Daily Tech News 11 December 2025

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Had a thunderstorm roll through last night and some of the lightning strikes came pretty close, but it passed without event. Or so I thought.

When I went to turn off the lights in the kitchen, it got very dark and very quiet. The only light remaining was the clock on the oven; everything else had lost power. And when I went downstairs to reset the breaker, it wasn't having it.

Put the fridge on an extension cord overnight - the rest of the house had power - and left it for the morning.

This morning I unplugged absolutely everything, reset the breaker - which now accepted its fate - and plugged things in again one at a time, waiting for it all to go phut.

Got down to the bar fridge and the dishwasher, which are on the same plug somehow. Took a deep breath, and plugged them in.

They work. Everything works.

I dunno.
Operation Bluebird wants to steal Twitter's trademark from Twitter. (The Verge) (archive site)
We have built a social platform that will look familiar to those that used legacy Twitter, but with new tools that provide a safer experience and empower the user to decide what types of content they engage in.
It's a hugbox for crazies.

Like Bluesky. But we already have Bluesky. For now; it's dying pretty swiftly.
Intellectual property attorney Douglas Masters says he is doubtful that Operation Bluebird's claims will be successful. "I don't know that the record ultimately will show that even though they [X Corp.] switched to X, that they intended to give up all of their commercial use and rights in the word Twitter," Masters tells The Verge.
Well, yeah. You can go to twitter.com right now and it works.

Tech News

Is it a bubble? (Oaktree Capital)

A whole lot of words to say "yes".
Cryptographers have proved that AI security will always have holes. (Quanta)
In a recent paper, researchers found one of the more delightful ways to bypass artificial intelligence security systems: Rephrase your nefarious prompt as a poem.
It's a bit like saying colanders will always have holes. Yes. We know.
Amazon has changed the way DRM is applied to self-published ebooks... For the better. (Tech Crunch)

If you choose not to apply DRM, Amazon now allows the author to select open formats like EPUB and PDF
Meet the world's smallest AI supercomputer. (WCCFTech)

It's pocket-sized - or at least coat pocket sized - and has a custom 12 core ARM processor, an NPU capable of 190 trillion operations per second, and 80GB of RAM.

It will be shown off at CES. No pricing yet, but 80GB of RAM suddenly costs a fair bit of money.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: And more, much more than this, I did it my way, or no way at all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 11, 2025 04:01 AM (sQBXy)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 04:01 AM (RuTUS)

3 st

Posted by: a dude in MI at December 11, 2025 04:02 AM (+I6Y/)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2025 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Nice score, BD!

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 04:02 AM (RuTUS)

6 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 11, 2025 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

7 Pixy how are the kids making out under their overlords in Australia?

Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2025 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)

8 Good morning.

"Look on my Works, ye Vegemighty, and despair!"

-- Aussiemandias

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at December 11, 2025 04:03 AM (4/ps2)

9 >>>This morning I unplugged absolutely everything ... and plugged things in again.... Everything works.

Like the man says!

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 04:05 AM (RuTUS)

10
I'm mystified by the un-Twitter that wants to be Twitter. Like, they want to be mistaken for Twitter for purposes of gathering accounts, except that they don't want anyone to mistake them for Twitter.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 11, 2025 04:08 AM (1N/bM)

11 Yay, a Fluffy Nuggets, Jr., sighting!

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 04:08 AM (RuTUS)

12 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 11, 2025 04:15 AM (MmTZZ)

13 Loverboy - Turn Me Loose

MPPPP will be liking some of the B&W clips in the video!

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 04:17 AM (RuTUS)

14 7 Pixy how are the kids making out under their overlords in Australia?
Posted by: Skip

They've either learned that the controls only exist on apps, not on the web, or they're going crazy and calling the mental health support lines.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 11, 2025 04:17 AM (BLOW1)

15 Loverboy - Turn Me Loose

He is really singing his heart out.

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 04:19 AM (RuTUS)

16 I saw Loverboy live at Killian's in Ybor City (Tampa). Around 1995 or so. They were REALLY good. I was kind of surprised. By the time 1995 rolled around, there time had long since passed. Still, they put on a hell of a show and sounded fantastic.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 11, 2025 04:24 AM (MmTZZ)

17 I have a friend going through a divorce and I believe that song would resonate in a good way.

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 04:27 AM (RuTUS)

18 16 I saw Loverboy live at Killian's in Ybor City (Tampa).
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 11, 2025 04:24 AM (MmTZZ)

They're on tour!

https://loverboyband.com/pages/tour

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 04:29 AM (RuTUS)

19 They've either learned that the controls only exist on apps, not on the web,
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 11, 2025 04:17 AM (BLOW1)

One of the lessons of the social media era was that a lot of .com bloggers and content providers went “in-house” at Facebook, Twitter etc. and suddenly became very susceptible to censorship and content moderation. They lost their independence and frequently were deplatformed. I wonder if the new censorship regime will drive creators back to creating their own websites to avoid that fate?

