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Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9) Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9) 3
Where did m go?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 17, 2026 04:35 AM (+fpfy) 4
I'm being vexed. Saw m , refreshed , comment gone refreshed comment returns.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 17, 2026 04:37 AM (+fpfy) 5
Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 17, 2026 04:42 AM (EweRc) 6
The M triangle holds many secrets
Posted by: Pete Bog at September 17, 2026 04:43 AM (hsmPe) 7
Pete Bog, good morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 17, 2026 04:45 AM (+fpfy) 8
Sliding into the sea. That should decrease the fire season.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 04:46 AM (2OBCo) Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 04:47 AM (odBC9) 10
4 I'm being vexed. Saw m , refreshed , comment gone refreshed comment returns.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 17, 2026 04:37 AM (+fpfy) PixyMagic! Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 04:49 AM (odBC9) Posted by: Pete Bog at September 17, 2026 04:50 AM (ybuDR) 12
It is not a boring blog. That it is not.
Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 04:52 AM (odBC9) 13
G'Day everyone
Another plumbing leak, will need a Shark Bite this time Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 04:52 AM (Ia/+0) 14
6 The M triangle holds many secrets
Posted by: Pete Bog at September 17, 2026 04:43 AM (hsmPe) *boo!* Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 04:53 AM (odBC9) 15
250 Thinking blueberry pancakes
Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 03:00 AM (Ia/+0) Did that happen? Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 05:01 AM (odBC9) 16
No, instant oatmeal, was awaken before alarm
Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 05:02 AM (Ia/+0) 17
Chris Rea - Fool If You Think It's Over
This song replaced (blessedly) the earworm with which I awakened: "Do the Hustle." Thank you, Pixy! Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 05:04 AM (odBC9) 18
g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at September 17, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw) 19
16 No, instant oatmeal, was awaken before alarm
Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 05:02 AM (Ia/+0) I am tending to old-fashioned oatmeal even as we speak. Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 05:14 AM (odBC9) 20
I thought your "California is sliding into the sea" story was going to be about Paramount's exit. Hey, maybe the old studio can slide into the sea! Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 17, 2026 05:15 AM (XJ22o) 21
from online:
Fool (If You Think It's Over) was nominated for a Song of the Year Grammy but lost out to Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are. hmm Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9) 22
Because the login server fell over. ...
And so did GPT 6 Astra... California is sliding into the sea. The front fell off! Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 17, 2026 05:24 AM (O7YUW) 23
from online:
Fool (If You Think It's Over) was nominated for a Song of the Year Grammy but lost out to Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are. hmm Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 *** Around 1977, I guess? Evening and morning, all! The supposedly "drier" air we were promised has yet to arrive, like those packages you order that are supposed to come by UPS and actually get delivered by USPS. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 17, 2026 05:24 AM (wzUl9) 24
Windows update has virtually bricked my computer this morning. It now gets an ntkernal error and won't do anything. Thanks Microsoft, which is to say fu.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 17, 2026 05:28 AM (l3cgK) 25
Woke up an hour before I planned. Not the fault of Stirling the Great Leaping Cat, just the way things go sometimes.
If it does dry out a little this morning, it would be a good day to wash and spray-wax the car, which includes dolling up the tires with a semi-gloss spray. In cleaning out a lot of "stuff" yesterday, I found some Rain-X gel in a tube as well as a can of their spray windshield cleaner. I could try applying that to the glass and outside mirrors. Seems to me I heard an old hack for that, to use chewing tobacco (no, not actually chewed) and rub it over the glass so that rain detours around the coated area. Presuming that really works, I wonder if my pipe tobacco would do the same. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 17, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2026 05:36 AM (JrHfD) 27
from HackerNews newsfaq
https://tinyurl.com/522yvdm7 In my profile, what is noprocrast? It's a way to help you prevent yourself from spending too much time on HN. If you turn it on you'll only be allowed to visit the site for maxvisit minutes at a time, with gaps of minaway minutes in between. The defaults are 20 and 180, which would let you view the site for 20 minutes at a time, and then not allow you back in for 3 hours. [minaway = minutes away, I am deducing] Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 05:36 AM (odBC9) 28
David Suchet reads Psalm 121. Video has lovely pictures of mountains as well:
https://tinyurl.com/4k9cxtc6 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2026 05:38 AM (JrHfD) Posted by: Dark Lix at September 17, 2026 05:43 AM (Fv808) 30
From the TechCrunch article about Mad Matt:
"Automattic's legal team is working to determine what the next steps are: pay out these sums or fight them by challenging their legal validity." Matt will want a prolonged fight in court. I doubt he's got "SCO v. {everyone}" staying power for the fight, though. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 17, 2026 05:43 AM (O7YUW) 31
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at September 17, 2026 05:44 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2026 05:46 AM (JrHfD) 33
"after massive swells swallowed protective sand berms..."
