Daily Tech News 26 May 2026

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Anthropic has raised another $65 billion as it approaches a planned $1 trillion IPO. (Tech Crunch)

Buy the dip. Or just stand back and enjoy the crashing sounds.
Anthropic has also released Claude Opus 4.8. (Anthropic)

It's 0.1 louder.

Tech News

The Steam Deck is back in stock, bearing a 40% price hike. (Liliputing)

And it's already sold out again.
Sandisk has announced two new models of SATA SSDs. (Tom's Hardware)

Samsung was the leading provider of these models, followed by Crucial. Samsung dropped its SATA lineup, and Crucial dropped dead.
The new Acer Aspire Go 15 has up to 8GB of RAM. (Notebook Check)

"Up to" meaning there are models with less.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Okay, we started the fire.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:10 AM

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1 Mornin' Pixy.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:09 AM (O7YUW)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:09 AM (6wpGE)

3 I've notified those in the ONT that this one's live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

4
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 29, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

5 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 29, 2026 05:12 AM (V0/Sp)

6 "And it's already sold out again."

Scalpers.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

7 Disclaimer: Okay, we started the fire.

Hope yer able to contain it.

Posted by: fluffy at May 29, 2026 05:14 AM (V0/Sp)

8 87 year old Door Dash Driver goes to wrong house and it changes his life in a very positive way:

https://tinyurl.com/nhmhfxrt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 05:14 AM (Nx5jP)

9 The KLF - America: What Time Is Love

I'm not sure that's weird enough, Pixy.

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:15 AM (6wpGE)

10 3 I've notified those in the ONT that this one's live.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

Ahem.

432 Pixy's up!
Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:09 AM (6wpGE)

433 .
Tech News is NOOD!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:09 AM (O7YUW)

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:16 AM (6wpGE)

11 @10/m: Yup, you got to the noodin' first. Well done, m.

Please note I'm still pre-coffee. (Workin' on that.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

12 Disclaimer: Okay, we started the fire.'

Rejoinder: I'll just put that over here with the rest of the fire.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

13 Wikipedia:

(23 August 1994) Drummond and Cauty established the K Foundation and sought to subvert the art world, staging an alternative art award for the Worst Artist of the Year, and burning one million pounds sterling (approximately £2.35m or €2.75m as of 2022).

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:22 AM (6wpGE)

14 Woman does a lovely version of "Amazing Grace"with various Celtic instruments :

https://tinyurl.com/db87cnf5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 05:24 AM (PFs9e)

15 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

When you you finish up for the year with the bus? Spouse finishes June 23rd.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 05:25 AM (PFs9e)

16 @15/FenelonSpoke: June 25 for me.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

17 So Pixy, did you get broadsided by a meeting?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

18 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

Sorry. That's what spouse said as well. I just typed it incorrectly.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 05:28 AM (ix8EF)

19 If you want weird, here's goose-steppin' to a techno beat:

https://tinyurl.com/NKPartyRockYoutube

You'd think the IRGC would do something similar, except they wouldn't tolerate the short skirts the women soldiers wear or all their exposed head hair.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 29, 2026 05:29 AM (Z2wiW)

20 Belated BOING from belated KP duty.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 05:30 AM (x8PQF)

21 moar Wikipedia:

The KLF (also known as the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, furthermore known as the JAMs, the Timelords and other names) ...

KLF has been reported as being an initialism for "Kopyright Liberation Front", Sleevenotes from 1991 said that Cauty and Drummond have "yet to find out what K.L.F. stands for", or "Kings of the Low Frequencies".

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:31 AM (6wpGE)

22 Esther, Toronto autistic teen girl missing for 2 weeks, found:

https://tinyurl.com/294m4es8

But there may have been foul play:

https://tinyurl.com/3mu7c6mn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 05:35 AM (x8PQF)

23 From the article about Samsung about to release some SATA SSDs:

"... So, we shouldn't expect the sensible pricing on the Sandisk 320 or Sandisk 520."

Still waiting for that AI/Data Center bubble to pop and the memory manufacturers to have their "Uh oh" moment.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:37 AM (O7YUW)

24 11 Please note I'm still pre-coffee. (Workin' on that.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

That sounds like a terrible situation to be in.

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:37 AM (6wpGE)

25 Greetings and good morning, one and all! It's a wonderful day out here in the GPROMD and I bring good news. The VA finally came through and my dad is officially at 100% disability!

