April 19, 2021

Daily Tech News 19 April 2021
— Pixy Misa

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  • Was looking for a second main server to pair with the current main server. Found one last night that fit the requirements but cost a bit more than I wanted to spend. Went back this morning after deciding that it was probably worth the price and it's gone.

    Eh.

    Meanwhile, trying out Amazon's cold storage for backups. At 1.5¢ per GB it's as cheap as you'll find anywhere and seems to work okay at my day job. The question is, can a cheap little t2.micro server copy with the stress of rsync and ZFS, or is it going to throttle me to death?


  • AMD's Van Gogh processors are aimed squarely at the low end of the laptop market. (WCCFTech)

    These have Zen 2 cores - last year's version - and latest generation RDNA 2 graphics. The Cezanne parts for mid-to-high-end laptops have current model Zen 3 CPU cores but older Vega graphics. I'm guessing this is because there hasn't been time yet for the separate CPU and graphics teams at AMD to bring their latest designs together.


  • Renaming the nanometers. (EEJournal)

    Not the SI unit of length itself, but how we talk about new semiconductor process nodes. Apple's M1 Arm chip is built on TSMC's latest 5nm node, but that's all marketing. Nothing about the 5nm node is actually 5nm. The names for new process nodes haven't matched the physical measurements for twenty years.

    Which is good in a way, because if the chips were really built at a scale of 5nm they wouldn't work due to quantum effects. Because it's just marketing nonsense, they expect to get down to around 1.2nm before the chips start to fail.


  • An Nginx cheat sheet. (Hashnode)

    For when you have to set up a proxy server in fifteen minutes at 2AM.

    What? That's never happened to you? How odd. Happens to me at least once a month.

    Needs to add caching though.


  • Even Wordpress is automatically disabling Google FLoC. (Bleeping Computer)

    This turkey is getting deader by the day. It's wonderful to see an industry come together for a moment over something that stinks so bad that no-one can bear to go near it.


  • Death by stupidity. (Click2Houston)
    No-one was driving the car, officials say.
    How could that possibly have turned out badly?


  • Even a dead squirrel can get hit on the head by an acorn: China and Huawei are proposing a redesign of the internet to go with 6G mobile networks. (Just Security)

    And when they say redesign they mean taking Orwell's nightmares and seasoning them with Kafka's fever dreams. And they're working with the UN - specifically the International Telecommunications Union - to bring this dystopian digital concentration camp to reality.

    Problem for them is that the ITU has no say whatsoever about how the internet is run. That's up to the IETF, which views the ITU with the same friendly camaraderie as a seagull with half a chicken nugget views another seagull.

    I can't recommend that site generally - in fact some of their content is mind-meltingly stupid - but they got this one right.


Anime Music Videos of the Day

Regular readers of my blog will have seen these, but they'll be new to - oh, hi regular readers, did I mention I'm cross-posting these to Ace of Spades now?





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Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:13 AM | Comments (124)
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1 *cough*

Posted by: Biden's Dog at April 19, 2021 05:24 AM (VB5UE)

2 Welp, first, I guess.

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 05:25 AM (ya129)

3 or not

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 05:26 AM (ya129)

4 2 Welp, first, I guess. Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 05:25 AM (ya129) ----https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKMNPQ35OUc

Posted by: Biden's Dog at April 19, 2021 05:29 AM (VB5UE)

5 4 2 Welp, first, I guess. Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 05:25 AM (ya129)  ----https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKMNPQ35OUc 
Posted by: Biden's Dog at April 19, 2021 05:29 AM (VB5UE)
Here's some more hole-digging:
https://twitter.com/susantananda3/status/1383794506504433674


Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 05:32 AM (ya129)

6 Lose more cats that way...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 05:37 AM (PiXy!)

7 what is with all the anime stuff? i thought this was a sensible military blog.

