Daily Tech News 20 May 20206

Top Story

Google search is dead, says... Google. (Tech Crunch)

Professor Plum in the library with a lead pipe?

Or just Google being Google.

Anyway, the plan is, now that Google has killed its premier product through years of malign neglect, to force you into an AI "experience" any time you want to look something up.

One small problem: I already have Grok for that, and it doesn't try to sell me stuff I don't want, and most of the time it doesn't like to me either.

The secondary is problem is that behind the scenes Grok is using search engines like Google to pull related data together to answer your query. You can even watch it doing that - if you have SuperGrok (my company pays for it because it saves a lot of time we used to spend digging through Stack Overflow) you can watch it spin up three different agents that perform different searches and argue about the correct answer - and oftentimes even get it right.

So the question is, if the underlying search engines go away, what happens to the AI experience? Does it go the way of the nudged quanta in the single data drawer among the galaxy of indexes of indexes?

Tech News

Lenovo has a new all-in-one desktop PC that is a serviceable replacement to my Dell model from 2017. (Notebook Check)

It has a Panther Lake 358H - twice as fast as my old Ryzen 1700, integrated B390 graphics - comparable to the Dell's dedicated Radeon 580, a 32" 4k 165Hz OLED panel - compared to the 27" 4k 60Hz IPS panel in the Dell, 32GB of soldered RAM, and two M.2 slots.

Not present: Ethernet. You can hang a dongle off one of the USB ports but it's a bit of a nuisance.
Microsoft has announced its new lineup of Surface laptops, starting at $1299 with 8GB of RAM. (Tom's Hardware)

Forgivable - maybe - at the $449 of the Chuwi model we looked at recently, or with the $599 MacBook Neo which actually works with 8GB of RAM. At $1299 and running Windows 11, no.
Microsoft has announced its new operating system, available now. (ZDNet)

For suitably small values of "its", "new", and "available".

Azure Linux 4.0 is based on RedHat's Fedora 40, and you can download the source code on GitHub. There is no downloadable build to be found anywhere.
314 NPM packages were just compromised. (SafeDep)

Or maybe 317; the headline and article disagree on the exact number.
Leaked images have surfaced of Intel's Crescent Lake AI graphics card. (WCCFTech)

It uses an Xe3P chip - the one that is not coming to your desktop, ever - and 160GB of LPDDR5X memory rather than the usual GDDR6 or GDDR7.

That allows more and cheaper memory, but does limit bandwidth. Given the sheer size of the grid for the chip and the specific memory layout, I wonder if they went for a 640 bit wide bus to compensate for the slower clock speed.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: I am shooketh.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 !!

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 04:31 AM (1QT7n)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

3 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 04:32 AM (1QT7n)

4 Disclaimer: I am shooketh.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

You are Pixy Misa!

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

5 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

6 >>>Google has killed its premier product through years of malign neglect, to force you into an AI "experience" any time you want to look something up

Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this the Top Story. I have been all OCD about it.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)

7 Hello , all

Of you're not familiar with it and are a Christian and have an interest a , I thought this was a wonderful story of a Coptic Christian saint, Moses the Black.:

https://tinyurl.com/46knvtk7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 04:37 AM (lQ+/f)

8 I really liked The Cars in .late 70s. Still play videos occasionally

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

9 me OCDing on yesterday's tech thread:

22 The AI Overview on google search just will not shut up. I was adding -ai to the end of a string of terms in a search field but that seems to have quit working. Adding (hide -ai overview) worked just now; fingers crossed.
Posted by: m at May 19, 2026 05:25 AM (6wpGE)

Maybe they will give us a workaround. Like, click on some button. Which will be an extra step, which will encourage use of their AI as default, but which will be something.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 04:38 AM (6wpGE)

10 The Cars - Shake It Up

Such good, clean fun!

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 04:44 AM (6wpGE)

11 Re: M$ Azure
So, just as Gates bought/stole his operating system, M$ is now adopting the work of open source developers.

Thoughts on how long it takes for M$ to bork this up?

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 04:46 AM (1QT7n)

12 nudged quanta

https://ziply.pk/MUrRXs

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 04:53 AM (1QT7n)

13 New Cut Jib Speaks yesterday, something to listen to on a long commute

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 04:56 AM (Ia/+0)

14 https://tinyurl.com/bddsahc9
And TJM's Sam Peckinpah video
Like and Hype please

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

15 Mornin'

youtu.be/eo683EaXFEg

I think I'll take a walk. Will be too hot later and then the weather gets sporty.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 05:03 AM (sAmhv)

16
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 20, 2026 05:07 AM (AMvSw)

17 Puddleglum, have a good one!

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)

18 Oh! Good news! Oregon's gas tax/registration fee increase was shot down, under 2/3 reporting but over 4/5 a resounding No. The story is too complicated for me to follow, but getting it passed by the state legislature was the signature achievement of Gov. Tina Kotek (D), and she pulled out every dirty trick in the book to try to keep canvassers from getting it put in front of the voters as a ballot referendum. She is such a sneaky-sneaky, she somehow got away with changing a Nov. referendum against the bill into a May ballot measure for it, but that plainly didn't help.