So...about my request for one of you to provide an excuse for my whereabouts next month. Please disregard.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 05:38 AM (+4yJ5)

26 Waiting on God- Devotional on Psalm
27:7-14

https://tinyurl.com/2ucr2sah

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 05:39 AM (PFs9e)

27 TPosted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 05:38 AM (+4yJ5)

Glad to hear that. I know it had been a frustrating experience for you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 05:41 AM (PFs9e)

28 I know it had been a frustrating experience for you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

And it was made worse by the fact that they live in CA and I'm out here. But it's done. That's all I care about.

Naturally, my mother had to say "I know there are millions of people in the system-"

I stopped her by saying "I don't care about them. They don't care about me. I'm more interested in dad getting taken care of."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 05:43 AM (+4yJ5)

29 22 Esther, Toronto autistic teen girl missing for 2 weeks, found:

https://tinyurl.com/294m4es8

But there may have been foul play:

https://tinyurl.com/3mu7c6mn
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 05:35 AM (x8PQF)

Seems wrong how those Toronto Sun people are harrassing him.

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:43 AM (6wpGE)

30 Evening and morning, all! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

Not enough sleep, so, coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

31 ER "visit from hell " brightened by the kindness of a stranger." From "Sunny Skyz " site:

https://tinyurl.com/53fsd2fj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 05:46 AM (PFs9e)

32 Seems wrong how those Toronto Sun people are harassing him.

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:43 AM (6wpGE)
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Nothing Jimmy Olsen wouldn't have done.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 05:48 AM (x8PQF)

33 87 year old Door Dash Driver goes to wrong house and it changes his life in a very positive way

I read the article. I'm glad that there are enough people willing to help out at moments like this.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 05:50 AM (+4yJ5)

34 espresso e biscotti

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 05:50 AM (ZxPkt)

35 I spent a lot of yesterday on the phone, talking with movers and home inspection companies. I have the inspection for the new house lined up now. Moving? It looks like I can get one "van lines" company to do everything (except packing the small stuff); or three different ones: a local to load everything in a truck and bring it to the U-Pack people, U-Pack to take it to Indiana, an IN local to unload everything at the destination. Either might cost about the same in the end, but one requires less coordination.

Renting a truck and trailering my car? Not with two cats in carriers. A one-day trip might be okay, but not two days. If Linda drove, she could pilot the Buick with the cats, while I did the truck . . . but no.

I thought of leaving the cats with her, and having her bring them up by train. Amtrak doesn't look cheap, though, and she'd have to ride to Chicago and then back down to Indianapolis. Still, I'm keeping the idea in reserve.

The good side: I'll be outta here before the serious part of hurricane season!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)

36 *harassing

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:52 AM (6wpGE)

37 If anybody is looking for a potentially good Android tablet, Walmart might have what you need with their newest versions of the ONN brand tablets.

ETA Prime on YouTube has reviewed them and they seem to be a pretty good deal for the money.

They have three sizes:
8.1" with a 90Hz IPS display @ 1000 x 1524
6GB RAM - 64GB storage - $130 -
Review: https://youtu.be/DM2xNHQ1Ml0

11" with a 90Hz IPS display @ 1840 x 1280
6GB RAM - 128GB storage - $160 -
Review: https://youtu.be/_ck_yR6iFIo

13.2" with a 120Hz IPS display @ 2400 x 1600
8GB RAM - 256GB storage - $288 -
Review: https://youtu.be/p8_gR_2yPsU

ETA Prime goes through all of the specs and plays a few games to test them out.

They all have metal back construction and SD slots as well.
The 13.2" model comes with a case in the box, too.

These could be perfect for anybody who doesn't want an iPad, Samsung, or Kindle tablet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 29, 2026 05:52 AM (6ydKt)

38 34 espresso e biscotti
Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 05:50 AM (ZxPkt)

What a great idea!

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:53 AM (6wpGE)

39 There's a new Michelin star restaurant in Miami:

https://tinyurl.com/zznfvbvp

כל הכבוד

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 05:53 AM (x8PQF)

40 Congratulations, Wolfus!

I missed the destination. You aren't going to Indianapolis, are you?

Posted by: fluffy at May 29, 2026 05:54 AM (V0/Sp)

41 It's 73-75 F. (depending on source) now, with high humidity of course. Almost halfway decent workout conditions . . . but my motivation is hiding again.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

42 Posted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 05:43 AM

It must be hard when you're at such a distance. You don't have any sisters or brother closer -or at all /and so the main responsibility falls on you?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 05:54 AM (IEV/x)

43 Fen, what's your take on this weird Texas guy that tortures scripture for his political ends? Just curious how prevalent that thinking is. I know it's a different church.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 29, 2026 05:54 AM (l26NL)

44 espresso e biscotti

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 05:50 AM (ZxPkt)
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Darn! Mrs. BD said we gobbled up the last of our biscotti.