Posted by: reader at April 19, 2021 05:38 AM (V0vPm)

8 Don't get the anime stuff. I guess you either like it or you don't. It seems like the modern, digital version  of the big eyes" artwork of the 70's 

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2021 05:40 AM (7hF2c)

9 This is totally a sensible military blog.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 05:42 AM (PiXy!)

10 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2021 05:45 AM (DUIap)

11 When the chips fail and (and the chip hits the fan) storage will be measured in eighths (of an ounce).  

Posted by: SFGoth at April 19, 2021 05:47 AM (jNZYC)

12 what is this shit

I liked it when the ONT segued right into the MR

Posted by: DB- just DB at April 19, 2021 05:49 AM (iTXRQ)

13 what's with the nip cartoons

Posted by: DB- just DB at April 19, 2021 05:51 AM (iTXRQ)

14 DB - This a daily roundup of tech news.  I asked Ace if he thought it was worth posting it, at least while we're on the backup server (which won't be much longer).  It's between the ONT and JJ's Morning Report because (a) that's right after work for me, living in Australia, and (b) it's about the only time I can post it without stomping someone's thread.

As for the anime - maybe that was a bit much, but it's not something I do every day.  Slow news day and wanted to add some content.  If you don't like ELO or the Turtles or show tunes or military songs, I can try to find something else.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:02 AM (PiXy!)

15 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 19, 2021 06:07 AM (ju2Fy)

16 Good morning, Pixy and 'Rons. As of this morning, my iPad keyboard no longer displays a comma or a period. Don't know why. 

Off to find coffee and a clean skirt.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 19, 2021 06:08 AM (/+bwe)

17 >DB - This a daily roundup of tech news.

just my morning crabbiness
do whatcha gotta do

Posted by: DB- just DB at April 19, 2021 06:09 AM (iTXRQ)

18 Naughtypine, try googling it. It's the first auto suggestion in the drop down box.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 19, 2021 06:12 AM (ju2Fy)

19
16 Good morning, Pixy and 'Rons. As of this morning, my iPad keyboard no longer displays a comma or a period. Don't know why.
We don't need no punctuation.
We don't need no semi-col'.
No hyphenation in the classroom.
iPad leave those words alone.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:14 AM (PiXy!)

20 Good morning!  Pixy Misa...the anime.....well, alrighty then. 

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 19, 2021 06:15 AM (5XK0y)

21 Heh.  The readers of my blog are either fans themselves or resigned to it at this point.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:16 AM (PiXy!)

22 maybe some Road Runner

Posted by: DB- just DB at April 19, 2021 06:19 AM (iTXRQ)

23 Blue Oyster Cult is acceptable.  I saw them in Australia in 2012.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 19, 2021 06:19 AM (jNZYC)

24 Perth was a long time ago, but still is a fond memory

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 19, 2021 06:21 AM (5XK0y)

25 Ok, I know it dates me, but I just don't get the Anime Music Videos.   It's not that they are simplistic visually, because the artwork and character details are very good.  They add well-produced sound tracks to them.   Of course, all of the characters are essentially perfect human female and male bodies and features, not actual imperfect real people.  
I'm not complaining or anything, I'm just confused and disconnected from them.    It reminds me as kind of a mix of Speed Racer version 3.0, but different characters every show.   There don't seem to be any real characters consistent through multiple videos, but maybe I just haven't paid attention and there are some Anime superstars, IDK.   But no regular character-types like I grew up with, like James Bond, or Magnum, P.I. or Batman, or Tonto or Rachel and Monica from Friends.  They just seem to be anonymous  characters with no beginning or end, just here for a 3 minute gig, and then off to the next one starring some other non-descript, perfect looking characters.  
I have noticed, for no particular reason, that some pron has Anime videos, too.   I clicked one on once, and clicked away after less than a minute, because it didn't even register as pron, just caricature drawings of perfectly drawn, non-descript people, doing pron stuff.  Weird. 
Is this what the kids enjoy these days?   Am I missing something?     Isn't art supposed to inspire and perk up emotions and imagination?    I get none of that from Anime.  Just some visuals that are choreographed to some cover of a knows song.   I wonder what my senior HS English teacher would say.  She was brilliant at bringing out meanings of characters in major literature like Shakespeare or a book of the day, (well a couple of decades later), like To Kill a Mockingbird.    To me, AMV's are the anthesis.  Heck, the old MTV videos has little mini-stories in them, quite often.
If it could be related, I never got The Office, either.   Little LCD can quote from it, the last show I remember doing that from was Seinfeld. 

