Daily Tech News 22 March 2026

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An Ohio datacenter planned by Japanese company SoftBank will cost $40 billion to build - and require a new 9.2GW gas turbine generator complex that will cost another $33 billion. (Tom's Hardware)

Or, as the article notes, 9 nuclear reactors, though that option is off the table due to the excruciatingly long lead times thanks to a thousand layers of bureaucratic nonsense.

Which is ironic considering that the site chosen for the datacenter near Piketon was used to produce nuclear fuel from 1956 until 2001.

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Jeff Bezos is in talks to raise $100 billion to buy existing manufacturing companies and automate them using AI. (MSN)

That's probably better than letting the companies slowly go broke. Maybe. I guess.
AMD has released its updated FSR 4.1 AI-based upscaling technology - the company's equivalent to Nvidia's DLSS. (Tom's Hardware)

Reports are that it's genuinely good.

But AMD is still keeping a pillow firmly over the face of FSR 4 for older RDNA2 and RDNA3 graphics cards, even though following an accidental leak of the source code it is known to work perfectly well. Not as efficiently as on RDNA4, but still fine.

And it's not as if you can just buy a top-of-the-line Radeon 9070 XT below MSRP right now. I mean, you can, and I did, but I'm an idiot when it comes to money.
Crimson Desert is here and AMD used it to demonstrate FSR 4.1. Should you buy it? Nnngh. (PC Gamer)

Reviews are mixed, with some calling it the greatest thing since cut cheese and others calling it a buggy mess, and Intel graphics card owners crying in their soup - because the game simply won't start.

One of the strongest criticisms apart from that comes from leaked internal conversations that allege the company didn't decide on the plot of the game until shortly before release. Which rings true because the developer, Pearl Abyss, is best known for it's MMO title Black Desert. In fact, I'm not sure they've released anything else.
It does run at 50 fps on a MacBook Neo, though. (Notebook Check)

Albeit at 180p, upscaled to 540p - in testing the reviewer had to cut the desktop resolution to salvage something - and with frame generation to create fake frames with AI.

The game fully supports Mac systems, but recommends at least an M3 CPU. And even the just-released and seriously M5 Max is hardly a gaming powerhouse, requiring both upscaling and frame generation to perform acceptably.
You know sometimes you see something for sale that is obviously, painfully useless and simultaneously has an eye-watering price tag, and you wonder who could possibly be the target market? (The Verge)
Trivy supply chain attack triggers self-spreading CanisterWorm across 47 NPM packages. (The Hacker News)

What?
Widely-used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack. (Ars Technica)

Slightly better.
Trivy vulnerability scanner backdoored with credential stealer in supply-chain attack. (CSO Online)

The best headline I've seen so far, because it explains what Trivy (it scans for vulnerabilities in your software) and what the attack does (it steals your login sessions).

That's horrifying. The very people most interested in making sure systems were secure were the target here. If they built Trivy into their code testing process, it would have automatically pulled in the compromised version and stolen their GitHub credentials (this targeted GitHub) and used that to spread the chaos further.

That's what led to the CanisterWorm attack on those NPM packages - and that is probably a very incomplete list.

More at Socket and Wiz.

The maintainers of Trivy posted a thread on GitHub to communicate the details to their users - which the attackers promptly deleted since they had effective control over the Trivy GitHub account at that point.
Fuck systemd. (It's FOSS)

Musical Interlude

Music is the Zoltraak theme from the anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. Anime by some strange coincidence is Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.

Contains spoilers. Contains very spoilers for four of the most dramatic fight scenes in the first season. Since the first season only really contains four dramatic fight scenes - this is a character-driven series, not monster of the week - you might want to avoid this one if you want to watch the show.

Disclaimer: And I do recommend this series, even to those who do not usually watch anime. I did find the episodes near the end of the first season a bit of a slog - into each great anime a tournament arc must fall - but it resolves itself with the same wit and grace that makes the rest of the story shine.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 !!

Posted by: clarence at March 22, 2026 04:01 AM (7lOC+)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Between ad then a roundabout trip to get here

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2026 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

5 corgis called

Posted by: clarence at March 22, 2026 04:02 AM (7lOC+)

6 To get up, or not to get up?
That is the question

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 04:05 AM (Ia/+0)

7 I bought a new Windows laptop, and I have been struggling against all the advertising and AI slop Microsoft is pushing.

I discovered a super easy and quick solution.

