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Daily Tech News 25 January 2026
Top Story
- Bitlocker: The encryption technology where everyone has access to your data except you. (Tom's Hardware)
Microsoft's Bitlocker is infamous for suddenly enabling itself without you explicitly going through the setup process so that neither you nor anybody else has any idea what the encryption key is, and you data is simply gone.
But if you do go through the setup process, it automatically shares your key with Microsoft so the government can ask for and receive your keys.
Which government?
All of them.
Tech News
- Charge me $3000 for a box of rocks once, shame on you. Charge me $3000 for a box of rocks four times... (WCCFTech)
A Reddit user ordered a "resale" unit of an Nvidia RTX 5090 from Amazon - that is, a unit that had been return during the 30 day window - and received a box containing a towel and a bunch of rocks.
Well, scams happen. Not your fault.
Except this was the fourth time. It's Amazon's fault for not checking returns, yes, but it's also his fault for still believing that they do.
- Of course you could order your 5090 directly from a card maker like Zotac instead of Amazon and avoid this issue and instead they'll abruptly raise prices by 20% and cancel your order at the old price while blaming a system error. (WCCFTech)
You could also just play Hytale which runs smoothly on Vega 8 laptop graphics from 2021 even at 2880x1620. Albeit on low settings, but low settings are almost identical to "epic" settings - the only visible difference is render distance.
- Lemonade plans to half Tesla insurance rates for miles driven using the FSD - Full Self-Driving - mode, because it has fewer accidents than humans. (Reuters) (archive site)
Which, yes, means that your insurance company knows exactly when and how and how much you are driving.
It's also not quite clear what the actual reduction in your insurance rates from this would be. Half cost... But what component of the cost is directly attributable to the number of hours (or miles) driven?
- I built more in two months with agents than in the previous year. I used almost none of it. (Mahdi Yusuf)
This guy gets it. AI coding assistants aren't useless; they range from super helpful for churning through boring repetitive tasks, to actively dangerous.Point an agent at a vague goal - "build me a tool that helps with X" - and you'll get something that looks impressive and rots in a folder. Point an agent at a specific task - "rewrite these 200 API calls to use the new authentication pattern" - and you'll save a week.
I had to perform a task with a particular piece of unfamiliar software with painfully poor design and documentation. I used ChatGPT and after a couple of days of trial and error I got something that was slow but worked - and it would have taken me at least a week to perform the same task myself.
The it turned out that the tool I needed to interpret the results was offline, possibly permanently dead. I found an alternative, which my company already had a subscription to... And found that this alternative solved the entire problem and the two days had been completely wasted.One is generative theatre. The other is actual leverage.
Where, in this case, tactical deployment is solving a problem that you actually have, and strategic deployment is solving a problem that nobody has.
The difference is tactical versus strategic deployment.
- cURL no longer offers bug bounties. (Ars Technica)
Because the project is being overwhelmed with AI-generate fake bug reports.
- Microsoft 360 went down again. (CRN)
I had a typo there. Almost left it in.
- A new test for AI labs: Are you even trying to make money? (Tech Crunch)
Good question. Dumb article, but good question.Think of it in these terms:
Fine so far. At the top, actually making money. At the bottom, idiot dreamers or possibly communists.
- Level 5: We are already making millions of dollars every day, thank you very much.
- Level 4:We have a detailed multi-stage plan to become the richest human beings on Earth.
- Level 3:We have many promising product ideas, which will be revealed inthe fullness of time.
- Level 2:We have the outlines of a concept of a plan.
- Level 1:True wealth is when you love yourself.
The big names are all at Level 5: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and so on.
Hold up.
OpenAI lost $8 billion last year, is expected to lose $14 billion this year, $40 billion next year, and as much as $74 billion in 2028 even if they meet revenue goals.
Did an AI write that article?
- AI luminaries at Davos clash over how close human-level intelligence really is. (Yahoo Finance)
What a useful word, "luminaries". It covers equally objects that shine of their own right, and masses of stone and dust that merely reflect the brilliance of others.
On the one hand, Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, formerly of Meta, and genuine Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis of Google, who both say that current AI systems are nowhere near human levels and - at least in the case of LeCun - that current approaches can never get there and entirely new methods are needed.
On the other hand Dario Amodei of Anthropic and Sam Altman of OpenAI who say that their tools are approaching the level of Nobel Prize winners and you'll all be out of work by next week.
I think I'm going to go with the guys who didn't trash the global electronic supply chain only so they could burn a hundred billion dollars of investor money.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: You're just my type, dead and starting to smell funny.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at January 25, 2026 04:00 AM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: clarence at January 25, 2026 04:00 AM (jgwdN)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 04:01 AM (VbhMz)
Posted by: m at January 25, 2026 04:03 AM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: clarence at January 25, 2026 04:05 AM (jgwdN)
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 04:07 AM (rdVOm)
Swingers! They're just a-swangin'.
Posted by: m at January 25, 2026 04:08 AM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 04:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 04:10 AM (VbhMz)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 25, 2026 04:13 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026 04:15 AM (rZCVI)
The snow has moved from light to moderate in Babylon DC. Its coming down pretty good now.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 25, 2026 04:15 AM (xA5g+)
Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
5h
If lions invade Luxembourg, any book that sells is Patrick’s problem
Cenk Uygur
@cenkuygur
Jan 24
If we attack Iran, any American that dies is Israel's responsibility. Americans don't want this war. It has nothing to do with us. It doesn't give us higher wages or lower prices. It's so greasy politicians can keep cashing checks from AIPAC. If we lose anyone, it's on Israel.