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:22 AM (sy5kK)

26 We don't need no punctuation. We don't need no semi-col'. No hyphenation in the classroom. iPad leave those words alone. Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:14 AM (PiXy!)

nice Pink Floyd reference there, Pixy.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:25 AM (sy5kK)

27 Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:22 AM (sy5kK)
Thanks for your comments. It dates me too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2021 06:25 AM (7hF2c)

28 Speed Racer?! That's a perfect comparison! Man, I am so not 29 anymore....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 19, 2021 06:26 AM (5XK0y)

29 Weather radio going off now, winter storm warning
8" snow expected
CO front range, w metro Denver

springtime in Colorado

Posted by: DB- just DB at April 19, 2021 06:29 AM (iTXRQ)

30

First attempted flight on another planet in a few minutes


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1KolyCqICI

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 06:30 AM (Y3SPi)

31  Slow news day and wanted to add some content.  If you don't like ELO or the Turtles or show tunes or military songs, I can try to find something else.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:02 AM (PiXy!)

Actually, the more diverse, the better.   I watched all 3 Anime videos, which is about 5,000% more than in my life up to now.    No complaints.   New stuff is how we grow our brains and our outlooks on life.  

Turtles videos.   yeah.  We all just want to be Happy Together.   And what a great song to play over the loudspeakers in Minneapolis after the verdict is announced and the riots begin anew.    It would be the greatest scene since the closing scene in Animal House.  


Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:31 AM (sy5kK)

32 >First attempted flight on another planet in a few minutes

meanwhile, we still haven't figured out how to make the manhole cover flush with the pavement

Posted by: DB- just DB at April 19, 2021 06:32 AM (iTXRQ)

33 Slow news day and wanted to add some content.  If you don't like ELO or the Turtles or show tunes or military songs, I can try to find something else.

No, It's all good. It's not the usual sturm and drang that typically sets the mood for the day. 

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 19, 2021 06:34 AM (5XK0y)

34 Elle King has some great albums.

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at April 19, 2021 06:36 AM (ybIRR)

35 Mars Helicopter Ingenuity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1KolyCqICI
A 3-m hover above the surface.

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 06:36 AM (Y3SPi)

36 G'morning, all.
Always good to see your posts, Pixy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:38 AM (3D/fK)

37 Hah!

https://tinyurl.com/8us65kcc

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 19, 2021 06:39 AM (5XK0y)

38 https://tinyurl.com/2ecmpyyc

have at it.  SFW. 

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:39 AM (sy5kK)

39 37 Hah!
https://tinyurl.com/8us65kcc Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 19, 2021 06:39 AM (5XK0y)
38 https://tinyurl.com/2ecmpyyc
have at it.  SFW.  Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:39 AM (sy5kK)


This, my moronic friends, is proof of the Horde mind!
Absolute, indisputable proof.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:42 AM (sy5kK)

40 32 Posted by: DB- just DB at April 19, 2021 06:32 AM (iTXRQ)
If you want to be *really* depressed look at the quality of bridge work so far as seamless joining to main roads.


Gone way downhill. my 78 year old father says the gap went from 1/16th inch in the 60s, down to now 1/4 inch being "good enough."


"Good enough" is what killed American competitive advantage.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 06:42 AM (Lzpvj)

41
25 It reminds me as kind of a mix of Speed Racer version 3.0, but different characters every show. There don't seem to be any real characters consistent through multiple videos, but maybe I just haven't paid attention and there are some Anime superstars, IDK. But no regular character-types like I grew up with, like James Bond, or Magnum, P.I. or Batman, or Tonto or Rachel and Monica from Friends. They just seem to be anonymous characters with no beginning or end, just here for a 3 minute gig, and then off to the next one starring some other non-descript, perfect looking characters.
Anime works very differently from Western TV, it's true.  They produce twenty to thirty new shows each season - as in, four times a year - and quite often it's one season and done.  Tell the story and move on to the next story.

Because it's animated there's little in the way of star power - nobody watches a show just because a certain actor is voicing a character in it.  Every new show sinks or swims on its own merits.

It still produces classics, though, like Dirty Pair - the two girls in the topmost video.  That is over 30 years old and still holds up well today.  But you need a guide to what's worth watching because there's an awful lot that ain't.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:43 AM (PiXy!)