Just do this: find your wifi icon, select your wifi connection, and then click disconnect.

Good morning.

Posted by: meh at March 22, 2026 04:13 AM (N462N)

8 I suppose I could go put coffee on and think about it some more

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 04:14 AM (Ia/+0)

9 BOING!

Finished a late breakfast with Mrs. BD. Work to be done.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 22, 2026 04:15 AM (1o8D5)

10 Takaichi and Trump = Thatcher and Reagan. We're in for some serious horse trading. I can't help but notice that she's a genuine woman - watch videos of her arrival and WH tour.

Takaichi, Milei, Jose Kast.

Posted by: 13times at March 22, 2026 04:18 AM (f3uvx)

11 Shame that Britain, Australia, and Canada are currently run by communists.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

12 Read Shania law is being enforced there in schools.

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 04:28 AM (Ia/+0)

13 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 22, 2026 04:32 AM (Hpgos)

14 And I do recommend this series, even to those who do not usually watch anime.

Pixy Misa Johnson is right!

It's like LotR.

But after the whole ring-in-the-volcano thing.

Starring an introverted immortal elf ~~wizard~~ magic geek.

The English title, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, fits the story.

A literal translation of the Japanese title Sousou no Frieren would be "Frieren Attends A Funeral."

Posted by: mikeski at March 22, 2026 04:35 AM (VHUov)

15 Read Shania law is being enforced there in schools.
Posted by: Skip

"Man! I feel like a sex slave!"

Posted by: mikeski is not a little bit country at March 22, 2026 04:38 AM (VHUov)

16 While getting rid of dead sticks from storm last week, bent over badly and got a back spasm. Then in afternoon neighbor informed me a large branch came down I didn't see yet that required a chainsaw.
Hard to put shoes on this morning

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

17 Jeff Bezos is in talks to raise $100 billion to buy existing manufacturing companies and automate them using AI. (MSN)

That's probably better than letting the companies slowly go broke. Maybe. I guess.

I am reminded of an old Twilight Zone episode where a company manager replace every person with a robot. He was quite pleased with himself. The people he layed off warned him of consequences but he carried on. Then he was replaced by a robot. Everytime I read something about AI replacing human jobs, I think of that episode.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 22, 2026 04:41 AM (Hpgos)

18 15 Read Shania law is being enforced there in schools.
Posted by: Skip

"Man! I feel like a sex slave!"
Posted by: mikeski

LoL! What was her last name? I remember her. She was a THING, until she wasn't. The entertainment industry is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 22, 2026 04:44 AM (Hpgos)

19 Twain, as in Sam Clemens

Posted by: RandomDave at March 22, 2026 04:48 AM (aJQbY)

20 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at March 22, 2026 04:55 AM (AN2gy)

21 AI replacing jobs will highlight how poorly the American educational system has fared, and how much it has failed American children. And this generation is not the first to represent this failure.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 22, 2026 04:55 AM (eCt/m)

22 Nasty Verges and Gemini...

If I understand that Verge article correctly it seems the whole point of AI is so nitwits can have their phones order chicken teriyaki and have it delivered without interrupting their doom scrolling Tinder for a phone sex hookup. Lovely.

And these people are allowed to ride the bus to go vote without a chaperone. We are f'd.

I am about ready to buy 40 acres in the middle of Nebraska and start learning how to survive on prairie dogs, rabbits, and coyotes. Plus camo underwear.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 05:02 AM (glnUu)

23 "Continue reading with a Verge subscription"

Arrgghh.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 22, 2026 05:10 AM (/HDaX)

24 w00t

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 05:13 AM (+YA9H)

25 "It does run at 50 fps on a MacBook Neo, though. (Notebook Check). Albeit at 180p, upscaled to 540p"

More or less the same as the Steamboat Willie cartoon from 1928? Progress.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 05:14 AM (glnUu)

26 "Continue reading with a Verge subscription"Arrgghh.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

Try this: https://archive.ph/qN5oO

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 05:15 AM (glnUu)

27 I am about ready to buy 40 acres in the middle of Nebraska and start learning how to survive on prairie dogs, rabbits, and coyotes. Plus camo underwear.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 05:02 AM (glnUu)

You may need more than 40 acres.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 22, 2026 05:16 AM (eCt/m)

28 >>>the greatest thing since cut cheese

sliced bread?

