Daily Tech News 3 November 2026

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Yes we have no frozen bananas, part the two: Hackers have hit supermarket freezers across Belgium and Sweden, turning up the defrosting units, pushing temperatures up to 50C and destroying food. (Tom's Hardware)

And Ireland, Estonia, and the Netherlands as well.
"We've been working all night and morning to disconnect the affected units from the network."
Wut.
CEO Stephan Moelans said that while the company has been working "very hard" to protect its fridges against the vulnerability, physical modifications to its units are required. The company says switching units to a secure internet connection is the simplest solution in the meantime, a measure carried out by most of its customers in the wake of the France attack.
It seems at least that this attack is on a smaller scale because many companies notice eventually if you keep stealing their wallets.

Tech News

New York Times is suing Brave - creator of the Brave web browser - for accessing the web. (The Verge)

Including reading without permission content that the New York Times put out on the public internet like a frozen banana.
The 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 now costs $385. (Tom's Hardware)

Up from $120 at launch.
Intel's Arc B580 graphics card may be going the way of Nvidia's RTX 5090. (Notebook Check)

Just much more slowly.
Tachyum, the company behind... Well, nothing so far... Has filed for triple bankruptcy. (Tom's Hardware)

Tachyum Slovakia is responsible for most of the development of Tachyum's thus far non-existent 1024-core CPU. Tachyum Slovakia is a subsidiary of Tachyum Inc., and that subsidiary filed for bankruptcy on October 22.

Tachyum Inc. could continue work, maybe, except that Tachym Inc. is a subsidiary of Tachyum Ltd. based in the Cayman Islands, which is also the target of liquidation proceedings.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Icky dust will hurt you when you are doing the wiring. It will hurt you even if you are not seeing it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:04 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 04:05 AM (odBC9)

2 G'day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2026 04:06 AM (Ia/+0)

3 It's voting day
Go early and often

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2026 04:12 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Pixy, if you can help: If I use the archive.is site to archive something I have read on the web, while it's loading I see all kinds of things that end in gif and other scary-looking letters. I am on a Mac. Is archive.is loading bad things onto my computer?

Here's an article I saved at archive.is:

from the ONT:

341 CBS News
What we know about the 9 people killed in the Palm Beach County jet crash

https://archive.is/x4Upl
Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 02:33 AM (odBC9)

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 04:13 AM (odBC9)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2026 04:13 AM (sAmhv)

6 3 It's voting day
Go early and often
Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2026 04:12 AM (Ia/+0)

This is cool; from the ONT:

236 BTW, I'm doing my part tomorrow. My aunt asked me to drive her friends and her from her retirement home to the voting precinct. She called me earlier tonight and told me she rounded up 14, then whispered into the phone...only Republicans, which made me laugh.

So, cutting out of work to rent a van (and still have to take two trips to get everyone in there). Should be fun. I'm bringing snacks and contraband for them to smuggle back into the joint.
Posted by: Orson at November 02, 2026 11:27 PM (dIske)

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 04:14 AM (odBC9)

7 so I suppose the network news (does that still exist) will be analyzing every vote tomorrow morning hoping for a Socialist victory. Maybe the least we can hope that some of the old crusty members on congress will finally see their last days living off the people.

Posted by: Colin at November 03, 2026 04:17 AM (CiQE7)

8 Just saw stills and article on that jet crash. Terrible.

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2026 04:17 AM (Ia/+0)

9 >>>Yes we have no frozen bananas

Sad.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 04:17 AM (odBC9)

10 Good mornin’!!!!!
Restless. Storms passing through. Hoping for positive election results.
Have a great day y’all

Posted by: Billythesquid at November 03, 2026 04:18 AM (x4l2h)

11 I'm going to drive up to the voting prescient. Rather walk but still fighting a cold and I have gout. Not as bad as I have had it but enough I don't want to walk very far. So, I'm driving.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2026 04:23 AM (sAmhv)

12 7 so I suppose the network news (does that still exist) will be analyzing every vote tomorrow morning hoping for a Socialist victory. Maybe the least we can hope that some of the old crusty members on congress will finally see their last days living off the people.
Posted by: Colin at November 03, 2026 04:17 AM (CiQE7)

Lousy layabouts.