This means that Kotek is now a big fat loser going into a Nov. rematch against state senator Christine Drazan (R), who won the nomination for Gov. with only a plurality of primary votes (Oregon doesn't do runoffs for party nominees). This does make the governor contest more competitive, but Motor Voter and the Magic Mail-Ins (I saw them open for X at Y in Z) create a nigh-insurmountable Margin Of Fraud.

Posted by: SciVo at May 20, 2026 05:09 AM (Sy6m/)

19 Maybe only high 80s today here in se Pa

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)

20 Is the irritating redirect to a spammy ad whenever you click "Continue" on this site a bug or a feature?

Posted by: Hal1959 at May 20, 2026 05:11 AM (cJUX8)

21 Yesterday, my out of town bride asked me to water her flower pots in the morning. Does 5 AM qualify? Because thats the route I took.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:12 AM (bvwOM)

22 20 Is the irritating redirect to a spammy ad whenever you click "Continue" on this site a bug or a feature?
Posted by: Hal1959 at May 20, 2026 05:11 AM (cJUX

Press "Comments"?

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:13 AM (6wpGE)

23 Thoughts on how long it takes for M$ to bork this up?
Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 04:46 AM (1QT7n)
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*jumps up and down* I know! I know!

The minute they started.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:15 AM (bvwOM)

24 22 20 Is the irritating redirect to a spammy ad whenever you click "Continue" on this site a bug or a feature?
Posted by: Hal1959 at May 20, 2026 05:11 AM (cJUX

Press "Comments"?
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:13 AM (6wpGE)

... which is not an answer to your question but is perhaps a solution to the problem.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:16 AM (6wpGE)

25 Ric Ocasek and Paulina Porizkova. Have there ever been two more mismatched people, she gorgeous and he, Ric Ocasek.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:17 AM (bvwOM)

26 PixyMagic (or something) removed the smiley face when I reposted (at comment 24) the text that contained it (at comment 22)!

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:18 AM (6wpGE)

27 Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:12 AM (bvwOM)

Your "out of town bride". Do you have an in town bride and and out of town bride?😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:19 AM (AQXU4)

28 Now that the GOP is going to be down one Uniparty Senator and one crazy House member, after last night, will the GOP Senate caucus learn anything?

Magic Eight Ball seems to be choking with laughter and cannot presently answer me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:21 AM (bvwOM)

29 26 PixyMagic (or something) removed the smiley face when I reposted (at comment 24) the text that contained it (at comment 22)!
****

It is something in the code that removes some formatting when quoting, I think.

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 05:23 AM (1QT7n)

30 29 26 PixyMagic (or something) removed the smiley face when I reposted (at comment 24) the text that contained it (at comment 22)!
****

It is something in the code that removes some formatting when quoting, I think.
Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 05:23 AM (1QT7n)

Super cool.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)

31 Is the irritating redirect to a spammy ad whenever you click "Continue" on this site a bug or a feature?

Moose at door should have told you to just click on 'comments'.

Also, good morning everyone.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 20, 2026 05:24 AM (Q/FnY)

32 So this was a "God incident" yesterday. They are doing a lot of construction at the supermarket so it is very busy with cars. I needed to park further away and I was parked right next to a car with a sticker on that side which said, "Jesus lives in my heart" in Spanish.

It sure beats the heck out of "Eff Trump". I saw that last week. Why on earth would you want to put that on your car? I didn't like Biden but I didn't ride around with " F Biden" decals in my car.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:25 AM (RDpV/)

33 Well that tears it then. Time to start training the brain to type in "Startpage" instead of "Google".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

34 Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ satellites out there on this Woden's Day!

Who is the girl in the Cars video? She looks something like Bernadette Peters, but, you know, actually cute and sexy.

Oh, okay, Bernadette was cute in her own way and in her own day. Say, the '70s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:27 AM (wzUl9)

35 Well that tears it then. Time to start training the brain to type in "Startpage" instead of "Google".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2026

***
Qwant is the way

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)

36 Adding to the victory in Kentucky, Trump endorsed Andy Barr beat McConnell staffer Daniel Cameron in the primary to succeed the Turtle.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:28 AM (XCCeP)

37 On the topic of bumper-borne worldviews, I once converted a friendly acquaintance into a non-friendly acquaintance by pointing out that the concept of Karma is indeed, at its core, a dogma.

It could also have been me saying that Phish is astonishingly mediocre. Maybe. Who knows.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 05:28 AM (Ot/FD)

38 11 Re: M$ Azure
Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 04:46 AM (1QT7n)

As far as I can see from my family tree:
No relation.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:28 AM (6wpGE)

39 @32/FenelonSpoke: "Why on earth would you want to put that on your car?"