42 Interesting YouTube link on the helicopter.  Can’t help but notice the millennial madness of people wearing two masks in a controlled environment with 6 ft spacing.
Also, if anyone sees Publius, he might find this zerohedge link interesting:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/stunning-divergence-latest-bank- data-reveals-something-terminally-broken-financial-system

Posted by: Slash Buzz at April 19, 2021 06:43 AM (tjGJt)

43 14th day since we had gutters installed on the house.
Also...14th day of no rain.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:44 AM (3D/fK)

44 Pixy your posts are great, you do you bud.



If people do not like a youtube box content, they can uh "not click."

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 06:44 AM (Lzpvj)

45 Hey Pixy!

question:  in this new software, do we still have to use tinyurl or similar, for a long link like a Youtube link?   I guess it blew the margins if you were using a phone instead of a laptop. 

You would be THE person to ask.  

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:44 AM (sy5kK)

46 >>> If you don't like ELO or the Turtles or show tunes or military songs, I can try to find something else.
Needs more rabidly isipid sea pickles. Got any more like that in the deli case?

Posted by: fluffy at April 19, 2021 06:44 AM (UnQlg)

47 43 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:44 AM (3D/fK)

That is the way it works sometimes, I am installing a metal roof because "Hurricanes!" I figure that means SWLA will not get one for 50 years.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 06:45 AM (Lzpvj)

48 100 million miles from Mars (where the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity is now) to Earth (NASA, helicopter control room).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1KolyCqICI

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 06:45 AM (Y3SPi)

49 No idea if they are worth a spit or have potential but there are a few blockchain / crypto start ups trying to get into the cold storage biz. STORJ is one. 

Posted by: Fool Otto at April 19, 2021 06:46 AM (DB16e)

50 So now that w have Maxine Waters traveling across State lines to incite riots, and folk shooting at the National Guard in response to her efforts...
Can we charge her with inciting a riot, yet?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:47 AM (3D/fK)

51 41 Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:43 AM (PiXy!)
and then sometimes when you have something durable people like harmony gold get involved and make sure it is artificially a mess for your market.



I do wish they would make an anime out of Battlestorm.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 06:47 AM (Lzpvj)

52
I really like pixie's techsnark blog and hope it continues posting here. And I like the anime too.
I hope both continue when we flatten the curve and return to normal. #twoweeks.
Ignore the day walking busy body scolds.

Posted by: Dr. Feelgood at April 19, 2021 06:49 AM (BjP1o)

53
45 Hey Pixy!

question: in this new software, do we still have to use tinyurl or similar, for a long link like a Youtube link?
It shouldn't screw up the formatting but it might still overrun the borders.

But you can put a link directly into a comment now.  Highlight some text and click the button that looks like a couple of links of chain.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:49 AM (PiXy!)

54 Can we charge her with inciting a riot, yet?
-
Perhaps you have never seen a photograph or video of Maxine Waters or her supporters.  Had you, the answer would be clear. 

Posted by: Moron Robbie - don't boycott Amazon, but make them lose money on you at April 19, 2021 06:49 AM (JGfRS)

55 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:47 AM (3D/fK)

In a serious country, she'd be in jail. Alas, we are no longer a serious country, but a loosely aligned group of states subsisting on federal stipends and largesse . 

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 19, 2021 06:50 AM (5XK0y)

56 Hmmm, that is odd. Got up about 10 mins ago. Turned on the comp. The ONT popped up as the most recent topic. Commented on Everclear. Noticed that the last prior comment (not including mine) was from over an hour ago. Thought that odd. Refreshed the main page, and here we are. Weird. 

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2021 06:50 AM (lmikk)

57 That is over 30 years old and still holds up well today.  But you need a guide to what's worth watching because there's an awful lot that ain't.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:43 AM (PiXy!)

You are also describing American television perfectly.  We used to also be able to get relevant information from hanging around the office water cooler and morning coffee pot, but that is pretty much dead as an option now. 

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:50 AM (sy5kK)

58 50 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:47 AM (3D/fK)
BWAHAHA!

No we are trying to turn GOP groups into such legal pariahs even acknowledging one may have a point or two is career suicide for clearance holders!