We've already called 2028 for President Cortez.

Posted by: F*ck Snooze at November 03, 2026 04:25 AM (aKiSo)

13 I'm black-pilling a bit, because I'm assuming everything will be rigged (or call it "intentionally not rigged") for sweeping R victories, which will then be used as a pretext for a nationwide campaign of delegitimization efforts and general helter skelter nonsense.

But I'm also not black-pilling on the whole, because I don't actually think it will work. It's just going to suck and be very, very annoying.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2026 04:28 AM (aKiSo)

14 BBC

Tenerife striker De Miguel dies after on-field collision
Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel dies after suffering an on-field collision during a Spanish second-division match.
21 mins ago

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

15 Good morning ! Today is the day we tell the freaks, grifters and functionaries of evil that " we are done with your shit"

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2026 04:31 AM (8Uo7a)

16 Remembering the words of Rush Limbaugh:

"Now is not the time to panic":

https://tinyurl.com/3zn6e9cs

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2026 04:31 AM (JrHfD)

17 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at November 03, 2026 04:35 AM (Imcic)

18 I think we should retaliate by hacking all of North Korea's giant grocery store freezers and see how THEY like it!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2026 04:35 AM (aKiSo)

19 Man in Georgia saves baby. The story is here but the video of the man himself speaking is quite nice. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/msbecx3f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2026 04:36 AM (JrHfD)

20 "Now is not the time to panic"

If not now, when?

Posted by: Case at November 03, 2026 04:39 AM (En+fz)

21 4 Pixy, if you can help: If I use the archive.is site to archive something I have read on the web, while it's loading I see all kinds of things that end in gif and other scary-looking letters. I am on a Mac. Is archive.is loading bad things onto my computer?

Posted by: m

It's just listing all the files it needs to save to reproduce the whole web page. Not a problem.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 03, 2026 04:40 AM (BLOW1)

22 20 "Now is not the time to panic"

If not now, when?
Posted by: Case at November 03, 2026 04:39 AM (En+fz)

Heh.

Now is precisely the right time to panic, because later we won't have that luxury.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2026 04:40 AM (aKiSo)

23 "16 Remembering the words of Rush Limbaugh:

"Now is not the time to panic": "

words of great wisdom, which we all need to keep in the forefront during the next few days. Thank you, FS!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2026 04:41 AM (VyBeY)

24 Since the first freezer hacking incidents were weeks ago, I wonder why they haven't taken any measures in the meantime.
People are indeed stupid, but are they really this stupid?
When the hackers do this in the US (or Japan etc.), in another couple of weeks, they'll catch everyone by surprise.

Posted by: PG at November 03, 2026 04:42 AM (YAu8A)

25 *fistbump* BH!

from your mouth to His ears!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2026 04:42 AM (VyBeY)

26 Oh, & g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2026 04:42 AM (VyBeY)

27 sock_rat, good mornin, darlin. I t do believe a lot of good people are going to come to the aid of out Country.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2026 04:45 AM (8Uo7a)

28 The best time to panic was twenty years ago. The second best time to panic is today.

Wait, no, that's planting trees.

Never mind.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2026 04:49 AM (aKiSo)

29 The prices for RPI are absurd.

Unless you have some niche use case, I’d steer completely clear of it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 04:49 AM (XV/Pl)

30 I worked on communications systems. The Internet Protocol became the standard.

But there is no effing way my customers would ever connect their equipment to the Internet. Completely private networks were developed.

IP is great for connectivity. But when you buy gas at the pump, you really don't want your credit card info passing through the World Wide Web.

Some idiots in Europe connected their smart freezers to the Internet instead of deploying a costlier private network.

FAFO

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2026 04:51 AM (LOvBA)

31 Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2026 04:41 AM (VyBeY)

You are most welcome, sock_rat_eeze.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2026 04:52 AM (JrHfD)

32 Praying hard for it, today especially!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2026 04:54 AM (VyBeY)

33 I didn't dig too deep, but were these "freezers" large distribution warehouses? Or smaller individual retail stores?

The first is much more likely to be run on a full on automation system (Schneider, Siemens, JCI, whoever). Those can be very robust for security, especially lately. But they can also be left wide the hell open if they're not set up right by the installers. I'd be curious to know what the system was that got attacked.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2026 04:55 AM (aKiSo)

34 The only buyers of RPI are going to be industrial only at this point, if you need to tinker with a microcontroller, get an ESP32.