Coming over!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 05:55 AM (x8PQF)

45 44 espresso e biscotti

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 05:50 AM (ZxPkt)
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Darn! Mrs. BD said we gobbled up the last of our biscotti.

Coming over!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 05:55 AM (x8PQF)

I'm already there --chomp, chomp, chomp.

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:56 AM (6wpGE)

46 Congratulations, Wolfus!

I missed the destination. You aren't going to Indianapolis, are you?
Posted by: fluffy at May 29, 2026

***
No, fluffy, Terre Haute, about an hour or so west. Another issue; if Linda would be willing to ride Amtrak to Indy, I'd have to go get her and the cats. It's not like the old days when trains crisscrossed the country and hit nearly every mid-sized town; oh, no.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)

47 I'm already there --chomp, chomp, chomp.

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:56 AM (6wpGE)
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One does not chomp on biscotti!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 05:57 AM (x8PQF)

48 23 Still waiting for that AI/Data Center bubble to pop and the memory manufacturers to have their "Uh oh" moment.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

They're aware of this an that's why they're slow-walking expansion. The reason there are only three big memory manufacturers is all the rest suffered fatal "uh oh" moments in previous bubbles.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 29, 2026 05:57 AM (BLOW1)

49 You don't have any sisters or brother closer -or at all /and so the main responsibility falls on you?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I have an older brother who lives in FL. He's a flight nurse and his company can send him out to CA at a moment's notice. Mom is actually the one with the main responsibility and they live in the kind of retirement community that will take care of them.

But yeah; it's a little frustrating.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 05:58 AM (+4yJ5)

50 37 If anybody is looking for a potentially good Android tablet, Walmart might have what you need with their newest versions of the ONN brand tablets.

ETA Prime on YouTube has reviewed them and they seem to be a pretty good deal for the money.

They have three sizes:
8.1" with a 90Hz IPS display @ 1000 x 1524
6GB RAM - 64GB storage - $130 -
Review: https://youtu.be/DM2xNHQ1Ml0

Thanks. This one is my pick due to the scarcity of small tablets with good displays. I'll check out the video.

There's also an even cheaper 7" model in the lineup but it's garbage.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 29, 2026 05:59 AM (BLOW1)

51 One part of my brain, the "little devil on one shoulder" of the cartoons, is saying, "You worked out three days this week already. Take it easy!" The "little angel" on the other shoulder is murmuring, "It's good for you, and think how energized you'll be afterward."

The little devil is making crude gestures at the angel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)

52 LA DOTD will shut down a beltway of the Interstate, I-610, tonight through Monday am for maintenance. Which means the rest of the highway will be jammed. I think I'll stay on this side of the river this weekend.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

53 47 I'm already there --chomp, chomp, chomp.

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 05:56 AM (6wpGE)
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One does not chomp on biscotti!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 05:57 AM (x8PQF)

While I still have my teeth, I do! Just around the edges past where the coffee-dunking occurred.

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)

54 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I can't take it anymore!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 29, 2026 06:06 AM (TZz9Q)

55 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I can't take it anymore!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 29, 2026

***
Reminds me that TNG's Season Two is about to end on Heroes & Icons, and the third year, where they really got their legs under them, will start next week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)

56 I guess I'll skip the workout. The little devil has won. I'm still a bit tired, I need to shave and have breakfast, and then to video the apartment for the local moving company so they can give me a price on loading my stuff and driving it to U-Pack.

Also Miss Linda wants to drive to a nearby thrift store, and I need to wash the rain dirt off the car while we're out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

57 limone biscotti is what I have on hand

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 06:14 AM (ZxPkt)

58 "A one-day trip might be okay, but not two days."

I drove from Ann Arbor, MI to North Dallas in one shot (~955 miles). With a cat sitting on top of the pile of belongings that I had stuffed in the car. (There was a litter box behind one of the seats and the cat watched the world go by on top of the pile. She had taken a trans-Atlantic flight from Germany to Fort Knox without complaint 7 years earlier, so maybe she was special.)

Yeah, I was lot younger then and I wasn't towing anything, but still an average speed of 50 mph over 18 hours is 900 miles. If you can bump the average to 55 mph over 18 hours, you get 990 miles. Given that most interstates allow at least 65 mph, you could do the jump in one go.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 29, 2026 06:16 AM (Z2wiW)

59 58 I drove from Ann Arbor, MI to North Dallas in one shot (~955 miles). With a cat sitting on top of the pile of belongings that I had stuffed in the car. (There was a litter box behind one of the seats and the cat watched the world go by on top of the pile. She had taken a trans-Atlantic flight from Germany to Fort Knox without complaint 7 years earlier, so maybe she was special.)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 29, 2026 06:16 AM (Z2wiW)

Good kitty!