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 11, 2025 04:30 AM (km+Lu)

20 Hence another nugget from the same era

https://tinyurl.com/57n9upah

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 11, 2025 04:34 AM (km+Lu)

21 20 Hence another nugget from the same era

https://tinyurl.com/57n9upah
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 11, 2025 04:34 AM (km+Lu)

They (38 Special) are also on tour!

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 04:44 AM (RuTUS)

22 Woman overcomes her grumbling and anger by a new way of praying. James 4:6-10:

https://tinyurl.com/4djd7j2p

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 11, 2025 04:44 AM (looXz)

23 I wonder if the new censorship regime will drive creators back to creating their own websites to avoid that fate?

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 11, 2025 04:30 AM (km+Lu)

We'd probably already be at that point, for conservatives/right, if Elon hadn't bought Twitter.

Before then, the trend was to create "freedom of speech" social media alternatives like Gab, Parler, Truth Social, Rumble, etc.

As AI gets better at creating websites, I suspect people will go back to blogging more, like Substack has been pretty successful at.

If we could somehow create a standardized system of federated/p2p ways to do social media, like Bluesky and Mastadon do, then people could create their own blog/social media portal for themselves that can't be blocked by corps or governments as easily.

Instead people will have to individually block users they don't want to interact with. Which is the way it should be instead of faceless corp/gov moderators doing all the banning based on political correctness and expediency.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 04:45 AM (6ydKt)

24 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Yeah, I'm still up - I figure I am too wound up tonight to sleep. Not scared or anything like that - I have had so many surgeries in my lifetime that there really isn't any fear associated with it any more.

Plus, since I have a medical port, I won't have to have an IV, which is ALWAYS the part that I dread. I have tiny baby veins, and the pre-op folks can never get an IV to work on me.

One time I woke up to find that the OR staff had relocated the IV in my foot! I think the vein in my arm had blown not long after they knocked me out....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 11, 2025 04:46 AM (SRRAx)

25 Miracle at the airport . Fairhpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/ykbzbynz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 11, 2025 04:49 AM (looXz)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 11, 2025 04:50 AM (tljrc)

27 Good morning. TIFW😊

Will be praying for you and your medical team today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 11, 2025 04:50 AM (looXz)

28 >>>It's a hugbox for crazies.

Good idea to have them all in one place, maybe. Well, not "all," but "many."

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 04:50 AM (RuTUS)

29 Morning all. Prayers Teresa.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 11, 2025 05:04 AM (cNcja)

30 Never heard of a foot IV, but then medical operations are not my Forte

Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2025 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)

31 I am reading a lovely book for Advent and Christmas called "Jesus Listens" by Sarah Young.
She says in one devotional that she searches for signs of the Lord's presence everyday. "Sometimes You communicate with me in grand, unmissable ways-"Coincidences that are clearly the work of Your hands.At other times I get more subtle glimpses of you. These are often so personal that other people wouldn't even notice them. Yet these
Subtle signs bring me profound joy. "

The more attentive I am , the more I can find You in the details of my day. So please help me to stay alert- being on the lookout for for delightful displays of your presence ."

She also reads scripture where she sees God most clearly.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 11, 2025 05:13 AM (lQ+/f)

32 Killian's in Ybor City (Tampa), LoverBoy. Everytime I listen to the musical interlude before the comments I get that feeling that time is marching on. I used to hang out in Ybor City and had a good time everytime. Now I think most of the music I know is unknown to the youngsters of today. We are or soon to be just a cranky old man, saying 'back in the day'. I don't even know what music is popular today like in the days of good music videos on MTV.

Posted by: Colin at December 11, 2025 05:14 AM (wlQdF)

33 Hit that Twitter link for fun and first thing that popped up for me was a video of US commandos being dropped on a Venezuelan oil rig and taking it over. This is big; the US is cutting off all of Maduro's external income.
Those who've been crying that Trump is going to invade Venezuela don't understand at all; there's no need for a physical invasion. Cut off all their financial lifelines, which are just Oil and Drugs, and Maduro will fall.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 11, 2025 05:14 AM (ZvtE+)

34 Clear and windy, was howling some when I got up

Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2025 05:16 AM (Ia/+0)

35 Good morning from the GPROMD where it's in the 30s and the wind is making attempts to bypass my coat. Today is the end of my work week as tomorrow is the company party and I could not see the logic of making several trips during the day.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 11, 2025 05:17 AM (svLOV)

36
30 Never heard of a foot IV, but then medical operations are not my Forte
Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2025 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)

Wife had one put in the back of her hand once; that left behind bruising for about 2 or 3 weeks.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 11, 2025 05:17 AM (ZvtE+)

37 Maduro's palace is right next door to the Venezuelan national bank. He probably has a secret tunnel right into the vault so he can help himself when ever he needs some more gold. Going to be hard to get rid of him. Maybe I watch to many James Bond movies.