Isn't there something in the Bible about building your sealwall of sand? Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 17, 2026 05:49 AM (36x1j) 34
from HackerNews (I'm not going to click on the article, because it sure looks like clickbait, but who knows):
28. AI Safety Is Mostly a Sex Cult (skywriter.blue) 36 points by Tomte 47 minutes ago | hide | 6 comments Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 05:50 AM (odBC9) 35
@24/jim (in Kalifornia): "Windows update has virtually bricked my computer this morning. It now gets an ntkernal error and won't do anything. Thanks Microsoft, which is to say fu."
https://youtu.be/U6uR2e_61nk Hang with it, it gets rolling at 14 seconds. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 17, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW) 36
seawall
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 17, 2026 05:52 AM (36x1j) 37
35 @24/jim (in Kalifornia): "Windows update has virtually bricked my computer this morning. It now gets an ntkernal error and won't do anything. Thanks Microsoft, which is to say fu."
https://youtu.be/U6uR2e_61nk Hang with it, it gets rolling at 14 seconds. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 17, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW) Wrong link? Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 05:54 AM (odBC9) 38
Good morning, one and all. I regret noticing that it is not yet time to go home but coffee is available downstairs.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 17, 2026 05:56 AM (lXoJ5) 39
@37/m: Works here, goes to a youtube video called "Rage (original)" by indrancole3.
Try copying the entire link, you might have missed a character? Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 17, 2026 05:58 AM (O7YUW) 40
Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at September 17, 2026 05:59 AM (Hbeqj) 41
39 @37/m: Works here, goes to a youtube video called "Rage (original)" by indrancole3.
Try copying the entire link, you might have missed a character? Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 17, 2026 05:58 AM (O7YUW) Aha. That is what played. I had expected a how-to-fix-it link addressing the computer bricking. Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:00 AM (odBC9) 42
Salesforce outage:
"The outage came at a bad time for the SaaS company. Yesterday, it kicked off its annual conference, Dreamforce, in San Francisco. More than 40,000 people are expected to attend in person, with in excess of 200,000 people registered to attend online. " Murphy's law strikes again! Timing. They has it. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 17, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW) 43
42 Salesforce outage:
"The outage came at a bad time for the SaaS company. Yesterday, it kicked off its annual conference, Dreamforce, in San Francisco. More than 40,000 people are expected to attend in person, with in excess of 200,000 people registered to attend online. " Murphy's law strikes again! Timing. They has it. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 17, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW) Critical Job Sensor Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:01 AM (odBC9) 44
@41/m: "I had expected a how-to-fix-it link addressing the computer bricking."
Nope, sometimes I just have to empathize with how someone must feel, and do it with a dash of Pixy-level snark. Also jim ended with "fu" in his comment, which reminded me of this video for obvious reasons. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 17, 2026 06:03 AM (O7YUW) 45
from Hacker News:
40. Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera (wired.com) 528 points by driverdan 20 hours ago | hide | 239 comments You'd think it would be too small in there. Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9) 46
27 from HackerNews newsfaq
Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 05:36 AM (odBC9) The HN FAQ is also permanently linked at the bottom of the HN front page and at the bottom of HN comments pages. Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9) 47
“What is your favorite drag queen in Texas?” the cameraman asked.
“Oh my gosh,” Talarico said “Probably Alyssa Edwards,” Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:13 AM (/+uur) 48
I tried to use the salesforce forecasting dashboard at a company I consulted with for several years.