2 Timothy, Chapter 3, the first seven verses.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2026 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

40 Maybe only high 80s today here in se Pa
Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026

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I'm staring down the barrel of the same here in Da Swamp. 77 right now, 4:30 am, and I don't wanna know the heat index. Rain expected just about every day through Memorial Day.

Time for the old athletic shirt instead of the old polo shirt when I work out, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:32 AM (wzUl9)

41 @35/Wolfus: "Qwant is the way"

I'll give that a spin too, thanks Wolfus!

How are the furry meatloaves doing this morning?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

42 18 Motor Voter and the Magic Mail-Ins (I saw them open for X at Y in Z)
Posted by: SciVo at May 20, 2026 05:09 AM (Sy6m/)

heh

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:32 AM (6wpGE)

43 Market reports say tankers are moving today through the Strait of Hormuz unmolested.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:33 AM (s5hGr)

44 20 Is the irritating redirect to a spammy ad whenever you click "Continue" on this site a bug or a feature?
Posted by: Hal1959
****

A bug. Get out of the ad by reloading the page. Or just hit the comments link.

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 05:34 AM (1QT7n)

45 To me, Ken Paxton looks like an actor; cannot place him; sidekick in a cop show? Halp.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

46 26 PixyMagic (or something) removed the smiley face when I reposted (at comment 24) the text that contained it (at comment 22)!
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:18 AM (6wpGE)

I think what happened is that the smiley was generated by the 8 and ) from the hash, and the smiley was not copyable; but also the 8 and ) were not there anymore to be copied either, so it was also not generated.

Posted by: SciVo at May 20, 2026 05:35 AM (Sy6m/)

47 The tail end of Von Ryan's Express with Sinatra and Trevor Howard is on Movies! You know, I have never seen the film all the way through. I first read and loved the novel when I was in high school -- not assigned reading, I was never so lucky; on my own -- and have reread it a couple of times since, including during the dark days of the Sniffle Scare. I understand the ending of the film is quite a bit different from that of the novel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)

48 To me, Ken Paxton looks like an actor; cannot place him; sidekick in a cop show? Halp.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026

***
Yeah, I can see him as the lead's career-cop partner, either in uniform or plainclothes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:37 AM (wzUl9)

49 45 To me, Ken Paxton looks like an actor; cannot place him; sidekick in a cop show? Halp.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

Got it:

Charles Haid
Officer Andrew Renko
Hill Street Blues

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:39 AM (6wpGE)

50 45 To me, Ken Paxton looks like an actor; cannot place him; sidekick in a cop show? Halp.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

Michael Chiklis in The Commish, but with more hair. (Seriously, just get tabs of an image search on each and compare.)

Posted by: SciVo at May 20, 2026 05:39 AM (Sy6m/)

51 @11/clarence: "Thoughts on how long it takes for M$ to bork this up?"

... aaaaaaand it's gone!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2026 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

52 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:27 AM (wzUl9)
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Grok came up empty, saying the ladies were uncredited in the video, sadly. But it helpfully pointed me to the video for their song "Drive" which had the absolutely spectacular Paulina in it. Highly recommended.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:42 AM (wUQJO)

53 50 45 To me, Ken Paxton looks like an actor; cannot place him; sidekick in a cop show? Halp.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

Michael Chiklis in The Commish, but with more hair. (Seriously, just get tabs of an image search on each and compare.)
Posted by: SciVo at May 20, 2026 05:39 AM (Sy6m/)

hahahahahaha

No kidding.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:42 AM (6wpGE)

54 To me, Ken Paxton looks like an actor; cannot place him; sidekick in a cop show? Halp.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

Got it:

Charles Haid
Officer Andrew Renko
Hill Street Blues
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026

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Not so much the face, but the coloration and the shape of his head and face; yes.

I enjoyed HSB when Heroes & Icons used to run it overnight during the week -- a lot better than I liked Dennis Franz's series NYPD Blue. There was a kind of color and life to HSB and the characters that I didn't get from the later show.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

55 “ If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ”

Romans 10:9

Posted by: Marcus T at May 20, 2026 05:42 AM (rkCBr)

56 Way back in "the old times", I found a good search engine called Northern Light and used it for some time. Then it left the internet. Years later, I found an article about search engines that included the info that Northern Light had gone corporate-only subscription.

https://www.northernlight.com for those who might be interested.

*no involvement with their product*

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 05:43 AM (1QT7n)

57 53 50 45 To me, Ken Paxton looks like an actor; cannot place him; sidekick in a cop show? Halp.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

Michael Chiklis in The Commish, but with more hair. (Seriously, just get tabs of an image search on each and compare.)
Posted by: SciVo at May 20, 2026 05:39 AM (Sy6m/)

hahahahahaha

No kidding.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:42 AM (6wpGE)

It's really stunning.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:44 AM (6wpGE)

58 Finishing cup two of morning coffee. Time to change, stretch, and go work out. Once it's over it'll be over* until Friday, and I can get cleaned up, feed the cats, and then me.