Posted by: Colin at December 11, 2025 05:21 AM (wlQdF)

38 From the Verge article:

A post on Operation Bluebird’s LinkedIn page suggests the startup would use AI for fact-checking and moderation.

This is already proving to be a huge problem on YouTube with AI taking out videos left and right that had no real basis to be removed.

They're going to make this move based on some theory that AI is not biased, which is BS as they've all been trained on internet data and a lot of academic papers.

AI's entire 'brains' are filled to the brim with leftist mush and they'll act accordingly based on whatever moral, ethical, and legal values it's trained on - so yeah, AI-AWFLs is what you'll end up with moderating the internet.

Even Grok isn't immune to left-wing bias.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 05:24 AM (6ydKt)

39 Apparently, yesterday the House voted to get rid of one of Trump's EOs. Does anyone know which one?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 11, 2025 05:25 AM (ExV1e)

40 About 7 hours ago, my notebook decided to stop charging the battery. Down to 10%. Oh shit. Tried the usual stuff. No go.

WTF? Bad power supply? Bad connector? This sucks.

Completely disconnected everything, powered down, plugged in power supply. Powered up 30 minutes later. Now it's charging.

Next up, I suspect will be my iPhone 8. Time to bite the checkbook and begin upgrading.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 11, 2025 05:28 AM (1zOXE)

41 Trump is not lethal. Everybody has figured that out so all they need to do is wait.

Posted by: Accomack at December 11, 2025 05:31 AM (/Chlc)

42 Next up, I suspect will be my iPhone 8. Time to bite the checkbook and begin upgrading.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 11, 2025 05:28 AM (1zOXE)

iPhone 8? Respect. I usually upgrade every six years when the wife's electronics start to die.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 11, 2025 05:32 AM (ExV1e)

43 I feel Turned Loose now. Now for some coffee to maintain it.

Posted by: t-bird at December 11, 2025 05:33 AM (0ZmKh)

44 Good morning.

I woke up and decided that I wanted to understand the legal justification for the tanker seizure.

"You've been a bad tanker!"

Posted by: no one at December 11, 2025 05:33 AM (W7XSX)

45 Now, we have a tanker and sailors that get to be lawyered up and adjudicated.
Just fly a drone into the fucking thing like everyone else.

Posted by: Accomack at December 11, 2025 05:35 AM (T8bqm)

46 Prayers ascending for Teresa.

Posted by: fly gal at December 11, 2025 05:37 AM (lDvhi)

47 Loverboy? Tread lightly, if I remember correctly, Ace has this thing about Loverboy, and no doubt Garrett plays into this equation somewhere.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 11, 2025 05:37 AM (1zOXE)

48 >>>They work. Everything works.

I dunno...

You may have too many motors on the same circuit. Motors cause 500%-2000% current draw on startup, called "inrush current". Only lasting a few milliseconds, but long enough to pop the breaker.

Turn the motors on one at a time, which you did, and voila.

I read your posts every day PM. Nerds rule.

Posted by: eyesky at December 11, 2025 05:39 AM (ARJcl)

49 G'mornin' everyone!

just replaced the battery in Mrs Eez's iPhone 8 a few weeks ago.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 11, 2025 05:40 AM (Cjt/F)

50 41 Trump is not lethal. Everybody has figured that out so all they need to do is wait.
Posted by: Accomack at December 11, 2025 05:31 AM (/Chlc)

He runs things up the flagpole.

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 05:43 AM (RuTUS)

51 just replaced the battery in Mrs Eez's iPhone 8 a few weeks ago.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

No small feat! I did that once- 5gs?- holy cow you have to have fine motor skills. Those are the tiniest connectors.

Posted by: t-bird at December 11, 2025 05:44 AM (0ZmKh)

52 Psalm 16:11-

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 11, 2025 05:44 AM (7RYym)

53 A US judge issued a warrant allowing the seizure of that tanker 2 weeks ago, for helping Iran to violate sanctions a couple years back, i believe.