>>>crying in their soup

might be time for a snack, Pixy

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 05:17 AM (+YA9H)

29 6 To get up, or not to get up?
That is the question
Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 04:05 AM (Ia/+0)

8 I suppose I could go put coffee on and think about it some more
Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 04:14 AM (Ia/+0)

But then you'd be up, having answered the question.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 05:22 AM (+YA9H)

30
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 22, 2026 05:22 AM (tljrc)

31 "Try this: https://archive.ph/qN5oO
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 05:15 AM (glnUu)"

Fixt. Scraped the barnacles (cookies, that is) off my Kindle browser and Verge stopped jacking me up.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 22, 2026 05:24 AM (/HDaX)

32 11 Shame that Britain, Australia, and Canada are currently run by communists.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

Britain
The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP

Australia
Anthony Albanese

Canada
Mark Carney

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 05:25 AM (+YA9H)

33 "Jeff Bezos in talks to raise $100 billion for AI manufacturing fund"

Before we panic and run off to apply for welfare keep in mind this is the same guy who giggled when he saw the first Segways and was behind the Fire phone. Plus he developed a phallic looking rocket thingy that he stuffed a bunch of women into and then lit it off; that one is a bit weird especially when it looks like his head. Deep breaths, deep breaths...

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 05:25 AM (glnUu)

34 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 22, 2026 05:28 AM (MIIRH)

35 14 And I do recommend this series, even to those who do not usually watch anime.

Pixy Misa Johnson is right!

It's like LotR.

But after the whole ring-in-the-volcano thing.

Starring an introverted immortal elf wizard magic geek.

The main trio (thus far) are all autistic. Frieren because she just is that way, Fern because she trained under Frieren since she was a small child, and Stark because he's a teenage boy.

At least Stark will grow out of it.

And the story is in large part of understanding feelings - both your own and those of others.

The English title, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, fits the story.

A literal translation of the Japanese title Sousou no Frieren would be "Frieren Attends A Funeral."
Posted by: mikeski

It can be read two ways in Japanse: Frieren at the Funeral - since she has outlived half the members of the group that defeated the Demon King, and Frieren of the Funeral, because she can be seriously scary when the need arises.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2026 05:32 AM (BLOW1)

36 Starmer, Albanese, & Carney. Sounds like an the name of an accounting firm.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 05:36 AM (glnUu)

37 32 11

Britain
The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP
born 2 September 1962 (age 63)

Australia
The Hon Anthony Norman Albanese MP
born 2 March 1963 (age 63)

Canada
The Rt Hon Mark Joseph Carney PC OC MP
born 16 March 1965 (age 61)

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 05:38 AM (+YA9H)

38 Its 5:38, large bowl of oatmeal and on 2nd coffee

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 05:39 AM (Ia/+0)

39 Evening and morning to the Sunday toilers and pre-dawn risers! The cat let me sleep an extra half hour. He woke me from a dream that I was visiting my high school chem teacher, and he showed me a secret exit from the lab that led down and outside the school. Funny the things you don't know about when you're sixteen.

Its' 65 F. here and not too windy. A workout is in my near future -- but first, coffee, and feeding the cats.

The 1953 Titanic film last night, with Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck, was great.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

40 One upside if Bezos pulls off his AI manufacturing initiatives is there is chance the illegals aliens will be unemployed just like the US citizens they displaced. Karma. It is a matter of time before LA looks like the Mumbai slums which is going to generate a lot of empty water bottles that will end up on the ground and will eventually find there way into the Pacific Ocean. That is going to cause a ruckus.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 05:45 AM (glnUu)

41 Read Shania law is being enforced there in schools.
Posted by: Skip

"Man! I feel like a sex slave!"
Posted by: mikeski

LoL! What was her last name? I remember her. She was a THING, until she wasn't. The entertainment industry is a harsh mistress.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 22, 2026

***
Shania Twain. Feminist country -- an oxymoron. But she was a lovely woman.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

42 37 Canada
The Rt Hon Mark Joseph Carney PC OC MP
born 16 March 1965 (age 61)
Posted by: m

Carney is Gen X, huh? Even if by the skin of his teeth.