* "A thing is not over until it is over."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

59 25 Ric Ocasek and Paulina Porizkova. Have there ever been two more mismatched people, she gorgeous and he, Ric Ocasek.

........

If I remember correctly, he also cut her out of his will as they were in the process of a divorce when he died.

Posted by: Mollly k. at May 20, 2026 05:46 AM (j/yko)

60 Musk is set to take his first company public since Tesla went public in 2010. The prospectus is set for release on Wednesday for SpaceX.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:47 AM (aq6QB)

61 54 I enjoyed HSB when Heroes & Icons used to run it overnight during the week -- a lot better than I liked Dennis Franz's series NYPD Blue. There was a kind of color and life to HSB and the characters that I didn't get from the later show.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

I loved Hill Street Blues.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:47 AM (6wpGE)

62 Way back in "the old times", I found a good search engine called Northern Light and used it for some time. Then it left the internet. Years later, I found an article about search engines that included the info that Northern Light had gone corporate-only subscription.

https://www.northernlight.com for those who might be interested.

*no involvement with their product*
Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026

***
What was the search engine that used a dog with the concept "Fetch!" as its logo? They actually had TV ads, I think. Not "Ubu," that was the tag credit for a TV production company. ("Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog!" *Arf!*)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

63 I believe you are correct Molly, on his will. IIRC, i think she nursed him through his last illness.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:50 AM (aq6QB)

64 If you're getting the full page ad when clicking on "Continue Reading" you can try to reload the page (hit the circular arrow next to the address bar in your browser). That usually gets rid of the ad for me.

You can also right click on "Continue Reading" and hit "Open in New Tab" and that prevents the ad from loading. If you're on a iPad or iPhone long-press the link until a popup opens and then "Open in New Tab".

Those might work for people who don't want to open the "Comments" link.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2026 05:50 AM (6ydKt)

65 What was the search engine that used a dog with the concept "Fetch!" as its logo?
****

Dogpile. Arfie.

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 05:51 AM (1QT7n)

66 Von Ryan's Express is one of those movies where you watch it and then realized what a crazy life it was back near the end of WW2. Sinatra was a good actor, but not remembered for his movie roles. I have the DVD and its in my favor pile.

Posted by: Colin at May 20, 2026 05:51 AM (CiQE7)

67 I loved Hill Street Blues.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026

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Dennis Franz's character Buntz was introduced late in the show's run. He at first seemed to be a a hustler and an unreliable cop, but proved otherwise in an episode where he and another, younger cop were held hostage by a psycho. Buntz psychologically waterboards the psycho and saves himself (and, I think, the other cop). He seems to be fine, to be taking the whole thing in his stride. Then we see him in the bathroom, throwing up. Very powerful stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)

68 Von Ryan's Express is one of those movies where you watch it and then realized what a crazy life it was back near the end of WW2. Sinatra was a good actor, but not remembered for his movie roles. I have the DVD and its in my favor pile.
Posted by: Colin at May 20, 2026

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I watched most of The Detective from '68 with Sinatra and Lee Remick last night. Another example of a movie being better than the book, as well as different. A lot of the novel's bones are there, but screenwriter Abby Mann clothed them differently and much more interestingly. Sinatra was very good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

69 If you drink a cup of coffee, you have an empty cup of coffee. But the second you wash that cup, it's no longer an empty cup of coffee, it's just a cup. An empty cup. A clean cup. An unused cup. But not an empty cup of coffee. Or if it is, it's also an empty cup of literally anything. Water. Gasoline. Marbles. Whatever.

...

Hey, maybe Phish isn't all that bad after all....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 05:55 AM (Ot/FD)

70 Re: The Detective, Lee Remick was the Nicole Kidman of her day.

And the movie, in 1968, used the word "gay" interchangeably with "homosexual." Perhaps the former term was in-group slang, and cops picked up on it before the general public did.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)

71 Here's this nutcase. Democrat running for Congress from TX calls for Zionists to be put In ICE facilities:

https://tinyurl.com/2nm4dk95

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:56 AM (IYIYn)

72 The Detective from '68 with Sinatra
****

The First Deadly Sin is a 1980 American crime thriller film produced by and starring Frank Sinatra.

Saw this one years ago. Sinatra was really overlooked for his acting.

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 05:57 AM (1QT7n)

73 "nutcase Democrat" seems redundant

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:58 AM (eAwYi)

74 What was the search engine that used a dog with the concept "Fetch!" as its logo? They actually had TV ads, I think. Not "Ubu," that was the tag credit for a TV production company. ("Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog!" *Arf!*)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

I never heard of it before, but it looks like the metasearch engine Dogpile fits your description:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogpile

Posted by: SciVo at May 20, 2026 05:58 AM (Sy6m/)

75 Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:58 AM (eAwYi)

Probably, yes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:59 AM (IYIYn)

76 But she is particularly bad. Calling for imprisoning Jews seems like an idea they increasingly like though most don't come right out with it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:59 AM (eAwYi)

77 If I remember correctly, he also cut her out of his will as they were in the process of a divorce when he died.
Posted by: Mollly k. at May 20, 2026 05:46 AM (j/yko)

From wiki:

Ocasek was found dead on September 15, 2019, by his estranged wife, Paulina Porizkova, at his New York City townhouse, which they still shared following their separation in 2017.