//YOUR FIB and JOD

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 06:50 AM (Lzpvj)

59

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2021 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

60 "BladeStorm!"
God I am getting old.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 06:51 AM (Lzpvj)

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 06:52 AM (Y3SPi)

62 Trying out a new to me computer.
There are issues. 

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2021 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

63 G'morning, Salty.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:53 AM (3D/fK)

64 General comment, or perhaps generic... potatos, potatoes. For most of my buy computer shit life, Intel was my #1 and #2 choice. AMD sucked so much they almost went under. But my latest laptop is AMD. GO figure.***********       *wishes for line break* PIXY, a small request-- when you restore the old system, could you repair minx.cc so we can access the archived comments? Thanks in advance. They have been dead for months now.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 19, 2021 06:53 AM (F0YaR)

65 62 Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2021 06:52 AM (u82oZ)
The industry is purposefully hamstringing the speed of progress, luckily for them the anti-trust fellas are busy going after mom and pop shop bakeries.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 06:54 AM (Lzpvj)

66 Village Idiot's Apprentice 
Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2021 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

67
But you can put a link directly into a comment now.  Highlight some text and click the button that looks like a couple of links of chain. Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:49 AM (PiXy!)


Got it.   Thx.    I'll try that the next time I do. 

Having you online now and asking a question how the new blog works, is like being on the Gun Thread and getting an immediate answer from Weasel or Jim SND.  
Ask the top source.  Get the correct answer.  What a concept!  ;-)

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:55 AM (sy5kK)

68 I figured around 2008 or so that I'd probably have to learn nginx eventually. Even on tiny installations like rπ I sill use Apache though.
One of these days.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2021 06:56 AM (t+qrx)

69 64 Posted by: GnuBreed at April 19, 2021 06:53 AM (F0YaR)


It is VITAL we have the archives!


//Bob from the NSA who knows how to hit the enter key thrice

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 06:56 AM (Lzpvj)

70 Pixy
GnuBreed brings up a point.
Also...page loading on the home page.
On the old site it had become unbearably slow, and damn near impossible to get the home page to load, specially on an iPhone.
Any possibility of improvement in that area as well?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:56 AM (3D/fK)

71 There is a live feed at NASA.  20 people are around a set of tables, with a phone or laptop, and most of them are wearing 2 masks.

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at April 19, 2021 06:56 AM (ybIRR)

72 71 There is a live feed at NASA.  20 people are around a set of tables, with a phone or laptop, and most of them are wearing 2 masks. 
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at April 19, 2021 06:56 AM (ybIRR)
As a result of which the congratulatory speech is heard clearly by no one.

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 06:58 AM (Y3SPi)

73 66 Village Idiot's Apprentice 
Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2021 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

I'll be happy to get in on wishing good cheer to both of you, too!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 06:58 AM (sy5kK)

74 I am bringing to life a 2009 iMac.  
Issues everywhere.  
I have to change my Word files in Stickies to Text files, with no formatting.
And the mouse button is reversed. 

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2021 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

75 "and most of them are wearing 2 masks. "
Maybe they have been too busy to get the vaccine.
Or..
We are watching theater.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:58 AM (3D/fK)

76 I was thinking of signing up for youtube finally to be able to comment on youtube videos and support the guys and gals I like. Clicked on the sign in button for the first time: Sign in with a google account. No other option that I can see. Nope. 
I do have a google account for work, so I should probably not be so hesitant. The milk is already spoiled, but it is a matter of silly principle.   

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2021 06:59 AM (lmikk)

77 70 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:56 AM (3D/fK)

so to wit:   1) we could not access the archives,   2) the load screen speed sucked for fruit users,   3)the old site had less features as far as the actual you know posts


Boy we better get right on making everything back to what it was.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 06:59 AM (Lzpvj)

78 Is "My Little Pony" part of anime too, because the evil/sick young man who shot the people at the Federal Express enjoyed that show.
https://tinyurl.com/48wva8f7

And no; I don't think people who watch anime are evil. It's just not my thing. 

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2021 06:59 AM (7hF2c)

79 "I'll be happy to get in on wishing good cheer to both of you, too!"
Just hop on board the G'morning Train.
Plenty of room for all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 07:00 AM (3D/fK)

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 07:00 AM (Y3SPi)

81
71 There is a live feed at NASA.  20 people are around a set of tables, with a phone or laptop, and most of them are wearing 2 masks.

