Daily Tech News 21 November 2025

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High King Mustafa, Lord of Microsoft's AI division, is angered by your insufficient displays of appreciation for his bountiful distribution of AI slop. (PC Magazine)

"Remember the days," he asked, "when all you had to eat was bread and cheese, and meat, and vegetables, and fruit in season, and pasta, and rice, and beans, and fish, and eggs, and chocolate cake? Why aren't you properly grateful for the disgusting slop we are forcing down your miserable gullets? Don't you know how lucky you are to live in an age where slop like this is available?"

He then reportedly threw a chair at an intern.

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Nvidia posted record revenues of $57 billion for the quarter, up 62% from the same period last year. (Tom's Hardware)

Nvidia predicts an even better result next quarter. Since the company already charges $100 per GB for memory on its high-end graphics cards, it is not going to feel the same pinch as regular users as memory prices soar across the board. It might cut margins from 90% to 85%.
Intel has reduced the price of its flagship Ultra 9 285K CPU to $429. (Tom's Hardware)

Not only is this a dead-end platform set to be replaced next year, but the upcoming - though still dead-end - Ultra 7 270K will provide the same performance for less money. The 270K is a refresh of the current 265K, which is selling for $300.
What happens when even college students can't do math anymore? (The Atlantic) (archive site)

This has been the case for a very long time, but it suddenly got a lot worse.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: I KNOW!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 04:00 AM (+qU29)

2 Good morning. You can't make nuggets without breaking some chickens.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 21, 2025 04:02 AM (yzGjr)

3 BOING!

Sashimi prepped and chicken for 2 in the broiler.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 21, 2025 04:03 AM (mvZ2E)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 21, 2025 04:06 AM (gLYp7)

5 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 21, 2025 04:10 AM (BLOW1)

6 TGIF

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 04:11 AM (+qU29)

7 Oh hay!

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 21, 2025 04:34 AM (CF1xw)

8 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 21, 2025 04:38 AM (XQo4F)

9 I am tired, hope coffee helps.

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 04:40 AM (+qU29)

10 Data validation and verification are going to become more important quickly. When OS systems induce instability and results migration it will be very easy to alter the past. Including accounting and banking transactions.

Maybe blockchain will provide more security. Or just contribute to the implosion.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 21, 2025 04:40 AM (CF1xw)

11 I was reading the Microsoft execs comments. Didn’t expect a petulant brat to reach that level and so brazenly saying “you should be thanking us” as they destroy their own company.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 21, 2025 04:43 AM (CF1xw)

12 w00t

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 04:52 AM (RuTUS)

13 273 from the ONT:

omg, Boy Scouts. Swalwell is running for California governor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 03:26 AM (szVG/)

aagghh

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 04:53 AM (RuTUS)

14 I see at Amgreatness Mamdani is going to the White House today.
Maybe giving his Sucession of the Union document for NY

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 04:55 AM (+qU29)

15 { Days earlier, he also dismissed the idea that the AI industry is facing a bubble, adding: "AI is the smartest, most capable technology ever invented. And it keeps improving even faster than we thought possible." }

Said the guy who sounds like he's snorting the soap mixture the bubble's made of.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 04:58 AM (O7YUW)

16 "He then reportedly threw a chair at an intern."

Yanno, Pixy, you're gettin' good at this blogging thing.

'Mornin', Hordelings.

Posted by: creeper at November 21, 2025 05:01 AM (80oeU)

17 Swallowswell should have been drummed out of office long ago, but the Marxists love a criminal so keep moving them up.

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 05:02 AM (+qU29)

18 Disclaimer: I KNOW!
That's at the very end of the series.

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 05:02 AM (RuTUS)

19 17 Swallowswell should have been drummed out of office long ago, but the Marxists love a criminal so keep moving them up.
Posted by: Skip

'Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 21, 2025 05:08 AM (gLYp7)

20

Good morning from the Adirondacks, where the temps have more bounce than a trampoline. This bounce is upward, into the 50s for the week.

I think it was a touch prescient when I compared Windows 11 to fellating rotten maggot penis earlier. That may have been mild. Between AI and Microsoft the 'net may be inhabitable for a time.

Thus may all effort from you result in maximal benefit to you and egregious heartburn for the leftwit fungi.

Some semblance of normality should prevail.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 21, 2025 05:08 AM (vFbHf)

21 What happens when even college students can't do math anymore?

This happens:
https://youtu.be/hmUVo0xVAqE

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 05:09 AM (O7YUW)

22 I hope Trump can invoke some of his magic on this guy but I am worried that he seems to be slipping a bit and letting his ego get in the way much more lately.

This clown is more dangerous to the US that any of those foreign assholes.

Posted by: pawn at November 21, 2025 05:10 AM (sPsWv)

23 Being Chinatown is the problem

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 05:10 AM (+qU29)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 21, 2025 05:11 AM (tljrc)

25 Linda Sun article at Legalinsurrection.com shows they pay very well

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 05:11 AM (+qU29)

26 14 I see at Amgreatness Mamdani is going to the White House today.
Maybe giving his Sucession of the Union document for NY
Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 04:55 AM (+qU29)

huh

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 05:16 AM (RuTUS)

27 For reference, Skip :-)

youtu.be/7uSz0mEtEsQ

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 21, 2025 05:16 AM (gLYp7)

28 Not too bad outside,
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 05:17 AM (+qU29)

29 G'morning, all!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 21, 2025 05:21 AM (a1415)

30 Maryland tells California...

'Hold my beer'

https://tinyurl.com/5n77xkvt

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 21, 2025 05:24 AM (a1415)

31 Evening and morning on this Consummation-Devoutly-to-be-Wished day, Friday! Whassup, folken?

I am up and awake (for certain values of "awake") because a certain black cat once known as The Evil Black Kitten of War and Pestilence wants to reclaim his title. He keeps leaping across the bed at ungodly hours, sometimes hitting me with his back legs as he goes. I suppose he's hungry -- which in cats often manifests in manic behavior.