If you need a small computer, get a refurbed HP sff for less than an RPI 5.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 04:55 AM (XV/Pl)

35 Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2026 05:04 AM (JrHfD)

36
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 03, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

37 Election Day or as I like to say "Renewing my license to bitch." While I am deep in the GPROMD, I have some faith that things can turn around.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2026 05:19 AM (99eI0)

38 Old time hymn-"My Hope is Built " words by Edward Mote, 1834:

https://tinyurl.com/2a628pf7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2026 05:20 AM (JrHfD)

39 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thanks, Fen. It's really easy to be dismayed at the state of this nation from time to time. I appreciate the morale boost.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2026 05:20 AM (99eI0)

40 21 4 Pixy, if you can help: If I use the archive.is site to archive something I have read on the web, while it's loading I see all kinds of things that end in gif and other scary-looking letters. I am on a Mac. Is archive.is loading bad things onto my computer?

Posted by: m

It's just listing all the files it needs to save to reproduce the whole web page. Not a problem.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 03, 2026 04:40 AM (BLOW1)

Thank you, Pixy!

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 05:22 AM (odBC9)

41 New York Times is suing Brave - creator of the Brave web browser - for accessing the web.

Brave should borrow the Ace of Spades Style Book in their response. "LOLGF. No answer follows."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2026 05:22 AM (99eI0)

42 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind"

2nd Timothy 1:7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2026 05:23 AM (JrHfD)

43 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 03, 2026 05:23 AM (Hbeqj)

44 11 I'm going to drive up to the voting prescient.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2026 04:23 AM (sAmhv)

funny typo

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 05:23 AM (odBC9)

45 44 11 I'm going to drive up to the voting prescient.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2026 04:23 AM (sAmhv)

funny typo
Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 05:23 AM (odBC9)

Maybe you ARE prescient; maybe you have foreknowledge of how the votes will fall!

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

46 NR- I think that the other side wants to be demoralized-that's the point of all these "The Democrats are ahead by a zillion points.. it's all over!! My suggestion- try to avoid news and websites as much as can today, vote if you haven't already and tune in tomorrow.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2026 05:27 AM (JrHfD)

47 44: thought about 'fixing' it but decided, nah. It's fine. Probably drive up about 15 min prior to opening. Parking is tricky there. It's a community center with horrible parking.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2026 05:29 AM (sAmhv)

48 >>>Hackers have hit supermarket freezers ..., turning up the defrosting units, pushing temperatures up to 50C and destroying food.

Such a waste. Such a horrible waste.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 05:30 AM (odBC9)

49 47 44: thought about 'fixing' it but decided, nah. It's fine. Probably drive up about 15 min prior to opening. Parking is tricky there. It's a community center with horrible parking.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2026 05:29 AM (sAmhv)

It was fine. And funny!

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 05:30 AM (odBC9)

50 G'morning, all!

We plan to head to the Coastal Carolina Fair later this afternoon/early evening as a way to avoid the final hours of the election.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 03, 2026 05:36 AM (iMotb)

51
they can also be left wide the hell open if they're not set up right by the installers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

===============

Me, trying to use every system/platform my employer installed: "All the fields and functions we need are on this thing. We didn't need to bring in Accenture for $250,000 to tell us they can't recommend anything. Besides, I need those functions."

Them: "Well, no one enabled them when we installed it. "

Me: "Can we enable them now? Everything we need is in the platform. "

Them: "We're upgrading to Confusely for $2,000,000. Please write the documentation and some training. "

Me: "Confusely has training and documentation modules in them. Please enable them. "

Them: (bored stare)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 03, 2026 05:36 AM (mmrXZ)

52 How do you multiply civil unrest? Attack the food supply.

This is the IRGC.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2026 05:36 AM (8Uo7a)

53 There's no money in the banana stand.

Posted by: mea culpa at November 03, 2026 05:36 AM (iN6fC)

54 Well, off to vote.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2026 05:44 AM (sAmhv)

55 Them: (bored stare)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 03, 2026 05:36 AM (mmrXZ)

Controls 101

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2026 05:45 AM (aKiSo)

56 Belated BOING!

Back from dentist - all's well!

