MOSTLY PEACEFUL FRENCH RIOTS OVER PENSION REFORMS CONTINUE: Nationwide protests against the French government’s plan to raise the retirement age for most workers from 62 to 64 have now entered their 11th day. The government triggered special constitutional powers last month to push the controversial legislation through parliament without a vote[…] BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has played no part in the pension reforms. But workers targeted the company because of its work for private pension funds.
GLIBS AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE: Canadian company used 200-foot long railway to comply with Jones act. US court not amused, declares that the working railroad which actually shipped things was, somehow, not a real railroad. Fuck you, Judge Gleason, and show us where in the Jones act a minimum ship-by-rail distance is specified.
NRA – DOD’s SEEMINGLY GOOD INTENTIONS COULD HURT HUNTERS, SHOOTERS IN MILITARY: If they impose this on servicemembers you can be damn sure that we will hear the argument that these are commonsense gun restrictions and that if our servicemembers can live with them then so can you.
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WANTS LAWS AGAINST MISPRONUNCIATION OF WORDS: The proposed law seeks to stop “Anglomania,” which the bill’s text says “demeans and mortifies” Italian language and culture, and could even penalize Italians who mispronounce words like “bruschetta.” [Updated with link which was missing when this article was originally published.]
CLARENCE THOMAS HAS RICH FRIEND, TAGS ALONG ON VACAYS; LIBERALS OUTRAGED: Crow and his firm have not had a case before the Supreme Court since Thomas joined it, though the court periodically hears major cases that directly impact the real estate industry. Cry harder, Pro Publica.
FAT ACTIVIST SEEKS TO BAN WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION IN NYC: Ms. Abraham was among a group of people who testified recently on behalf of a bill that would prohibit discrimination in New York City based on a person’s weight or height in employment, housing and access to public accommodations. I wonder if the NYC government will have to install special fat people seating on buses and subway cars.
AUSTRALIAN CHARGED WITH PURLOINING PLATYPUS, TAKING IT ON SHOPPING TRIP: Australia, where even the cute wildlife has venomous spurs.
GLIBS WRITERS ALERT: Swiss says everything in Pending has been scheduled. We have content scheduled through next Tuesday (April 11). Please get your drafts into Pending, and your ideas into Draft.
Yep, it’s actually called “Mom Water,” and each flavor is a woman’s name. “Karen is Lemon Blueberry flavored Mom Water, and she is bold, daring, and unique.”
FIRSTLO
The Jones Act is stupid.
https://youtu.be/zvwg2iFzcG0
Howdy,
Surprised no links about Clarence Thomas. The left is going wild with those “bombshells”.
Um…
I BUY IT FOR THE ARTICLES I SWEAR
I only saw a headline on it 10 minutes ago.
It’s not a good look for Thomas, tbh. On the other hand, it’s SOP for the D.C. parasite class. It’s also hilarious that the race-obsessed left is still seething about Clarence “Uncle” Thomas 30 fucking years later.
It’s not like he took a paid trip to pedo island.
The true believers are all over it.
https://democraticunderground.com/100217800999
Thousands! THOUSANDS! No mention of the $30M of foreign money that was funneled to the Obama campaign, or the money laundering antics of ActBlue that are well into the millions if not much higher. Or Soros and his $150M of donations, or Zuckerberg, or dumpy crypto man-child…
Insert Pete Davison-as-Chad-from-SNL “Okay” GIF here.
“Here’s your sign.”
That’s fitting. US courts are not real courts.
“We are not amused.”
/author
Trailer Park Boys and their Swayze Train.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAbZi14-i6s
How many gun stores are on DOD property?
“Of course, trying to slow the rate of suicide among service members is a laudable goal, as it is a problem that needs and deserves attention and successful solutions. However, attempting to do so by curtailing the right to keep and bear arms of those hunters, target shooters and others in the military is a misguided tactic, at best.”
Suicide is means invariant. Restricting guns won’t do anything.
+1 Fentanyl overdose
Those are most often accidental.
My clumsily delivered point was, if you wanted to off yourself, you could easily find some of that illegal fentanyl that’s pouring over the open southern border.
OK, and a dozen other ways.