Little Dagny was curled quietly near my feet during all this. Probably she is wondering: "Wha the F**K??"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 05:24 AM (wzUl9)

32 Good morning! Well the kids from Austin are staying with us over the weekend so we'll be taking the grandson (5) and the youngest granddaughter (9) to play golf on Saturday afternoon. Both of them can play from the family tees about 100 yards out.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 21, 2025 05:26 AM (3Ope8)

33 Not too bad outside,
Have a great day horde
Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025

***
Revoltingly warm here, 72 F. Maybe I'll ditch my workout until Sunday. I've done three solid sessions this week already. Right? Right????

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 05:26 AM (wzUl9)

34 Microsoft has been promoting new conversational AI chatbot experiences in Windows 11 that can be quite helpful.

My retard in Christ, we hated Clippy. What makes you think we wanted Clippy 2.0?

Posted by: NR Pax at November 21, 2025 05:28 AM (99eI0)

35 Maryland tells California...

'Hold my beer'

OK, since I can't follow the link ,what have we done this time?

Posted by: NR Pax at November 21, 2025 05:29 AM (99eI0)

36 I am up and awake (for certain values of "awake") because a certain black cat once known as The Evil Black Kitten of War and Pestilence wants to reclaim his title. He keeps leaping across the bed at ungodly hours, sometimes hitting me with his back legs as he goes. I suppose he's hungry -- which in cats often manifests in manic behavior.

Kittuh is saving you from monsters only he can see!! You should be thanking him!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 21, 2025 05:29 AM (gLYp7)

37 @31/Wolfus: Try scruffing Stirling IF you can catch him. It might get the "bad kitten, stop that" message through to him.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 05:29 AM (O7YUW)

38 Listening to David Suchet reading chapter 9 of The Gospel of Matthew .It does make a difference hearing a talented actor - who is also a person of faith read the scripture.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 05:32 AM (Yl2Ob)

39 A lot of people don't realize you can just drive the route of a marathon the day after the event. A very similar experience and MUCH easier.

The more you know...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 21, 2025 05:32 AM (XQo4F)

40
Remember, Uranus is at opposition today. The exact moment of opposition, when Uranus is directly opposite the Sun will be 7:25 AM EST (12:25Z), a little under 2 hours from now.

When the Sun rises just about then here, Uranus will be other side, just setting.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 21, 2025 05:32 AM (w6EFb)

41 Wolfus: Try scruffing Stirling IF you can catch him. It might get the "bad kitten, stop that" message through to him.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025

***
Good idea. The hitch to that: I can't catch him in the dark without waking up completely -- which is what I want to avoid. And scruffing a fourteen-pound cat takes some effort!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 05:33 AM (wzUl9)

42 38: And it looks like his conversion was later in life.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 21, 2025 05:34 AM (99eI0)

43 Remember, Uranus is at opposition today. The exact moment of opposition, when Uranus is directly opposite the Sun will be 7:25 AM EST (12:25Z), a little under 2 hours from now.

When the Sun rises just about then here, Uranus will be other side, just setting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 21, 2025

***
Uranus is the planet that essentially rolls around the Sun on its side, right? It has an inclination of close to 90 degrees?

A Poul Anderson novel, War of the Wing-Men, features an Earthlike planet that has such an axial tilt. It's shaped the life cycle and thus the culture of the winged, intelligent natives in very different ways from that of Earthmen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

44 "OK, since I can't follow the link ,what have we done this time?"

The push for a $25.00 minimum wage is on.

So with a $15.00 minimum wage, young folks couldn't afford a house.

With this, they won't be able to afford a car, either.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 21, 2025 05:38 AM (a1415)

45 @41/Wolfus: I know, mine got to 15 1/2 lbs in her life. Talk about a moose of a torty (Long Cat was LONG.) Still worth it being able to scruff her at a moment's notice.

This was also the cat that had a place reserved for her on my left desk leaf so she could jump up there and head-butt me whenever she wanted, as well as lick coffee or Guiness off my moustache. Tortoise shell cats are lovable, but WEIRD.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 05:38 AM (O7YUW)

46 14 I see at Amgreatness Mamdani is going to the White House today.
Maybe giving his Sucession of the Union document for NY
Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 04:55 AM (+qU29)

AmGreatness links to this Axios articlette:

https://archive.is/Wv9yl

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 05:39 AM (RuTUS)

47
It's not only that college students can't do math; the college happens to be UCSD, which is a rigorous STEM university.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 05:40 AM (szVG/)

48 I know, mine got to 15 1/2 lbs in her life. Talk about a moose of a torty (Long Cat was LONG.) Still worth it being able to scruff her at a moment's notice.

This was also the cat that had a place reserved for her on my left desk leaf so she could jump up there and head-butt me whenever she wanted, as well as lick coffee or Guiness off my moustache. Tortoise shell cats are lovable, but WEIRD.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 202

***
I've never had a tortoiseshell cat, or a calico, or a silver tabby, or a pure gray ("blue," as the cat fanciers call it).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

49 "OK, since I can't follow the link ,what have we done this time?"

The push for a $25.00 minimum wage is on.

So with a $15.00 minimum wage, young folks couldn't afford a house.

With this, they won't be able to afford a car, either.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 21, 2025 05:38 AM (a1415)

One side keeps saying, "This will cause prices to rise." One side keeps saying, "No it won't." One side keeps being right. Idiots keep voting for the others.

