Arcade "games" on the White House website... bad ones, at that. No one can accuse this administration of bringing style, grace, or even intelligence to the First Residence. I guess I really have lived too long.
The only good thing here is that the younger folks they're desperately trying to attract and indoctrinate are already too sophisticated to bother with this trash.
And when I say trash, I'm referring to Trump and his minions... all white trash. And being as white as a human can possibly be, I get to make that comment.
" If it was legal to sue the President, I bet Tetris would have one hell of an IP case, something they know a thing or two about."
Sure enough:
White House pulls Tetris-style 'Build The Wall' game after copyright concern
The White House has taken down a Tetris-style game on its website called "Build The Wall", days after The Tetris Company raised concerns over its use of the game's likeness.
...
On 4 September the official Tetris account on X posted the firm was "not involved in the creation" of the game and it took "copyright infringement very seriously".
...
"At Tetris we believe in the power of connection and building people together, not dividing them," the firm said in its initial response to the game.
The zombie wall one reminds me a wee bit of Bombliss, a Tetris clone that was not released officially in the US but was available through the NesterDC ROM collection on Sega Dreamcast. It was eventually released in the US under the name Tetris Blast.
Going to make my first foray into AI use in the next week. We have a lot of data with hand writing that is nearly impossible to decipher, so my boss suggested having ChatGPT try it. This is one of the things I said to call me if it can do it. It will be nice if it works.
My problem with AI is that I'm a perfectionist, and what AI produces is at best "first draft" grade and not something I'm comfortable releasing under my name.
Having an LLM tackle difficult to read hand writing, however, is a perfect use case for it. OCR technology is already decades old, but it took the modern LLMs to be able to detect the patterns needed to actually interpret hand writing instead of just trying to read the characters and put it out as a text file. Levels of error correction and what not.
They're pushing us to use AI at work when it makes sense (?). They had two training thingy's on it, and the biggest take away for me is that it's all about knowing how to 'prompt' well to get the most out of whatever it spits back at you.
My boss uses it to score written responses on one of the projects she's working on. There is good support for using computers to school written mechanics and style, but less support for scoring content. To score the paragraphs, she submitted the scoring criteria and asked to see the rationale and she found that the scores it was giving her were consistent with what she was scoring.
I don't know why Bryson the Sham Boy can't just ask his orange bestie to pay him that $5.7 mil. It's the least trump can do for all the ball-licking Bryson does every chance he gets.
Wait, isn't that funded by the Saudi Wealth Fund? How the fuck are they out of money? I guess its value for sports-washing is over. I guess somebody has to pay The Line's bills.
Also, they've been talking for years about the decline of golf. Maybe this will hurry that along. Fucking elitist, wasteful, polluting "sport."
For the MAGA cult to see the red flag (as glaring as it is) would require awareness. I'm not so sure that the cult victims have enough (at least not awareness of the cult they are in).
Prediction: The right wing noise circuit is gonna lay low until the presidential where it blames Democrats for not stopping the fascists and goes hard in on the replacement whom they fully intend will be a lot more tractable.
I hadn't thought about it much, but I can say that any colds I've had since covid jabs have been milder and shorter lived. Speaking of, it's time for next one & flu shot.
You seriously make the world a better place for me. Every time I am like, FUCK ALL MEN, I think, "Man, not Bob, he doesn't deserve that." You are a mensch! : )
This is a problem of the TV manufacturer's own making. They drove the prices down on these TVs so low that they need a different way to actually make a profit on each set. Maybe don't do that? (I know ... end stage capitalism)
The thing I hate about 'smart' TV's is that everyone we've ever had eventually stops streaming as well, so we end up using a roku device with it instead of whatever thing it came with. So then you have to program the Roku remote, and sometimes you still have to use two remotes for certain things. I with you had the option of buying a non-smart TV and just using whatever device you want. But I guess there's no profit in that. They gotta over complicate everything, thinking they're making it easier.
The thing is, they're making profit already selling them cheap, just by the slave labor they use in manufacture. They do not NEED to do this to make profit.
From everything I've read, the margins on those TVs is incredibly thin ... even with the lower labor costs. LG is *usually* a reliable company ... we have an LG washer.
I wonder who is doing those articles saying TVs are super cheap.
TVs are not "cheap". They're not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts after all. They are making bank, I would bet on that, just not as much bank as they want to be making
First load of post-trip laundry was placed in the washer when I woke up, so it's in the dryer now. I get my walkies in, and the clothes should be ready to taken out and folded. Grocery shopping is indicated, and I have a rather comprehensive list of things to get (including Those Cakes We Like).
Further agenda items today include getting a haircut.
The short term thinking of many states: use tax breaks to get tech companies to move in ... rather than, say, making your state more attractive with good schools, safe communities, etc.
𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬 𝗨𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀' 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗽 $𝟭𝗕/𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 — Amazon, Meta and Google risk losing decadeslong exemptions due to a backlash against their facilities https://shorturl.at/gTNos [WSJ - Gift Link]
As I said the first time I heard of this:
I hate these people. I hate them so goddamn much.
Arcade "games" on the White House website... bad ones, at that. No one can accuse this administration of bringing style, grace, or even intelligence to the First Residence. I guess I really have lived too long.
The only good thing here is that the younger folks they're desperately trying to attract and indoctrinate are already too sophisticated to bother with this trash.
And when I say trash, I'm referring to Trump and his minions... all white trash. And being as white as a human can possibly be, I get to make that comment.
" If it was legal to sue the President, I bet Tetris would have one hell of an IP case, something they know a thing or two about."
Sure enough:
White House pulls Tetris-style 'Build The Wall' game after copyright concern
The White House has taken down a Tetris-style game on its website called "Build The Wall", days after The Tetris Company raised concerns over its use of the game's likeness.
...
On 4 September the official Tetris account on X posted the firm was "not involved in the creation" of the game and it took "copyright infringement very seriously".
...
"At Tetris we believe in the power of connection and building people together, not dividing them," the firm said in its initial response to the game.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9v9djj4m3do
The zombie wall one reminds me a wee bit of Bombliss, a Tetris clone that was not released officially in the US but was available through the NesterDC ROM collection on Sega Dreamcast. It was eventually released in the US under the name Tetris Blast.
https://tetris.fandom.com/wiki/Tetris_Blast
The point IS to use the bombs to blow up the rows since there isn't any other way to clear them.
I heard the punch food game has a "ferment" power boost level that if you lose you become a serial killer
I tried beef tallow once. Made a really shitty candle.
aaannnnd I just HAD to google it. These people are fucking nuts...
"Types: Available as ambient home fragrance candles or trendy edible tallow candles served with herbs and salt to melt over steaks or bread."
oooohhhh nommy nommy!!!! a melted candle of herbs and salt on my fucking grass fed organic tomahawk steak!
Going to make my first foray into AI use in the next week. We have a lot of data with hand writing that is nearly impossible to decipher, so my boss suggested having ChatGPT try it. This is one of the things I said to call me if it can do it. It will be nice if it works.
My problem with AI is that I'm a perfectionist, and what AI produces is at best "first draft" grade and not something I'm comfortable releasing under my name.
Having an LLM tackle difficult to read hand writing, however, is a perfect use case for it. OCR technology is already decades old, but it took the modern LLMs to be able to detect the patterns needed to actually interpret hand writing instead of just trying to read the characters and put it out as a text file. Levels of error correction and what not.
Just be sure to verify the results every time.
They're pushing us to use AI at work when it makes sense (?). They had two training thingy's on it, and the biggest take away for me is that it's all about knowing how to 'prompt' well to get the most out of whatever it spits back at you.
My boss uses it to score written responses on one of the projects she's working on. There is good support for using computers to school written mechanics and style, but less support for scoring content. To score the paragraphs, she submitted the scoring criteria and asked to see the rationale and she found that the scores it was giving her were consistent with what she was scoring.
I can up up down down left right left right B A start with the best of them
I snorked very hard, and then had some nostalgia moment or something.
In my head all I could think of was FINISH HIM
Won't someone think of the poor professional golfers?
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LIV files for bankruptcy protection with over $45m owed to players
https://bsky.app/profile/athenakugblenu.bsky.social/post/3mv33rmq5ys2j
I don't know why Bryson the Sham Boy can't just ask his orange bestie to pay him that $5.7 mil. It's the least trump can do for all the ball-licking Bryson does every chance he gets.
Wait, isn't that funded by the Saudi Wealth Fund? How the fuck are they out of money? I guess its value for sports-washing is over. I guess somebody has to pay The Line's bills.
Also, they've been talking for years about the decline of golf. Maybe this will hurry that along. Fucking elitist, wasteful, polluting "sport."
And that, kids, is why you don't sign on just because it has a nice purse. Grifters gonna grift you every fucking time
Lol fuck them. Getting exactly what they deserve.
ETTD
Wonkette's Liz Dye: 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘹 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘵.
𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽
Now it’s no one at all.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/maria-bartiromo-fired?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=501423&post_id=214770533&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3i9ct&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
The Mudochs (Fox & Wall St Journal) are moving away from Donnie Dipshit now. That should be a big, red flag for the MAGA cult ...
For the how many'th time? I feel like I've heard this song before.
For the MAGA cult to see the red flag (as glaring as it is) would require awareness. I'm not so sure that the cult victims have enough (at least not awareness of the cult they are in).