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at April 19, 2021 06:56 AM (ybIRR)

Risk... is OUR BUSINESS.- A Man who did not work for NASA.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2021 07:01 AM (lmikk)

82 78 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2021 06:59 AM (7hF2c)
Oh my Lord, this is another example of Brony violence.


My son will be wryly amused, he called this out 5 years ago.


Bronyism is not about anime it is about people who thrust themselves into an imaginary world that exists within their little subgroup online.


500 years from now social(ist) media will be looked at as voluntary mental illness.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 07:01 AM (Lzpvj)

83 Today is a busy day, but no school.  This was supposed to be a make-up day for snow.  We had a lot of cold, but little snow.
So I am off, to prepare for tomorrow's snow fall, which could shut school.  
Have a wonderful day, everyone.
If you hear cursing, it is me trying to wrangle this computer into shape.  
May you be free of all respiratory issues.  Don't be like Jim Sunk New Dawn.  

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2021 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

84 NY Post
Impeach and remove Maxine Waters:
 https://tinyurl.com/vtc97ke8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2021 07:04 AM (7hF2c)

85 Be safe, Salty!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 07:04 AM (3D/fK)

86 My little pony is a forum on 4CHAN.  It's a vector for mental illness just like LBGT and "pol".  You could study it like Jane Goodall studies the chimps, but you would just feel dirty afterward.

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at April 19, 2021 07:06 AM (ybIRR)

87 luckily for them the anti-trust fellas are busy going after mom and pop shop bakeries.


Not fair !!!  We also shoot the occasional housewife and also burn a church full of people alive now and then.

Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood College Grad With a Badge and a Gun at April 19, 2021 07:07 AM (Y78H2)

88
...Don't be like Jim Sunk New Dawn.  

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2021 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

 

Shit -- did his ccpv test come back yet? I hope he doesn't have The Crud.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 19, 2021 07:08 AM (F0YaR)

89 86 Posted by: Bourbonchicken at April 19, 2021 07:06 AM (ybIRR)
/pol is funny in small doses, of course the day is coming where laughing at anything but Lily Singh and Trevor "Shoot the rioters" Noah will be "treason."


Given their skills that will be "the day laughter died."

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 07:08 AM (Lzpvj)

90  50 So now that w have Maxine Waters traveling across State lines to incite riots, and folk shooting at the National Guard in response to her efforts... Can we charge her with inciting a riot, yet? Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:47 AM (3D/fK)

Inciting a riot arrests are up to the DoJ to charge the criminal, so, in a word, no.  
But as far as how the laws of our country read, it looks like classic intent to start a riot. With videos and crowds.    Compare Maxine to the hundreds of people that have been harassed and arrested by the FIB for peacefully organizing in DC on Jan 6, minus the few hundred that went into the building and blew all credibility for the other nearly million that attended. 
Maxine is inciting them to go burn things down.  If they do (and they will), Maxine should then most definitely be arrested.  But see my first sentence. 

Perfect illustration of how far the Rule of Law has fallen, even in the last couple of decades. 


Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 07:09 AM (sy5kK)

91
Boy we better get right on making everything back to what it was.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 06:59 AM (Lzpvj)

Not gonna dispute the advantages, but there are also hidden minuses. If you look at comment counts since the fire, my anecdotal observation seems like the average comment count has gone way down on the ONT for example. So there are some issues people are having. Whether these are merely preference or actual problems people are having accessing and commenting in the new format, I dunno. 
-another point: It seems like there are issues that the cobs and ace are having posting. Again, whether this is system related or just changes people could become accustomed to, I dunno. 
-I did like the ease of commenting (without captcha) and being able to quote a comment and have it look all right format wise, but that is MY personal preference. 
-I will admit, I miss the history of the blog down the sidebar. It is like a time capsule or going home. The blog roll is a time capsule to a saner era. Or a graveyard, if you want to get morbid. But graveyards ARE useful and serve a societal function. 
-I can get work anything, so if the cobs and ace prefer it this way I am fine. If they want to go back to the old way, I am fine with that too. 