And now out to a picnic in the Jerusalem mountains with friends!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 03, 2026 05:47 AM (C6GAH)

57 And the inspiring story behind "My hope is built", in post 38 for those that like the old time hymns:

https://tinyurl.com/4uwrdeyk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2026 05:47 AM (JrHfD)

58 G'morning Horde.

@34/Thomas Bender: "If you need a small computer, get a refurbed HP sff for less than an RPI 5."

This. Raspberry may be a victim of the memory prices right now, but it doesn't change the fact that their prices push them right out of the market sector that they were supposed to be appealing to.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 03, 2026 05:47 AM (O7YUW)

59 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 03, 2026 05:49 AM (2Ez/1)

60 Unfortunately, I could not find someone over the past week who was travelling to the US and could mail my absentee ballot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 03, 2026 05:50 AM (C6GAH)

61 Yurp, i'm off to go try to vote too. Might have to bail and come back this afternoon if there's already a line forming up. We'll see.

Good luck everyone.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2026 05:51 AM (aKiSo)

62 Evening and morning for this special Tiu's Day, Voting Day Edition! I thought my watch said 3:15, turned over and dozed, and suddenly the 4:30 alarm was sounding. I think I misread the glowing hands of the watch and it was really 4:15. Anyway: Coffee!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2026 05:52 AM (56Qyq)

63 61 Yurp, i'm off to go try to vote too. ...
Good luck everyone.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2026 05:51 AM (aKiSo)

Good luck, Good Guys!

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 05:52 AM (odBC9)

64 Biden's Dog, you couldn't mail it to someone to mail it for you?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2026 05:53 AM (8Uo7a)

65 Who in the hell lets a computer system run their refrigeration?!? I don't let Alexa, Google or any software run my AC or fridge, so it's a pretty stupid thing to let one run your supermarket system!

Posted by: Tracy at November 03, 2026 05:53 AM (x58Cx)

66 BBC has a fairly decent photo of PDT on their front page.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 05:58 AM (odBC9)

67 ... TWO fairly decent photos.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 05:58 AM (odBC9)

68 @58

>>their prices push them right out of the market sector that they were supposed to be appealing to.

Once you add a power supply, case and some storage, you’re pushing over 500 dollars.

For that kind of money, you can get a refurbed sff hp for less that will be orders of magnitude more powerful, add in an ESP32 and you have a more powerful computer and more powerful microcontroller.

I think this price increase is an indicator that RPI intends to move out of the hobbiest market and just become a provider to industry.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 06:00 AM (XV/Pl)

69 Tech topic: I received my Spectrum router/modem (still marked as Cox) yesterday. There were no instructions in the box. The connections were pretty obvious, though. I hooked it up in place of the old one, found the temporary network name and password on the bottom of the case, and entered those. Then I rang up Spectrum to see how to change that network name and password. I entered a variation on the previous network's moniker and re-used the password. Done. The unit is dead silent, no soft roar like the old box.

G & R, regarding that list of unreliable Intel chipset modems: I don't see a manufacturer name on this modem. Part and serial number, and FCC ID, yes. But no company name. However, it does not say "Intel" anywhere on it or on the box it came in, or on the minimal documents. The web page said "Stand-alone routers do not have Intel chipsets." Is this a "stand-alone"?

I'll bring the old box to a Cox office today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2026 06:00 AM (56Qyq)

70 imo, there's never a good time to panic.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2026 06:03 AM (VyBeY)

71 Time Warner / Spectrum wanted to start charging me a fee for the use of their modem. I bought one on Amazon.

It paid for itself in less than a year.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2026 06:04 AM (LOvBA)

72 46 NR- I think that the other side wants to be demoralized
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Agreed completely. I ignore that nonsense and push on although your suggestion about avoiding politics today is a good one.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2026 06:04 AM (99eI0)

73
Who in the hell lets a computer system run their refrigeration?!? I don't let Alexa, Google or any software run my AC or fridge, so it's a pretty stupid thing to let one run your supermarket system!
Posted by: Tracy at November 03, 2026 05:53 AM (x58Cx)

It provides timed reminders to sneer at Americans and proclaim the superiority of European food over the slop we eat.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2026 06:06 AM (eRlcH)

74 The problem is not having refrigeration units online. The problem is that they are not on an intranet that outsiders cannot get to.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 03, 2026 06:07 AM (99eI0)

75 72 F. here. The front the weather mavens were expecting to bring us cooler air and rain tomorrow is fading. Now they say, "By the weekend." Ha.