“We gave you that gun for killing sandpeople, how dare you think you can turn it on yourself!”
You can’t buy a gun due to the risk of suicide. Here, take this government owned weapon and ammunition.
PXs sell guns and ammo now. That is specifically what they’re going after.
I personally have purchased three different weapons on DOD property.
How many that didn’t walk out of the armory?
Fifty years ago I bought several guns at the Torrejon, Spain Air Base Rod and Gun club, stored them in a closet in my government quarters. Not once did the full semi automatic shotguns turn on me or anyone else, though they did take on a lot of clay pigeons and Spanish speaking ducks.
Ms. Abraham was among a group of people who testified recently on behalf of a bill that would prohibit discrimination in New York City based on a person’s weight or height in employment, housing and access to public accommodations.
Third story walk-ups hardest hit.
They assure us they are “healthy at any size.” But I can certainly see this transmogrifying from “I want to rent your third story walk-up” to “you have to install an elevator because I can’t walk up three flights with my groceries.”
“NOBODY could walk up three flights with your groceries, you fat bitch!”
Jesus… like they aren’t already doing everything in their power to destroy the housing industry here.
That’s a terrifying prospect.
Between all the post COVID sidewalk dining, scaffolds and illegally parked scooters on the sidewalk I also continuously now dodge texting land whales with the phone all the way on the right side and the massive shoulder bag jutting out over the left shoulder.
They literally take up the space of two people.
Looks like a third story walk-up might be the best thing for her.
Ms. Abraham was among a group of people who testified recently on behalf of a bill that would prohibit discrimination in New York City based on a person’s weight or height in employment, housing and access to public accommodations.
Stairs, sidewalks, park benches, floors, shoes, and stools hardest hit.
“I’m overweight, but I’m not a victim,” he said. “No one should feel bad for me except for my struggling shirt buttons.”
Heh. Good quote.
Nobody loves a fat man except his grocer and his tailor.
— The Narrow Margin
I’m fine with the Italians protecting their language against the Anglo menace. English is a guttural bastard language that has the aesthetic appeal of a drunken orangutan trying to speak with clicks and grunts. Italian on the other hand sounds like someone singing a happy song.
What do you have against drunken orangutans?
The other day I saw a sober orangutan shit in front of me.
“Right turn Clyde”
What were you doing in SF?
Umberto, the exchange student from Parma, had the entire gaggle of 8th grade girls following him around.
The exchange student from Liberia the next year didn’t get the same warm welcome.
Going to need more info before I blame it on the accent, we had Danish exchange students two years in a row, the first – Magnus was tall, handsome, played guitar, and was funny – had all the chicks swooning, the next year – Radmillo while tall was lanky, goofy looking and socially awkward, he ended up playing D&D with the nerds.
Radmillo was also the most racist person I have ever met.
But he was not the most insufferable. No one could take that title from you.
Beats firsting.
As if you’ve ever experienced the exquisite euphoria of a First.
Get a room you two.
Firstkake?
Note to Italian language police: emulating France in such matters is not a good look. Also, VA FON GOOL.
But Pasta e fagioli aka pasta fazul.
Eh! Whatta you say-a to me?
https://live.staticflickr.com/3412/3490986159_3f30a0e943_m.jpg
Basta cozzi, stronzo!
(not you, sir patzer.)
Still better than German and Russian.
Someone is not a fan of “A Fish Called Wanda”?
Ohhh, Archie! 💋 ❤️ 🍑
I love what he says in Italian. “I am Italian in spirit but I married a woman who prefers working in the garden to making passionate love: a great mistake!”
Ahem. Dutch.
Seriously.
Gallic. Specifically the Irish version.
You’ve obviously never heard Romans.
+1 Wanda
I disagree.
Having heard the Italian operators arguing with family over the phone, there is nothing happy about Italian.
Fuggedaboudit.
Built around 2012, the Bayside Canadian Railway was operated by a subsidiary of American Seafoods to circumvent the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, known as the Jones Act. The law requires shipping between American ports to be handled by American-built, American-flagged vessels, with an exemption for goods moved by rail in Canada. The Bayside Canadian Railway used this loophole to push semi-trucks containing foreign-shipped seafood 100 feet down a short railway and back, ostensibly fulfilling the Jones Act’s rail shipping clause.