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 06:19 AM (6wpGE)

60 What Time Is Love?

How Soon Is Now?

Posted by: Questions, questions at May 29, 2026 06:23 AM (dJeAh)

61 The turkey is back near the bird feeders.

Not sure if it is the hen or the 'chick'. It was leaping and flapping. When I was away last weekend Mrs fluffy saw Tom, hen and chick, which she said was chasing grackles. Not sure how quickly turkeys grow, but when songbird fledglings show up they are adult sized.

I shall continue to scatter extra corn.

Posted by: fluffy at May 29, 2026 06:23 AM (V0/Sp)

62 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

Is Miss Linda going to relocate with you?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 29, 2026 06:27 AM (3Ope8)

63 very nice PDT tweet on the death of Claude Lemieux:

Claude Lemieux, a true Legend of the Game, and one of the fiercest competitors Hockey has ever seen, has passed away. Claude was a friend to the family, and a tremendous "TRUMP" supporter. He won 4 Stanley Cups with 3 different Teams - Montreal, New Jersey, and Colorado - His 80 Career Playoff Goals rank among the All Time Greats. Brendan, my thoughts are with you, Deborah, and the whole Lemieux family - You and your Dad were Warriors on the Ice. Claude will be missed by all who love Winning and
Toughness. 🇺🇸 #MAGA President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 06:27 AM (6wpGE)

64 mornin yall. Maddami has launched his own version of DOGE, called COGE. Already, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said it will cancel its Slack subscription in fiscal year 2027, saving thousands of dollars.

Posted by: Talafreako's dad at May 29, 2026 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

65 Oh ding dang nab it off freaky sock.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

66 Yeah, I was lot younger then and I wasn't towing anything, but still an average speed of 50 mph over 18 hours is 900 miles. If you can bump the average to 55 mph over 18 hours, you get 990 miles. Given that most interstates allow at least 65 mph, you could do the jump in one go.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 29, 2026

***
Terre Haute is about 700 miles. Theoretically, in the car, with bathroom breaks for me and gas stops, I could do the trip in 12 hours. I'd be worn down and making driving mistakes down toward the end, though.

A truck might be safer to drive a little slower. Fourteen hours? NOooooo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

67 s Miss Linda going to relocate with you?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 29, 2026

***
I doubt it. She hasn't been willing to discuss the idea of moving for years now.

Hell, she might be glad to see the back of me for a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

68 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 29, 2026 06:30 AM (VyBeY)

69 It's 14 hours to the TXMOME from here and I do it in a day in a motorhome. It's not so bad. Just get an early start.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

70 Posted by: Talafreako's dad at May 29, 2026 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

hahahahaha nick

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 06:31 AM (6wpGE)

71 I stole Talafreako from Vince Coglianese, who I believe stole it from someone else.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 06:33 AM (vFG9F)

72 It's 14 hours to the TXMOME from here and I do it in a day in a motorhome. It's not so bad. Just get an early start.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026

***
I *might* be able to do it in the Buick. In a vibrating, growling truck like the one I used to move to Denver in '97? I don't think so. I was younger, and three ten-hour days wore me out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)

73 IMHO, hire a bigger mover, like Bekins. They pick it up. They drop it off. You drive at your leisure.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 29, 2026 06:34 AM (qFwJc)

74 71 I stole Talafreako from Vince Coglianese, who I believe stole it from someone else.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 06:33 AM (vFG9F)

It's a good one.

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)

75 Shop around. I moved from San Diego to SC and got wildly different quotes. btw, Bekins was the best. flat price, no surprises.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 29, 2026 06:35 AM (qFwJc)

76 t's 14 hours to the TXMOME from here and I do it in a day in a motorhome. It's not so bad. Just get an early start.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026

***
I *might* be able to do it in the Buick. In a vibrating, growling truck like the one I used to move to Denver in '97? I don't think so. I was younger, and three ten-hour days wore me out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026

***
And when I moved to Denver, I didn't take my cat with me. Linda flew up and brought him to me a little later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

77 But that was 20 years ago. YMMV

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 29, 2026 06:36 AM (qFwJc)

78 77 But that was 20 years ago. YMMV
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 29, 2026 06:36 AM (qFwJc)

(narrator): And we're all 20 years older!