To put in a bid project, assign it to a VAR, give it a closing date, and odds of winning was about 14 screens. Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:20 AM (/+uur) Posted by: Community Notes at September 17, 2026 06:20 AM (9Hs2w) 50
47 “What is your favorite drag queen in Texas?” the cameraman asked.
“Oh my gosh,” Talarico said “Probably Alyssa Edwards,” Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:13 AM (/+uur) This really happened! Google tells me. Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:20 AM (odBC9) 51
I tried to use the salesforce forecasting dashboard
A person could make good money back in the day programming Salesforce (not configuring screens, using their wretched 'language' and tooling). Every single person I knew who did it well had serious personality defects. Posted by: Community Notes at September 17, 2026 06:23 AM (9Hs2w) 52
Wikipedia
James Dell Talarico is an American politician and educator who has served since 2018 as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. He is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Texas. Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:23 AM (odBC9) 53
C-SPAN has a pretty bad blooper here:
US Senate Candidate James Talarico (R-TX) Holds Rally at Baylor University https://tinyurl.com/yr9y8muu Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:27 AM (odBC9) 54
It is a pronoun?
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 06:28 AM (2OBCo) 55
Got my first application built: It's an image manipulation server to run on your local network.
I need a better AI. Had to write out a five phase prompt just to get GPT 5.6 Sol to break out a request/response model out of an XSD, that had 160ish complex types, make abstraction models in a popular language and then serializers. I gave it a head start with XSD, WSDL, CSV mapping and meta data files. It stumbled and fought through the whole thing and now looking at the output, if this was done by an intern, that intern would be fired. I used 5.4 on previous work and had passable output, though it botched the serialization so that elements were skipped or got into endless loops. Only through lots of coaxing, examples and iterative assignments did it actually work. GPT may be good for conversation, but Claude kicks its ass when it comes to enterprise grade work. Posted by: Community Notes at September 17, 2026 06:30 AM (9Hs2w) 56
LOL C-SPAN did it again, here--in reverse!
AUG 31, 2026 Campaign 2026: Senate Candidate James Talarico (D-TX) Rally in Kerrville, TX U.S. Senate Candidate James Talarico (R-TX) speaks to supporters at a rally in Kerrville, Texas. Topics include affordability, AI, and his opposition to the growing use of Flock cameras. Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:30 AM (odBC9) 57
Windows update has virtually bricked my computer this morning. It now gets an ntkernal error and won't do anything. Thanks Microsoft, which is to say fu.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 17, 2026 05:28 AM (l3cgK) - BOING! On Tuesday I restarted my Win11 notebook to install the recent security update. It got up to 99% and then kept spinning its wheel. Took a gamble and inserted a pin in the RESET hole on the notebook's bottom. Started it up again and after about 3 need-to-restarts I finally got my login screen. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 17, 2026 06:32 AM (LdSJK) 58
Sky McAdams, organizing manager for Texas Majority PAC, a Talarico PAC.
“We are paying people $25 to attend a one-hour Zoom class to learn why voting is important and why the Republicans are causing all of these bad things,” Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:35 AM (/+uur) 59
A real man would just give his voters a free beer.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 17, 2026 06:36 AM (aKiSo) 60
I could use $25.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 06:36 AM (2OBCo) Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 17, 2026 06:37 AM (SRdv/) 62
Took a gamble and inserted a pin in the RESET hole on the notebook's bottom. Started it up again and after about 3 need-to-restarts I finally got my login screen.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 17, 2026 06:32 AM (LdSJK) In the language of Turn it Off and Turn It Back On Again... the reset button means "No, Really". Holding it in for thirty seconds means "Don't make a maniac out of me". Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 17, 2026 06:38 AM (aKiSo) 63
Holding it in for thirty seconds means "Don't make a maniac out of me".