And no,, you do not want to blow up a ship carrying over a million barrels of oil. Besides the environmental catastrophe, that's throwing over 60 million dollars worth of cargo away for nothing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 11, 2025 05:45 AM (YJ3wl)

54 It’s bad enough getting BS from a human being but there is something particularly annoying about computers that have incorporated 100% outright nonsense into a declarative assertion of fact, idiots always want the “last word” and apparently intend for computer algorithms to do it for them on a constant basis.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 11, 2025 05:46 AM (F3yTM)

55 Those are the tiniest connectors.
——-

I was more impressed with the hold down fasteners. 2 different size screws, barely large enough to see without a magnifier. Do not drop them, or forget it. I can’t even imagine how they are manufactured.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 11, 2025 05:50 AM (F3yTM)

56 The tech thread. Appropriate. Could not get my pain med asked for just after midnight. They ere blaming hospital HAL. Doesn't help me any, and Tylenol don't do shit.
Grab a good day, someone, my isn't being used

Posted by: From about That Time at December 11, 2025 05:52 AM (GaiW2)

57 Kind action by a high school football player. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/33vd9xm7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 11, 2025 05:52 AM (7RYym)

58 54 It’s bad enough getting BS from a human being but there is something particularly annoying about computers that have incorporated 100% outright nonsense into a declarative assertion of fact
Posted by: Common Tater at December 11, 2025 05:46 AM (F3yTM)

"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 05:52 AM (RuTUS)

59 57-Meant "Sunny Skyz" site

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 11, 2025 05:55 AM (7RYym)

60 56 The tech thread. Appropriate. Could not get my pain med asked for just after midnight. They ere blaming hospital HAL. Doesn't help me any, and Tylenol don't do shit.
Grab a good day, someone, my isn't being used
Posted by: From about That Time at December 11, 2025 05:52 AM (GaiW2)

Will do!

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 05:56 AM (RuTUS)

61 Your breaker may have been damaged by the lightning surge. You might want to get it checked before it fails.

Posted by: nraendowment at December 11, 2025 05:59 AM (CdNQR)

62 Good paper on the AI boom.

It's laid out well with all the history on booms, the pros and cons of currently investing in AI, and at the end some very pointed questions about how this will affect society due to unemployment from AI taking over certain jobs.

It's a massive bubble, yes, but previous bubbles have shaped the world as we know it, and AI has the potential to change the world like no other previous technological advancement and at a much faster pace than ever before.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 05:59 AM (6ydKt)

63
Good morning, Hordians. An interesting day for Her Majesty and The Big Dummy. TBD doesn't get shown until 2:15 today but Her Majesty will be in AKC Delegate meetings all day. Dummy's co-owner will be taking care of him today, but I have no idea who's grooming him for the ring.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2025 06:01 AM (tgvbd)

64 In the distance- Genesis 37:8

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/4kcyh46v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 11, 2025 06:03 AM (7RYym)

65 Good morning, everyone. Actually got some decent sleep last night, though as always I'd love to have more. Hope you all have a great Thursday.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 11, 2025 06:04 AM (WPL6O)

66 Good luck to Big Dummy so he can start a new winning streak.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 06:08 AM (6ydKt)

67 Breakers can get weak due to age, tripping prematurely, they wear out basically.

Good to “exercise” them. Snap them open & closed when the main breaker is off. Tough to get quality electrical parts these days.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 11, 2025 06:08 AM (F3yTM)

68 Evening to Pixy with his gremlin-laden electricity (a bar fridge? Wow, sounds like Sinatra in Vegas in the Fifties!), and morning to others just staggering out of bed or up early for ungodly reasons. I managed to clock almost seven hours' sleep last night, and was dreaming something -- though I can't recall anything of it -- when Stirling began walking on me and trilling.

They're fed, I'm drinking coffee. What more d'ya want?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 11, 2025 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

69 heh

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
13h
"Calibri font. Bad font. A nasty font. It should have never been an official font, but the auto-pen, as I like to call him wanted it. So we're getting rid of it."

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

70 I don't recall "Turn Me Loose" when it was new, but I've been hearing it on the '80s oldies FM station here. Had no idea who performed it.

We had one station for a while which broadcast the artist and title onto my in-car "stereo" (old-fashioned word) as each song played. That was great, but that one's gone. The station I listen to repeats the station call letters, frequency, and slogan, plus a one-line ad for whoever has bought that segment of time -- usually some injury lawyer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 11, 2025 06:13 AM (wzUl9)

71 I just read the ONT, so I will comment further on low grade crude oil.
Several 29s ago J. paul Getty was a famous billionaire. He built his wealth by purchasing low grade crude at such a price that the extra refining cost was well worth it.
As a teenager, I worked at one of his “ Flying A” gas stations, before the chain was acquired by Mobil.