Raising the minimum wage is a contributing factor in restaurants dying, and local shops dying, and workers being replaced by folks who don't have to be paid the minimum but, sure, let's be fucking stupid yet again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 21, 2025 05:42 AM (ExV1e)

50 It's not only that college students can't do math; the college happens to be UCSD, which is a rigorous STEM university.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 05:40 AM (szVG/)

Maybe they should focus on bringing in more students who're qualified and fewer who're "the correct ethnicity".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 21, 2025 05:44 AM (ExV1e)

51
OK, since I can't follow the link ,what have we done this time?
Posted by: NR Pax

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$25/hr minimum wage. Nice going, now we're going to have to set ours at $26

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 05:45 AM (szVG/)

52
I see at Amgreatness Mamdani is going to the White House today.
Maybe giving his Sucession of the Union document for NY
Posted by: Skip

==============

I hope an intern throws a chair at him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 05:46 AM (szVG/)

53 The push for a $25.00 minimum wage is on.

So with a $15.00 minimum wage, young folks couldn't afford a house.

With this, they won't be able to afford a car, either.

But things will be "fair" and people will have more money to spend which helps the economy. IT'S SCIENCE!!

Posted by: NR Pax at November 21, 2025 05:46 AM (99eI0)

54 36 a certain black cat ... keeps leaping across the bed at ungodly hours, sometimes hitting me with his back legs as he goes

Kittuh is saving you from monsters only he can see!! You should be thanking him!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 21, 2025 05:29 AM (gLYp7)

Agreed!
Maybe keep a bowl of treats nearby to reward him.

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 05:46 AM (RuTUS)

55 So Mamdani was born in Uganda; got citizenship in the USA in 2018.

So let's look at a page at the USCIS (formerly the INS):

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/
volume-12-part-l-chapter-2

Chapter 2 - Grounds for Revocation of Naturalization
- Person Procures Naturalization Illegally
- Concealment of Material Fact or Willful Misrepresentation (includes "Membership or Affiliation with Certain Organizations")
- Other than Honorable Discharge before Five Years of Honorable Service after Naturalization

That bolded line item is of interest. Dig into his past.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 05:47 AM (O7YUW)

56 "Raising the minimum wage is a contributing factor in restaurants dying, and local shops dying, and workers being replaced by folks who don't have to be paid the minimum..."

And I would bet large sums of money that these movements are supported by folks with government union jobs, where the wage structure is based off of minimum wage.

Raise the minimum wage, raise their hourly wage as well.

All without ever having to go n strike, or have your union associated with the movement.

Pretty neat...eh?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 21, 2025 05:47 AM (a1415)

57 Minimum wage arms race has begun, it has.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 21, 2025 05:47 AM (XQo4F)

58 >> Uranus is the planet that essentially rolls around the Sun on its side, right? It has an inclination of close to 90 degrees?

Yes, indeed. Axial tilt (obliquity) is about 98 degrees. Meaning it's a slightly upside down, north pole point below the orbital plane.

Even stranger, there is big difference between the magnetic axis and the axis of rotation. The dipole axis is tilted 59 degrees relative to the rotational axis. As Uranus rotates, the dipole whips around with each revolution.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 21, 2025 05:48 AM (w6EFb)

59 Baltimore looks like a pit.

https://foxbaltimore.com

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 05:50 AM (RuTUS)

60 I saw Dipole Ubiquity open for...

Posted by: Oh, never mind... at November 21, 2025 05:53 AM (XQo4F)

61 God watches over us. Psalm 121 . The devotional is followed by some reflection and questions .

https://tinyurl.com/yc5ys6jv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 05:53 AM (Yl2Ob)

62 "Baltimore looks like a pit."

Raise your hand if you know the relationship between Nancy Pelosi and Baltimore.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 21, 2025 05:56 AM (a1415)

63 And I would bet large sums of money that these movements are supported by folks with government union jobs, where the wage structure is based off of minimum wage.

Not just government unions. When I got out of the Navy I briefly worked with the electrician's union and their pay was a multiple of the minimum wage.

I found that out when one guy said that they hated Reagan cuz they didn't get a raise while he was in office. I asked what the President had to do with civilian electricians.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 21, 2025 05:57 AM (ExV1e)

64 And with that, time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 21, 2025 05:57 AM (a1415)

65 A Freida Kahlo painting just sold for 55 million. . It is called " A Dream" . I like her paintings but were I tremendously wealthy, I'd prefer to by a painting of Artemisia Gentileschi who lived from 1593-1654.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 05:58 AM (Yl2Ob)

66
I visited that campus recently and it was a rather bizarre experience. Very few students around, and the buildings are almost sealed shut, can't get into department offices without punching a code into a metal door that leads into a windowless warren of professor's offices.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 06:00 AM (szVG/)

67 My computer seems to be on the fritz. It's decided it doesn't like punctuation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 06:00 AM (Yl2Ob)

68 $25/hr minimum wage. Nice going, now we're going to have to set ours at $26
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 05:45 AM (szVG/)

Republicans in Maryland should propose a $100/hr minimum wage.

Just to watch the Dems go all Norman.

Posted by: blaster at November 21, 2025 06:03 AM (RoO7G)

69
Oh, "obliquity" is the term for the axial tilt, relative to the planet's orbital plane. "Inclination" refers to the tilt of the orbital plane itself relative to some reference plane.

For observational convenience that reference plane is usually the ecliptic. Uranus' inclination is small, about 0.8 degrees to the ecliptic. So Uranus stays very close to the ecliptic over its entire orbit.

For other purposes, like moons of planet or satellites, the reference plane will be the equatorial plane of the planet, although the tilt of the plane relative to the ecliptic can be useful as well. For example, the ISS has an inclination of about 52 degrees.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 21, 2025 06:03 AM (w6EFb)

70 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at November 21, 2025 06:04 AM (AN2gy)

71 "Moses supposes his toeses are roses" is currently resurfacing in my brain.

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:07 AM (RuTUS)

72 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Do you?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:08 AM (1c89N)

73 I used to be neutral about the whole LLM thing. I figured it would be annoyingly over-hyped for a bit and then go away, and at least it would spur on nuclear power development.