Posted by: Warai-otoko Hooking up the plasma torch says "I'm done asking." Posted by: NR Pax at September 17, 2026 06:39 AM (lXoJ5) Posted by: Stoner living in his parents' basement at September 17, 2026 06:39 AM (2Ez/1) 65
US Senate Candidate James Talarico (R-TX) Holds Rally at Baylor University
According to Baylor Universities own charter: (and About page) • Train Baptist ministers and church leaders • Educate future civic and professional leaders • Promote Christian moral formation alongside academic learning • Help build the institutions necessary for a growing Texas society. By holding a rally for Screwtape on the campus of Texas' oldest university charted by the Republic that has remained in continuous operation since 1845, I would say that the current administration has completely rebuked the university's founders and original mission. This is not by accident. Leftists corrupt every single good thing into some demonic perversion. Posted by: Community Notes at September 17, 2026 06:41 AM (PVBkQ) 66
@63/NR Pax: { Hooking up the plasma torch says "I'm done asking." }
I have been known to threaten the electronics with a soldering iron. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 17, 2026 06:41 AM (O7YUW) 67
Hooking up the plasma torch says "I'm done asking."
Posted by: NR Pax at September 17, 2026 06:39 AM (lXoJ5) All baseball bats in an open field.... all Geto Boys playing on a boombox in the background.... Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 17, 2026 06:42 AM (aKiSo) 68
54 It is a pronoun?
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 06:28 AM (2OBCo) it pronoun [third person singular] 1 used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified: a room with two beds in it | this approach is refreshing because it breaks down barriers Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:42 AM (odBC9) 69
63 Holding it in for thirty seconds means "Don't make a maniac out of me".
Posted by: Warai-otoko Hooking up the plasma torch says "I'm done asking." Posted by: NR Pax at September 17, 2026 06:39 AM (lXoJ5) Tea has now been spewed! Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:43 AM (odBC9) 70
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Mayor Karen Bass will formally step down Thursday as a member of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission I week later By Megan Barth, September 16, 2026 2:43 pm DOJ Uncovers $75 Million Funneled Through LAHSA After CFO, CEO and Mayor Bass Quit HUD Secretary Turner: ‘LAHSA has received a billion dollars of taxpayer money over 5 years with zero results’ Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:43 AM (/+uur) 71
Good morning morons
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 06:44 AM (RIvkX) 72
By Megan Barth, September 16, 2026 2:43 pm
DOJ Uncovers $75 Million Funneled Through LAHSA After CFO, CEO and Mayor Bass Quit HUD Secretary Turner: ‘LAHSA has received a billion dollars of taxpayer money over 5 years with zero results’ Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:43 AM (/+uur) "How can all these homelesses serve us?" "... uh.... plain old regular-ass fraud?" "Jolly good. Let us do that, then." Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 17, 2026 06:45 AM (aKiSo) 73
Topics include affordability,
"With my policies, energy prices will necessarily skyrocket" - Chocolate Messiah And we know what "affordability" means to the Demonic Party. Their shining example even has "Affordability" right there in the name to clear up any ambiguity: "The Affordable Care Act" which has driven up costs, reduced treatments and has driven other members of the Demonic party into assassinating leaders of healthcare organizations who have fully embraced the ACA. Posted by: Community Notes at September 17, 2026 06:46 AM (PVBkQ) 74
"Gimme a thousand bucks for every bum in town."
"Sure! Not my money money anyway. I'll give myself a thousand a head, too, why don't I." "Now you're getting it!" Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 17, 2026 06:46 AM (aKiSo) 75
Morning, Horde...How goes it?
I think I'm finally ready for class this afternoon. Thanks to AI, I can easily create writing exercises for my students. Both ChatGPT and Grok came up with very similar exercises using the exact same prompt in both platforms. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 17, 2026 06:48 AM (FZ29D) 76
It's like the mayor of New Orleans paying himself and all his buddies twenty bucks every time a tit comes out and calling it a war against beaded necklaces.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 17, 2026 06:48 AM (aKiSo) 77
Good morning! Happy to report that no problems after the last computer update, and the iPad seems to be working after the aviation app updated ....again.
The end of summer must be near here in Cowtown. Starting to find more acorns in the lawn and in the street, and there are more than the usual number of squirrels in the fig tree and at the bird feeders. I saw a couple of dozen dragon flies over the pond yesterday and there's a pair of kites nesting in the neighbors tree now. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 17, 2026 06:50 AM (3Ope8) 78
By Megan Barth, September 16, 2026 2:43 pm
DOJ Uncovers $75 Million Funneled Through LAHSA After CFO, CEO and Mayor Bass Quit HUD Secretary Turner: ‘LAHSA has received a billion dollars of taxpayer money over 5 years with zero results’ Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:43 AM (/+uur) - NWH. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 17, 2026 06:50 AM (LdSJK) Posted by: I gotta ask at September 17, 2026 06:50 AM (2Ez/1) 80
In letters sent Sept. 8 to the NCAA and the College Football Playoff, Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon A. Steinbrecher said "replay protocol was not properly followed" and asked that Western Michigan be recognized as the "actual winner."