I am embarrassed for my generation.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2026 05:49 AM (BLOW1)

43 only thing that can eff up manufacturing worse than it already is (after decades of neglect and resource stripping) is ai.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 22, 2026 05:50 AM (MIIRH)

44 The 1953 Titanic film last night, with Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck, was great.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I watched Alphaville. The voice for the Alpha-60 AI overlord was a hoot and exactly what I expect to hear in the future. Or Hal if we are unlucky. Ridley Scott seems to have lifted the ending wholesale for Blade Runner.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 05:51 AM (glnUu)

45 40 empty water bottles that will end up on the ground and will eventually find there way into the Pacific Ocean
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 05:45 AM (glnUu)

Thinking back to Life Before Plastic Water Bottles:

Wikipedia
Plastic bottles were first used commercially in 1947, but remained impractical until the 1970s, when the PET bottle was introduced.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 05:52 AM (+YA9H)

46 Read Shania law is being enforced there in schools.
Posted by: Skip

Shania Twain > Shania Law

Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 22, 2026 05:57 AM (KAi1n)

47 NY Post: AOC spent 19K on some quack shrink who got her high on ketamine. So this is what perfect news story looks like. Schumer sure can play dirty.

https://is.gd/chBVec

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 06:00 AM (glnUu)

48 Shania Twain > Shania Law
Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 22, 2026 05:57 AM (KAi1n)

That don't impress me, much.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2026 06:00 AM (Ot/FD)

49 AOC spent 19K on some quack shrink who got her high on ketamine. So this is what perfect news story looks like. Schumer sure can play dirty.

https://is.gd/chBVec
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 06:00 AM (glnUu)

"Twenty thousand pounds to a wise man in India, and I'm wankered on rohypnol."

-Douglas Reynholm

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2026 06:02 AM (Ot/FD)

50 only thing that can eff up manufacturing worse than it already is (after decades of neglect and resource stripping) is ai.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 22, 2026 05:50 AM (MIIRH)

I'm studying Agile/Scrum for work. A few lessons in, and it's readily apparent that it's basically weaponized mission creep.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2026 06:04 AM (Ot/FD)

51 47 NY Post: AOC spent 19K on some quack shrink who got her high on ketamine. So this is what perfect news story looks like. Schumer sure can play dirty.

https://is.gd/chBVec
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 06:00 AM (glnUu)

from the article:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spent nearly $19,000 *in campaign cash* last year on a shrink who specializes in controversial ketamine therapy.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 06:04 AM (+YA9H)

52 "How does that make you feel?"

"Like i want to shoot tranq directly into my eyeballs."

"Your feelings are valid."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2026 06:06 AM (Ot/FD)

53 585 moves
Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 06:08 AM (Ia/+0)

54 Well, I use Slackware and Obarun for my personal Linux servers/laptops to keep systemd away.

I've got a raspberry pi4 that's using ubuntu, so that's infected with systemd. It's not doing anything important at the moment (namely driving a display that shows either a cacti webpage or a ZoneMinder webpage on an old Sony LCD TV in my office), so I won't kill it until/unless it starts asking me about my age.

cacti means https://www.cacti.net/ if you're interested.
ZoneMinder means https://zoneminder.com/

Posted by: Richard Cranium at March 22, 2026 06:10 AM (xFpB3)

55 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: ...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 22, 2026 06:10 AM (MW3sX)

56 Gas in Las Cruces was $3.95 while diesel was $5.65. ouch. That Toyota RAV 4 Hybrid is going to break even way sooner than I thought if this keeps up. I am getting 47 mpg since the last fill up.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 22, 2026 06:15 AM (glnUu)

57 52 "Like i want to shoot tranq directly into my eyeballs."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2026 06:06 AM (Ot/FD)

"Thanks"!

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 06:23 AM (+YA9H)

58 Gas probably still $4 here

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 06:29 AM (Ia/+0)

59 Good morning! Looking at temps in the mid 90s today and about 10-15 degrees cooler tomorrow. Spring in Cowtown.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 22, 2026 06:36 AM (3Ope8)

60 Going up to 70 today, but won't sre that again until Thursday

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2026 06:37 AM (Ia/+0)

61 what is the cheapest way to get 4k out of an old laptop?

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 22, 2026 06:48 AM (gbOdA)

62 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 22, 2026 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

63 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at March 22, 2026 06:57 AM (lJ0H4)

64 nice

AG retweeted
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
@pegobry_en
12h
For the five billionth time:

- You don’t need a conspiracy theory to explain why the US government is interested in an area that has 50% of the world’s oil and 30% of the world’s trade

- You don’t need a conspiracy theory to explain why the US government feels threatened by a jihadist death cult (whose motto is "Death to America") developing nukes

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 07:00 AM (+YA9H)

65 61 what is the cheapest way to get 4k out of an old laptop?
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 22, 2026 06:48 AM (gbOdA)

Keep the oil changed in it?