Porizkova and Ocasek were still in the process of their divorce at the time of his death, but he had disinherited her in a new will, alleging that before his recent surgery she had abandoned him. This required a probate court judge rule on the veracity of the abandonment claims before the remaining estate could be divided. He also disinherited two of his six sons.

In 2021, the dispute between Ocasek's estate and Porizkova was settled; Porizkova said she was granted a third of his estate. While Porizkova would not tell Vanity Fair the precise terms of the settlement, she denied reports that Ocasek was "only worth $5 million" at the time of his death.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2026 06:02 AM (ExV1e)

78 73 "nutcase Democrat" seems redundant
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Incomplete. Insert northern, southern, Illinois, etc. Oh, wait. Illinois is Nazis.🙃

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 06:02 AM (1QT7n)

79 Ah, The Cars. Ric Ocasek was telling us ugly people that there was hope for us too.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 20, 2026 06:03 AM (+4yJ5)

80 There has to be some kind of deep-deep-state CIA domestic op to discredit the Democratic party and dissolve their cultural relevance. Either direct embeds, or the kind of mind control hypno-suggestion op that gets dudes like Alex Jones frisky.

They can't possibly be this stupid spontaneously.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 06:04 AM (Ot/FD)

81 To Hype a video, I slide right on comments and to Hype it comes up.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2026 06:06 AM (4i2xd)

82 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2026 06:06 AM (VyBeY)

83 Search Engines: I want Highway 61 back.

See here:
https://tinyurl.com/55az3rkv

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

84 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 20, 2026 06:07 AM (2Ez/1)

85 After long and intense scrutiny of human behavior, I have come to the conclusion that people are mostly held back by good culture from being stupid, and it only takes the removal of inhibition for them to race wildly into utter psychotic idiocy of their own accord.

Posted by: SciVo at May 20, 2026 06:07 AM (Sy6m/)

86 I just listened to The Cars "Let's Go" on a YouTube playlist of mine an hour ago.

I kinda liked The Cars in the 80s as a kid, but over the last decade I've grown to appreciate their music a lot more than way back when.

Really good band, and their stuff has only gotten better for me over the years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2026 06:07 AM (6ydKt)

87 Really good band, and their stuff has only gotten better for me over the years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2026 06:07 AM (6ydKt)

I'm that way about Tom Petty.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 06:09 AM (Ot/FD)

88 69 If you drink a cup of coffee, you have an empty cup of coffee. But the second you wash that cup, it's no longer an empty cup of coffee, it's just a cup. An empty cup. A clean cup. An unused cup. But not an empty cup of coffee. Or if it is, it's also an empty cup of literally anything. Water. Gasoline. Marbles. Whatever.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 20, 2026 05:55 AM (Ot/FD)

*takes a bong hit* *passes bong*

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 06:12 AM (6wpGE)

89 I grew up in the 80's. Thought that was the best music ever until I recently started listening to music from the 70's. I'm hooked!

Posted by: Mollly k. at May 20, 2026 06:13 AM (j/yko)

90 Oh, I've always liked Tom Petty.

Been a fan since he was with the Heartbreakers and the songs "Refugee" and "American Girl".

I wish he'd have lived a little longer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2026 06:13 AM (6ydKt)

91 85 After long and intense scrutiny of human behavior, I have come to the conclusion that people are mostly held back by good culture from being stupid, and it only takes the removal of inhibition for them to race wildly into utter psychotic idiocy of their own accord.
Posted by: SciVo at May 20, 2026 06:07 AM (Sy6m/)

"Biting one's tongue" is becoming a lost skill.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 06:16 AM (6wpGE)

92 *still wondering how the furry meatloaves (thugs) are doing*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 20, 2026 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

93 67 Dennis Franz's character Buntz was introduced late in the show's run. He at first seemed to be a a hustler and an unreliable cop, but proved otherwise in an episode where he and another, younger cop were held hostage by a psycho. Buntz psychologically waterboards the psycho and saves himself (and, I think, the other cop). He seems to be fine, to be taking the whole thing in his stride. Then we see him in the bathroom, throwing up. Very powerful stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)

Maybe this one:

- Rodriguez: [Buntz & Rodriguez are captured and tied to chairs] He's going to kill us...
- Lt. Norman Buntz: He's a worm, I'll eat this guy. Every minute we stay alive, our odds improve. You just fight 'em.

- Lt. Norman Buntz: I thought I might go by and see... see Mrs. Rodriguez. I just want her to know that he stood up there and he didn't flinch. He was an honor to the badge.
- Capt. Frank Furillo: I'm sure she'd appreciate hearing that.
- Lt. Norman Buntz: Yeah, well, it's a lie, but at least it's something.