Posted by: Fenderbender at December 11, 2025 06:13 AM (1FEc1)

72 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 11, 2025 06:14 AM (2Ez/1)

73 68 They're fed, I'm drinking coffee.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 11, 2025 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

Kitty cats working for the US government?!

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 06:15 AM (RuTUS)

74 Apparently, yesterday the House voted to get rid of one of Trump's EOs. Does anyone know which one?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 11, 2025 05:25 AM (ExV1e)

Story I saw said it was one regarding Fed unions, but I did not read it, and I don't recall the EO in the first instance.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 11, 2025 06:16 AM (dK+Kv)

75
"Calibri font. Bad font. A nasty font."

I use Calibri 11 in all my spreadsheets. But I've always been a low-life loser.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2025 06:16 AM (tgvbd)

76 Today I need to call the pipe-and-cigar shop to see if they will hold the monthly Pipe Club meeting tonight. I think 12/11 was the day they had announced last month. Naturally I don't want to drive all the way out there only to find it's next Thursday.

Otherwise, not much on tap today. Miss Linda thinks she is coming down with a cold. I gave her some ivermectin and took some myself, just to be safe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 11, 2025 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

77 @9 m.
I unplugged everything and plugged it back in again.

That's what I do to my computer when it goes down.
Hey, it works most times.

Posted by: Case at December 11, 2025 06:18 AM (G1OIb)

78 They're fed, I'm drinking coffee.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 11, 2025
*
Kitty cats working for the US government?!
Posted by: m at December 11, 2025

***
I *wish* they were on the govt. payroll. Even having them paid only in cat food would be nice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 11, 2025 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

79 Good to see that amazon is finally playing nice with EPUB. Dealing with Amazon's format(s) when I was doing a lot of Ebook work was a hassle. There was a severe lack of documentation and tools that worked reliably. Since EPUB is an open standard, tools abounded. One of my favorites was Atlantis Word Processor, which looked and felt like Word 2003 but had a tiny footprint in memory and storage, and amazing backward compatibility, making it usable on computers decades old. It supports EPUB as a native save format. And quite inexpensive too.

For a while, it looked like Microsoft was going to do the same EPUB support for Word. The original versions of the Edge browser using their own engine allowed it to act as an EPUB reader and had some nice features for that. Support for that feature set was dropped when they switched to using the Chrome engine. I always felt that was a mistaken bit bit of cost cutting by Microsoft.

Posted by: Epobirs at December 11, 2025 06:20 AM (/0z9K)

80 >>>They're fed, I'm drinking coffee. What more d'ya want?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

>Get your ass to Mars! Get your ass to Mars!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 11, 2025 06:20 AM (1zOXE)

81 Most breakers (as i understood it a few years ago)trip from heat building up during overload or over-amp events. Once they cool down they'll reset normally. Overheating can make them extra sensitive to heavy loads.

Posted by: Qix at December 11, 2025 06:21 AM (3nea4)

82 Speaking of small computers, picked up two Seeed Quarks, these are full Linux capable SOC that measure 1.75x1.5x0.5, has a color screen, a mic, 2 usb ports, WiFi, Bluetooth, micro sd, currently running a web server on it to test.

Also picked up a Lilygo T-Display S3 and am running Bruce Firmware on it, and playing around with that.

With my impending retirement, I’ve decided that I will go full time geek and try to recapture the enthusiasm of youth when I first got into computers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 11, 2025 06:24 AM (XV/Pl)

83 After offloading and selling the oil, that seized tanker could be grounded at Gaza as the beginning of a “Mulberry” harbor.

Posted by: Fenderbender at December 11, 2025 06:25 AM (1FEc1)

84 Breakers can get weak due to age, tripping prematurely, they wear out basically.

Just had to replace a big double-breaker for my well. Turned it off for the first time in possibly 40 years. It just would not re-engage. Felt like something mechanical just wouldn't catch. Fortunately, Lowe's had the exact replacement. (Did you know that breakers attach to proprietary rails? I didn't! Make sure you get the correct brand)

Posted by: t-bird at December 11, 2025 06:30 AM (0ZmKh)

85 The seized tanker should be renamed and reflaged.

Posted by: no one at December 11, 2025 06:30 AM (W7XSX)

86 Oh, to get a Letter of Remarque to go privateering.

Posted by: no one at December 11, 2025 06:31 AM (W7XSX)

87
Oh, to get a Letter of Remarque to go privateering.
Posted by: no one at December 11, 2025 06:31 AM (W7XSX)

All Quiet on the Caribbean Front

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2025 06:33 AM (tgvbd)

88 It ain’t about oil.

Posted by: Eromero at December 11, 2025 06:34 AM (o2ZRX)

89 Most breakers (as i understood it a few years ago)trip from heat building up during overload or over-amp events. Once they cool down they'll reset normally. Overheating can make them extra sensitive to heavy loads.