Posted by: Cletus Sprackdoodle at March 22, 2026 07:00 AM (XE5AP)

66 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 22, 2026 07:01 AM (bQ4nt)

67 olddog in mo

How are you doing?

Any pirate excursions planned?

For me, I have aged out of wanting to do boat maintenance.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 22, 2026 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

68 Read an article at RCP about Myosoty “Miyo” Perez, the secret service field agent who was the "site agent" at the Butler rally were Trump almost got killed. It is astonishing how corrupt and incompetent an institution is the secret service... this woman just got suspended again because she failed to properly report that she was married to a foreign national (illegal alien) from Brazil.... so here we have a three-fer: woman, hispanic, lesbian.... and she's never been fired for all kinds of incompetence and also violating rules (like not reporting relationships with foreign nationals). It's so bad it's almost unbelievable.... Trump being president for more than a year now and nothing is getting cleaned up on the secret service front. Kinda depressing...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 22, 2026 07:05 AM (xT8gx)

69 Morning, Salty. I'm doing fine. How about you? No pirate excursions planned yet. Probably not until June.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 22, 2026 07:07 AM (bQ4nt)

70 61 what is the cheapest way to get 4k out of an old laptop?
Posted by: r hennigantx

Depends on how old. If it doesn't have USB-C or HDMI - or the HDM doesn't support 4k - you can get a USB adaptor that delivers 4k HDMI at 30Hz for about $40 on Amazon, or 2 x 4k at 60Hz for $90.

Don't expect high performance but for basic desktop use they reportedly work well.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2026 07:07 AM (BLOW1)

71 Puddleglum at work

Bezos lost money on the Washington Post. He traded down in wives. And his entire profit center is government contracts. Any Dem instability can crush that plan.

The Amazon Store, which has broken retail, is barely profitable. It is highly sensitive to fossil fuel costs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 22, 2026 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

72 olddog in mo

Doing OK. I am on the road to recovery since I lost my wife. The county Senior Center has a widow support group. So I walk three days a week with a different widow. Walk, not stalk.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 22, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

73 Don't expect high performance but for basic desktop use they reportedly work well.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 22, 2026 07:07 AM (BLOW1)

thx pix

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 22, 2026 07:11 AM (gbOdA)

74 I planned to help NotSoThoreau in Western Kansas yesterday, but I postponed it to today. She is good people.

It is a three hour drive, so I will start my preps now.

Have a great day, everyone.

Head on a swivel, and have a plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 22, 2026 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

75 74 I planned to help NotSoThoreau in Western Kansas yesterday, but I postponed it to today. She is good people.

It is a three hour drive, so I will start my preps now.

Have a great day, everyone.

Head on a swivel, and have a plan.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 22, 2026 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

Y'all report back!

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 07:16 AM (+YA9H)

76 Frieren is excellent story telling....awesome action sequences

Posted by: qmark at March 22, 2026 07:24 AM (R91/8)

77 “It’s almost unbelievable”. Yeah. I noticed how often I was saying that, starting about 20 years ago. Then I lost track.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 22, 2026 07:27 AM (Ft/w+)

78 SIM scam

Damin Toell retweeted
@damintoell
Aakash Gupta
@aakashgupta
8h
Run the actual numbers on "SIM card gold" before you start dissolving things in acid.

A SIM card contains roughly 0.5 to 1 milligram of gold. At today's gold price of ~$4,500 per ounce, one milligram is worth about $0.15. Fifteen cents. Your SIM card's gold is worth less than the electricity it takes to read this tweet.

The video going viral right now is from a Chinese blogger who claimed to refine 191 grams of gold from SIM cards. Worth about $28,000 at current prices. What the video doesn't show: the creator later admitted the process required 2 tons of raw materials, not just SIM cards, and most of the source material was other gold-plated electronic waste that never appeared on camera.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 07:27 AM (+YA9H)

79 *pardon the math

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 07:29 AM (+YA9H)

80 So did some reworking of Voter Role requiring US Citizenship.
It seems that we could collect Citizenship Status for around 28 M voters in the US.
As the laws/plans are actually implemented, it works out to around 14 Million voters.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 22, 2026 07:33 AM (gbOdA)