Posted by: m at January 25, 2026 04:18 AM (SSiCQ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU&t=0s
Posted by: Epobirs at January 25, 2026 04:19 AM (/0z9K)
The big names are all at Level 5: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and so on.
Hold up.
OpenAI lost $8 billion last year, is expected to lose $14 billion this year, $40 billion next year, and as much as $74 billion in 2028 even if they meet revenue goals.
Posted by: Pixy Misa
"Making millions of dollars a day" and "losing billions of dollars a year" aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. Revenue vs profit.
Add in all the usual Wall Street chicanery ("they just write it off, Jerry!"), and I don't think we can blame the logic of the article on AI.
.....entirely.
Posted by: mikeski is probably not AI at January 25, 2026 04:24 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: kingsman at January 25, 2026 04:28 AM (ehY6c)
Enough Army laptops get stolen out of cars and such that they've been using bitlocker for some time. You have to enter a long PIN every time you start up your system. Thankfully, our G6/IT department helpfully puts a sticker on every system with the PIN (which is the same one used for the entire organization)...
Posted by: Military Moron at January 25, 2026 04:29 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: clarence
! Really?!?! Where can I meet him? Still $20? Uh, asking for a story I'm doing...
Posted by: Don Lemon at January 25, 2026 04:30 AM (ycI94)
I did this in 2018 and kept track of how many movies I saw to determined what my cost per movie was. "Gee," you might say, "didn't this mean they lost more money the more you used the service? BINGO! By the time the subscription was near to running out, the company was flailing with restrictions on use and access to a narrower range of releases. (They never allowed IMAX or 3D, even if you were willing to pay the difference in cost over a regular ticket.)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 25, 2026 04:32 AM (/0z9K)
The snow is about to start here, and then it will be going all day. Stay snug and warm, 'Rons and 'Ettes.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 25, 2026 04:35 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026 04:36 AM (rZCVI)
My final tally for the cost per movie was $2.25. That was the last year I went to a theater on my own dime. Everything since then has been by invitation or promotional screening like the Amazon PrimePremiere program.
Amazon knows the theater business, between digital projection and gigabit+ broadband is likely going to shift to on-demand content and tries to make their in-house productions (that house encompasses MGM) suitable for the big screen. so those were mostly pretty good experiences.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 25, 2026 04:41 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 25, 2026 04:42 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 25, 2026 04:46 AM (Zv8bq)
Like the 'M*A*S*H' TV theme that was an instrumental but a full song in the movie, with lyrics that would probably still not be allowed by any broadcast network.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 25, 2026 04:50 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Epobirs
Lyrics written by the teenage son of director Robert Altman. Reportedly in five minutes.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 25, 2026 04:59 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: SciVo at January 25, 2026 05:00 AM (Sy6m/)
Looks like a 70's video. Nice music. I do got a laugh from the plain looking guy singing "You're just my type" to the models. I have never heard of this group however.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026
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I liked the clearly 1970s stereo visible at :19, with its brushed aluminum face, VU meters, and actual toggle switches. Remember when stereos didn't all look like Darth Vader designed them? Marantz stereos for example, with their wood (?) cases . . . mmm . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:02 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)
I can go work out in another hour or so -- once I find my motivation. It's been getting clever, that motivation, finding new places to hide. I suspect it's collaborating with the little Dagny kitten, who vanishes into a private hidey-hole for part of each evening.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:08 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Tuna at January 25, 2026 05:09 AM (lJ0H4)
Good analogy. I laughed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026 05:11 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 05:12 AM (Ia/+0)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 25, 2026 05:14 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 25, 2026 05:17 AM (A/zT2)
Some mook decided to make pancakes in the middle of the night and set off the building fire alarm.
Then it took Baby Fireman a long fucking time to figure out how to turn the alarm off, while I and my fellow Old People stood outside in 17 degree weather (the higher-ranking firemen sat in the warm truck).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 05:17 AM (IG3/x)
Good analogy. I laughed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026
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Computers, at least PCs, are the same way. Remember when they came in beige? I don't miss the giant CRT monitors, but the entire unit seemed much . . . friendlier.
Maybe that's the point. Once upon a time, ca. 1985, PCs were exotic, alien things to consumers. Molding them in black would have subtly disturbed people. After the boxes became part of the fabric of our lives, they could be any color.
(Or maybe beige plastic costs more than plain black. Or both.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:17 AM (wzUl9)
Just started flurrying in the mid Hudson. Expecting up to 20 inches with over to feet in the mountains. One of those storms where you go out every few hours and shovel.
Stay safe Horde folk who are in the path of this thing
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 25, 2026 05:20 AM (e4I2N)
Yes, I remember beige PC's
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026 05:21 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 05:21 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fluffy at January 25, 2026 05:21 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:22 AM (wzUl9)
I grew up in Giles County land. Near Ardmore.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 25, 2026 05:22 AM (A/zT2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026 05:24 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 25, 2026 05:25 AM (+eCdV)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 25, 2026 05:26 AM (NcvvS)
I grew up in Giles County land. Near Ardmore.
Posted by: Richard Cranium
I'm in Sumner County just NE of Nashville.
Posted by: Tuna at January 25, 2026 05:26 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 25, 2026 05:27 AM (+eCdV)
Though of course there are PC laptops in light colors. Maybe this theory is all a fever dream from a brain (mine) casting about for something to focus on in the early morning.
I shall have more coffee.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2026 05:29 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2026 05:35 AM (+mUZM)
Born in Florida, near Clearwater.