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 06:38 AM (6wpGE)

79 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

Well, it appears she is a respectable woman who won't be galivanting off across the fruited plains with some guy. Maybe you should reconsider your long standing relationship and offer her some token of your affection. Maybe a circular one made of some valuable metal with a stone.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 29, 2026 06:39 AM (3Ope8)

80 Good kitty!

Well, we described her as "buttish". She wasn't a lap cat, but she'd be near us; if you touched her, she'd lick the place you touched.

She used to open the under-sink cabinets in the bathrooms and leave them open (which my wife accused me of doing until the cat opened one of them in front of both of us). She would also wait until I finished taking a shower to go lick up that shower water (versus the water bowl water); I had taken a shower just prior to us watching the movie "Burnt by the Sun". At the end of that rather depressing (but good) movie, we realized that "Puddy" (yes, we named her that versus my earlier name of "CAT!") hadn't gone into the bathroom where I had showered to lick up the water. She had jumped on a bed and died of (I guess) a heart attack. That was on a New Year's weekend, so I had to put her in a box in the garage until something opened that could handle her. I've got her box of ashes still.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 29, 2026 06:40 AM (Z2wiW)

81 IMHO, hire a bigger mover, like Bekins. They pick it up. They drop it off. You drive at your leisure.
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 29, 2026

***
That's what I'm leaning toward. I haven't called Bekins yet, though.

Timing will be tough. If I close at the end of June on the house, I'll need to come back down here, finish packing everything up, and do the move in July. And I want to have the carpet taken up and the hardwood in two rooms refinished while I'm gone -- a lot simpler to do that *before* I move all my furniture in. The repainting of two walls, well, maybe I can do that myself. I really don't want medium-brown walls in my dining room. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)

82 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 29, 2026 05:54 AM (l26NL

Good morning! I think he is part of the progressive church that where leftist political views are their foundation and Jesus doesn't care what you do as long as it's luuuuuuuuv. Nobody could come up with "God is non binary" or what he says about Mary and abortion while talking the Bible seriously . The fact that the pastor where he attends doesn't even mention. Jesus in his biography but something along the lines of " I love world religions" tells me all I need to know .its like the Presbyterian version of the Unitarian Universalists
That's not to say that the pastor isn't a nice person. I'm sure there are any
Number of caring people there but Talarico and his pastor are not "orthodox" Christians in the slightest

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 06:44 AM (Nx5jP)

83 It'd be quicker, though not a lot easier or cheaper, to fly up to TH for the closing and then back down. I dread the idea of airports and planes now, though, and I'll have to change planes at least once, I think.

Amtrak to Indy won't be any cheaper than a plane, and would take as long as driving.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:45 AM (wzUl9)

84 My Steam Deck IS the best gaming handheld I've ever owned. Had mine about 4 years now. Forgot what I paid for it, but it sure wasn't $789.

Terribly pricy, but I admit if my current unit failed I'd want to buy another. Do most of my gaming on it these days. Card battlers mostly.

Posted by: Biergood at May 29, 2026 06:46 AM (PwgSL)

85 A truck might be safer to drive a little slower. Fourteen hours? NOooooo.

Well, you know your limits and I don't. I do not want you to die due to my advice.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 29, 2026 06:48 AM (Z2wiW)

86 No, fluffy, Terre Haute, about an hour or so west. Another issue; if Linda would be willing to ride Amtrak to Indy, I'd have to go get her and the cats. It's not like the old days when trains crisscrossed the country and hit nearly every mid-sized town; oh, no.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)

So, she's agreed to move?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 06:50 AM (1Ff7Z)

87 A truck might be safer to drive a little slower. Fourteen hours? NOooooo.
*
Well, you know your limits and I don't. I do not want you to die due to my advice.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 29, 2026

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Thanks, Richard! If I were still in my forties, I'd give it a try, but not now.

If Linda would agree to bring up the cats later, I could pay for her train trip with what I'd save in moving. Maybe. But I don't relish the idea of handling a truck for two days with my car trailered behind.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

88 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 29, 2026 06:53 AM (Hbeqj)

89 So, she's agreed to move?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026

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I haven't even told her about the house or the closing yet. Guess I have to do that tonight. She might surprise me. But knowing her for (mumblety-mumble) years, I wonder.

If she'd gone for the idea, we could have bought a bigger house with room for two people.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

90 olddog, Good morning. Is your pup's leg all mended?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 29, 2026 06:54 AM (5P5DO)

91 If you watch any video with Talarico in it, you'll wonder who thought this freak was acceptable outside of Austin, TX or San Francisco, CA.