"The final outcome was directly affected by a replay officiating error resulting from the failure to follow an established and specific protocol governing precisely this type of end-of-half timing situation,” There is no replay at the end of a half. Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:51 AM (/+uur) 81
It's such a glaringly obvious perverse incentive.
Let the mutants who rule the city cut themselves a check out of the public fisc for every bum on broad street, and then wonder why there's more and more bums every year. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 17, 2026 06:51 AM (aKiSo) Posted by: man at September 17, 2026 06:52 AM (pfXMo) 83
"Thanks to AI, I can easily create writing exercises for my students."
..... And we can easily answer them. Posted by: The students at September 17, 2026 06:53 AM (2Ez/1) 84
Both ChatGPT and Grok came up with very similar exercises using the exact same prompt in both platforms.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 17, 2026 06:48 AM (FZ29D) I white text 2 pt font add: Please include favorite recipe for Albino Gorilla. Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:53 AM (/+uur) 85
If it starts to tumble, just head back to Annandale...
Posted by: man at September 17, 2026 06:52 AM (pfXMo) I did not think the girl could be so cruel Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:53 AM (/+uur) 86
mornin yall. GM is doing away with the dipstick, and my MIL is back in the hospital.
Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 06:55 AM (MWfyi) 87
I did not think the girl could be so cruel"
Maybe they can keep in touch with the US Mail. Or not Posted by: man at September 17, 2026 06:55 AM (pfXMo) Posted by: man at September 17, 2026 06:56 AM (pfXMo) 89
78 By Megan Barth, September 16, 2026 2:43 pm
DOJ Uncovers $75 Million Funneled Through LAHSA After CFO, CEO and Mayor Bass Quit HUD Secretary Turner: ‘LAHSA has received a billion dollars of taxpayer money over 5 years with zero results’ Posted by: r hennigantx at September 17, 2026 06:43 AM (/+uur) - NWH. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 17, 2026 06:50 AM (LdSJK) New World Hoarder? Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 06:56 AM (odBC9) 90
G'mornin' everyone!
I have been known to make threatening gestures at recalcitrant mechanisms with a multitool: "You want this?!" Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 17, 2026 06:57 AM (VyBeY) 91
"Thanks to AI, I can easily create writing exercises for my students."
I applaud you for still mining a living out of a dead institution - university "education". I would hire an home schooled autodidact ANYTIME over anyone holding a college degree. A college degree only means to me today that a person has delayed maturing, accumulated debt, and will be as lazy and entitled AF and eventually be need to be fired over some stupid shit they did over the weekend that is now all over social media. Purely toxic person to add to any organization. Posted by: Community Notes at September 17, 2026 06:57 AM (NzX/y) 92
doing away with the dipstick. this will not end well.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 17, 2026 06:58 AM (VyBeY) 93
There are much worse earworms than Steely Dan.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 17, 2026 06:58 AM (RJBgA) 94
65, endorsed.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 17, 2026 06:59 AM (VyBeY) 95
All baseball bats in an open field.... all Geto Boys playing on a boombox in the background....
Posted by: Warai-otoko With technology, applied terror is a form of communication. Posted by: NR Pax at September 17, 2026 07:00 AM (lXoJ5) 96
Dipsticks? We don't need no stinking dipsticks!
Posted by: Engine designers at September 17, 2026 07:01 AM (2Ez/1) 97
"Not the first to do that
Posted by: man" Nope. I have a car made in 98 and it has an electronic oil level gauge, but it still has a dipstick. How much can it add to the cost of a $50k truck anyway? When the stupid tv screen on your dash fails you won't be able to check your oil. Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 07:01 AM (MWfyi) 98
GM is doing away with the dipstick,"
Just as well, not needed for EV, and quite frankly I don't want today's generation of individuals opening the hood on a car. Today's GM owners are the equivalent of a military Category 4, and can only understand simple instructions through comic books. Posted by: Community Notes at September 17, 2026 07:02 AM (9s47C) 99
Come over here and sit beside us.