The U.S. Department of Justice disagreed when it became aware of the railway’s operations following a tip in August 2021.
Nine years. It was a good run.
Other restrictions recommended in the report include requiring anyone living in military housing on DOD property to register all privately owned firearms with the installation’s arming authority and to securely store them in a locked safe or use a locking device.
I thought registration of guns by those living in base housing was already required? Someone I used to know who was in the Navy in the early 00s refused to live in base housing because he didn’t want to register his guns.
I don’t think it is a DOD policy, but is left up to the Post Commander. Who all do it.
I can’t bring a gun onto FT Knox without it being registered, and declared, and for a specific purpose.
Purposes being hunting or target shooting on a designated range.
I don’t think it is a DOD policy, but is left up to the Post Commander. Who all do it.
Right. I remember that now.
Times have changed, clays and dove hunting on Ft Hood, circa 1975. No nothing, find a pace where the doves were flying and sit down and wait. Required a TX hunting license.
Fort Richardson had a hunting lottery for licenses which were restricted to specific days and training areas.
That is how Knox works now. And you have to buy a post hunting permit on top of KY (but that might be only deer).
When I was unit armorer, privately owned firearms of personnel below god rank had to be stored in the arms room or off post.
“ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WANTS LAWS AGAINST MISPRONUNCIATION OF WORDS: The proposed law seeks to stop “Anglomania,” which the bill’s text says “demeans and mortifies” Italian language and culture, and could even penalize Italians who mispronounce words like “bruschetta.””
OK, I’ll take your word for it. Spanish speakers generally pronounce French and Italian words as though they are Spanish.
A French Lisp?
“Under Queensland’s conservation laws, it is illegal to take “one or more” platypus from the wild, with a maximum fine of Aus$430,000 (US$288,000). ”
That’s an expensive duck.
Somewhat relatedly, bearded dragons are arguably the most common lizard kept as pets around the world. Relatively small, easy to care for, and docile. Great pets. The originals were smuggled out of Australia in (I think) the 80s and bred by thousands of breeders into dozens of different color and scale pattern morphs. I even exported a breeding trio to a collector in Malaysia when I ran a small hobby enterprise.
Ironically, although Aussies can look out their windows and see hundreds of thousands of wild bearded dragons sunning on posts in their backyards, these lizards are illegal for them to keep as pets.
Yep, it’s actually called “Mom Water,”
Relevant
broos CHET a?
At least at one local restaurant: “Tomato bread”.
Broos KET a
This.
It’s Manicott.
And FAZJHOOL.
Soggy toast.
Not to be confused with The Three Eyed Firster formerly known as The First Of All Firsters.
Soggy Post.
Mike S?
BrosKAKE!
ts operator was lucky not to be fined $350 million.
Fuck you, The Drive.
That was my reaction
“DOD’s SEEMINGLY GOOD INTENTIONS”
assumes facts not in evidence.
There were no good intentions, this is just a reach for greater control.
I don’t blame Italy. Anyone who pronounces it “eyeTALyen” should do time in prison.
Good thing that Terry Bradshaw could afford a top lawyer.
Raises hand.
Also, Ay-rab
(but I’m being ironic)
You mean it’s not pronounced “ittle-EEyen”?
You mean a proper mid-west pronunciation?
I once pronounced it that way in a NY sub shop, and got a dirty look and a correction, and probably some spit in my poorly made sandwich.
Example: Those eyeTALyens need to warsh the nucular residue off their hands.
MOAR KRAZYTOUN
https://democraticunderground.com/100217801109
That’s fucking rich. Andrew Weissmann is probably among the top three most corrupt federal prosecutors of the past four decades. That SOB has bent every rule there is and railroaded countless defendants.
You do not have this behavior from a mob boss. There is a rule in organized crime.
There were rules to our legal system too. Mobbed up guys are well treated in prison and go along with the system.
The rules are starting to break. Families are going to start being considered fair game when political prisoners begin being disappeared into solitary for years without trial and without access to their families or lawyers. Not much incentive for peacefully surrendering and taking your chances in court. This is an incredibly dangerous road the government has pushed the people into.