Now I see that it's destroying any remaining basis for consistent common knowledge, and doing so faster than I would've believed. And the nuclear power is in small units, for the oligarchs and the privileged corporations, not for people like us. At this point I'd be shocked if we see any of those benefits flow down. More likely we'll just wind up paying for them via tax subsidies and forced industry costs of "AI".

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at November 21, 2025 06:08 AM (Xz6B4)

74 "Moses supposes his toeses are roses" is currently resurfacing in my brain.
Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:07 AM (RuTUS)
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Erroneously.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:09 AM (1c89N)

75 66
I visited that campus recently and it was a rather bizarre experience. Very few students around, and the buildings are almost sealed shut, can't get into department offices without punching a code into a metal door that leads into a windowless warren of professor's offices.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 06:00 AM (szVG/)

UCSD? Which is a public university, which would make that lockdownishness odd, I think.

The University California San Diego is one of the world's leading public research universities, located in beautiful La Jolla, California.

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:09 AM (RuTUS)

76
- Concealment of Material Fact or Willful Misrepresentation (includes "Membership or Affiliation with Certain Organizations")
- Other than Honorable Discharge before Five Years of Honorable Service after Naturalization

That bolded line item is of interest. Dig into his past.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

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I assumed he never concealed anything, probably wiped his butt with his certificate of naturalization, strolled across a flag, and went to a CAIR meeting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 06:09 AM (szVG/)

77 >>> Maybe I'll ditch my workout until Sunday. I've done three solid sessions this week already. Right? Right????

As someone with only slightly less experience at being 29, I advise otherwise. Do /something/

Maybe just do your pre-walk warm up and skip the walk, maybe some calisthenics that won't jar the floor.

Posted by: fluffy at November 21, 2025 06:10 AM (AN2gy)

78 Have I mentioned I H8 my coworkers lately?

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 06:10 AM (R2A/0)

79 76 I assumed he never concealed anything, probably wiped his butt with his certificate of naturalization, strolled across a flag, and went to a CAIR meeting.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 06:09 AM (szVG/)

hahahaha
I mean, not.
But colorful.

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:11 AM (RuTUS)

80 From the Maths Article:

During the George W. Bush administration, federal policy emphasized accountability for public schools. Schools that saw poor performance on standardized tests received increased funding at first, but if scores still didn’t improve, they had their funding pulled. Research suggests that this helped improve math outcomes, particularly for poor Black students.
After 2015, however, the federal government backed off from its accountability measures, which had faced bipartisan criticism.

Obamas 7th full year when the Bush reforms were finally eliminate.

A recent report from UC San Diego faculty and administrators, that number is more than 900—and most of those students don’t fully meet middle-school math standards. Many students struggle with fractions and simple algebra problems. Last year, the university, which admits fewer than 30 percent of undergraduate applicants.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:11 AM (gbOdA)

81 I don't know if Grumpy and Recalcitrant is around , but here is spouse's school bus experience from
yesterday. One of the kids who is usually sort of
difficult. ( He stands up on the bus and argues loudly with people ) had a whistle. He was blowing it so much that spouse had to stop the bus. He came home and said " That was just what I needed today. S blowing a whistle!" He was not serious. I am glad he has two days off next week.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 06:12 AM (Yl2Ob)

82 21 What happens when even college students can't do math anymore?

This happens:
https://youtu.be/hmUVo0xVAqE
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 05:09 AM (O7YUW)

I expected 6, 7.

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:13 AM (RuTUS)

83 I visited that campus recently and it was a rather bizarre experience. Very few students around, and the buildings are almost sealed shut, can't get into department offices without punching a code into a metal door that leads into a windowless warren of professor's offices.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025

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They were starting to put that in all over my former employer's campus. My boss was all for it. Not surprising, since he was all in on the face diaper nonsense.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 06:14 AM (wzUl9)

84 UCSD acceptance rate (Wikipedia)

24.5% (2023)

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:15 AM (RuTUS)

85 Little girl has adorable reaction to seeing her parents for the first time:

https://tinyurl.com/3zw39s4w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 06:15 AM (Yl2Ob)

86 Maybe I'll ditch my workout until Sunday. I've done three solid sessions this week already. Right? Right????

As someone with only slightly less experience at being 29, I advise otherwise. Do /something/

Maybe just do your pre-walk warm up and skip the walk, maybe some calisthenics that won't jar the floor.
Posted by: fluffy at November 21, 2025

***
Right, I'll stretch at the least, maybe some pushups too.

Now that I'm more awake, I'm more inclined to go -- just make it a shorter session, 24 minutes instead of 30, something like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 06:16 AM (wzUl9)

87 What is this 6-7 business? Numbers for all the cool kids?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:16 AM (1c89N)

88
UCSD? Which is a public university, which would make that lockdownishness odd, I think.

The University California San Diego is one of the world's leading public research universities, located in beautiful La Jolla, California.
Posted by: m

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Very beautiful but oddly cold and empty now. I don't know why the lockdowns; maybe someone was threatened, or someone actually raided some offices and stole equipment, dunno.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 21, 2025 06:16 AM (szVG/)

89 Corny tech joke:

Autocorrect can go straight to he’ll.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 06:17 AM (Yl2Ob)

90 87 What is this 6-7 business? Numbers for all the cool kids?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:16 AM (1c89N)

23 Skidoo!

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:19 AM (RuTUS)

91 My brother is a flight nurse on a plane crew. He works every other week and enjoys the work. Yesterday, he landed in San Diego and got a shot of MCRD out the window with the caption "Welcome to San Diego. Oh wait. You’ve been here."