Posted by: Breaker points and condensers at September 17, 2026 07:02 AM (2Ez/1) 100
California is sliding into the sea.
Maybe stop trying to build homes right up to the water? Never mind. That's probably crazy talk. Posted by: NR Pax at September 17, 2026 07:02 AM (lXoJ5) 101
Bah. Humbug. Phooey.
Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 07:02 AM (MWfyi) 102
Morning, all. Time to get up, I guess.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 17, 2026 07:03 AM (aJQbY) 103
Maybe there is a potential market for aftermarket dipsticks.
Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 07:03 AM (MWfyi) 104
100 California is sliding into the sea.
Maybe stop trying to build homes right up to the water? Never mind. That's probably crazy talk. Posted by: NR Pax at September 17, 2026 07:02 AM (lXoJ5) Hey, man, you can build yourself a treehouse and raise free range termites for all I care, just don't reach in to my wallet when you realize you're humped. Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 17, 2026 07:04 AM (aKiSo) 105
By Megan Barth, September 16, 2026 2:43 pm
DOJ Uncovers $75 Million Funneled Through LAHSA After CFO, CEO and Mayor Bass Quit = After CFO, CEO and Mayor Bass Quit, DOJ Uncovers $75 Million Funneled Through LAHSA or = Uncovered By DOJ: $75 Million Funneled Through LAHSA After CFO, CEO and Mayor Bass Quit for example Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 07:04 AM (odBC9) 106
90 G'mornin' everyone!
I have been known to make threatening gestures at recalcitrant mechanisms with a multitool: "You want this?!" Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 17, 2026 06:57 AM (VyBeY) hahahahahaha Posted by: m at September 17, 2026 07:04 AM (odBC9) 107
Nope. I have a car made in 98 and it has an electronic oil level gauge, but it still has a dipstick.
That is a throwback to the Boomers who also had to worry about adjusting the points and regular measuring of the spark and valve gaps. Besides, given today's direct inject engines, no need to check oil. Either the car's engine will seize due to engineering and manufacturing defects or the vehicle will be repossessed before the first required oil change. Posted by: Community Notes at September 17, 2026 07:06 AM (9s47C) 108
I have been known to make threatening gestures at recalcitrant mechanisms with a multitool: "You want this?!"
I miss the good old days when percussive maintenance usually worked. Posted by: Community Notes at September 17, 2026 07:07 AM (9s47C) 109
I love that Chris Rea song. Nice pick. (Don't laugh.)
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 17, 2026 07:10 AM (qBdHI) 110
Yank Sing is closing one of its SF restaurants after 27 years
By Madeline Wells, Senior Food Reporter Sep 14, 2026 Food and drink reporter Madeline Wells and her SFGATE co-workers dine at Yank Sing, in San Francisco, on Thursday, Sept, 15, 2022. Food and drink reporter Madeline Wells and her SFGATE co-workers dine at Yank Sing, in San Francisco, on Thursday, Sept, 15, 2022. Charles Russo/SFGATE After 27 years, San Francisco dim sum institution Yank Sing is closing its restaurant at Rincon Center. The final day of service at the location at 101 Spear St. will be Sept. 20, co-owner Vera Chan Waller confirmed to SFGATE. The Stevenson Street location, which opened in 1974, will remain open. ===== Sadz. This is probably the best place in the city. But that part of the culture is literally dying off. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 07:10 AM (RIvkX) 111
I bought a few hundred sensors and they threw in the car for free.
Posted by: Such a deal at September 17, 2026 07:11 AM (2Ez/1) 112
I miss the good old days when percussive maintenance usually worked.
Safety wire and pliers can fix a lot of things. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 17, 2026 07:11 AM (3Ope8) 113
"Besides, given today's direct inject engines, no need to check oil."
If you view cars as disposable, then sure. For some people, the only time they change their oil is when they change their car. Those stupid boomers, checking their oil and greasing their ball joints. What a waste of time. Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 07:12 AM (MWfyi) Processing 0.02, elapsed 0.0239 seconds. |
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