Misunderstanding the rule for the reason is a pretty big problem, and at this point, all of our institutions are failing in just that regard.
This just in:
Wealthy successful people generally prefer the company of people who are not actively trying to destroy their lives and livelihoods. Film as soon as the spy drone gets back.
You have to pronounce it like Giada Delaurentis or…
https://giphy.com/gifs/nounish-dao-nouns-goldypix-f8lDluiWJ7yQTtdS3L
She could pronounce it like an orc and I don’t think any male of the species would be inclined to call her on it.
I don’t get it, but y’all do you. With a pic of Giada, apparently
Well you don’t have to make it sound so tawdry…
She’s a bobble head. I don’t understand it either, much like I don’t understand wanting to date a PEZ dispenser.
Of course:
Biden White House largely blames Trump admin for troubled U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
I mean, who else could possibly be to blame?
I personally blame the DOD. Trump was talking about getting us out of there much earlier, but I believe the military leadership and the direct civilian overwatch “slow-walked” any actions or requests.
So they failed to prepare and hoped to out-wait the CinC.
Biden added some fuckery by twisting timelines and agreements at the end.
I would have deployed everyone in the Pentagon to Afghanistan.
“Alright, boys. Remember, you’ll be last ones out, or it’s a firing squad for you! Have fun!”
Nothing we could do – it was set in stone. /derp
We had an agreement! US has never gone back on agreements…ever
But the Trump administration “provided no plans for how to conduct the final withdrawal or to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies,
Thereby preventing the adults in the room to figure it out. What a dastardly plan by the evil cartoon villain.
Just like all those alleged train regulations he got rid of by executive order, but were totally impossible for Biden and his crew to add back.
And by “Trump administration”, don’t they mean the very same people who were still at the Pentagon and State when the actual withdrawal occurred?
Nope. He is the one who went to the auction and raised his hand the highest, he is the one who was in the cat-bird seat when the final call was made.
He is the one who gets the heat.
GLIBS AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE:
I love that! More proof that government regulators are light years behind the regulated.
Before the illegal NYC weed emporiums realized they could get away with just giving a large middle finger to the authorities, they came up with a brilliant compliance dodge. “Purchase this dollar store tchotchke for $50 and we’ll throw in a bag of weed as a thank you gift.”
I can’t believe the city isn’t sending SWAT teams into every one of those establishments instead of all but ignoring them.
It doesn’t fit the pattern.
Think which groups operate them.
The important question: Are they paying their taxes?
Hello, peeps.
Tales from the Wasteland:
I finally have a third antique booth, this one at a store that specializes in Mid Century stuff which suits me just fine. The first month I broke $1k of income and I haven’t even started expanding my space with more shelves, etc. The problem right now is inventory. I have plenty of art but statues, glassware, etc is getting hard to find. The thrifts are bare and the estate sales are getting rarer for some unknown reason (have people stopped dying?). I’ve even started going to church sales but pickings across all three have been slim. An indicator of the economy? Or people just aren’t doing Spring cleaning yet? Who knows?!
I’m thinking of closing my least profitable booth – I rarely make more than $200 a month there after expenses – and, with the cost of inventory, rent, gas driving out there – I would be surprised if I was breaking even. Apparently over 40 vendors have moved out since this location opened up a year ago. But…. ::sigh:: it does have _some_ sales.
EF had a rotten client who did ended up with things, well, not in his favor after he took his divorce all the way to a trial. The judge is pretty notorious for siding with the wives, but this client of EF’s doesn’t see it that way. Instead he is accusing EF of malpractice (on some very sketchy grounds). It will probably go nowhere – EF hasn’t been grieved in her 10 year career – but is still pisses her off due to the honor of it all. She does do the best she can for every client no matter how much of an asshole they are.
Weirdly, I was just thinking the other day “I haven’t seen Lord Humungus around here in a long time.”
Perhaps the COVID bonanza in estate sales is tapering off?
I’m still around – just busy most days working out, shopping for the booths, buying art, blah blah blah. It’s a better life than my corporate days though I miss the steady income.