Lived a while in Huntsville, AL before my parents moved.
Spent most of childhood near Ardmore, TN (which is in Giles County, TN).
Giles County is notable for 2 things: Sam Davis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Davis) and the KKK.
OK, if you are interested in military history, the Union and Confederate armies went through that county many times.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 25, 2026 05:35 AM (A/zT2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2026 05:36 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:37 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026 05:39 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2026 05:40 AM (+mUZM)
Though, if there is ice on the roads, school buses will have troubles. As will the SUV moms who ferry their spawn to the indoctrination centers. Better all around if they stay home tomorrow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2026 05:43 AM (zO1No)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 25, 2026 05:43 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026
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Weren't there even earlier ones that connected to the TV via a cable? "Remote," yes, but tethered to the TV, as phones then were tethered to the wall.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 25, 2026 05:45 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026 05:46 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026 05:48 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2026 05:48 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Accomack at January 25, 2026 05:52 AM (GbONR)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026
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Exotic stuff! I didn't know anybody who even had a color TV, let alone a remote, when I was in grammar school and jr. high. "Remote control" was getting the nearest kid to go over and change the channel!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 25, 2026 05:52 AM (3Ope8)
My grandmother on my mother's side lived NW of Nashville, close enough to Clarksville for people to use that as point of reference. She had been a mail carrier during WW1 and had stories about how people handled the flu then as well as a story about a relative who had been drug to his death by a spooked mule. She's no longer among the living but she lived to be in the low 100's.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 25, 2026 05:52 AM (A/zT2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026 05:59 AM (qFwJc)
Psalm 106: 10
Posted by: kingsman at January 25, 2026 05:59 AM (ehY6c)
https://tinyurl.com/4y8u9p8b
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026 06:03 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 25, 2026 06:05 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 06:06 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 06:08 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 06:11 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 25, 2026 06:11 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026 06:13 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026 05:59 AM (qFwJc)
I frankly think the FBI should give his associates a J6 level of deep dive -- find out if he carpooled with anyone, check his texts and emails to see if he coordinated with anyone at all on being there that day -- and charge as many as possible with his death.
Posted by: SciVo at January 25, 2026 06:13 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 25, 2026 06:14 AM (xhfpw)
Our cat is an outdoor cat, but she almost always overnights in the garage. She came out of the garage, looked around for about 10 seconds, and scooted back in, and there was more food in her dish.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 25, 2026 06:16 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026 05:59 AM (qFwJc)
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Who?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 25, 2026 06:16 AM (xhfpw)
Posted by: resist_we_much at January 25, 2026 06:17 AM (cpys8)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 25, 2026 06:16 AM (xhfpw)
A guy who went to a protest/riot with a loaded pistol, allegedly brandished it, got shot by Border Patrol, and died.
Posted by: SciVo at January 25, 2026 06:19 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 25, 2026 06:16 AM (xhfpw)
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https://tinyurl.com/2s96rmc5
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 06:21 AM (VbhMz)
There is a bunny out there hovering up millet and cracked corn. The first birds will arrive in about 20 minutes, squirrels a bit later.
It will be a tough afternoon to ground feed.
Posted by: fluffy at January 25, 2026 06:22 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Whoopie Goldberg, Legal Analyst, tomorrow at January 25, 2026 06:22 AM (luNjk)
Maybe 1" 1/2 of snow, not adding up very fast
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 06:23 AM (Ia/+0)
I'll probably get out and plow/blow every couple of hours.
As Sergeant Phil Esterhaus would say, Let's Be Careful Out There.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 25, 2026 06:24 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2026 06:25 AM (zO1No)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2026 06:28 AM (zO1No)
Before that I had gigundo Sony CRT's and little Zenith and RCA CRT's.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 25, 2026 06:30 AM (XV/Pl)
There's the "oh, your baby sister doesn't know that it hurts you when she pulls your hair" story that apparently NO FUCKING MEMBER OF TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION is aware of.
I would have thrown in the GOP as well, but those assholes have their own agenda which is disjointed from that of their electorate.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 25, 2026 06:31 AM (A/zT2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 25, 2026 06:32 AM (qwVdq)
I think that it's very kind of you and other folks who put out stuff for the birds and beasts. I'll have to get some stuff when we next get to the store.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026 06:34 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 25, 2026 06:35 AM (xhfpw)
But we're safe out here. Dogs are bundled up, we have water and food and there is no reason for me to be outside.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 25, 2026 06:36 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
The older I get, the more I appreciate things being boring.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 25, 2026 06:37 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 25, 2026 06:37 AM (xhfpw)
You shouldn't want more pain that what you'll provide later in the process. You can't own animals without realizing that they can feel.
I've raised animals for slaughter, chopped the heads of chickens we raised, and pulled the head off of a life chicken in my hands during my Recondo course at West Point back in the day. Something bad is going to happen to those animals someday; why make it an entire spectrum of suck?
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 25, 2026 06:37 AM (A/zT2)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 25, 2026 06:37 AM (xhfpw)
North Mississippi has had the worst of it so far.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 25, 2026 06:38 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Halfhand at January 25, 2026 06:40 AM (z0w8y)
My point was, I’d think a rancher would bring cattle inside the barn before sheep. Make sense?
Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2026 06:41 AM (zO1No)
Post before proofreading: that's what's for dinner!
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 25, 2026 06:43 AM (A/zT2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2026 06:44 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 25, 2026 06:48 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: SciVo at January 25, 2026 06:19 AM (Sy6m/)
He got ICEd?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 25, 2026 06:50 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 25, 2026 06:50 AM (dK+Kv)
Daaamn, that's cold.