81 Whatever The Current Thing is, someone is trying to buy up everybody and power them with it. Water wheels, oxen, stirrups, round barns -- right through to Steam, The New Prometheus, armory practice, and punch cards. Some of it works, every time, 40%. Some of it doesn't. The market and its externalities will decide. What's hard to watch is new externalities being dialed in. The great innovation of the last half-century turned out to be the heavy thumb of government incentive. What else ya got?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 22, 2026 07:38 AM (zdLoL)

82 SystemD: Trojan Horse.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 22, 2026 07:41 AM (O7YUW)

83 All of those current things are still in use except punch cards, I think. Probably nobody uses them except some obscure Federal agency that tracks gnat bites or something.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2026 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

84 I shidded in my pants and peed a little.

Posted by: Joseph Robinette Biden at March 22, 2026 07:47 AM (WAgNm)

85 81 Some of it works, every time, 40%.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 22, 2026 07:38 AM (zdLoL)

40%?

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 07:47 AM (+YA9H)

86 Technology has definitely been by the government. Tesla would not exist in its current form without the Federal government. Musk figured out how to work the climate change and the demise of petroleum scams to get things rolling.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2026 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

87 Technology has definitely been "skewed" by the government
.

I meant to say.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

88 So technical questions for a new computer system.

For an upper mid-range computer what would be good specs?

AMD Ryzen, motherboard, 4xxx or 5xxx Nvidia or equivalent, 32GB DDR5, 2TB SSD, cooling system, power supply, and case. Along with OS and ability to buy part by part I guess.

Thanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 22, 2026 07:51 AM (2GVsD)

89 twitter is 20 years old

Nikita Bier
@nikitabier
15h
Happy anniversary to this app.
Thank you for bringing us all together @jack

jack
@jack
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five words. 20 years. unfinished.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2026 07:51 AM (+YA9H)

90 This week I'll ring up my mechanic to have him go over a couple of things on the Buick in prep for my trip to KS next month. Cabin filter, air filter (though I might be able to do that one), check the belts and hoses, and inspect the LF tire. It's over five years old, the rest just over two.

The owner's manual indicates spark plugs should be changed at 97,500 mi., and the car is at 95,200. Time to have that done when I get back, I think. The car still runs perfectly and returns great mileage (on regular) for a big beast with a V-6.

Gas here: $3.49 for 87 E10. I have a nearby Exxon which has it for $3.39 with my Ex. card, and E0 for only .30 more, so I did a 50/50 fillup on Friday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2026 07:51 AM (wzUl9)

91 Good morning from a summer like western NC. 55 degrees here now and predicted mid 80s on this sunny day. Have a pleasant Sunday everyone.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 22, 2026 07:52 AM (opJSc)

92 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

93 >>>Shania Twain. Feminist country -- an oxymoron. But she was a lovely woman.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

>Rule #1.

If you violate #1, Rule #2 is to her toss into the street on her pneumatic ass.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 22, 2026 07:54 AM (Wnd0C)

94 Skip a prayer for complete and speedy recovery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

95 Historically, for the last 30 years or so, you could get a decent PC for $1000, a competent work/game PC for about $2000, and nice CAD/game PC for $3000. I haven't built a PC in the last six months or so but expect the averages are up at least 20%.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

96 83 All of those current things are still in use except punch cards, I think. Probably nobody uses them except some obscure Federal agency that tracks gnat bites or something.
Posted by: fd at March 22, 2026 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

I think several Unis have department to read old media.
Someone found a beta of Unix on a reel tape.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 22, 2026 07:56 AM (gbOdA)

97 AI replacing jobs will highlight how poorly the American educational system has fared, and how much it has failed American children. And this generation is not the first to represent this failure.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 22, 2026 04:55 AM (eCt/m)

AI replacing jobs will highlight how poorly senior executives understand their businesses and how little they consider future implications of their actions.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 22, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)

98 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 22, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

99 94 Skip a prayer for complete and speedy recovery
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

Which prayer do we skip?

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 22, 2026 07:57 AM (gbOdA)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 22, 2026 07:57 AM (gbOdA)

101 Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
@pegobry_en
12h
For the five billionth time:

- You don’t need a conspiracy theory to explain why the US government is interested in an area that has 50% of the world’s oil and 30% of the world’s trade

- You don’t need a conspiracy theory to explain why the US government feels threatened by a jihadist death cult (whose motto is "Death to America") developing nukes

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So it was the joos?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

102 I always tell people to set a price you want to spend on a PC and then get the best thing you can for that. It will be different next month anyway.

Anna, the specs you listed are fine. Price it with the most expensive of everything and then start backing off until it fits you budget.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2026 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

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