Speaking of art, lookie: baby dolls and adults.
Close the $200 booth. Srsly, not worth your time.
Midcentury kitsch decorating is in vogue right now, so you’re going to have a hard time getting stuff at a reasonable price.
I FLOVE midcentury kitsch.
I am looking for a turntable/stereo combo for my basement. Ballpark says $2500-$3000.
I have too much stuff from every era: come liquidate my excess stock.
Estate sales are part of my problem. Sometimes they’re run by prisses and other times by “Eh, five bucks for that pile” type (and in between).
PS. Sorry about the difficult litigious client. Some parties are in family court for understandable reasons (ask me how I know).
You learn the companies. I do a variation of what LH does, and over the years I have learned to avoid some companies, and to be really friendly with others. Ask about their baby, get some prices knocked down. We have plenty of sales here right now, but not much in what I deal in. And that is kinda dragging me down.
“Grease goes woke: New TV reboot of 70s classic features multicultural, all-female quartet and will explore ‘sexual orientation, gender expression and racial identity’… as characters sing a song about white supremacy”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11946457/Grease-goes-woke-New-TV-reboot-70s-classic-explore-gender-expression-racial-identity.html
No.
Fuck
Off
And
Die
Springtime for Hitler?
Such a nice day, this came to mind.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZQaYKZMTI
I’m just as likely to watch this as I am to watch the original.
The original at least had ONJ in leather.
Yum.
Beautiful, but needed a sandwich or two.
Where do I sign up?!
This reminds me of the D&D story the other day. People watch movies and TV, and play fantasy games, to be entertained and get away from their current reality. If I wanted to see a woke lecture, I would watch an actual woke lecture.
We’ve completely raped the 80s and 90s….time to do the same for the 70s.
There have been plenty of 70’s remakes.
Remakes that have done the current iteration that we are seeing?
Yes?
“Aubrey Plaza claims director instructed her to masturbate ‘like it says in the script’ for 2013 movie: ‘There were a bunch of old men smoking and I touched myself'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11946357/Aubrey-Plaza-claims-director-instructed-masturbate-like-says-script-2013-film.html
OK?
“A bunch of old men smoking…”
It was field research! Honest!
Thursday night glibflick? A change of pace is always welcome.
Absolutely. The sequel to WolfCop is tonight! Pull up a chair and light a pipe. Celebrate Canada, land of Festus.
The Passover Plot is available on YouTube.
WolfCop isn’t in The Passover Plot, sadly.
I also watched Solarbabies, which is a hoot.
Um, wut?
That must have been some movie.
You know. I feel like I should hunt down this movie and see how scarred I would be seeing her run around topless.
Most shocking thing in that article?
Aubrey Plaza is 38.
That’s just terrible. I’ll have to look up that movie just to see how terrible it was.
That’s disgusting! Naked pics online? Where, where did he post those!
It’s OK for a silly teenage sex comedy.
I think Black Bear is probably her best movie.
I just watched one with her, Emily the Criminal, and it was really good.
Florida Woman, now with money:
“Palm Beach woman, 66, crashes Rolls Royce through backyard, knocking over a $3 MILLION statue and then plowing through fence and seawall: Woman tells cops she has ‘no memory’ of the accident”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11946525/Palm-Beach-woman-66-crashes-Rolls-Royce-backyard-knocking-3-MILLION-statue.html
I object! That statue is clearly not worth three million dollars!
I was joking in my mind that it would be some cement atrocity that looked like a wadded trash bag before I clicked on the link….
I was right.
That RR doesn’t look like it’s worth the money either.
Not anymore
Rebekah Jones is the former Florida state employee who fabricated a “whistleblower” story about the state hiding COVID numbers, which was later proven false. She’s claiming her son was arrested on trumped up charges for sharing memes with friends, in retaliation against her by the state, but apparently the real reason is a little different:
Rebekah Jones’ son arrested in Florida after allegedly threating to shoot up school, stab students
https://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2023/04/06/rebekah-jones-son-arrested-in-florida-what-we-know-about-digital-threat-allegations/70088634007/
She’s been a fraud and grifter her whole life.
Jones is one crazy bitch. And the True Believers among the Left love her.
