As someone who grew-up in a conservative household and listened to conservative talk radio, the point is this: owning the libs. It's ideological sadism-- deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others as a means of upholding or enforcing a specific belief system, ideology, or social structure. That's the whole point of Trump. That's why he keeps "winning". How else would a crude, pathological liar, insurrectionist, and unrepentant felon get re-elected? He makes people like you miserable. Not only that, Trump proves Niccolo Machiavelli was right. 500 years ago he observed an uncomfortable truth about human psychology and power dynamics that organizational psychologists have since confirmed: malignant narcissism, not competence, is often the strongest predictor of who emerges as a leader.

Personally, I suspect American civilization peaked ~10 years ago. Trump's first term should have been a one and done, but here we are. Democrats may win the upcoming mid-terms and next presidency, but I wouldn't be surprised if the successor of MAGA finds a bigger, more evil idiot. They can't help themselves. It's pathological.

The past 30-days have been unusually cold and windy in my state, and people are getting their electric bills and freaking out. Social media is full of surprised people wanting to sue the power company for being "greedy".. lol. Not sure what they were expecting-- we were warned our bills would be higher in 2026 because of the influx of new data centers.

HDMI 2.2 allows 4K@240Hz (uncompressed). Gamers will appreciate it.

Microsoft's culture problem has only gotten worse. There's an uncanny desperation in their behavior that turns people off and they don't know how to stop.

Donald J. Trump isn't a complete idiot. He successfully ran The Apprentice. The man is turning real life into an absurd reality TV production-- a show the world cannot ignore. This altered photo is red meat for his crude, gullible audience who feel zero shame in acting on their authoritarian tendencies.

These days I would be surprised if any standard monitor lacks HDCP support over HDMI and DisplayPort. It's in most specs I see and I don't buy smart monitors.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyclay/2013/01/05/the-top-10-jobs-that-attract-psychopaths/

1. CEO
2. Lawyer
3. Media (Television/Radio)
4. Salesperson
5. Surgeon
6. Journalist
7. Police officer
8. Clergy person
9. Chef
10. Civil servant

And organizational psychology tells us that narcissism, not competence, is often the strongest predictor of who emerges as a leader in unstructured groups. Groups led by a narcissist do not perform better-- they just think they do. This happens all the time in business, government, and politics. Simply put, HORRIBLE judges of character cannot distinguish narcissism from confidence nor Machiavellianism from principled, ethical leadership. So good news if you're a malignant narcissist and you want to be president of the United States-- just turn that shit up to 11.

Windows Pro Classic: latest kernel and security enhancements but removes the Windows 8 - 11 inspired UI changes. More importantly, it has none of the icky marketing desperation found in today's Windows. Target demographic: anyone with an ounce of self-respect.

Windows AI: an evolution of Windows 11 with all of the agentic clippy-on-crack baked-in, start menu advertisements, and 10 notifications/day about a non-essential Microsoft features/products. Target demographic: masochists.

Yeah, and that's how Porsche is pissing off its brand loyalists. They think they're Ferrari. Which, btw, I will never understand how very wealthy people can have so little self-respect to be treated this way.

I'll wager you're neither a bigot nor an idiot. It's called the autism spectrum.

We're not there yet, but being told to go into a trade may become the new "learn to code". In the meantime, private equity is buying up local companies that deal in skilled trades (plumbing, HVAC, electrical), consolidating them under one roof, which will result in limited competition and drive down wages.

Curious how this will affect OHLC data. Will reporting shift from market close to midnight?

Never seen it myself, but I have many interests and have been following the same 100 channels for years. But, I can see this becoming a problem. LLMs are very attractive for no-talent hacks who only care about making a buck.

The U.S. protected top national security secrets a bit differently back in the day. I suspect they initially fooled Mr. Lazar, but he wised-up somewhere along the way and has been milking this thing for all its worth.

That's desperate, corporate BS speak. So sad. What happened to you, Intel?