Posted by: SciVo at January 25, 2026 06:51 AM (Sy6m/)
My family had raised cattle and horses but not sheep.
Our cattle (and horses) were smart enough to shelter in our barn when things got cold without any action on our part.
I have a story about a tank gunner whose family name was Clapp who told me that was because sheep were a vector of that STD and he came from a line of sheep herders. Given that he had interacted with me enough to realize there no shock value to something as tame as that, he might have been telling me something that he believed to be true.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 25, 2026 06:53 AM (A/zT2)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 25, 2026 06:16 AM (xhfpw)
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https://tinyurl.com/2s96rmc5
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 06:21 AM (VbhMz)
A good start.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 25, 2026 06:53 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 25, 2026 06:54 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 25, 2026 06:55 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 06:56 AM (Ia/+0)
But the advertising itself doesn’t make any sense. It’s as if the products offered are as diametrically opposed to the user bas as possible. I think advertising should be things that people are likely to buy, but what do I know.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2026 06:57 AM (zO1No)
The real kicker is RAM. For the best quality mesh after scanning a medium sized object like a vehicle engine block might require a PC with 96GB or 128GB of RAM. For onsite versatility, most users opt for a laptop.
Gaming laptops with non-Quadro GPUs seem to be the ticket. The GPU requires at least 8 GB of VRAM and for software compatibility it must be NVIDIA (sigh).
Any recommendations as to which manufacturer makes the most reliable gaming laptops?
Posted by: mrp at January 25, 2026 06:58 AM (rj6Yv)
Appeals court finds evidence to charge Don Lemon over church protest, but won’t force arrest warrant
https://t.co/5PD8APNcw9
This is ridiculous.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 06:59 AM (VbhMz)
Posted by: SciVo at January 25, 2026 06:51 AM (Sy6m/)
He was on thin ice.
What kind of moron goes to a protest armed then pulls a gun on LE?
Dude auto-Darwinned. More oxygen for the rest of us.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 25, 2026 06:59 AM (dK+Kv)
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One would think... yet the irony here is amazing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 25, 2026 07:01 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 25, 2026 06:55 AM (0KSrI)
It's like they've already forgotten Renee Good. If holding a phone means you can't also hold a gun, and the agent she struck was holding a phone, then where did the bullet that killed her come from? Was there a grassy knoll??
Posted by: SciVo at January 25, 2026 07:02 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 25, 2026 06:54 AM (mlg/3)
Why you gotta rain on my parade?
I'm taking my eyeballs and going home.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 25, 2026 07:02 AM (dK+Kv)
https://tinyurl.com/bdf7d3b6
I understand that the MN National Guard is in place protecting domestic terrorists. That makes the NG participants domestic terrorists, too.
Trump is gonna need a bigger boat.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 07:04 AM (VbhMz)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 05:17 AM (IG3/x)
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Whenever we called the firehouse all the Old Ladies would rush to the lobby to see if Firefighter David, who had the appearance of a Greek god, would respond. He was always very solicitous.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 25, 2026 07:07 AM (RIvkX)
Remember no one is above the law, except those who are above it
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 07:08 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Military Moron at January 25, 2026 04:29 AM (ycI94)
Sounds perfectly Army.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 25, 2026 07:10 AM (dK+Kv)
Before that I had gigundo Sony CRT's and little Zenith and RCA CRT's.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 25, 2026
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My first remote TV was in 1996 -- a JVC, I think, a big CRT that weighed (no kidding) 75 lbs. It served me with only one repair, and with being transported to Denver and back, until 2020. That fall I bought the current flat-screen TV. And as much a leap above its RCA predecessor as the JVC was, that's how far above the JVC this one is.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 07:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fluffy at January 25, 2026 07:14 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2026 07:14 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2026
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Yes; on the vintage-oriented channels I watch most (MeTV, Grit, Movies!, Heroes & Icons), the overwhelming majority of the ads are for products for geezers. I get it, and I'm technically in their ranks; but I get really tired of spots for HurryCanes, incontinence products, "little blue pills," and landline phones with closed-captioning.
Even though I hate that Buick has ditched all of its sedans for SUVs now, a spot for that or other luxury vehicles is a breath of fresh air.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 25, 2026 07:17 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026 07:20 AM (qFwJc)
Was going to put my flag away last night and didn't
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 07:20 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2026 07:23 AM (rZCVI)
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No, that is actually an example of advertising that aligns well with the users.
The websites seem to all use the same vendor, it’s some sort of package deal or suite of products. I see the same silly products across all sorts of websites that nobody will ever purchase in a million years. It doesn’t make any business sense.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2026 07:25 AM (PbQyP)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 07:25 AM (VbhMz)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 25, 2026
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Glad you made it home, Puddleglum. I think my 2016 Buick LaCrosse has that same feature, though in the five years I've been driving it I haven't been in any slippery or unstable conditions. I didn't drive during the Big Snow of last January. Nor do I plan to head out for anything tomorrow if there's ice.
Treat the Civic well: good oil and other fluids, tire rotations and regular fluid changes like the transmission, and it will continue to last.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 07:28 AM (wzUl9)
I went to Mass yesterday afternoon at my local parish (sorry, "Catholic community") because I didn't think travel today was worth the risk. So it doesn't feel like it's Sunday because I'm not a) going to Mass or b) going to a dog show.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2026 07:28 AM (tgvbd)
But I see more coming, and the potential for icing is increasing.... which is bad.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 25, 2026 07:29 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 25, 2026 07:30 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 07:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 25, 2026 07:33 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 25, 2026 07:33 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026 07:20 AM (qFwJc)
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I still have mine. Works great!
