' poster?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come "

A very reputable source, Breitbart, reported that it was reported by the Daily Mail.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:50 AM (vFG9F)

144 That part is getting a bit better as there are now "Linux influencers" who don't do any coding and just want to be internet famous.

ugh. As if my annoyance with people wasn't bad enough.

I read a few years back about one man's experience with a User Group. Had some newbie come in and he was asking how to set things up to get internet access.

So the leader of the group had him use a terminal window and put in very complicated commands. The man who wrote the article stepped in and showed him where the program was and how to get to the menu.

The outrage was instant with "You're teaching him the wrong way!"

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 06:51 AM (RjOoY)

145 Georgian national Goderdzi Gujabidze, 56, was driving a truck towing a trailer carrying multiple cars when he swerved and caused a military Humvee to swerve off the road. Indiana National Guardsman Terry Frye died at the scene, and three other victims were hospitalized.

The illegal immigrant trucker received a non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s License in New York.

Doing the work Americans will not do.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 06:51 AM (gbOdA)

146 Very belated BOING from northern Israel. Drove up last night.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 20, 2025 06:51 AM (3447G)

147 In local news, I am going to see Weird Al next March!

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

148 @119/The Daleks: "Why am I up at 3 am?"
*
Extra shaving time?

EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025

***
I shave generally every other day. Today is a shave day. Doing it the old-fashioned way, i.e., cream or soap with a brush and a safety razor, is pretty enjoyable.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

149 "ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Fugitive Accused of Beating Texas Woman with Tire Iron Before Raping Her"

If the punishment fit the crime ...

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

150 All 5 of my kitties are in my office right now.

They are all watching me.

They've just been fed, so they must be up to something more sinister.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 20, 2025 06:56 AM (IBQGV)

151 Carmel City Council voted to permanently bounce the fast-growing sport from within city limits earlier this month — a first-of-its kind move in the Golden State.

Frustrated residents complained that the “popping” sound of the sport.

Cannot wait till they hang an illegal p-ballers.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 06:56 AM (gbOdA)

152 137 I'm planning on having a threesome with two supermodels... with the wife's blessing, of course.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I was assuming she was one of the supermodels.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 06:47 AM (RjOoY)

awwww
You smooth-talker, you.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 06:56 AM (RuTUS)

153 "Former President George W. Bush and his family are reportedly planning to retake the Republican Party from President Donald Trump once he is out of office, according to a recent report."

best laugh I've had today! ('course it's still early, but still ... )

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 20, 2025 06:56 AM (Cjt/F)

154 Oh, the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space have had their breakfast, and little Dagny has come over to sit and look up at me. Which means "Let's play!" So I dug out one of her fluffy little "mouse" toys and threw it for her. She races after it, scores a point (apparently) by touching it, then gallops back to me, so I have to walk over and throw it again.

Big Stirling is dozing on the floor in his usual space, halfway between the end of the couch and the door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

155 "Frustrated residents complained that the “popping” sound of the sport."

Maybe they can do something about the cars with 5000 watt stereos blasting at 3AM too.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

156 "How about you neckbearded fucks just answer questions instead of acting like your the keeper of the secrets?"

keeping those secrets is how they maintain a tenuous grip on paid employment?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 20, 2025 06:59 AM (Cjt/F)

157 147 In local news, I am going to see Weird Al next March!
Posted by: fd

Sounds like a good investment of my time and money. I'll have to see what's in my area.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 06:59 AM (RjOoY)

158 150 All 5 of my kitties are in my office right now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 20, 2025 06:56 AM (IBQGV)

5 kitties!

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 07:00 AM (RuTUS)

159 Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:54 AM

What fun!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 07:00 AM (guLpK)

160 But neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President JD Vance were invited to Cheney’s funeral, according to a source familiar with the matter.

I would ask to get that in writing and then Frame It.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 07:01 AM (gbOdA)

161 All 5 of my kitties are in my office right now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 20, 2025
*
5 kitties!
Posted by: m at November 20, 2025

***
Twenty-five times the trouble of one.

Of course, I have two, so it's only four times in my case.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 07:02 AM (wzUl9)

162 "Maybe they can do something about the cars with 5000 watt stereos blasting at 3AM too.
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 06:57 AM"

With the coffee can mufflers.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 20, 2025 07:02 AM (XQo4F)

163 But neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President JD Vance were invited to Cheney’s funeral, according to a source familiar with the matter.

So the old guard is being petty towards the new guard. What a shock.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 20, 2025 07:02 AM (RjOoY)

164 The funeral’s guest list itself is a nod to a time when Washington was not so polarized and politicians from both sides of the aisle paid their respects when a dignitary passed away.

Bush and Cheney were listed a War Criminals for almost 20 years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 07:03 AM (gbOdA)

165 @144/NR Pax: { The outrage was instant with "You're teaching him the wrong way!" }

That attitude annoys me to no end. Step into the user's shoes (and mindset/experience.) They are looking for an easy to use GUI to change the behaviour they want changed, or fix the problem that's happening.

If it exists, give it to them. Help them to become more familiar with the GUI aspects of their OS and desktop and then they'll get the confidence to go exploring and learning.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025 07:03 AM (O7YUW)

166 160, no kidding! big ornate gold-leaf frame with a spotlight! LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 20, 2025 07:03 AM (Cjt/F)

167 Oops, look at the time, I gotta go whoosh.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025 07:05 AM (O7YUW)

168 Here's a talking point for your Thanksgiving dinner:

Myth
Strong gun laws don’t work. Look at Chicago.

Fact
Chicago proves why we must push for strong federal gun laws. Many of the crime guns recovered in Chicago and in other cities in states with strong gun violence prevention laws are trafficked from states with weaker gun laws.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

169 168 Here's a talking point for your Thanksgiving dinner:

Myth
Strong gun laws don’t work. Look at Chicago.

Fact
Chicago proves why we must push for strong federal gun laws. Many of the crime guns recovered in Chicago and in other cities in states with strong gun violence prevention laws are trafficked from states with weaker gun laws.
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

... only criminals will have guns.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 07:08 AM (RuTUS)

170 Here's another:

"Myth
Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

Fact
People with guns kill people, and more efficiently than people without guns. "

This sounds like a good lead in to a discussion about Kulaks.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

171 Help them to become more familiar with the GUI aspects of their OS and desktop and then they'll get the confidence to go exploring and learning.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 20, 2025

***
My early computer days were in the era of MS-DOS and programs like Lotus 1-2-3, Word and WordPerfect for DOS, etc. I did a lot of exploring and experimenting. Still have no trouble with typing in commands in a terminal window.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 07:08 AM (wzUl9)

172 Cheney memorial (NYT)

Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are not planning to attend, although both released respectful statements after Mr. Cheney’s death praising his service and patriotism.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2025 07:08 AM (RuTUS)

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