My reply: "Just so you know, I can hear and smell that picture."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 21, 2025 06:20 AM (99eI0)

92
What is this 6-7 business? Numbers for all the cool kids?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:16 AM

it's a mystery

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 21, 2025 06:20 AM (tljrc)

93 My computer seems to be on the fritz. It's decided it doesn't like punctuation.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 06:00 AM (Yl2Ob)

Check to see if it's in E. E. Cummings mode.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 21, 2025 06:21 AM (ExV1e)

94 24.5% (2023)
Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:15 AM (RuTUS)

That means there are some seriously stupid math people out there.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:23 AM (gbOdA)

95 91 My brother is a flight nurse on a plane crew. He works every other week and enjoys the work. Yesterday, he landed in San Diego and got a shot of MCRD out the window with the caption "Welcome to San Diego. Oh wait. You’ve been here."

My reply: "Just so you know, I can hear and smell that picture."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 21, 2025 06:20 AM (99eI0)

MCRD = Marine Corps Recruit Depot (San Diego)

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:23 AM (RuTUS)

96 At this point I'd be shocked if we see any of those benefits flow down. More likely we'll just wind up paying for them via tax subsidies and forced industry costs of "AI".
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at November 21, 2025 06:08 AM (Xz6B4)

Benefits, if any, will always flow down. They will just be delayed and diluted. Costs, OTOH, will be immediate and full-force.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 21, 2025 06:24 AM (ExV1e)

97
He then reportedly threw a chair at an intern.

__________

That's what interns are for. Now go get me some coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 21, 2025 06:24 AM (L+01d)

98 What is this 6-7 business? Numbers for all the cool kids?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:16 AM

it's a mystery
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 21, 2025 06:20 AM (tljrc)
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Makes me think of the number-names in Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind stories, though it was "5-6" that was trendy:

The Lord Femtiosex

The Lady Goroke

Veesey-Koosey

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:25 AM (1c89N)

99 Prayer of Brother Lawrence- French monk (( 1611-1691)

Prayer before work

My God, you are always close to me, In obedience to you, I now apply myself to outward things. Yet , as I do so, I pray that you will give me the grace of your presence . And so to this end I ask that you will assist my work , receive its fruit as an offering to you , and all the while direct my affections to you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 06:25 AM (2sfNr)

100 Have I mentioned I H8 my coworkers lately?
Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 06:10 AM (R2A/0)

Seems like you may have made mention of that week or so back.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 21, 2025 06:25 AM (ExV1e)

101 100

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:25 AM (RuTUS)

102 @81/FenelonSpoke: Yeah, I'm around. I've been having challenging days with the kids too. A few days are okay, but some of them are definitely "going rodeo". It's worse towards the end of the week. I just try to take it one day at a time and write up the students who need to be written up (often a verbal warning is enough.)

They finally removed one of the problem children from my bus for a few days. Not sure how long that will be, but knowing this kid, it may be a while. He refuses to obey ANY authority figure. I'm sure the princpal was real impressed when he pulled the kid into his office.

All I can say is all the years of being a stern father (with a big scary presence) are now paying off.

Tell your husband to enjoy the couple of days off, I'm sure he's more than earned them.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 06:25 AM (O7YUW)

103 97
He then reportedly threw a chair at an intern.

__________

That's what interns are for. Now go get me some coffee.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 21, 2025 06:24 AM (L+01d)

And FIX that chair you broke.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:26 AM (gbOdA)

104 @101/m: Don't worry, you'll catch it next time the centennial comes around.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 06:27 AM (O7YUW)

105 MCRD = Marine Corps Recruit Depot (San Diego)
Posted by: m

You're right. I should have provided the translation. And the Depot being next to the airport was a special piece of hell for us.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 21, 2025 06:28 AM (99eI0)

106 He then reportedly threw a chair at an intern.

https://youtu.be/rdw1ZK585RU?t=34

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 06:30 AM (O7YUW)

107 >>> Right, I'll stretch at the least, maybe some pushups too.

As we say here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts: Soopah doopah!

Posted by: fluffy at November 21, 2025 06:30 AM (AN2gy)

108 Skip,

Are you some kind of union jobshopper?

Posted by: pawn at November 21, 2025 06:31 AM (sPsWv)

109 What is this 6-7 business? Numbers for all the cool kids?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:16 AM

It's a dumb social contagion, mostly harmless, although some try to make it into a current gen moral panic about the devil's work (not joking). This does an excellent job explaining the origination and use.

https://knowyourmeme.com/

memes/67-meme

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 06:32 AM (dK+Kv)

110 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 06:25 AM (O7YUW

I am sorry about the problem kids, G&C and I will tell him what you said. 🙂

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 06:33 AM (Yl2Ob)

111 It's a dumb social contagion, mostly harmless, although some try to make it into a current gen moral panic about the devil's work (not joking).

Way better than the kids all deciding that they're trans.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 21, 2025 06:34 AM (ExV1e)

112 They were starting to put that in all over my former employer's campus. My boss was all for it. Not surprising, since he was all in on the face diaper nonsense.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 21, 2025 06:14 AM (wzUl9)
----
yeah, my campus has moved to card swipe access to buildings and offices. Interior offices might still have key access, but the exterior doors to the office suite are all card swipe.

Makes it easy to gain/remove access as needed. We just need to send an email to someone to put us on "the list."

Of course, it also means we're being tracked. Or at least our ID card is being tracked.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 21, 2025 06:34 AM (IBQGV)

113 Spending a few hours to tweak my new Win 11 Thinkpad to remove bloat and privacy leaks. Curse MS!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 21, 2025 06:34 AM (mvZ2E)

114 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 06:32 AM (dK+Kv)
------------
Wow. More information than I'll ever want to know. Thanks.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:36 AM (1c89N)

115 That was not a sarcastic "thanks."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:38 AM (1c89N)

116 Wait- who threw a chair at an intern?

I hope you all have no chairs thrown at you. You are a blessings to others. Consider blessing someone in your family, a friend or co- workers today by giving them a genuine compliment . It will help their day and make you feel better as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 06:39 AM (Yl2Ob)

117 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:40 AM (1c89N)

118 114 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 06:32 AM (dK+Kv)
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Wow. More information than I'll ever want to know. Thanks.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:36 AM (1c89N)

115 That was not a sarcastic "thanks."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:38 AM (1c89N)

#metoo

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:40 AM (RuTUS)

119 16 "He then reportedly threw a chair at an intern."