Posted by: mrp at January 25, 2026 07:33 AM (rj6Yv)
31.8 degrees out.
If you run your hand across the roof of the car, you can feel the slightest coating of frozen rain.
roads seem clear, so I believe we shall survive.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 25, 2026 07:34 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 07:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 07:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026 05:59 AM (qFwJc)
Which is why the left has been agitating stupid asses.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2026 07:36 AM (ExV1e)
Started here around 1:30 PM yesterday, supposed stop around 5 PM today.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 25, 2026 07:36 AM (NcvvS)
>>Any recommendations as to which manufacturer makes the most reliable gaming laptops?
I'd reccomend an ASUS ROG Strix 18 with 64gb, it comes with a mobile 5080, and should support the scanner and any project you throw at it.
System is going to run you close to $4k although you may find a deal.
You could also go with an Apple M4 Max build if the budget can support it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 25, 2026 07:37 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 25, 2026 06:11 AM (7xrfc)
Although, since he - presumably - wasn't a pretty blonde girl, we might wonder why.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2026 07:38 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 25, 2026 07:38 AM (24xYU)
So, probably get a foot and half at a minimum if that is the case.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 25, 2026 07:38 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2026 07:39 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 25, 2026
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The Even Bigger Snow here in 1989 was like that. The temps never went above freezing for three days, so the snow that fell (three days before Christmas, yet) stayed on the ground the whole time. We had a kind of White Christmas!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: SciVo at January 25, 2026 06:19 AM (Sy6m/)
Doesn't appear to have brandished it. BCP has the video.
https://youtu.be/YrzT6tYpK0Q
He goes over the incident at the start of the video.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2026 07:40 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2026 07:41 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 25, 2026
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I'm gonna try to use the excuse that I can't get to work on Monday and hope that my bosses don't remember that I work from home.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 25, 2026 07:42 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)
Yinz seen Duncanthrax? We gots bidness.
Posted by: The penguin at January 25, 2026 07:42 AM (c3YdQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 25, 2026 07:43 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 25, 2026 07:33 AM (/0z9K)
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Ejection seat.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 25, 2026 07:43 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 07:46 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 25, 2026 06:55 AM (0KSrI)
As near as I can tell from watching the video...
- he was armed
- he had some confrontation with ICE/CBP
- he was being arrested but decided to resist
- an officer moved to disarm him
- in the scrum, another officer saw the gun clear the holster and shot him
FA/FO
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 25, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 07:47 AM (vFG9F)
Missive computer model fail but the panic mongers did a good job.
Posted by: Ripley at January 25, 2026 07:48 AM (PTDkx)
>>Any recommendations as to which manufacturer makes the most reliable gaming laptops?
I'd reccomend an ASUS ROG Strix 18 with 64gb, it comes with a mobile 5080, and should support the scanner and any project you throw at it.
System is going to run you close to $4k although you may find a deal.
You could also go with an Apple M4 Max build if the budget can support it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 25, 2026 07:37 AM (XV/Pl)
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Thanks. Starting off at 64GB RAM seems to be the best bet at the moment.
Posted by: mrp at January 25, 2026 07:48 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 07:49 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 25, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 25, 2026 07:51 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Ben Had
Country's top expert in the law of self defense weighs in. The firearm matters—and the media is hiding it. At the Minneapolis Border Patrol shooting, the suspect was armed with a SIG Sauer P320 AXG Combat, a high-capacity 9mm pistol with a threaded barrel, extended 20–21 round magazine, and a SIG Romeo optic—a setup costing $1,500–$2,000. This was not a cheap carry gun.
Officers were in a physical struggle with an armed suspect when a gun was perceived and the word “gun” was shouted. Under settled self-defense law, officers are entitled to rely on fellow officers’ reasonable perceptions. They do not have to personally confirm the threat.
Once a firearm appears during active resistance, the legal standard is simple: reasonable perception of imminent deadly force. That standard was met here. Freeze-frame activism doesn’t override real-time dynamics, and the law does not require officers to wait to be shot. This was a tragic—but lawful—use of force.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2026 07:51 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Just Wondering"
Cat water bowl status? Totally liquid at 12 degrees.
As long as I don't lose power.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2026 07:57 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Ripley at January 25, 2026 07:57 AM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Just Wondering"
Not frozen. Not even a little.
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)
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I have a water bowl out in my sunroom for my cats.
It's not frozen. Which is a bit surprising considering how cold it's been the past couple of days. I thought it would be a solid block of ice by now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 25, 2026 07:58 AM (ESVrU)
.
.
It's not working.
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Probably just sent your entire checking/savings balance to some Somali daycare "Learing Center."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 25, 2026 07:58 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Ripley
Especially when they are child rapists, murderers & human traffickers.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2026 08:00 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 25, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)
The rain has largely pushed off to the east. Temperatures look to remain above freezing today. Strong northerly winds should help things dry out on vertical surfaces. So the threat of downed power lines coated with inches of ice, at least around here, now seems remote.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2026 08:01 AM (tgvbd)
One video I saw had an agent wrestle the gun out of the perps hand at about the same time as the shot.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 25, 2026 08:03 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Ripley"
Where was this guy for Laken Riley? Did he have any thoughts on the people killed by illegal alien truck drivers? Why is he defending thieves, rapists, and murderers? Could it be that he was a deluded lefty riled up by deluded leftys and the media but I repeat myself.