Yesterday I heard from my oldest friend. He mentioned that he, his wife, and their grown kids all trooped down to vote early, about ten days ago as I did here. Like me, he's a strong Trumper and has grown to be conservative, in contrast to our "laissez faire" attitude toward politics when we were young.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2026 06:07 AM (56Qyq)

76
It provides timed reminders to sneer at Americans and proclaim the superiority of European food over the slop we eat.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2026

***
I've tried some of the Euro food that World Market offers. There was one small loaf of German bread that was awful even toasted. Their brands of chocolate are good and there are a few other items I like . . . but that bread was revolting, like chewing dust bunnies. Thank God I got it half price.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2026 06:10 AM (56Qyq)

77 Good morning Horde.
I think I'll wait to vote until after 9 . The working folks vote before that. Luckily I live 200 yds from the polling site

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 03, 2026 06:12 AM (cfGMy)

78 Time Warner / Spectrum wanted to start charging me a fee for the use of their modem. I bought one on Amazon.

It paid for itself in less than a year.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2026

***
No fees on this that I'm aware of. My Cox/Spectrum account shows the $70 fee that I was quoted begins this month.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2026 06:12 AM (56Qyq)

79 Oh, and switching my laptop and TV to the network was pretty easy as well, though with the TV you have to use the remote for that awkward "moving through the alphabet and numbers" routine to enter the password. When Miss Linda used her phone for something 'Net last night, she had to enter that password too, but it was a simple matter of typing in the characters. (I rarely use my phone for 'Net things; that screen is too small.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2026 06:15 AM (56Qyq)

80 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Nasty ashes to nasty ashes, icky dust to icky dust.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 03, 2026 06:16 AM (amcLV)

81 We ave Spectrum here at stately VIA Manor.

Spectrum only charges monthly rental fees for their modem if it is a modem/router, not if it has no router capabilities.

But when you set things up for them to send you the modem you must tell them to verify that the unit they are sending you is 'Modem only' so as to ensure no monthly rental fees.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 03, 2026 06:18 AM (iMotb)

82 superiority of European food over the slop we eat.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2026 06:06 AM (eRlcH)

Lovely, properly refrigerated slop.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2026 06:18 AM (qlFPz)

83 I must locate and summon my workout motivation. It's darting around behind the furniture. (A good thing the cats can't see it, or they'd hunt it down as prey.) Still, 71-72, even when nastily humid, is not bad compared to the 85 F. or more I used to see in July, with heat index over 90.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2026 06:18 AM (56Qyq)

84 Spectrum only charges monthly rental fees for their modem if it is a modem/router, not if it has no router capabilities.

But when you set things up for them to send you the modem you must tell them to verify that the unit they are sending you is 'Modem only' so as to ensure no monthly rental fees.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 03, 2026

***
Then I guess my new unit is only a modem.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2026 06:20 AM (56Qyq)

85
Just wait until the toilets connected to the web start to go haywire from hacker attacks.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:20 AM (pKKMW)

86
I'm taking old Dot to the doggie chiropractor this morning for what I hope is a final adjustment. Her Majesty would be the better person to take her, but she has office work to do, getting committee reports together for a National club board meeting later this month.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2026 06:21 AM (eRlcH)

87 I was using it as a router for the home wifi.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2026 06:23 AM (LOvBA)

88
Tachyum Inc. could continue work, maybe, except that Tachym Inc. is a subsidiary of Tachyum Ltd. based in the Cayman Islands, which is also the target of liquidation proceedings.