Yanno, Pixy, you're gettin' good at this blogging thing.
Posted by: creeper at November 21, 2025 05:01 AM (80oeU)

heh

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:42 AM (RuTUS)

120 Strongly considering countering the little poozers doing the 6-7 thing with some "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" tracks.

Example:
https://soundcloud.com/chicagodom/
all-your-base-peripheral-mix

They want to continue a meme for a year? I'll show them the meme that will NEVER die.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 06:43 AM (O7YUW)

121 “ Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”

Roman’s 12:12

Posted by: Marcus T at November 21, 2025 06:43 AM (6pwsf)

122 Elon Musk promises cat-girls.

What does Microsoft promise?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 21, 2025 06:44 AM (wnD9v)

123 The Crowning of the new Majesty of Californication will be quite the shit show.

Katie Mashed Taters PorterHouse
vs.
Eric Bang Bang Swollowswell
vs.
Xavier XggsMan Becerra

A nice mixed of unstable, unreliable, liars and con artists that will spend the next 347 telling California impossible, implausible, and unaffordable ideas to finally make California a Modern Socialistic Republic.
The winner will be the best cheater as LA County alone has 20% of the voter rolls (6 M) filled with a combination of illegals, dead people, and people that escaped the Republic in CV19 years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:45 AM (gbOdA)

124 @122/Anna Puma: "What does Microsoft promise?"

Whatever it is, whatever they deliver will be a bug-ridden steaming pile of crap.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 06:46 AM (O7YUW)

125 Posted by: Marcus T at November 21, 2025 06:43 AM (6pwsf)

Very nice passage. Thx, Marcus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2025 06:46 AM (Yl2Ob)

126 113 Spending a few hours to tweak my new Win 11 Thinkpad to remove bloat and privacy leaks. Curse MS!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 21, 2025 06:34 AM (mvZ2E)

I watched a youtube on this. Big offender is Xbox.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:46 AM (gbOdA)

127 What does Microsoft promise?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Job security for Indians.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 21, 2025 06:46 AM (99eI0)

128 121 “ Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”

Roman’s 12:12
Posted by: Marcus T at November 21, 2025 06:43 AM (6pwsf)

Thank you, Marcus T.

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:47 AM (RuTUS)

129 That was not a sarcastic "thanks."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 21, 2025 06:38 AM (1c89N)

I didn't take it that way. I was forced by circumstance of moral panic to waste my time on it. I am just happy to be able to return the favor.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 06:47 AM (dK+Kv)

130 They want to continue a meme for a year? I'll show them the meme that will NEVER die.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 06:43 AM (O7YUW)

"We invented memes, kids."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 06:50 AM (dK+Kv)

131 123
Katie Mashed Taters PorterHouse
vs.
Eric Bang Bang Swollowswell
vs.
Xavier XggsMan Becerra

Still time for more to enter the race?
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:45 AM (gbOdA)

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:51 AM (RuTUS)

132 131 (redoing this)
Katie Mashed Taters PorterHouse
vs.
Eric Bang Bang Swollowswell
vs.
Xavier XggsMan Becerra
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:45 AM (gbOdA)

Still time for more to enter the race?

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:52 AM (RuTUS)

133 "We invented memes, kids."
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

"Do not cite the old memes to me, child. I was there when they were born."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 21, 2025 06:53 AM (99eI0)

134
Mass washing of kennel dogs looms over me today. Might have made a start on it yesterday, but I made the mistake of telling Her Majesty that I needed to run out to get dog food at TSC and some salt for the water softener. She said she wanted to come along with me. That meant a 45 minute trip stretched to four hours.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 21, 2025 06:53 AM (tgvbd)

135 Late on this but here's the Thursday memes from Midwest Chick's Place - https://tinyurl.com/spa2vh3k+

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 21, 2025 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

136 mornin yall. The No Kings group wants people to boycott Target, Home Depot, and Amazon on Black Friday because they are "enabling the Trump administration's abuses of power."

Posted by: fd at November 21, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

137 >>>Still, Suleyman’s tweet seems to signal frustration from Microsoft when the company has made AI a centerpiece to its software strategy. Days earlier, he also dismissed the idea that the AI industry is facing a bubble, adding: “AI is the smartest, most capable technology ever invented. And it keeps improving even faster than we thought possible.”

If AI is able to kill Microsoft once and for all, I will finally sing its praises.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 06:54 AM (dK+Kv)

138
The No Kings group wants people to boycott Target, Home Depot, and Amazon on Black Friday because they are "enabling the Trump administration's abuses of power."
Posted by: fd at November 21, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

This is the No Kings group that changes their name in countries that actually have royalty, right?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 21, 2025 06:55 AM (tgvbd)

139 Still time for more to enter the race?
Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:52 AM (RuTUS)

I believe over 20 people have said they were exploring running.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:55 AM (gbOdA)

140 Union? Socialism isn't in me
First thing Lenin did was give his Union backers what they wished for.
No Union in the People's Republic

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2025 06:56 AM (R2A/0)

141 Good morning.

Be sure to invite the Lord to be with you and walk with you today.

Posted by: no one at November 21, 2025 06:57 AM (W7XSX)

142 This is the No Kings group that changes their name in countries that actually have royalty, right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 21, 2025 06:55 AM (tgvbd)

Interesting take is that the No Kings group is probably the largest assembly of assholes, kooks, and Karens ever recorded.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:57 AM (gbOdA)

143 139 Still time for more to enter the race?
Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:52 AM (RuTUS)

I believe over 20 people have said they were exploring running.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:55 AM (gbOdA)

Ooh! Popcorn!

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 06:57 AM (RuTUS)

144 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 21, 2025 06:58 AM (bQ4nt)

145 Mustafa Suleyman?

Is that Slavic?