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)
Now we are stalked by the spectre of unrelenting, bitter cold. Temperatures forecast to fall into the mid-20s tonight before warming to the upper 30s tomorrow.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2026 08:04 AM (tgvbd)
Illegal aliens and the NGO industry surrounding them is just the cover for the redistribution of tax money and control of political power. It's all about the money.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 25, 2026 08:05 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 08:07 AM (vFG9F)
Tucker Charlson comes to mind.
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 25, 2026 08:07 AM (cS1cw)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 08:08 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: clarence at January 25, 2026 08:09 AM (jgwdN)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 25, 2026 08:10 AM (GE2M1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 08:10 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 08:10 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: No Ice Is Good! at January 25, 2026 08:11 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 08:13 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Dysfunction Afoot at January 25, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026
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It was also on my first Buick, the big Park Avenue, and I did turn it off to see if the car would launch even faster from a standstill. Not that I could tell; but it was fun to try.
When stores were closed on Sundays, a big empty parking lot in daylight was easy to find. Not so much today. And so many of them have speed bumps, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 08:16 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)
The Democrat Party relies on illegals for political power at both the local and national level. They allow them to come into the country, have networks to move them to desired locations and then they use tax dollars to give them healthcare, housing, food and more. In exchange they get votes and bodies for the census and House seats.
There is nothing organic about these protests. A guy on X managed to infiltrate a Signal group called ICE Watch. They are highly organized and watching ICE movements, tracking their license plates, dispatching rioters, etc.. And it's not just a bunch of loons. A woman who works for the Walz administration is part of the group and so are Democrat politicians. Renee Good was part of ICE Watch and so was Pretti.
That's why Democrats are freaking out and claiming they will shut down the government over ICE funding. This is an existential fight for the Democrat Party. No way can the Trump administration can back down now.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 25, 2026 08:17 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 08:10 AM (Ia/+0)
Especially violent military age males
Posted by: night lifted at January 25, 2026 08:18 AM (kJmLc)
Trump is over the target.
Posted by: Accomack at January 25, 2026 08:18 AM (T8bqm)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 08:19 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Count de Monet, channeling Rodney Dangerfield at January 25, 2026 08:19 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 25, 2026 08:19 AM (vV6n9)
Posted by: night lifted at January 25, 2026 08:19 AM (kJmLc)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 08:20 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Accomack at January 25, 2026 08:20 AM (T8bqm)
Posted by: night lifted at January 25, 2026 08:21 AM (kJmLc)
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Here in KY it will not get out of the teens or low 20's until sometime next week. So, whatever's on the ground, snow, ice or both, it's going to stick around for a while.
*goes off to check Bourbon stocks*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 25, 2026 08:22 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 25, 2026 08:22 AM (3Ope8)
Don't you have any sympathy for those poor people who, due to YOUR LIFE, have been in UNBELIEVABLE squalor and deserve to replace YOU?
/sarc. Sort of. Ok, not really. More than you think believe this.
Posted by: man at January 25, 2026 08:23 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 08:23 AM (vFG9F)
And Renee Good who is already sliding down the memory hole.
After years of lying that Democrats aren't giving illegals free healthcare, Newsom admitted the other day at Davos that he is one of 16 governors doing it.
The Great Replacement Theory isn't a conspiracy theory. It's very real.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 25, 2026 08:23 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Flush With Success at January 25, 2026 08:24 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 08:25 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 25, 2026 08:22 AM (3Ope
Helpless people abound. Which reminds me to check in on NextDoor every now and then. The pitiful blegging of the terminally unprepared is amusing in small doses.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 25, 2026 08:26 AM (wVcYX)
So, who, exactly is $$$ this? Operating any such "network" beyond the adhoc level requires time and money, and lots of it.
Posted by: man at January 25, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Accomack at January 25, 2026 08:27 AM (T8bqm)
Posted by: Accomack
That's fine, just keep them out of Nassawadox, Painter, and Nelsonia!
Posted by: Route 13 Grizzled Veteran at January 25, 2026 08:27 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 25, 2026 08:22 AM (qwVdq)
Don't bother. It's keeping our water bowl from freezing.
Posted by: Perfessor's Cats at January 25, 2026 08:28 AM (uQesX)
Most likely case, we are. Hundreds of billions of our tax dollars at the state and federal level have been stolen and used to support this process.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 25, 2026 08:30 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: night lifted at January 25, 2026 08:30 AM (kJmLc)
Renee Good...
Alex Pretti...
Pretti and Good.
Pretty and Good
Is it too conspiratorial to think that the Democrat/anti-ICE leaders and organizers are picking their Sacrificial Retards(TM) based on their pleasant and euphonious sounding last names?
ICE is murdering Pretti and Good people!!!1111!
I mean, you never see(so far) one of the SCs named "Molesterio" or "Swan-Eating Mohammed"
do you?
Posted by: naturalfake at January 25, 2026 08:30 AM (iJfKG)
I would probably enjoy it if I hadn't already read the books and watched the whole original series, but I had.
Posted by: bluebell at January 25, 2026 08:32 AM (79pEw)
Charming show.
Posted by: Tuna at January 25, 2026 08:32 AM (lJ0H4)
Common sense seems to be a superpower these days...
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 25, 2026 08:32 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Accomack at January 25, 2026 08:27 AM"
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How can you tell?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 25, 2026 08:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 25, 2026 08:34 AM (IUuBi)
Suduko and Spider solitaire game are done
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 08:34 AM (Ia/+0)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)
The would find out who was funding these groups, supporting these groups and who was in control.