Sure, but just think of all the clout she’ll have at the next wine mom brunch…
“My little Xander is an environmental activist!”
“Well, my little Lorna just came out as trans!!!”
“Well, my little Nathan is a political prisoner in Florida!!!!!”
Wasn’t she the one who also stated that DeSantis pointed a gun at her kids head even though he wasn’t there when her residence was searched by the police?
Dunno about DeSantis, but she definitely said the cops did, which turned out to be yet another lie when the bodycam footage was released.
Also, she wouldn’t open the door when they showed up, even though they were knocking and calling her phone. She finally opened it after 20 minutes, and said that her lawyer had told her she didn’t have to open the door (obviously another lie).
“Okay so it’s been like 3-4 weeks since I got on my new antidepressants and they aren’t working but they’re suppose to by now so I have no hope in getting better so why not kill the losers at school.”
When did doping up thirteen-year olds on antidepressants become a thing?
Almost thirty years ago
Now it’s give them hormone blockers or hormones for starters, depending on direction of transition, and when that fucks them up, give them SSRIs, and when that fucks them up even worse, give them trazodone.
The psychotherapy and pediatric professions are filled with pill-pushing pieces of shit.
Homosexuality was classified as a mental illness until 1974. There’s a lesson to be learned from that.
If men want to pretend to be women or vice-versa, fine. Employers should be free not to hire them for that reason. And the pretenders should stick to their own sports and bathrooms.
Transgender = Transpretender.
There is a media-medical-pharmaceutical-industrial complex that is destroying lives.
Someone stuck it in crazy.
Legal beagle glibs, am I allowed to draw inferences from that or nah?
It’s progjection, all the way down.
Feel good story
https://ij.org/press-release/victory-forfeiture-case-dismissed-with-prejudice/
Heck yeah. I’ll take it.
That’s great!
Institute for Justice is one of the few organizations to which I’d be inclined to write big checks if I was the type of person who could write big checks.
I give them money as part of my “forced” corporate giving.
Naturally, no employer match unlike many other charities.
Tell your employer IJ fights for gender rights and see how fast a match kicks in.
That’s trucking good news!
LIMEY
All our little lost sheep are coming back to the fold! 😊🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
Baa.
*waves at the mythical women*
Huzzah!!
W00t! Thanks for that update.
However:
“Eligible to seek,” not automatically awarded.
And, of course, none of the cops will suffer any repurcussions for this, and there’s nothing to stop them from doing it again in the future.
It’s absolutely heinous.
The Italians are weak. Firsters found guilty of debasing Firster culture are punished to death by seconding.
No One Is Above The Law? Give Me A Break
You could write a very lengthy book on ways the Clintons are above the law.
I think at least fifty pages of this are dedicate to it:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/789669.Lever_Action
America, where even a crackhead can be above the law.
Speaking of which: https://front.moveon.org/
Lol. Holy shit that’s priceless. I guess the “never trust anybody over 30” crowd doesn’t have to worry about anyone actually remembering the Clinton administration and the raison d’être for MoveOn.
Anyone who pays attention to MoveOn is already in the “almost too stupid to breathe” category.
No need for a trial, he’s been indicted so obviously he’s guilty.
Someone I thought was my friend dragged me into court and lied about me under oath. When I proved it to the judge with documents, he took no action.
It turns out perjury isn’t a felony if you have the right friends. Said person also still has a TS/SCI clearance.
Just skimmed through an article at Politico, I think, about the Biden admin reaction to Chinese diplomatic dealmaking in the Middle East. It sounds a lot like Peewee Herman saying “I meant to do that,” as he gets off the ground and brushes sticks and grass off himself.
I learned recently that my dad worked on an early supercomputer called CDC 6600, designed by the legendary Seymour Cray. He used it to run climate models in FORTRAN.
He taught me some about computers when I was young and I watched him program when I was a kid. The apple does not fall far from the tree.
Here is the oil-cooled computer I built in 2021. I overclocked it to 5 GHz. I am using it to post right now. Current CPU temp is 37 degrees Euroweenie. I tried to push it to 6 GHz, but it had a kernel panic. It passed a CPU stress test with flying colors though.