They could build houses out of Ticky Tachyum. Start in Daly City, CA. There's a history, y'know.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:24 AM (pKKMW)

89 BBC

US strikes Iranian island ahead of midterm elections
US officials described the attacks on Qeshm Island as limited and defensive, according to CBS, the BBC's US partner.
47 mins ago

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:24 AM (odBC9)

90 Do you use the home wifi for connecting your smartphone to the Internet?

Your modem is a router.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2026 06:25 AM (LOvBA)

91
Tachyum Inc. could continue work, maybe, except that Tachym Inc. is a subsidiary of Tachyum Ltd. based in the Cayman Islands, which is also the target of liquidation proceedings.

Their company ownership chart probably looks like a freeway interchange in Dallas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2026 06:26 AM (eRlcH)

92
There was one small loaf of German bread that was awful even toasted.

You don't toast sawdust, you use it as fire starter.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:26 AM (pKKMW)

93 88
Tachyum Inc. could continue work, maybe, except that Tachym Inc. is a subsidiary of Tachyum Ltd. based in the Cayman Islands, which is also the target of liquidation proceedings.

They could build houses out of Ticky Tachyum. Start in Daly City, CA. There's a history, y'know.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:24 AM (pKKMW)

Pixy already fixed that typo!
... except that Tachym Inc. ...

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)

94
Your modem is a router.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Are yiu saying that I can repurpose it for doing woodworking projects? Good to know!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:28 AM (pKKMW)

95 Ha. I went to vote early because i need to get out of here quick. Thought there would at least be a little line.

Not a soul to be found except the people inside setting up.

Oh well.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2026 06:29 AM (qlFPz)

96
Your modem is a router.

And the world is a vampire.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:31 AM (pKKMW)

97 Do you use the home wifi for connecting your smartphone to the Internet?

Your modem is a router.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2026

***
I don't but I could. Miss Linda used her phone for that last night, and often does.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 03, 2026 06:31 AM (56Qyq)

98 A big shout out to the hackers/thugs who took these countries back to the days before frozen foods, to the days of food rotting on the shelves. You must be so proud.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 03, 2026 06:32 AM (PKL0q)

99 My graphics card is a stud finder.

Posted by: IYKWIM at November 03, 2026 06:32 AM (2Ez/1)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:33 AM (odBC9)

101 Daylight come and I want to go home!

Posted by: Swedish Supermarket IT person at November 03, 2026 06:34 AM (skR0U)

102 A silly millimeter longer.

Posted by: Benson & Hedges at November 03, 2026 06:34 AM (2Ez/1)

103 Missed it by THAT much!

Posted by: M Smart at November 03, 2026 06:35 AM (2Ez/1)

104 Yes we have no frozen bananas.

If only we could do the same thing to the upcoming IceKingJOE/BIDEN Presidential Library.

Vote now! what will be the draw?
[1] Hunter's Laptop
[2] Hunter's porn stash&videos
[3] Hunter's crack pipe collection
[4] Cameo's of IceKingJOE sniffing people
...

[content-warning: DANGER:psychohazard]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yModCU1OVHY
TALLY HALL: BANANA MAN

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 03, 2026 06:35 AM (Vjzri)

105 70 imo, there's never a good time to panic.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2026 06:03 AM (VyBeY)
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My work here is done!

Posted by: Kevin Bacon at November 03, 2026 06:36 AM (skR0U)

106
Agreed completely. I ignore that nonsense and push on although your suggestion about avoiding politics today is a good one.
Posted by: NR Pax

In my younger years I would watch election returns. I have not done so in years. I cannot abide the glib and inane commentary from the newsreaders and their favorite parrots.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:36 AM (pKKMW)

107 How would you know if lutefisk went bad?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 03, 2026 06:37 AM (cfGMy)

108 The attacks on the freezers... Cool. /s, just in case...

Can't wait until the Norks and the Chicoms go after our electrical grid.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 03, 2026 06:37 AM (SjUC4)

109 "Now is not the time to panic"

I gots my towel.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 06:37 AM (MWfyi)

110 98 A big shout out to the hackers/thugs who took these countries back to the days before frozen foods, to the days of food rotting on the shelves. You must be so proud.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 03, 2026 06:32 AM (PKL0q)

Worse, because you could make plans to manage fresh food, to get the older produce off the shelf, bought for half-price or whatever. But here, all at once: spoiled.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:37 AM (odBC9)