I've commented on his idiotic message about the disease of whiteness over at Insty.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 29, 2026 06:56 AM (Z2wiW)

92 Sitting in a hotel lobby and the muzak system is playing a really bad version of "Ashokan Farewell". Pro-tip muzakers: more instruments is not necessarily better, and flutes should be used sparingly, or not at all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 29, 2026 07:00 AM (I2GmU)

93 If she'd gone for the idea, we could have bought a bigger house with room for two people.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

Wait. You didn't even tell her about the house!

Uh oh....

Better consider buying that ring. Is there plenty of things there that she likes to do in NOLA?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 07:00 AM (1Ff7Z)

94 Plus I think it's absolutely contrary to any faith to suggest that someone should hate their whiteness We are all sinners in need of God's grace but one's race is not a sin.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 07:02 AM (looXz)

95 "But I don't relish the idea of handling a truck for two days with my car trailered behind."

My wife found a contract job in Toronto during the 2008 economy. When I moved her back down to Texas in 2009, we drove through Niagara Falls on the way.

We wanted to park the car with the piles of crap in it to go look at the falls, but decided not to since there was possibility that some asshole would punch out a window to steal the stuff they could see.

If you can afford someone else moving most of your stuff, I'd go for that if you can't do the drive in one go yourself. YMMV; it wasn't a guarantee that someone would have broken into our car to steal shit, but...you know.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 29, 2026 07:02 AM (Z2wiW)

96 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 07:03 AM (bfy6w)

97 I've commented on his idiotic message about the disease of whiteness over at Insty.
Posted by: Richard Cranium

I watched some video of him yesterday and I detected some up talking. Finishing his sentences with an upward inflection. Like a valley girl.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 29, 2026 07:03 AM (l26NL)

98 Do you hate two factor authentication? I hate two factor authentication. It's quickly becoming pointless:

"The FBI is warning that a new hacking platform is allowing cybercriminals to hijack Microsoft 365 accounts — including Outlook, Teams and OneDrive — while bypassing multi-factor authentication entirely."

The scheme exploits Microsoft’s legitimate OAuth 2.0 “device code” authentication system — a feature commonly used to log into smart TVs, streaming devices and other hardware with limited keyboards.

Rather than stealing passwords directly, attackers trick victims into entering a code on a real Microsoft login page, unknowingly authorizing the hacker’s device

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

99 Thanks, Fen. Just curious.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 29, 2026 07:04 AM (l26NL)

100 > Plus I think it's absolutely contrary to any faith to suggest that someone should hate their whiteness ....

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
----

he doesn't believe that
he is just virtue-signaling to the Left

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 07:05 AM (ZxPkt)

101 I watched some video of him yesterday and I detected some up talking.

Ugh. That and vocal fry are enough to make me stop paying attention to the speaker. And then start mocking them.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 07:07 AM (+4yJ5)

102 I see on the news around here quite often people having their U-Haul trucks broken into and even stolen while parked in hotel parking lots overnight. I would sleep in the truck.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

103 And then Microsquat wants me to put an app on my phone to authenticate? No thanks, I'll stay non-authentic.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

104 The KLF - America: What Time Is Love

Meh. No Tammy Wynette in that video.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 07:10 AM (bfy6w)

105 The woman who is black writes some interesting things on race and the Bible. She is not a progressive. From " Christian Post":

https://tinyurl.com/33nzyw77

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 07:10 AM (7RYym)

106 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 29, 2026 07:04 AM (l26NL

Thanks for asking.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 07:12 AM (7RYym)

107 Speaking if Niagara Falls, I am happy to report that SC handicap placards are honored on the Canadian side.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 29, 2026 07:12 AM (qFwJc)

108 Rocket science is hard, yo.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 29, 2026 07:15 AM (tUVBO)

109 It has been hilarious to watch Talarico dismantled over the last 72 hours. I realize that this entire myth that he was “moderate” and “electable” was mainly pushed by Cornyn and his establishment allies. As soon as people started seriously looking at Talarico, they said “wtf???”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 07:17 AM (QDJ2U)

110 My friend's U-Haul was stolen out of a hotel parking lot. Their belongings were never recovered.

Posted by: Quirky bookworm at May 29, 2026 07:17 AM (JFaIe)

111 Regarding anthropic and their IPO. Why the statement as to it crashing?
Just curious as I have done a 1 year subscription and have been using Claude and like it.

Posted by: Seth at May 29, 2026 07:18 AM (eZUFV)

112 My friend's U-Haul was stolen out of a hotel parking lot. Their belongings were never recovered.
Posted by: Quirky bookworm at May 29, 2026

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* Double-scratches renting a truck off my list *

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

113 Brother Tim, do you have the same email address that you had a couple of years ago? If not, would you send me some new contact information. Thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 29, 2026 07:18 AM (5P5DO)

114 I don't much care for this Walmart bacon I bought the other day. It seems a bit . . . chewy, even though I'm cooking it as I always do. Maybe I'll buy Jimmy Dean next time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)

115 @48/Pixy: "They're aware of this an that's why they're slow-walking expansion. The reason there are only three big memory manufacturers is all the rest suffered fatal "uh oh" moments in previous bubbles."