They're trying to walk the line between angering Trump and angering the rich ... but people like Trump don't leave that sort of line.
Prediction: The right wing noise circuit is gonna lay low until the presidential where it blames Democrats for not stopping the fascists and goes hard in on the replacement whom they fully intend will be a lot more tractable.
Yeah, I can't see Trump being satisfied outside of center stage for long.
Whomp whomp.
Not only did the NIH's budget get DOGE'd, now Drunk Petey wants their money make more lethality.
𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘐𝘏 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘐𝘏 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘕𝘐𝘈𝘐𝘋 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘐𝘈𝘐𝘋 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘐𝘏 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.”
𝗡𝗜𝗛 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
Money would ostensibly fund research the NIH leadership said it no longer wanted.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/nih-to-use-part-of-its-budget-to-pay-for-department-of-defense-research/
History as a bad dystopia movie script ...
So they no longer want it but still get to pay for it ...
The fuck? The dod already has a budget for research
So they want the National Institutes of HEALTH to focus on deadly diseases (probably with a covert emphasis on weaponizing them).
"𝘕𝘐𝘈𝘐𝘋 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴"
This is the "gain of function" research that the MAGA pieces of shit think Fauci used to invent covid.
What part of LETHALITY are you not understanding? (/s)
They're gonna cure the common cold?
Seriously, the covid vaccine has made colds nothing for me. I am the only person I know who it's happened to, but it's true.
I hadn't thought about it much, but I can say that any colds I've had since covid jabs have been milder and shorter lived. Speaking of, it's time for next one & flu shot.
Morning all. ☕️
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Good morning, Diane. Thanks for the kind words!
You seriously make the world a better place for me. Every time I am like, FUCK ALL MEN, I think, "Man, not Bob, he doesn't deserve that." You are a mensch! : )
Morning, Diane!
This is a problem of the TV manufacturer's own making. They drove the prices down on these TVs so low that they need a different way to actually make a profit on each set. Maybe don't do that? (I know ... end stage capitalism)
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘝𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘝𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰) 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘝 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵.
𝘗𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘴’ 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘓𝘎 𝘛𝘝𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘣 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘎 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵.
𝗟𝗚 𝗧𝗩 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗔𝗡 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱-𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀
“It doesn’t cost a lot to store text forever.”
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/lg-tv-shown-capable-of-tracking-user-activity-even-when-offline/
Dystopia? You're soaking in it!
The thing I hate about 'smart' TV's is that everyone we've ever had eventually stops streaming as well, so we end up using a roku device with it instead of whatever thing it came with. So then you have to program the Roku remote, and sometimes you still have to use two remotes for certain things. I with you had the option of buying a non-smart TV and just using whatever device you want. But I guess there's no profit in that. They gotta over complicate everything, thinking they're making it easier.
The thing is, they're making profit already selling them cheap, just by the slave labor they use in manufacture. They do not NEED to do this to make profit.
They just want more profit.
From everything I've read, the margins on those TVs is incredibly thin ... even with the lower labor costs. LG is *usually* a reliable company ... we have an LG washer.
I wonder who is doing those articles saying TVs are super cheap.
TVs are not "cheap". They're not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts after all. They are making bank, I would bet on that, just not as much bank as they want to be making
Another article on the same topic. Now even computer MONITORS are starting with this shit. No wonder the kids today want retro tech.
𝗟𝗚 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 '𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆' 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗩 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Claims follow scrutiny over monitors installing adware without user consent
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/08/lg-accused-of-egregious-invasion-of-privacy-over-tv-data-collection/5294956
First load of post-trip laundry was placed in the washer when I woke up, so it's in the dryer now. I get my walkies in, and the clothes should be ready to taken out and folded. Grocery shopping is indicated, and I have a rather comprehensive list of things to get (including Those Cakes We Like).
Further agenda items today include getting a haircut.
Sounds like you made it back safe!
Yeah, made it home about 12:30 yesterday. Got close to eight hours' sleep.
The short term thinking of many states: use tax breaks to get tech companies to move in ... rather than, say, making your state more attractive with good schools, safe communities, etc.
𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬 𝗨𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀' 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗽 $𝟭𝗕/𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 — Amazon, Meta and Google risk losing decadeslong exemptions due to a backlash against their facilities https://shorturl.at/gTNos [WSJ - Gift Link]
Soooo, slow drain...
Scholar in Residence saw a TokYou where pouring a couple gallons of boiling water down the drain can ease things...
S.i.R. did the thing. Being made of stainless, the sink expanded kind of dramatically. a gasket popped and the seal around the drain is shot...
The weather guessers say we're in for a humid one, maybe stormy. Good day for inside work.
Plumb on, you plumbers!
Maybe Markwayne Mullin can help you, he's plumber.