The street muscle would have been hunted to the ends of the earth and put in a whole so deep, they would not see the light for decades.
Anything less than that to deal with the democrat insurrection is masturbation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 25, 2026 08:35 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Hardscrabble Life at January 25, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 25, 2026 08:37 AM (IUuBi)
The cold is still sticking around like CBD at your parent's 50th Anniversary Party drinking all the booze, dancing the alligator, and barfing on the waitress....but the precipitation is going or gone.
Icy roads etc but no major power outages except in far east Texas and a couple of sparsely populated counties in the far west.
So, reasonably good overall.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 25, 2026 08:38 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 25, 2026 08:38 AM (4b7CV)
Posted by: Hardscrabble Life at January 25, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)
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Barter system.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 25, 2026 08:38 AM (ESVrU)
Kinda unusual.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 25, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 25, 2026 08:38 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 25, 2026 08:39 AM (viF8m)
230 Did people really have money to pay a veterinarian in rural England in the 30s? My grandparents on both sides were farmers in Norway in the 30s, had big families, and I doubt very much they ever called a vet.
Posted by: Hardscrabble Life at January 25, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)
In those days, a vet might have accepted 2 dozen eggs as full payment.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 25, 2026 08:39 AM (IUuBi)
I've enjoyed interacting with you fine people on this smart military blog but.....
I'm doomed. The snow is 3 inches deep and get deeper every hour. It's drifting and my porch is covered. My front door is blocked, the walkway and steps to the porch are drifted so deep I need a snow suit to get thru it. I can't get out to the shop to get my snow shovel.
I'm doomed.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 25, 2026 08:39 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: bluebell at January 25, 2026 08:40 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Yes, the original was great but I find the new one very good in its own way. It is certainly 100% better than most of the dreck shown on TV these days. I see that there will be a new production of "The Count of Monte Cristo" starting in March. Crossing my fingers that they don't mess it up.
Posted by: Tuna at January 25, 2026 08:40 AM (lJ0H4)
Kinda unusual.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 25, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)
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what does yellow signify? I haven't looked at google in many years so I don't know.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 25, 2026 08:41 AM (tAPWz)
Was that wrong? Should he not have done that?
Posted by: George Costanza at January 25, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: How much For The Leetle Girl? at January 25, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 25, 2026 08:42 AM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 25, 2026 08:41 AM (tAPWz)
Chinese. Belt and road. As lousy as every other thing China builds.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 25, 2026 08:42 AM (uQesX)
I would probably enjoy it if I hadn't already read the books and watched the whole original series, but I had.
Posted by: bluebell at January 25, 2026
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True, I had never read any of the books before this new show started. I recently read the second in the series, though, and to me the new cast and the tone seem to fit quite well. Samuel West in particular, as Siegfried Farnon the senior vet, is a wonder -- he *moves* like no actor since Robert Culp.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 25, 2026 08:42 AM (wzUl9)
I did not vote for that.
Posted by: bluebell at January 25, 2026 08:42 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: Accomack at January 25, 2026 08:42 AM (8jVAy)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 25, 2026 08:43 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2026 08:43 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 25, 2026 08:44 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Accomack at January 25, 2026 08:44 AM (8jVAy)
Posted by: New Jersey at January 25, 2026 08:45 AM (Yl2Ob)
I've enjoyed interacting with you fine people on this smart military blog but.....
I'm doomed. The snow is 3 inches deep and get deeper every hour. It's drifting and my porch is covered. My front door is blocked, the walkway and steps to the porch are drifted so deep I need a snow suit to get thru it. I can't get out to the shop to get my snow shovel.
I'm doomed.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 25, 2026 08:39 AM (2J/Lj)
PRO TIP:
Your Tennis Racquets can be used as emergency snowshoes!.
Strap them to your feet, climb out the front window, trudge next door and take over your neighbor's house(be sure to bring a shotgun!), lock your annoying neighbors in the hall closet and eat their food, drink their booze and watch "Ted Lasso" on their TV.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 25, 2026 08:45 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Tuna at January 25, 2026 08:40 AM (lJ0H4)
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I hope so too. Good thing I'm not a betting man though.
Posted by: bluebell at January 25, 2026 08:45 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2026 08:43 AM (+mUZM)
You had wrapped bread? Probably had sliced, too. Musta been nice.
Posted by: Dried out old crust at January 25, 2026 08:45 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Tuna at January 25, 2026 08:40 AM (lJ0H4)
My favorite version was the 1975 movie with Richard Chamberlain.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 25, 2026 08:46 AM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Skip at January 25, 2026 08:46 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had
Ironically, I advocate ICE using flamethrowers for dirtbag removal.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 25, 2026 08:46 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Flush With Success at January 25, 2026 08:24 AM (oftw2)
I am somehow reminded of this one time, I think it was in 2002, when I was Austin for a couple of months, and a limo driver that was in a group that I was hanging out with mentioned a punk album that he was listening to. I don't remember his name, the album's name, or the band's name, but I will likely never forget his description of their charming ditty "Wipe It 'Til It Bleeds," about tidying up in anticipation of gay sex.
Anyway, better skid than skidmarks, amirite?
Posted by: SciVo at January 25, 2026 08:46 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: moron at January 25, 2026 08:46 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 25, 2026 08:41 AM*
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Yellow means traffic is slow.
As opposed to red which indicates stop and go very slow.