I'm aware, but that's not the "uh oh" moment I'm referring to.

Here's how I see it having gone so far:

1. Situation normal, memory manufacturers making memory for consumer market and some for data centers.
2. Data center demand spikes massively due to AI bubble.
3. Memory manufacturers see huge profitability in pivoting to the new demand and rationing to the consumer market, so of course they do this.
4. Consumer market prices spike, and supply very much restricted.
5. OEMs and all manufacturers that rely on memory now having difficulty producing their own products to meet their consumers' demand.
6. More and more companies in (5) go out of business over time as they can't meet their customers' demands, and thus can't remain profitable.
7. Data center bubble finally pops. Demand from that sector craters.
8. Memory manufacturers pivot back to consumer market.
9. A lot of the consumer-market customers are just GONE.
10. Who do we sell to now? "Uh oh."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 07:20 AM (O7YUW)

116 And I see AI being used for good. Ellen Page being recast in 300, Dirty Dancing and Roadhouse. Hilarity ensues. Especially with Dylan Mulvaney as the female lead.

Mind you, I pity her for what she went through. The way she described what lead to her getting her surgery sounds a lot like demons whispering in her ear.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 07:21 AM (+4yJ5)

117 Better consider buying that ring. Is there plenty of things there that she likes to do in NOLA?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026

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Yes. All of them outdoors in heat that would stun a Cape buffalo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 07:21 AM (wzUl9)

118 109 It has been hilarious to watch Talarico dismantled over the last 72 hours. I realize that this entire myth that he was “moderate” and “electable” was mainly pushed by Cornyn and his establishment allies. As soon as people started seriously looking at Talarico, they said “wtf???”
Posted by: Tom Servo

Pretty much. He's a progressive bumper sticker with feet. I keep thinking he's just an AI avatar.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 29, 2026 07:23 AM (bfy6w)

119 Yes. All of them outdoors in heat that would stun a Cape buffalo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 07:21 AM (wzUl9)

Oops. Meant in Terre Haute. Is there a U nearby for lectures and stuff like what you two attended recently? Plenty of antique shops and art galleries and the like?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 07:24 AM (1Ff7Z)

120 97 I watched some video of him yesterday and I detected some up talking. Finishing his sentences with an upward inflection. Like a valley girl.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 29, 2026 07:03 AM (l26NL)

I watched some video of him yesterday? and I detected some up talking? Finishing his sentences with an upward inflection? Like a valley girl?

Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 07:25 AM (6wpGE)

121 While people are asking google web browser stupid shit like how many p’s in the word google, I’m seeing how many lines of production code I can squeeze out of it for free before it bombs out.

The number so far is 550 lines of code.

550 free lines of code is pretty damn amazing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 07:25 AM (XV/Pl)

122 If I play computer games, I guess they'll have to be simple ones, like Rogue in the text version.

" You will own nothing and be happy!"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 29, 2026 07:26 AM (eovtb)

123 Talarico has a cell awaiting him in his future.

He is a chomo. Only a matter of time.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at May 29, 2026 07:26 AM (IqKsT)

124 109 It has been hilarious to watch Talarico dismantled over the last 72 hours. I realize that this entire myth that he was “moderate” and “electable” was mainly pushed by Cornyn and his establishment allies. As soon as people started seriously looking at Talarico, they said “wtf???”
Posted by: Tom Servo

-------

It'll be a hoot to watch the Sunday news shows try to give him a reboot and rehab

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 29, 2026 07:31 AM (eovtb)

125 Oops. Meant in Terre Haute. Is there a U nearby for lectures and stuff like what you two attended recently? Plenty of antique shops and art galleries and the like?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026

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Yes, there is at least one branch of the Indiana state university system there. I don't know yet about antique shops, thrift stores, and galleries. But it's a town of 60K people, not 6K; it's got to have some of those.

Our usual thing on Friday nights is to have a Walmart or Aldi pizza, but she's said she's tired of that. I may order a couple of calzones from the nearby Italian place that recently had somebody drive through the front wall. They're open for carry-out, it's a short drive, and I want to keep them in business. After dinner, well, I'll show her the house pics, and try to discuss all this. I think she believed I was never gonna do it after being retired for a year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 07:31 AM (wzUl9)

126 Is Miss Linda a NO native?

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

127 Finishing his sentences with an upward inflection? Like a valley girl?
Posted by: m

If someone does that to me, I'll say "Are you asking a question or making a statement?" Stops them as if I was using Task Manager to kill a bad process.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 29, 2026 07:33 AM (+4yJ5)

128 “ I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.”