Posted by: no one at November 21, 2025 06:58 AM (W7XSX)

146 Mustafa Suleyman?

Is that Slavic?

Posted by: no one at November 21, 2025 06:58 AM (W7XSX)

British.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 06:58 AM (dK+Kv)

147 145 Mustafa Suleyman?

Is that Slavic?
Posted by: no one at November 21, 2025 06:58 AM (W7XSX)

Disney Jewish

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:59 AM (gbOdA)

148 He then reportedly threw a chair at an intern.

I read that as "repeatedly" and thought, damn, what a time not to include a clip of that.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 21, 2025 06:59 AM (WPL6O)

149 yo dog

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:59 AM (gbOdA)

150 Sean Connery in Wind and Lion?

Posted by: Eromero at November 21, 2025 06:59 AM (i+bC1)

151 Aren't the No Kings people the same ones demanding the money spigot for SNAP get turned back on?

Posted by: NR Pax at November 21, 2025 07:01 AM (99eI0)

152 The Department of Justice subpoenaed the personal phone records of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan in 2022, seeking the Ohio Republican's phone data covering a more than two-year period.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 07:02 AM (gbOdA)

153 Okay, it's that time of morning. I gotta go whoosh.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 21, 2025 07:03 AM (O7YUW)

154
Pixy is doing a much better job of channeling Ace's cruelty.

Hope this comment counts as credit towards Fenelon's be nice to a person today campaign.

Posted by: Auspex at November 21, 2025 07:04 AM (Y8DZL)

155 This is the No Kings group that changes their name in countries that actually have royalty, right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 21, 2025 06:55 AM (tgvbd)
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It's a lot harder to declare "No Kings" in a country where the ruling family declares they have the divine right to cut your head off if you sneeze in their presence.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 21, 2025 07:04 AM (IBQGV)

156 He then reportedly threw a chair at an intern.

I read that as "repeatedly" and thought, damn, what a time not to include a clip of that.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 21, 2025 06:59 AM (WPL6O)

If i am not mistaken, Pixy's allusion to thrown chair refers to this:

>>>Mark Lucovsky was the other man in the room when Steve Ballmer threw his chair and called [Google's] Eric Schmidt a "fucking pussy."

Back in the day, Uncyclopedia, a parody/satire version of Wikipedia, had an epically funny Steve Ballmer entry. It was proto-Bee.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 07:04 AM (dK+Kv)

157 The 2026 California gubernatorial election
Candidates (simple.wikipedia.org)

Ethan Agarwal
Xavier Becerra
Carolina Buhler
Ian Calderon
Stephen Cloobeck
Zoltan Istvan
Thunder Parley
Katie Porter
Raji Rab
Tony Thurmond
Antonio Villaraigosa
Betty Yee
Eric Swalwell

Publicly expressed interest
Rick Caruso

Potential
Tom Steyer

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 07:06 AM (RuTUS)

158 If i am not mistaken, Pixy's allusion to thrown chair refers to this:

>>>Mark Lucovsky was the other man in the room when Steve Ballmer threw his chair and called [Google's] Eric Schmidt a "fucking pussy."

Back in the day, Uncyclopedia, a parody/satire version of Wikipedia, had an epically funny Steve Ballmer entry. It was proto-Bee.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 07:04 AM (dK+Kv)

I would love to See the Pirates of Silicon Valley done as a musical.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 07:06 AM (gbOdA)

159 If anyone on the Tech Wisdom Thread has made that jump to Linux ...

More and more that's looking like my next move. I'd love any advice, pointers, hardware recs kind of thing. I'm thinking of running Ubuntu on a yet to be purchased laptop.

Of course as soon as I post this ... JJS will go live. LOL

Posted by: YellowBird at November 21, 2025 07:07 AM (MEbkQ)

160 136 mornin yall. The No Kings group wants people to boycott Target, Home Depot, and Amazon on Black Friday because they are "enabling the Trump administration's abuses of power."

Posted by: fd

Um, how?

You know what, nevermind. There reasons will be all retarded and I will get dumber knowing them.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 21, 2025 07:07 AM (sAmhv)

161 (not an official government website)
(but handy)

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 07:07 AM (RuTUS)

162 148 He then reportedly threw a chair at an intern.

That's hot.

Posted by: Zombie Bobby Knight at November 21, 2025 07:07 AM (PiwSw)

163 Watching old movie films I see no doors with security locks on the doors at a campus. When I was in college at NYU most buildings were open. Now you can't trust anyone not to get in the buildings and raise havoc. Or the homeless setting up a home in the empty rooms. Where I worked before retirement, you could be locked out of any building at a flip of a computer switch. Use to be able just to show a pass and walk right in. No more, most companies are locked up tighter than a drum with those steel trunstyles. No click, no entry.

Posted by: Colin at November 21, 2025 07:07 AM (wlQdF)

164 I would love to See the Pirates of Silicon Valley done as a musical.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 07:06 AM (gbOdA)

That's due for a rematch. Your idea would be funny, if niche-niche.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 07:08 AM (dK+Kv)

165 Thunder Parley. Because that fits in with the face colander timeline.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Bay Area Election Consultant at November 21, 2025 07:09 AM (PiwSw)

166 In local news, Honey Boo Boo's boyfriend, Dralin Shermar Carswell, has been arrested and banned from the county after running from the cops.

The chase ended in a PIT maneuver, when Carswell was arrested and charged with felony fleeing of an officer and a DUI due to being high on marijuana.

Dralin's mugshot reveals that he is an aspiring rapper, and his mama say he a good boy who jes fell in wit the wrong crowd.