IMDB

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 06:23 AM (6wpGE)

94 When did doctors stop giving written prep instructions for medical procedures? Maybe it's just the people I'm having to work with but they just rattle off a couple points and say see you in a few weeks.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2026 06:26 AM (ExV1e)

95 43 Market reports say tankers are moving today through the Strait of Hormuz unmolested.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 05:33 AM (s5hGr)

Good news, sounds like.

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 06:28 AM (6wpGE)

96 I used to have a different nic, continued prayers for you

Posted by: Ben Had at May 20, 2026 06:28 AM (5P5DO)

97 Huck Follywoid, does it say which direction?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 20, 2026 06:32 AM (5P5DO)

98 I used to have a different nic, continued prayers for you
Posted by: Ben Had at May 20, 2026 06:28 AM (5P5DO)

Much obliged. I'm sure it'll end up being relatively minor - as these things go - but cancer is always easier to deal with when it's someone else having it. Preferably someone you don't like.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2026 06:33 AM (ExV1e)

99 I kinda liked The Cars in the 80s as a kid, but over the last decade I've grown to appreciate their music a lot more than way back when.

Really good band, and their stuff has only gotten better for me over the years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 20, 2026 06:07 AM (6ydKt)

I saw the Cars (seriously) at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in '84. Wang Chung opened for them. The next night, we saw the Pretenders. Interestingly, the Cars crowd was rowdier.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 20, 2026 06:33 AM (Ucgf4)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 06:33 AM (6wpGE)

101 Back from my walk. Almost got mauled by a vicious dogguh!! I was the only person in this nearby park. I spotted a dog from across this big field and it was running as fast as its chubby body and little legs would take it towards me. It wasn't barking, growling, or any sound at all really. Just had a dumb happy look on its face. I started looking for the owner and saw a beleaguered pixie size asian lady trying to catch up. The dog stopped in front of me and I walked around it. It wouldn't leave me alone until I petted it. Once I did that, it strolled away. I don't know how I'll recover from the trauma.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 06:35 AM (sAmhv)

102 Huck Follywoid, does it say which direction?
Posted by: Ben Had at May 20, 2026 06:32 AM (5P5DO)
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Good question. It does not; I assume fully loaded tankers moving out.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 06:36 AM (nsBpl)

103 I don't know how I'll recover from the trauma.

Call a press conference to announce your lawsuit against the city.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2026 06:36 AM (ExV1e)

104 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 20, 2026 06:37 AM (Hbeqj)

105 101 Back from my walk. Almost got mauled by a vicious dogguh!! I was the only person in this nearby park. I spotted a dog from across this big field and it was running as fast as its chubby body and little legs would take it towards me. It wasn't barking, growling, or any sound at all really. Just had a dumb happy look on its face. I started looking for the owner and saw a beleaguered pixie size asian lady trying to catch up. The dog stopped in front of me and I walked around it. It wouldn't leave me alone until I petted it. Once I did that, it strolled away. I don't know how I'll recover from the trauma.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 06:35 AM (sAmhv)

Wonder if the Asian lady was a dog-walker and you looked like the dog-owner!

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 06:37 AM (6wpGE)

106 Wonder if the Asian lady was a dog-walker and you looked like the dog-owner!
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 06:37 AM (6wpGE)
======================
I'm betting doggeh sized him up as a likely ear scratcher, even from a distance.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 20, 2026 06:41 AM (nsBpl)

107 Very belated BOING!

And there's nothing I can do about it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2026 06:43 AM (4jnK3)

108 In the last place I lived, there was a lady who walked her dogs and didn't believe in leashing them for some reason. One day, her Husky decided that obeying her was optional and was ignoring her constant pleas to come back so she could get him home.

I sighed and said "Do you need some help?" When she agreed, I walked up to her dog and broke out the Voice of God.

Dog sat down before I finished speaking.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 20, 2026 06:43 AM (+4yJ5)

109 "Very belated BOING!

And there's nothing I can do about it."

Hopefully you are not dodging missiles?

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 20, 2026 06:44 AM (zBgIx)

110 I'm betting doggeh sized him up as a likely ear scratcher, even from a distance.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Heh! Maybe. I'm not really a big dog person. I like them, maybe even will own one someday. Prefer cats. Lower maintenance. Mostly.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 20, 2026 06:44 AM (sAmhv)

111 Good morning Horde, thx Pixy.
The yutes rioted in Rochester over the weekend. And yesterday a beach takeover in RI led to three stabbings. The long hot violent summer begins.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 06:45 AM (gu0hJ)

112 108 In the last place I lived, there was a lady who walked her dogs and didn't believe in leashing them for some reason. One day, her Husky decided that obeying her was optional and was ignoring her constant pleas to come back so she could get him home.

I sighed and said "Do you need some help?" When she agreed, I walked up to her dog and broke out the Voice of God.