Psalm 104:33

Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2026 07:33 AM (Qgg5f)

129 @107/no one of any consequense: "Speaking if Niagara Falls, I am happy to report that SC handicap placards are honored on the Canadian side."

This is due to the reciprocity agreement that the 50 States motor vehicle departments have with the Canadian provinces ministries of transportation. This allows Canadians and Americans to drive in each other's territories keeping their home-territory license plates on while visiting, insurance to be recognized as valid cross-border, and for any tickets gotten in another territory to be enforceable back in your own home state.

Good luck renewing your plates or driver's license if you have unpaid tickets in another territory, though.

Anyway, yes, the Handicap placard you have from your state would definitely be considered valid up here in Ontario Canada unless it was marked with an expiry date and you were beyond that date. Then they might make an issue of it, but probably not, unless it was more than 3 to 6 months out of date. At that point, you're no longer considered a "visitor" but a resident, and should have local provincial plates and a province-issued handicapped placard. They want their revenue, after all.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2026 07:34 AM (O7YUW)

130 Is Miss Linda a NO native?
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026

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No, upstate NY. Though she might as well be a Swamp native; she came here for college and has hardly ever left.

I'm the native, or close to it, and I clearly see the time to flee came long ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 07:36 AM (wzUl9)

131 Is Miss Linda a NO native?
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

Never thought about it, but is she working, Wolfus, or retired as well?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026 07:36 AM (1Ff7Z)

132 It'll be a hoot to watch the Sunday news shows try to give him a reboot and rehab
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 29, 2026 07:31 AM (eovtb)

His entire persona is based on a mockery and a hatred for traditional Christianity.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 07:36 AM (QDJ2U)

133
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 07:37 AM (/+uur)

134 Anybody know if IN requires a front license plate? CO did. I had to have a mounting bracket put on the front bumper of my Olds when I moved.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 07:38 AM (wzUl9)

135 As soon as people started seriously looking at Talarico, they said “wtf???”
Posted by: Tom Servo

I don't know how this works and am too tired to look it up right now, but is there someway Talarico could withdraw as the candidate and the Democrats actually substitute slightly someone more moderate ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 07:38 AM (7RYym)

136 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?

If not, why not?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

137
Never thought about it, but is she working, Wolfus, or retired as well?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2026

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She never has really worked either. She taught English in S. Korea (!) for a brief time in '99, but nothing else I know of. Nor, annoyingly, does she drive.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)

138 >>>I don't much care for this Walmart bacon I bought the other day. It seems a bit . . . chewy, even though I'm cooking it as I always do. Maybe I'll buy Jimmy Dean next time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

>Thick bacon is not always very good. You either burn it or the texture is off. I'll have the hamsteak.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 29, 2026 07:41 AM (D1E+2)

139 So what I asked google to do was create a name parser in c++.

The parser we developed takes a name string and parses it into it's component's and stores them in a JSON.

So if you enter Mr. Hector Camacho De La Luz Jr.

It will parse it as:

Salutation: Mr.
First: Hector
Middle: Camacho
Last: De La Luz
Suffix: Jr.

It timestamps the entries and has an edited date field for when the entry gets edited.

You can perform operations like, sort, edit, delete, search, export to CSV, batch import a csv.

It has logic to detect duplicates and you get the point.

You can take that code and put it in your bank of helper functions for pretty much any project you're working on.

The point is, that's pretty f***ing amazing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 07:41 AM (XV/Pl)

140 "No, upstate NY"

Well then she wouldn't be surprised by the snow.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2026 07:44 AM (vFG9F)

141 You can take that code and put it in your bank of helper functions for pretty much any project you're working on.

Or you could use one of many libraries that provide such a thing that has been out in wild and fully debugged against edge cases you haven't dreamed of.

That assumes the bot in question didn't just steal that code and pass it off as something it came up with on its own.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 29, 2026 07:58 AM (Z2wiW)

142
‘George Floyd Square’ To Remember Him With Gift Shop

May I suggest they sell-

The George Floyd Memorial "I Can't Breathe" Brand Covid Face-Mask.

Fiiiiiiine, I denounce myself.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 09:18 AM (iJfKG)

143 @141

>>That assumes the bot in question didn't just steal that code and pass it off as something it came up with on its own.

You think an AI bot is sentient?

Interesting.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 09:27 AM (XV/Pl)

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