Dittos with having all the motors start at the same time.

With a storm, the voltage may have dropped as the grid tries to balance for a damaged circuit and the electricity is coming from somewhere further.

In Texas, and I imagine elsewhere due to the incorporation of lead following wind/solar, by law, suppliers have a wider range of deviation from 60Hz (50Hz for Australia)

All these things can add up (including the hot circuit) to having breakers trip.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 11, 2025 06:34 AM (a4flb)

90 Hector Berlioz is 222 years old today. Yay!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 11, 2025 06:35 AM (WPL6O)

91 @82....try to recapture the enthusiasm of youth when I first got into computers.

They didn't have computers when I was a youth. They were thrust into my face at middle age. So I depend on IT guys I know to help me out.

Posted by: Case at December 11, 2025 06:37 AM (G1OIb)

92 It ain’t about oil.
Posted by: Eromero

Proof? The media says it's about oil.

Posted by: t-bird at December 11, 2025 06:37 AM (0ZmKh)

93 From About That Time, I didn't realize that you were just n the hospital - is everything okay? I will pray that you are able to get out of there very soon!

And I noticed that Jim has a surgery planned for next Monday - what's up with that? Prayers will be ascending for you as well! 😊💕🙏

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 11, 2025 06:38 AM (SRRAx)

94
Hector Berlioz is 222 years old today. Yay!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 11, 2025 06:35 AM (WPL6O)

Genius without talent, it was said of him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2025 06:39 AM (tgvbd)

95 92 It ain’t about oil.
Posted by: Eromero

Proof? The media says it's about oil.
Posted by: t-bird at December 11, 2025 06:37
The ‘media’ says men can be women.

Posted by: Eromero at December 11, 2025 06:39 AM (o2ZRX)

96 A tripped breaker is doing what it was designed to do. Breakers also become "weak" due to hysteresis. Frequent thermal overloads break down the capacity to perform.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 11, 2025 06:40 AM (1zOXE)

97 40 About 7 hours ago, my notebook decided to stop charging the battery. Down to 10%. Oh shit. Tried the usual stuff. No go.

WTF? Bad power supply? Bad connector? This sucks.

Completely disconnected everything, powered down, plugged in power supply. Powered up 30 minutes later. Now it's charging.

Next up, I suspect will be my iPhone 8. Time to bite the checkbook and begin upgrading.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 11, 2025 05:28 AM (1zOXE)

If your laptop is several years old or more the battery could be running out of juice. Not uncommon.

Depending on your laptop you might be able to replace the battery yourself if you can find the battery pack for it somewhere to buy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 06:41 AM (6ydKt)

98 What you want to do is find yourself a nice big paper clip.....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 11, 2025 06:41 AM (Vq1pX)

99 It’s bad enough getting BS from a human being but there is something particularly annoying about computers that have incorporated 100% outright nonsense into a declarative assertion of fact.

I grew up with all kinds of people around me BS'ing about this or that, so when computers do it, its sort of expected.

Nowadays, read through any X threads, and there is a large community of people who completely inverse reality and with full authority tell you things that you know for a fact are not true.

Furthermore, the culture has stepped away from Theory of Mind and doesn't know to ask questions, yet feels that their own emotions are receipts for a "fact" to be true that they just made up.

Three generations of failed public education has resulted in most people struggling with things that were almost reflexive decades ago. Probably the worst aspect is the deconstruction of the language such where for most people certain thoughts are not possible because they don't have the vocabulary.

So, to me, AI has become my best friend because so many around me can't keep up or don't have the foundation to participate in the topics I care about.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 11, 2025 06:46 AM (a4flb)

100 Whichever typography firm came up with Calibri might have been disappointed at first to learn State was axing the use of their font, but they should cheer up soon because now that Rubio, and by extension Trump, have decided that Calibri is bad, every petty lefitst in the country will start using Calibri to own the cons.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 06:47 AM (6ydKt)

101 87, LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 11, 2025 06:49 AM (Cjt/F)

102 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 11, 2025 06:49 AM (bQ4nt)

103 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Comic Sans at December 11, 2025 06:50 AM (2Ez/1)

104 Good morning, old dog ,and all !

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 11, 2025 06:51 AM (rZCVI)

105 Good morning, Fen.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 11, 2025 06:51 AM (bQ4nt)

106 How the SgtMjr stole Xmas:

https://tinyurl.com/m4d7p7b9

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at December 11, 2025 06:52 AM (y7zkd)

107
Someone's stomach clock has never adjusted to the time change.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2025 06:53 AM (tgvbd)

108
Pixy, has your kitchen power circuit got a separate local ground fault interrupt breaker?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 11, 2025 06:54 AM (iTNuP)

109 Whichever typography firm came up with Calibri might have been disappointed at first to learn State was axing the use of their font, but they should cheer up soon because now that Rubio, and by extension Trump, have decided that Calibri is bad, every petty lefitst in the country will start using Calibri to own the cons.