As opposed to very dark red almost black which means Omigosh I hope you have protein bars, water, an emergency thermal blanket, extra wool socks and a Saint Bernard 'cuz you're gonna die.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 25, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.
Got tripple the touted snow forecast. Now I see the NWS put up a high estimate as a CYA.
Should be able to drive over the fluffy snow without shoveling. But my up the hill neighbor has a front-loader if needed.
I'll do that drive in a bit. Tonight will be cold, even for here.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
Don't even get me going on the housekeeper who runs the show and has a son in prison. Nope and nope.
I'll stop now so I don't keep ruining it for you, lol! I need more coffee anyway.
Posted by: bluebell at January 25, 2026 08:48 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: Jim Cantore, Overhype Weather Guy at January 25, 2026 08:48 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Tuna at January 25, 2026 08:40 AM (lJ0H4)
Probably all ham.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 25, 2026 08:49 AM (uQesX)
I've enjoyed interacting with you fine people on this smart military blog but.....
I'm doomed. The snow is 3 inches deep and get deeper every hour. It's drifting and my porch is covered. My front door is blocked, the walkway and steps to the porch are drifted so deep I need a snow suit to get thru it. I can't get out to the shop to get my snow shovel.
I'm doomed.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 25, 2026 08:39 AM (2J/Lj)
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If it's any consolation, the Sunday Morning Book Thread starts in about 10 minutes.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 25, 2026 08:49 AM (ESVrU)
Just ask ace where the best hobos are. I fully expect you will thrive.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2026 08:49 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 25, 2026 08:50 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: man at January 25, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: bluebell at January 25, 2026 08:48 AM (79pEw)
So says my better half who read the books with the kids and loved the original Robert Hardy version on TV.
Posted by: night lifted at January 25, 2026 08:50 AM (kJmLc)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
+++
No yellow.
Posted by: H. Biden at January 25, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 25, 2026 08:39 AM (2J/Lj)
Follow Hadrian's lead and use a Sharpie to write your SSN on your forearm for easier identification .
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 25, 2026 08:52 AM (wVcYX)
I can't imagine a new updated version being anywhere close to the one back then.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 25, 2026 08:53 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 25, 2026 08:53 AM (+eCdV)
Posted by: Tuna at January 25, 2026 08:53 AM (lJ0H4)
I don't have any tennis rackett.
My neighbor is my son
I have plenty of food
Can I have your stuff?
Posted by: moron
No!
Why isn't anyone taking my plight seriously?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 25, 2026 08:54 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 25, 2026 08:54 AM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 25, 2026 08:54 AM (+eCdV)
I can't imagine a new updated version being anywhere close to the one back then.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 25, 2026 08:53 AM (Lo97M)
Because we're not the same people. We've been diluted, polluted, and uprooted from our culture. All for the greed and lust for power by our so-called betters. They want a slave society, and they'll do whatever it takes to achieve it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 25, 2026 08:56 AM (uQesX)
There was a lot of mopping involved but it was worth it.
Posted by: bluebell at January 25, 2026 08:57 AM (79pEw)
Posted by: fd at January 25, 2026 08:59 AM (vFG9F)
But if Richard Chamberlain did it, I guess we're already past that point.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 25, 2026 08:59 AM (Lo97M)
Beats cleaning the house which is what I'll be doing instead.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 25, 2026 08:59 AM (viF8m)
My neighbor is my son
I have plenty of food
Can I have your stuff?
Posted by: moron
No!
Why isn't anyone taking my plight seriously?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 25, 2026 08:54 AM (2J/Lj)
Do you have a pickleball racquet?
Can you fashion a rudimentary lathe?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 25, 2026 09:00 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mildly curious at January 25, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 25, 2026 09:00 AM (wVcYX)
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Ha! Perfect.
Posted by: bluebell at January 25, 2026 09:01 AM (79pEw)
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More than likely it's you who's paying for this. Specifically, anyone who's paying taxes.
Sort of pisses you off a bit, no?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 25, 2026 09:02 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: clarence at January 25, 2026 09:02 AM (jgwdN)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 25, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2026 09:03 AM (zILP0)
Almost no bread in the house, but I have tater tots.
Cooking up some texas chili beans right now. Rib-eye later.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 25, 2026 09:04 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 25, 2026 09:07 AM (FEVMW)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 25, 2026 09:24 AM (mrzqz)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 25, 2026 10:25 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2026 10:30 AM (NztoB)
It’s called “self learning”
Posted by: SMOD at January 25, 2026 11:42 AM (GITLP)
Posted by: Epobirs
Lyrics written by the teenage son of director Robert Altman. Reportedly in five minutes.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 25, 2026 04:59 AM (BLOW1)
cool
Posted by: m at January 25, 2026 12:36 PM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: NCDave at January 25, 2026 02:45 PM (mAiNO)
Posted by: m at January 25, 2026 03:28 PM (SSiCQ)
The piece about the tool you needed reminded me of a program my company used for years. It was written for Microsoft basic around DOS 3. When (I think) Win 7 came out, we needed to get off the 8bit program. The problem was a decade of data written in MBF (Microsoft Binary Format). Anything newer needed to be translated into IEEE format.
I coded a translator in C to handle the bitwise manipulation line by line, but that wouldn’t work with the new code, so we had to go looking for something to handle the translation more smoothly. Eventually, the person creating the new code found a DLL on a website, totally undocumented but free. He incorporated it into a VB for Office application and away we went.
Posted by: Advo at January 25, 2026 08:10 PM (jO4mz)
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