111
[5] The Ashley Biden Immersive Shower Experience

Posted by: Let's not forget at November 03, 2026 06:37 AM (2Ez/1)

112 How would you know if lutefisk went bad?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 03, 2026 06:37 AM (cfGMy)
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Or Hakarl?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 03, 2026 06:38 AM (amcLV)

113
Come mister tally man, tally me bananas.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:39 AM (pKKMW)

114 Mrs and I are still getting used to voting at the township offices. We used to vote at the volunteer fire department garage. It was a nice reminder of how government can work when it is kept small, and properly leashed.

But the increase in fraud . . er . . Early and absentee voting . . . for the children . . . means only one precinct is needed.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 03, 2026 06:39 AM (4HoLg)

115 70 imo, there's never a good time to panic.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2026 06:03 AM (VyBeY)

I believe that is true.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:39 AM (odBC9)

116 Maybe, just maybe, its a really bad fucking idea to put access to the temperature controls of your grocery store freezers on a network accessible server instead of just leaving them on a local control.

Posted by: buzzion at November 03, 2026 06:41 AM (52m2x)

117 112 How would you know if lutefisk went bad?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 03, 2026 06:37 AM (cfGMy)
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Find the man with the terrible smell!

Posted by: Cotton Hill at November 03, 2026 06:41 AM (skR0U)

118
Maybe, just maybe, its a really bad fucking idea to put access to the temperature controls of your grocery store freezers on a network accessible server instead of just leaving them on a local control.
Posted by: buzzion at November 03, 2026 06:41 AM (52m2x)

This is what happens when you let the MBAs run IT.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2026 06:42 AM (eRlcH)

119

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 03, 2026 06:42 AM (D7VIl)

120
panic
noun
sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior: she hit him in panic | he ran to the library in a blind panic

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:43 AM (odBC9)

121
panic
verb
feel or cause to feel panic: the crowd panicked and stampeded for the exit | talk of love panicked her

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:44 AM (odBC9)

122
How would you know if lutefisk went bad?

You hear polka music coming from your freezer into the wee hours of the night and the next morning you find discarded empty akvavit scattered on the floor around it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:45 AM (pKKMW)

123 "By the end of Tuesday over 100 million people will have voted in House and Senate races across the country, determining whether communists can capture control of both chambers."

Posted by: Straight from the Daily Mail at November 03, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)

124 *blows whistle*
*throws flag*

Logic violation. No one runs to the library in a blind panic.

Posted by: The referee at November 03, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

125 Seems appropriate -

Panic on the streets of London
Panic on the streets of Birmingham
I wonder to myself
Could life ever be sane again?
The Leeds side streets that you slip down
I wonder to myself

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 03, 2026 06:46 AM (4HoLg)

126 123 "By the end of Tuesday over 100 million people will have voted in House and Senate races across the country, determining whether communists can capture control of both chambers."

Posted by: Straight from the Daily Mail at November 03, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)

huh

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:46 AM (odBC9)

127 Logic violation. No one runs to the library in a blind panic.
Posted by: The referee at November 03, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)
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What if you forgot your reading glasses?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2026 06:47 AM (s2iZv)

128 124 *blows whistle*
*throws flag*

Logic violation. No one runs to the library in a blind panic.
Posted by: The referee at November 03, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

It was a weird word choice!

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:47 AM (odBC9)

129 When they tell you not to panic... that's when you run!

Posted by: Jackson Curtis (2012) at November 03, 2026 06:48 AM (wVcYX)

130 >What if you forgot your reading glasses?
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In that case, you're running to the drug store.

Posted by: CVS slash Pharmacy at November 03, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

131
[5] The Ashley Biden Immersive Shower Experience

[6] The "Doctor" Jill Biden "You're Never Too Old to Lose Your Girlish Taste in Fashions" Boutique

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:49 AM (pKKMW)

132 Does Miss Linda know your wifi password and use your wifi to connect to the Internet? Or does she use her own Cell phone provider's service?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2026 06:49 AM (LOvBA)

133 "How would you know if lutefisk went bad?"