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2021 07:10 AM (lmikk)

92 90 Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 07:09 AM (sy5kK)
You get more of what you subsidize, you also get more of what you tolerate.


Those roads cross at Mad Maxine.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 07:10 AM (Lzpvj)

93 Kevin McCarthy says he will let Maxine know what's what.

Posted by: f'd at April 19, 2021 07:11 AM (Tnijr)

94 Style guide tip:  "alleged comedian Trevor Noah".
Humor isn't on the one to ten scale.  It's about negative five to ten.

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at April 19, 2021 07:12 AM (ybIRR)

95 Kevin McCarthy says he will let Maxine know what's what.

Heh.  You said that with a straight face.

Posted by: Like A Rock at April 19, 2021 07:13 AM (Y78H2)

96 91 Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2021 07:10 AM (lmikk)


I think "fixing" the old site is harder than tweaking this one and retraining the COBs and Ace on posting in all likelihood.


Sometimes you take code to the limit and it just can't be salvaged without falling prey to the sunk cost fallacy.    This system probably has a provable time-cost-management advantage going forward.   The crew will do what it will do, and I will adapt to it.


If the captcha is the price we pay for less Yector then I am a happy cowboy.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 07:13 AM (Lzpvj)

97 75 "and most of them are wearing 2 masks. "
Maybe they have been too busy to get the vaccine.
Or..
We are watching theater.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 06:58 AM (3D/fK)


At least NASA could add some Anime soundtrack to  the video feed.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 07:15 AM (sy5kK)

98 I like the old ways.
The old ways are best ways.

Hey!!!!


Who moved my cheese?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 07:15 AM (3D/fK)

99
Bronyism is not about anime it is about people who thrust themselves into an imaginary world that exists within their little subgroup online.


Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 07:01 AM (Lzpvj)

You mean everyone at CNN?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 07:16 AM (sy5kK)

100
If the captcha is the price we pay for less Yector then I am a happy cowboy.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 07:13 AM (Lzpvj)

Have you noticed a diminishment(? diminution?)  in trolls? I cannot really say one way or another. Think it is about the same. 

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2021 07:17 AM (lmikk)

101 Today's "Daily Bread" Cristian devotional seemed appropriate. "Quarantined by fear":
https://tinyurl.com/56y8fk2b



Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2021 07:18 AM (7hF2c)

102 I thought the word was 'dimunition' but the web is saying I am an idiot. Harsh, web. 

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2021 07:19 AM (lmikk)

103 100 Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2021 07:17 AM (lmikk)
I think we are forcing them to use actual real trolls that are either paid or ideologically programmed to work for free.  Yes the trolls are still afoot but we do not get the obvious bot ones.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 07:19 AM (Lzpvj)

104 Le NOOD

It be here

And shit!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2021 07:20 AM (3D/fK)

105 99 Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 19, 2021 07:16 AM (sy5kK)


to one degree or another potentially everyone on the web friend......


Why do you think I pulled the fade and came back happier after I nuked twitter?

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 07:20 AM (Lzpvj)

106 Mary Clogginstein has been posting a lot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2021 07:21 AM (EZebt)

107
"Quarantined by fear":
https://tinyurl.com/56y8fk2b

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2021 07:18 AM (7hF2c)

That brings up a good point Fen. The difference between Fear and Respect for a real threat or challenge. Like the difference between Wrath and just anger. 

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2021 07:21 AM (lmikk)

108 106 Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2021 07:21 AM (EZebt)

The Battlin' Bitch of Brattleboro is a 'ron larping as a 'tard.


but yeah she is the "programmed to work for free" template.

Posted by: sven at April 19, 2021 07:23 AM (Lzpvj)

109 Pixy,
Thanks for the wake up anime vid. Got my blood pumping with that rock and roll montage, That a pretty cool audio track.
Copter on Mars!!! NASA has never been effective at presentation. That woman in that hideous green dress. Any other studio would have never let her near a camera.

Posted by: pawn at April 19, 2021 07:27 AM (Cfk8j)

110 Hi Pixy! I know next to nothing about computers or anime (although two of my kids love it) but I think it's nice having different stuff on the blog. And there are certainly people here who understand and enjoy the computer stuff. 
And I will admit that I love the theme song Tank from Cowboy Bebop, mostly because it's a great song, but also because I love the band name. My kids found a live version from a Seatbelts concert on YouTube and I think it's great. 