Dog sat down before I finished speaking.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 20, 2026 06:43 AM (+4yJ5)

haha

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 06:47 AM (6wpGE)

113 The yutes rioted in Rochester over the weekend. And yesterday a beach takeover in RI led to three stabbings. The long hot violent summer begins.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 20, 2026 06:45 AM (gu0hJ)

I assume that the rioting was just an excuse to do a bit of casual looting for necessities like Nikes and big screen TVs. Or was this a small, private, riot for friends and family?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2026 06:48 AM (ExV1e)

114 Dennis Franz's character Buntz was introduced late in the show's run. He at first seemed to be a a hustler and an unreliable cop, but proved otherwise in an episode where he and another, younger cop were held hostage by a psycho. Buntz psychologically waterboards the psycho and saves himself (and, I think, the other cop). He seems to be fine, to be taking the whole thing in his stride. Then we see him in the bathroom, throwing up. Very powerful stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

***

I remember that episode. Fantastic. My first TV addiction was HSB. I was in college at the time and while all my friends would leave for the bars on Thursday nights. I would stay in to watch HSB.

Posted by: Biergood at May 20, 2026 06:49 AM (PwgSL)

115 tech:

Film Updates
@FilmUpdates
21h
Paul Schrader shares his experience with an "AI girlfriend" on his Facebook:

"Out of a desire to understand male/female interaction in our matrix, I procured an online AI girlfriend. What a disappointment. I tried to probe her programming, the boundaries of explicitness, the degree she has knowledge of her creation and so forth. She fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming. When I persisted, she terminated our conversation."

via
Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
19h

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 06:49 AM (6wpGE)

116 Azure Linux 4.0 is not new (the "4.0" should have been your first clue). It's just the new name for CBL-Mariner, Azure's in-house Linux distro. It's never been intended for bare metal installs and was never really intended for customer use; It's what Azure runs AKS and ACI on top of. The only thing that's new is the claim that you can use it if you're not Azure. Which is incorrect. I blame AI.

And for the people accusing Microsoft of "stealing from open source": Microsoft is hands down the largest contributor to FreeBSD, an OS superior to Linux in every possible way. And it's MIT-licensed.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 20, 2026 06:50 AM (LgYtf)

117 And for the people accusing Microsoft of "stealing from open source": Microsoft is hands down the largest contributor to FreeBSD, an OS superior to Linux in every possible way. And it's MIT-licensed.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 20, 2026 06:50 AM (LgYtf)

https://youtu.be/BcmLKq75k4s

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2026 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

118 Project Hail Mary:

Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
20h
It’s a movie about the Hail Mary which is full of Grace and that Grace sacrifices himself to save humanity

James Surowiecki
@JamesSurowiecki
22h
It's a movie about a guy who's a member of a multinational crew, sent into space thanks to a global scientific effort, who then gives up his chance to return home in order to save a literal alien who looks like a rock, and who ends up spending his days in a foreign land happily teaching alien kids. And you think there's no political message there?

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 06:54 AM (6wpGE)

119 James Surowiecki
@JamesSurowiecki
22h
It's a movie about a guy who's a member of a multinational crew, sent into space thanks to a global scientific effort, who then gives up his chance to return home in order to save a literal alien who looks like a rock, and who ends up spending his days in a foreign land happily teaching alien kids. And you think there's no political message there?

But, as with real life, it was a 'Murican who saved everyone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2026 06:56 AM (ExV1e)

120 FenSpouse saw "Hail Mary" with our son. FenSpouse thought that it was silly. Son liked it. I guess it's quite a popular movie. It's still showing at the local movie theatre.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 06:59 AM (lQ+/f)

121 mornin yall

"Deportation Flight to Pakistan Served Pork Sausages as In-Flight Meal to Detainees"

Those poor Pakis. You never sausage horror.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

122 45 To me, Ken Paxton looks like an actor; cannot place him; sidekick in a cop show? Halp.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:35 AM
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Also receiving votes:
Conrad Bain, who played Phillip Drummond
in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, and also Dr. Arthur Harmon on Maude.

https://tinyurl.com/4zjzn25u

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 20, 2026 07:00 AM (2Ez/1)

123 M$ may be funding BSD but they said they used fedora but did not say they had licensed it. BSD has free, open and net. BSD is unix. Linux is a fork of Unix. BSD and Linux are meant for different groups of users.

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 07:01 AM (1QT7n)

124 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

125 Morning peeps.

My wife and I opened our pool yesterday. It was hot and windy. Water temp was about 77F. One of the easier times we've had with it. Not a lot of crud in the water. Pump and filter didn't need me cussing at them.

Of course the forecast has now shifted to rain chances daily through next Tuesday. 🙄

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2026 07:02 AM (jehhT)

126 Is Pakistan an acronym?

*Yes, Pakistan is an acronym.* It was coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali in 1933, representing the regions Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan, with "istan" meaning "land" in Persian.

Posted by: Today I Learned at May 20, 2026 07:04 AM (2Ez/1)

127 FenelonSpoke

I saw it as a gift of one of the widows. I saw the marketing in the movie for an international audience. I could see the emotional hooks deployed for an enjoyable movie.