My next step will be to put the set-up in a larger pan partially filled with water to add an evaporation cooling effect.
A cluster of such devices would be extremely powerful and relatively cheap, like this Japanese GPU cluster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSVo4ejZ7rc
Oops, as you can see, I’m more of a hardware guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSVo4ejZ7rc
Derpy, did you find your First?
Specs? Is it SBC-based?
It’s a Raspberry-Pi 4, which runs on a flavor of Linux called Raspbian.
I wrote a program in Python with the goal of factorizing 100-digit semi-primes. This is believed to be impossible in a reasonable amount of time and is the basis for the supposed security of RSA encryption. It took 2 minutes to factorize an 18-digit semi-prime. Not bad for an amateur programmer and 40 lines of code. It crashed when I tried to factorize a 46-digit semi-prime. Stack overflow maybe? Not sure what the biggest number a 64-bit system can handle. 2^64 maybe?
2^63-1 for a signed integer
Nice. An RPi 4 running LibreElec is currently serving as my living room media center. I only use Debian for servers. My desktops run Void.
Oil cooling is awesome for the memes, if no other reason. I still vividly remember the pics of a Northwood P4 system built inside an oil-circulated fish tank in all their 1024×768 glory from back around the time I built my first PC.
There is an oil-cooled Japanese computer called Tsubame KFC. They put some rubber ducks in the oil tank as decorations.
The mineral oil I used is the same as in a high-voltage transformer. I’ve impressed people by showing them it’s perfectly safe to stick your finger in the oil pool when the computer is on, because the oil doesn’t conduct electricity.
Later, some small insects drowned in the oil pool, so my computer literally has bugs. They are dead and do not interfere with its operation.
Computers are about as small as they’re ever going to be, and improvements in software are few and far between. Better heat transfer is about the only area left for progress.
Green dye and some shredded carrots would really sell it…
Oil cooling at datacenter scale would be interesting. Maybe someday it’ll allow us to build them without nuclear cooling towers attached.
The data center in Vegas off of Blue Diamond is no joke. They also claim 100% “green” energy by literring the adjacent deserts with acres amd acres of solar farms
I had to look it up. I’ve driven past there on Decatur probably about 500 times and not known that’s what it was.
Microsoft did an interesting and successful experiment with an underwater data center.
Submersion isn’t necessary. It would make more sense to use the water of Lake Superior for cooling, as it is the coldest lake in the US.
I envision a cooling pool with vertically mounted shipping containers. The containers would be filled with mineral oil and the pool with cool lake water. The computers, switches, etc, would be lowered in vertically from a mezzanine, like control rods in a nuclear reactor.
In terms of heat transfer, it would basically be a big gasoline engine scaled up. As the pool bottom would be lower than the lake, there would be no need for pumps to replace the water lost to evaporation.
I remember hearing about that back when they were first sinking it, but never saw the followup. It’s an intriguing concept.
Tying in the 6600s. . .
Back in the days of megacomputers I envisioned a giant mainframe in polar orbit. One side would be solar cells for power and on the back (in the shade) the computer would operate at a nice cool 4 degrees K.
4 degrees Kelvin? No quantum computing for you, buddy.
While in college I had a work-study job at the local AFB in the computer center. I was a tape-hanger, paper-loader, and sometimes-operator on two CDC 6600 computers. During the time that I was there they brought in the new, sooper-dooper 7600 (later renamed the “Cyber 76”).
CDC even offered me a job after graduation. They folded (as a corporation) not long after.
Is this the day for all the long-absent Glibs to stop by?
We must subsume the lost
I have another Profile in Toxic Masculinity in the works, should be in Pending in the next couple of days. Use as y’all see fit.
Conjuring tricks, cont’d
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set as early as next week to propose new rules to spur sweeping cuts in vehicle emissions pollution that will push automakers towards a big increase in electric vehicle sales, sources told Reuters.
The proposed rules are expected to cover the 2027 through 2032 model years. Environmental groups and some automakers think the proposal will result in at least 50% of the U.S. vehicle fleet by 2030 being electric or plug-in hybrids – in line with a goal President Joe Biden outlined in 2021. The administration has not backed calls by California and others ban the sale of new gasoline-only light-duty vehicles by 2035.