Posted by: bluebell at April 19, 2021 08:27 AM (wyw4S)

111 Pixy Misa: Thanks for the morning tech update. It's all gibberish to me, but I enjoy your commentary. Ranks right up there with J.J.'s commentary on his daily news roundup.

Posted by: Sabin at April 19, 2021 08:31 AM (SHDBw)

112 53 you can put a link directly into a comment now.  Highlight some text and click the button that looks like a couple of links of chain. 
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 06:49 AM (PiXy!)

Trying that, here:
Highlighting this text and thence proceeding to make it into a link.

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 09:30 AM (TZgEk)

113 Whoa. Score.

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 09:31 AM (TZgEk)

114 I have to say, I'm quite liking the daily tech briefings and hope they will continue after the server situation is resolved.
And I don't understand how anyone could *not* like a bit of pretty anime girls.

Posted by: KCSteve at April 19, 2021 09:41 AM (gw2g1)

115 I don't care what the luddites say, this is a great post to start the morning.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 19, 2021 10:01 AM (qZdIZ)

116 Hi Pix, Breaking the rules by posting on an old post but I just wanted to say that I like the tech updates and articles.  I stopped trying to keep up on tech in about 2005, once I no longer needed to for work. But, like just about everyone, still use tech for home and work, so I am enjoying the summaries and selections you provide.

Posted by: ama at April 19, 2021 10:11 AM (ez10z)

117 9 This is totally a sensible military blog. 
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 19, 2021 05:42 AM (PiXy!)

Who could not like that?

Posted by: m at April 19, 2021 11:07 AM (TZgEk)

118 As a guy who loves his Ryzen PC, and who owns a not insignificant number of shares in AMD, I approve of Ace's Intel hatred.

My last intel based PC had random hard BLACK SOD's when doing utterly non-intensive things like surfing the internet or using word.  I swapped the mobo, ram, hdds, video card, psu, even keyboard and mouse.  Kept doing it.  Bought an AMD board and a Ryzen, it all magically ceased immediately.  Not going back.  Intel is dead. 

Posted by: Paul Morrison at April 19, 2021 12:19 PM (QM8VS)

119 The "Daily Tech News" thread is a winner for me.  I'm going to upgrade to something-something Ryzen platform sometime this year.  Looking at the CPU and GPU side of things, and guessing at the TOTAL government, industrial, and consumer demand around the globe for chips, I'm guessing that the only real solution is to build more fab plants, and lots of 'em.

Posted by: mrp at April 19, 2021 12:38 PM (Pqytn)

120 Pixy, 
Love the tech.  Love the anime.  Keep it coming.  
BTW, this is probably my first comment in a decade here...

Posted by: rustybx at April 19, 2021 05:24 PM (Rjc5y)

121 Either you get anime, or you don't, and no judgments either way. I watch a lot of it on Netflix as fluff around bedtime, and of course I'm a huge Miyazaki fan, but that's not the same as most of the anime stock.
A personal recent favorite is "Girls und Panzer," where girl's high schools compete in actual armored tank battles with real tanks.

Posted by: MW at April 19, 2021 06:42 PM (KXr4W)

122 "Meanwhile, trying out Amazon's cold storage for backups. At 1.5¢ per GB it's as cheap as you'll find anywhere and seems to work okay at my day job. The question is, can a cheap little t2.micro server copy with the stress of rsync and ZFS, or is it going to throttle me to death?"
Don't bother with the t2-micro, just upload it directly off your system to Glacier, even cheaper per GB cost. https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/pricing/
You can get AWS command line utilities then script out an upload and schedule it on you local system you are trying to backup.

Posted by: Janir at April 19, 2021 06:48 PM (7FTeO)

123 This is in the right margin of the Monday Overnight Open Thread (4/19/21); we don't know why.
🐈‍⬛

Posted by: m at April 20, 2021 01:52 AM (ya129)

124 LOL the cat is blocking the text. Which is:
This is in the right margin of the Monday Overnight Open Thread (4/19/21); we don't know why.

Posted by: m at April 20, 2021 01:54 AM (ya129)

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