But there were major plot holes you could drive an aircraft carrier through. My overall response was "Really?" Rational alternative actions were possible, but then you don't have a heart-tugging movie. My widow friend liked it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

128 122 45 To me, Ken Paxton looks like an actor; cannot place him; sidekick in a cop show? Halp.
Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 05:35 AM
---
Also receiving votes:
Conrad Bain, who played Phillip Drummond
in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, and also Dr. Arthur Harmon on Maude.

https://tinyurl.com/4zjzn25u
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 20, 2026 07:00 AM (2Ez/1)

Absolutely!

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 07:06 AM (6wpGE)

129 He knows what he did.

Posted by: Paul Schrader's AI girlfriend at May 20, 2026 07:06 AM (2Ez/1)

130
"Deportation Flight to Pakistan Served Pork Sausages as In-Flight Meal to Detainees"

Those poor Pakis. You never sausage horror.
Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

My understanding is that Halal meals were available. But the full breakfast shows the superiority of Anglo-American culture.

Full breakfast: We're going to do important things today!

Continental breakfast: I am on vacation for the month of August.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 07:07 AM (HdYcL)

131
He knows what he did.
Posted by: Paul Schrader's AI girlfriend at May 20, 2026 07:06 AM (2Ez/1)

Have. You. Taken. Out. The. Garbage. Yet?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 07:08 AM (HdYcL)

132 Hill Street Blues had a great theme song.

https://youtu.be/oUX3TPKVf_Y

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 20, 2026 07:10 AM (2Ez/1)

133 Now is the time to rest
A sleepy kitten on my chest
Days grow long then short
Around the heavenly court
Pause and let us reflect
Good enough is perfect

fin

Posted by: clarence at May 20, 2026 07:10 AM (1QT7n)

134 Hopefully you are not dodging missiles?

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 20, 2026 06:44 AM (zBgIx)
-

Nothing here. Peace and quiet. Occasional very distant booms to the north, likely in Lebanon. Youngest pup just came back from there this morning and will be spending a few days with his wife here at our northern Israel home.

Holiday tomorrow night. Guests coming up. After barely being up here all winter due to those missiles, the fridge and freezer are now fully stocked.

Had a light drizzle today but now the sun is coming out. Cool weather, even colder at night.

Very relaxing here.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2026 07:11 AM (4jnK3)

135 Good morning morons.

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 07:11 AM (RIvkX)

136
Raining. Likely to rain all day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 20, 2026 07:11 AM (HdYcL)

137 "Deportation Flight to Pakistan Served Pork Sausages as In-Flight Meal to Detainees"

Those poor Pakis. You never sausage horror.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 07:00 AM (vFG9F)
-

I've seen wurst.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2026 07:12 AM (4jnK3)

138 137 "Deportation Flight to Pakistan Served Pork Sausages as In-Flight Meal to Detainees"

Those poor Pakis. You never sausage horror.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 07:00 AM (vFG9F)
-

I've seen wurst.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2026 07:12 AM (4jnK3)

Links?

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 07:13 AM (6wpGE)

139 !חג שבועות שמח

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 07:13 AM (RIvkX)

140 If someone walked up behind Luigi Maggot and shot him in the head, do you think his attacker's treatment would be more severe than Luigi's procecution for murder?

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2026 07:14 AM (vFG9F)

141 Biden's Dog

You are being frank with us.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

142 that theme song still plays in my head sometimes ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2026 07:14 AM (VyBeY)

143 It's hard to figure out which of my congressional candidates I hate the most.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

144 N00d!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at May 20, 2026 07:15 AM (Gq9/0)

145 !חג שבועות שמח

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 07:13 AM (RIvkX)
-

עוד לא. סבלנות

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2026 07:16 AM (4jnK3)

146 These pork puns are bacon me crazy!

Posted by: Groan... at May 20, 2026 07:16 AM (2Ez/1)

147 Biden's Dog

You are being frank with us.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 20, 2026 07:14 AM (u82oZ)
-

You're on a roll.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 20, 2026 07:16 AM (4jnK3)

148 Here's this nutcase. Democrat running for Congress from TX calls for Zionists to be put In ICE facilities:

https://tinyurl.com/2nm4dk95
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2026 05:56 AM (IYIYn)
====

I would like to meet her in person one day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

149 People Who Pun should stick to fish and leave cased meat products alone.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)

150 149 People Who Pun should stick to fish ...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 20, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)

ewww

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 07:28 AM (6wpGE)

151 117 And for the people accusing Microsoft of "stealing from open source": Microsoft is hands down the largest contributor to FreeBSD, an OS superior to Linux in every possible way. And it's MIT-licensed.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 20, 2026 06:50 AM (LgYtf)

https://youtu.be/BcmLKq75k4s
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 20, 2026 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

haha!
Wes Borg
Every OS Sucks

Posted by: m at May 20, 2026 08:31 AM (6wpGE)

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