I absolutely hope that happens. When I heard that State was changing their fonts, my first thought was, it is sort of like tinting the stationary with a color to understand what set of biases and assumptions are behind the communication itself.

I would like to think, anytime I see Calibri, it is from people who immediately self-identify as a retard, and from there I can have context to the drivel that follows.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 11, 2025 06:54 AM (a4flb)

110
I dunno.

You'll have to burn your house down.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2025 06:55 AM (tgvbd)

111 Morning all. Morning Pixy.

I would replace that breaker toot-sweet.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 11, 2025 06:55 AM (1Nv0l)

112 At NY Post:
Gerson Emir Cuadra Soto, aka “Fantasma,” crossed into the US illegally from Mexico in 2022 after allegedly bribing his way out of a Honduran jail — but his extended taste of freedom was finally dashed on Monday when federal agents nabbed him in Nebraska, according to the Department of Justice.

It’s unclear which California DMV office issued the illegal migrant a license.

BULLSHIT
They know the following:
Who was logged on
Where they logged on
What documents were used to confirm ID
When to the second the ID was approved
When the DL was printed and mailed

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 11, 2025 06:55 AM (gbOdA)

113 It ain’t about oil.
Posted by: Eromero

Proof? The media says it's about oil.

Posted by: t-bird at December 11, 2025 06:37 AM (0ZmKh)
-

Just like in Iraq and Afghanistan over 20 years ago.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 11, 2025 06:56 AM (sQBXy)

114 All communication should be done in a Nerd Font, Preferably Meslo.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 11, 2025 06:57 AM (XV/Pl)

115 Frequent thermal overloads break down the capacity to perform.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 11, 2025 06:40 AM (1zOXE)

This could be what happened to my motivation.

Posted by: Pete Bog at December 11, 2025 06:58 AM (km+Lu)

116 I would like to think, anytime I see Calibri, it is from people who immediately self-identify as a retard, and from there I can have context to the drivel that follows.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 11, 2025 06:54 AM (a4flb)

I'm gonna have to object to that just because I know that Hadrian is a self-proclaimed loser but I certainly wouldn't consider him a retard.

Big Dummy on the other hand is like a male model; cute & playful but vacant between the ears.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

117 Times New Roman is God's Chosen Font. Fight me if you must.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 11, 2025 07:02 AM (svLOV)

118 GOP releases first ad against Jasmine Crockett. It is disturbing that there were so many comments by Democrats calling for violence against Republicans

https://tinyurl.com/cbkjdx53

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 11, 2025 07:03 AM (ix8EF)

119 A tripped breaker is doing what it was designed to do. Breakers also become "weak" due to hysteresis. Frequent thermal overloads break down the capacity to perform.

For thermal-magnetic breakers (the most common residential), hysteresis deals more with the ability to reset, its the actual mechanical toggling and arcing that causes premature wear on a breaker.

That is, don't use the breaker as an on/off switch. I've been told that residential breakers are rated to be used for manual operation about 6-10 times their fault-clearing rating.

I guess what is implied there is that fault-related clearing wears out breakers quicker than manual operation.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 11, 2025 07:05 AM (a4flb)

120 Greetings from the Carolinas.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 11, 2025 07:06 AM (XqFM2)

121 >>>Frequent thermal overloads break down the capacity to perform.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 11, 2025 06:40 AM (1zOXE)

This could be what happened to my motivation.

Posted by: Pete Bog

>This swings both ways; either the breaker doesn't trip and it welds its self together, blows up and catches fire, or you get nuisance trips and can't keep it functioning because the linkage is worn out.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 11, 2025 07:06 AM (1zOXE)

122 I'm gonna have to object to that just because I know that Hadrian is a self-proclaimed loser but I certainly wouldn't consider him a retard.