Posted by: fd at November 21, 2025 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

167 That's due for a rematch. Your idea would be funny, if niche-niche.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 07:08 AM (dK+Kv)

Yes I am a RICH man
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 07:09 AM (gbOdA)

168 156 If i am not mistaken, Pixy's allusion to thrown chair refers to this:

>>>Mark Lucovsky was the other man in the room when Steve Ballmer threw his chair and called [Google's] Eric Schmidt a "fucking pussy."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 07:04 AM (dK+Kv)

haha
ouch

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 07:10 AM (RuTUS)

169 Dralin's mugshot reveals that he is an aspiring rapper, and his mama say he a good boy who jes fell in wit the wrong crowd.
Posted by: fd at November 21, 2025 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

Making his way the only way he know how

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 07:10 AM (gbOdA)

170 Dralin's mugshot reveals that he is an aspiring rapper, and his mama say he a good boy who jes fell in wit the wrong crowd.
Posted by: fd at November 21, 2025 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

Honey Boo Boo could team up with Tay Tay ( Tay Tay Bo Boo ) ? and get a song out of that.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Bay Area Election Consultant at November 21, 2025 07:12 AM (PiwSw)

171 Silicon Valley was a excellent dig at all the billionaire assholes.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 07:12 AM (gbOdA)

172 166 In local news, Honey Boo Boo's boyfriend, Dralin Shermar Carswell ... was arrested and charged with felony fleeing of an officer and a DUI due to being high on marijuana.
Posted by: fd at November 21, 2025 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

DUI, I have zero sympathy for.

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 07:12 AM (RuTUS)

173 G'mornin' everyone!

so, confirmation that microsponge is run by demonrats.

what. a. surprise.

(spit)

but even that cannot quash my joy in Friday! And coffee!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 21, 2025 07:13 AM (Cjt/F)

174 f anyone on the Tech Wisdom Thread has made that jump to Linux ...

More and more that's looking like my next move. I'd love any advice, pointers, hardware recs kind of thing. I'm thinking of running Ubuntu on a yet to be purchased laptop.

Of course as soon as I post this ... JJS will go live. LOL

Posted by: YellowBird at November 21, 2025 07:07 AM (MEbkQ)

Best way to do it is to just do it.

Grab an old piece of hardware such as an old laptop (5-8 years old), grab a USB thumbdrive, make a booktable USB version of Linux Mint (as one possible example that is Ubuntu/Debian based and is user friendly), then, using boot options, boot from USB into Linux Mint.

Spend some hours poking around.

You don't need high-spec hardware to get started. Using older hardware is probably preferred for a new user, since all drivers and bugs would have been worked out, most likely.

Typically, those bootable USB or live versions have the option to install straight from the live session.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 07:15 AM (dK+Kv)

175 173 my joy in Friday! And coffee!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 21, 2025 07:13 AM (Cjt/F)

Did anybody see Rosasharn?

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 07:18 AM (RuTUS)

176 Aftyn Behn-- the Democrat nominee for the upcoming TN07 special election-- says that she despises Nashville, the city that she's running to represent in Congress:

“I hate the city, I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music, I hate all of the...

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 07:19 AM (gbOdA)

177 I watched a youtube on this. Big offender is Xbox.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 06:46 AM (gbOdA)
-

Just saw your comment now. A few minutes ago, I deleted all useless pre-installed apps. For me that included Xbox and Xbox Live.

Now ready to start copying files over and installing the apps I actually use.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 21, 2025 07:19 AM (mvZ2E)

178 Rematch, rewatch, whatever. But AI gonna take our jobs.

And FWIW, I have a 20 year old laptop with 2GB RAM running Linux and a few 8-10 year old upgrade old with SSD and 8 GB still knocking about.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 07:20 AM (dK+Kv)

179 "Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign"

Well that took long enough. Now how about prosecuting the people that accepted the donations.

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

180 Just saw your comment now. A few minutes ago, I deleted all useless pre-installed apps. For me that included Xbox and Xbox Live.

Now ready to start copying files over and installing the apps I actually use.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 21, 2025 07:19 AM (mvZ2E)

All those wasted man-years fixing MS problems and undoing forced "options." We could have had a manned mission to Mars by now.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 21, 2025 07:22 AM (dK+Kv)

181 If anyone on the Tech Wisdom Thread has made that jump to Linux ...

More and more that's looking like my next move. I'd love any advice, pointers, hardware recs kind of thing. I'm thinking of running Ubuntu on a yet to be purchased laptop.

Of course as soon as I post this ... JJS will go live. LOL
Posted by: YellowBird at November 21, 2025 07:07 AM (MEbkQ)

Make a list of all the software you want to use.
Go to https://alternativeto.net/ and find a Linux-compatible option.
If you have the ability to run VMs, try different VMs to determine your preferred distro and what settings you will need to change.

Preparation is key.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 21, 2025 07:23 AM (ExV1e)

182
“I hate the city, I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music, I hate all of the...
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 07:19 AM (gbOdA)

Sounds like your typical politician. They hate the people they have to represent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 21, 2025 07:23 AM (tgvbd)

183 The Obamas got rich and Pras Michel got jail. I wonder if he is still a Democrat.

Posted by: fd at November 21, 2025 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

184 >>Did anybody see Rosasharn?

Not yet, m. Missing the twirl...

Posted by: Nazdar at November 21, 2025 07:25 AM (NcvvS)

185
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 21, 2025 07:25 AM (gbOdA)

186 But AI gonna take our jobs.

The obvious solution is the raise the minimum wage so it'll happen faster.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 21, 2025 07:26 AM (ExV1e)

187 $100 per gigabyte on graphics cards?

Come to think of it, Zork was a pretty good game.

"West of House. You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 21, 2025 07:28 AM (HHoeq)

188 Rosasharn, late twirling will be happily accepted!

Posted by: m at November 21, 2025 07:28 AM (RuTUS)

189 Linux isn’t safe either. Linus Torvalds himself has now expressed support for gay race communism and making everyone trans. I’m sure a quality decline (beyond that caused already by Ubuntu rewriting everything in Rust, the first transgender programming language) is coming.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 21, 2025 07:29 AM (QZThv)

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