It gets a septum ring and dyes it's scales purple, pink and green, then hangs out with progressives.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 03, 2026 06:50 AM (iMotb)

134 128 124 *blows whistle*
*throws flag*

Logic violation. No one runs to the library in a blind panic.
Posted by: The referee at November 03, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)
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It is actually statistically possible to run toward the library in a blind panic, as opposed to running in any of the other possible directions.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 03, 2026 06:50 AM (skR0U)

135 Voting in New Mexico is very efficient since half the ballot is Democrats running unopposed.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 03, 2026 06:50 AM (SjUC4)

136 I've never been overly impressed with "French" (actually Parisian) cooking. It seems to me to consist of cooking (whatever it is) poorly, then drowning it in sauce in the hopes that no one will notice.

My theory has long been that it only got the reputation of being "good" by comparison with British food.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 06:50 AM (qlLNh)

137 100 million voters?

Sheesh. Are there really that few 1-17 year olds?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2026 06:50 AM (LOvBA)

138 For those who are interested, Lake Meade has risen .12 feet since yesterday.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 03, 2026 06:51 AM (iMotb)

139 >[6] The "Doctor" Jill Biden "You're Never Too Old to Lose Your Girlish Taste in Fashions" Boutique
****
With a side order of breakfast tacos!

Posted by: And mispronounced Spanish lingo at November 03, 2026 06:51 AM (2Ez/1)

140 Nood. JJ is up.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 03, 2026 06:51 AM (wVcYX)

141 135 Voting in New Mexico is very efficient since half the ballot is Democrats running unopposed.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 03, 2026 06:50 AM (SjUC4)

Somebody oughta shame the GOP for that.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:52 AM (odBC9)

142 I hear that if lutefisk is dried out sufficiently, it can be carved into handicrafts, such as musical instruments.

Traditionally this was a lute, hence the name: "lute" (lute) "fisk" (fish).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 06:52 AM (qlLNh)

143
I remember one review of an all you can eat buffet restaurant that described their dessert offerings as "A wide variety of offerings of goo: chocolate goo, strawberry goo, and the like."

It recalled for me my days of going through the dorm cafeteria line and warily eyeing the dessrt offerings in their little bowls.We called the bowls themselves "monkees" back in the dish room. They were great favorites for the great unwashed to jam together in their efforts to find the perfect food glue.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 06:58 AM (pKKMW)

144 142 I hear that if lutefisk is dried out sufficiently, it can be carved into handicrafts, such as musical instruments.

Traditionally this was a lute, hence the name: "lute" (lute) "fisk" (fish).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 06:52 AM (qlLNh)

; )

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)

145
Y'know, if Tolkien had had Galadriel provide members of the fellowship with lutefisk instead of lembas (elf bread), the band would have broken up in violence among themselves long before they ever arrived at the site where Saruman's forces ambushed them.

Gimlet: "A curse on the Elves and their punk food!"
Legolam: "And on the Dwarves, whose taste is in their mouths."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 07:05 AM (pKKMW)

146 145 Y'know, if Tolkien had had Galadriel provide members of the fellowship with lutefisk ....
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 03, 2026 07:05 AM (pKKMW)

"Y'know, back when I was in the Academy, we would follow every toast with a song."

; )

Posted by: m at November 03, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

147 @69/Wolfus: { G & R, regarding that list of unreliable Intel chipset modems: I don't see a manufacturer name on this modem. Part and serial number, and FCC ID, yes. But no company name. However, it does not say "Intel" anywhere on it or on the box it came in, or on the minimal documents. The web page said "Stand-alone routers do not have Intel chipsets." Is this a "stand-alone"? }

Maybe, but I'd look up the FCC ID at the FCC ID database and dig from there.

https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid

{ I'll bring the old box to a Cox office today. }

Because I was burned three times in a row by Intel Puma 6 Chipsets in three subsequent modems, and I know the problem I ran into showed up between 24 and 36 hours of runtime, I'd wait till you have the current one running perfectly for 72 hours THEN return the old one. Once you give that old box up, you'll never see it again. They disappear the old boxes with a quickness.

Also sorry for the late reply, had a very early departure for my morning bus run this morning, and just got back home now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 03, 2026 09:33 AM (O7YUW)

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