In December 2021, the EPA finalized new light-duty tailpipe emissions requirements through the 2026 model year that reversed then-President Donald Trump’s rollback of car pollution cuts.
One big question is whether the new EPA rules will be as aggressive as California’s effort to ramp up zero-emission vehicles and phase out new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035.
California Air Resources Board Executive Officer Steven Cliff told Reuters in December the federal government should “look at stringency that’s equivalent to our rules … We’re 68% zero emissions in 2030 so modeling that and looking at that as an option for 2030 is absolutely critical.”
“We just pull these numbers out of thin air. It’s your job to meet them. Get cracking.”
Delusional.
It will force auto makers to increase sales of electric vehicles. Can anyone spot the flaw there?
No. What you are trying to do is force what people want to buy off the market.
“the proposal will result in at least 50% of the U.S. vehicle fleet by 2030 being electric or plug-in hybrids”
*outright, prolonged laughter*
Look at the “@ritaofficial” account the BBC tagged. Ded. 😆
https://mobile.twitter.com/BBCTheOneShow/status/1644047985981132800
Ahahahahaha
Absolute gold!
That account is tagged in most of their recent tweets 🤣
It’s like being a child listening to adults say silly terms that are sexual. Snickers all about
I let Spotify roll after I got done listening to the Neds. It’s been a glorious mix of 90s awesome. Bob Mould (& Sugar), Teenage Fan Club, Belly.
And this gem.
So, so excellent.
Automakers have raised concerns the administration will require them to spend significant sums to improve the efficiency of internal combustion vehicles that will be phased out in the next decade. “Every dollar invested in internal combustion technology is a dollar not spent on zero carbon technology,” The alliance said.
If you want to talk about money down the drain….
Why aren’t you spending trillions on fusion , and teleportation, then?
Eat shit, alliance.
They really are in a dumbed if you do, dammed if you don’t situation.
The federal government is malicious.
A global wave of censorship
Anyone that uses the descriptor “happy” for Finns doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
And five bucks days Sanna Marin had a hand in that prosecution.
Freedom House got skin-suited some time back. Their ratings are bullshit.
Get ready for largest rocket go boom next week!
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1644095821753856002
Wife just told me about this. I can’t wait.
I hope to watch his live feed. Elon has good live feeds.
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I’ve been waiting for Starship to start testing again!
Which one of you was this?
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/sad-old-drunk-pelosi-gets-badly-heckled-at-conference-labeled-war-criminal-by-demonstrators/amp/
You sure that isn’t a Daily Ray of Sunshine?
My handle is based on the “Chad Chaderson” who told Bill Weld to
Fuck off. I esteem these hecklers even higher.
I’d like to thank Tonio for introducing me to mom water.
Less regulated Firsters than myself have been known to sell their bathwater to admirers. I would never stoop to such a thing. I am not here to encourage perversions and fetishization of Firsters.
Is this something similar?
Phrasing
We’re not doing that anymore.
Boom!
The federal government is malicious.
Also in that article. NHTSA is preparing to drop new mileage rules. I can’t wait to see that. They’ll outlaw horsepower one way or another.
I’m surprised they haven’t done what the Europeans have done for 100 years, and tax displacement.
“And tax displacement”
I look forward to my new sextuple turbo two cylinder.
How to get a prime spot in the doghouse.
When your wife asks you what the phone call was about, announce loudly that it was a reminder that my spouse’s extended warranty needs to be renewed.
Totally worth it though.
There is a Gilbert and Sullivan opera about 2 guys stranded on a desert island. For the first few months, they don’t talk to each other because they are British and had not been properly introduced by mutual friends. Later, they bond by complaining about their wives.
Henny Youngman was a comedian famous for rapid-fire one-liners and was the first to say “take my wife, please”.
That would be considered a First in the Firsting world and the submissive Firster who just lost would have to service the other.
Thot Thursday will produce mom water.
https://archive.is/MkrPh
Crowder ran an ad for a meat provider called Good Rancher (http://goodrancher.com). Sign up and you get 1.5lb of bacon every month for the year. I am…tempted.