Basically Hadrian is driving a Subaru but not a lesbo, right?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 11, 2025 07:07 AM (a4flb)

123 GOP releases first ad against Jasmine Crockett. It is disturbing that there were so many comments by Democrats calling for violence against Republicans

How much are you willing to wager that these people calling for violence against strangers have never gotten punched in the face?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 11, 2025 07:08 AM (a4flb)

124 I bake sourdough bread and every other time, instead of making one 1000g loaf, make three 333s, resulting in three softball sized mini-loaves. I just had a morning eggwich, two slices from a mini-loaf, lightly toasted, and in between, an egg, cooked in a cereal bowl in the MW for 30 seconds, then a small slice of very very sharp white cheddar on the egg, another 20 seconds in the MW, and the eggwich is ready for ten drops or so of tabasco. This, with a hot mug of Folgers Black Silk coffee. Yum. Two kinds of tangy, one from the sourdough, another from the cheese, nicely accented by the salty hot pepper.

Posted by: M. Gaga at December 11, 2025 07:11 AM (KiBMU)

125 99 ... the culture has stepped away from Theory of Mind and doesn't know to ask questions, yet feels that their own emotions are receipts for a "fact" to be true that they just made up.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 11, 2025 06:46 AM (a4flb)

Candace Owens starts a lot of assertions with, "I feel." Might circumvent some lawsuits; I dunno law.

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 07:12 AM (RuTUS)

126 Basically Hadrian is driving a Subaru but not a lesbo, right?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 11, 2025 07:07 AM (a4flb)

I don't know actually.

He's from Texas so I'm assuming he drives a big pickup truck with bull horns on the hood.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 07:13 AM (6ydKt)

127
Big Dummy on the other hand is like a male model; cute & playful but vacant between the ears.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

The Big Dummy is like one of those old-time British aristocrats: can't add 2 and 2 but has perfect manners and is a true gentleman.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2025 07:13 AM (tgvbd)

128 124 I bake sourdough bread and every other time, instead of making one 1000g loaf, make three 333s, resulting in three softball sized mini-loaves. I just had a morning eggwich, two slices from a mini-loaf, lightly toasted, and in between, an egg, cooked in a cereal bowl in the MW for 30 seconds, then a small slice of very very sharp white cheddar on the egg, another 20 seconds in the MW, and the eggwich is ready for ten drops or so of tabasco. This, with a hot mug of Folgers Black Silk coffee. Yum. Two kinds of tangy, one from the sourdough, another from the cheese, nicely accented by the salty hot pepper.
Posted by: M. Gaga at December 11, 2025 07:11 AM (KiBMU)

Yum, indeed.

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 07:16 AM (RuTUS)

129 Two kinds of tangy, one from the sourdough, another from the cheese, nicely accented by the salty hot pepper.

Posted by: M. Gaga at December 11, 2025 07:11 AM (KiBMU)

*look down at his Jimmy Dean microwaved egg mcmuffin in shame & disappointment*

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 07:16 AM (6ydKt)

130 JJ up.

Posted by: Case at December 11, 2025 07:17 AM (G1OIb)

131 DOJ: Since January, the [Civil Rights] division has lost about 75% of its attorneys.

Translation:
Republican president have improved civil rights of Americans.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 11, 2025 07:18 AM (gbOdA)

132 The Big Dummy is like one of those old-time British aristocrats: can't add 2 and 2 but has perfect manners and is a true gentleman.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2025 07:13 AM (tgvbd)

He'd make a perfect Prime Minister then.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 11, 2025 07:18 AM (6ydKt)

133 >>>*look down at his Jimmy Dean microwaved egg mcmuffin in shame & disappointment*

Posted by: SpeakingOf

These muffins / biscuits are a staple when commuting, working on the road out of town.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 11, 2025 07:19 AM (1zOXE)

134 Times New Roman is God's Chosen Font. Fight me if you must.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 11, 2025 07:02 AM (svLOV)

But do it in a proper font.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 11, 2025 07:22 AM (dK+Kv)

135 99 Nowadays, read through any X threads, and there is a large community of people who completely inverse reality and with full authority tell you things that you know for a fact are not true.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 11, 2025 06:46 AM (a4flb)

Part of this inverse-reality world (the part that's not their "lying," maybe!) falls into the category of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Posted by: m at December 11, 2025 07:46 AM (RuTUS)

136 Pixy, where do I submit tech questions about the blog? E.g., I read the blog using Brave on a Galaxy S9 (old, I know, but it works). I could zoom to the center column; the text would format to the larger size and wrap to shorter lines. On Monday (I think), the center column text no longer zooms the same; it's smaller (too small for my weak eyes) such that I must rotate my phone to landscape to read the contents. Firefox always has behaved this way, which is another reason I use Brave. Probably, some setting I have dorked up.. Appreciate any advice. Thanks.

Posted by: Brian Douthitt at December 11, 2025 08:24 AM (iJZ+o)

137 The ‘media’ says men can be women.
Posted by: Eromero

Yep. And that Joe Biden got 81 million votes.

Posted by: t-bird at December 11, 2025 09:01 AM (0ZmKh)

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