Well, how the mighty has fallen. I remember when Intel was top of the heap. Now they are just a tool for that scumbag Jensen Huang to control more of the market.  They wont even exist in another 5 years.

"Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust agencies ​have cleared Nvidia's ‌investment in Intel, according ‌to a notice posted by the U.S. Federal Trade ⁠Commission.

While ‌the notice did not specify the ‍details of the transaction, Nvidia said in ​September it ‌would invest $5 billion in Intel, throwing its heft behind the struggling U.S. chipmaker ⁠in a ​deal that ​could pose risks for rival manufacturers, ‍Taiwan's ⁠TSMC and U.S.-based AMD."

Yes, their facilities, and their market.

They know T/NPUs are going to eat them for lunch in the next few years, and are gearing up for the fight. ( and removing future competition, intel was making them too )     even NVIDIA is starting to include pieces of them in the high end GPUs now, they know its coming.

Sun Dec 21 2025 01:40:29 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

What interest does Nvidia have in Intel? Are they looking for access to fabs?

My 3k smart fridge is LG. I guess I'm ok. 

My wife bought it. I like the app. I can turn on ice for a drinking app from wherever I am drinking at the moment.  They know I'm a drunk. 

Who doesn't? 

I don't even have the ice maker plugged in on mine.  We have a small stand alone unit that sits beside the sink. it has one button. On/Off.  Will run it every so often and put ice in the 'bucket'. or just grab a bag at the local store, its cheap enough.

My gas stove, does not even have a display, digital or analog. My convection oven, still has a mechanical spinner timer.. My furnace, i refused a smart thermostat.  Just found out that i can still get mechanical ones. I may see if i can adapt one...

Latest water heater, while it has some simple electronics inside it to control/monitor the water pressure, temperature and gas and stuff, its not connected to anything, nor can it be. 

Only thing i can think of that is 'smart' in my house, is some of my lights. and they are running on tech that is a good 45 years old. NO internet nonsense.  X10 devices. And most of the devices are ~40 years old, only thing newer are a couple of the remotes, and an IR sensor, and they are 25 years old.

My clothes washer, mentioned before i had to swap out for new one as the transmission died. and parts were 3/4 the cost of a new one.  Took me forever to find one that wasn't BT/Internet/whatever.    Dryer, nope, just a couple of dials. Have had to rebuild it a couple of times now, just to avoid new garbage. 

Oh, and my TV.... no internet for it either. If it dies and i cant find a 'dumb' TV at that point, i'm buying a monitor.

Next year i may start up on that project to yank the ( limited ) computer out of the little car..  To do the jeep, i have to to swap out transmissions, but i prefer an automatic for the back woods. It comes in handy to have it in low gear and hang out the door and steering at the same time. hard to do that futzing with a clutch. But at least its minimal, none of that digital dash/display crap.

Oh, and my watch? Some swiss auto wind thing. I forget the brand. its steampunkish. 

And ya the older i get the more annoyed i become with it all. I totally agree that computers, and networking too, have their place. But its NOT everywhere and in everything. Mechanical items are still appropriate for most things. And i still say if i end up living longer than my wife, its back to the woods for me and i'm going off-grid, except perhaps to pay bills, since some places wont accept a check anymore, and that will only get worse.

( ok, sorry for the rant )

Tue Dec 23 2025 05:09:58 UTC from ParanoidDelusions

My 3k smart fridge is LG. I guess I'm ok. 

My wife bought it. I like the app. I can turn on ice for a drinking app from wherever I am drinking at the moment.  They know I'm a drunk. 

Who doesn't? 

 

 

I get that too. Mostly they're bells and whistles. They're creeping into cars too. My cars can park themselves, and I can turn on the venting from an app on my smartphone. You would think this would be a huge benefit in Phoenix - but I always forget to do it - or more often, it returns a failure to communicate. 
Same thing with Android Auto and Airplay. Every update that gets pushed down breaks things. I never drove in silence because my Pioneer suddenly couldn't read cassette tapes. 

My wife's car has a lot of the fancy stuff, and eats thru batteries like no tomorrow.    And if the battery is even slightly low, you are screwed since the computer takes too much power and it wont start.   AND the battery is inside the wheel well up under the wheel behind a panel..  idiots.   a 5 minute trivial job is now a nightmare.    And its always flashing things on the screens, beeping..   I refuse to drive the thing.   Its no wonder people crash more often these days. They are distracted and its not even their phone in their face.

And if its cold out, it bitches "car is not in park", um, yes it is, if it wasn't we would be moving.. 

The location of battery reminds me a bit of my mother's car, years ago. They replaced a 5 dollar fuse box with a 500 dollar computer module.  Which went out 2x in 3 years, and totally disables the car.   2nd time, car was sold. F-that.

Thu Dec 25 2025 07:32:52 UTC from ParanoidDelusions

I get that too. Mostly they're bells and whistles. They're creeping into cars too. My cars can park themselves, and I can turn on the venting from an app on my smartphone. You would think this would be a huge benefit in Phoenix - but I always forget to do it - or more often, it returns a failure to communicate. 
Same thing with Android Auto and Airplay. Every update that gets pushed down breaks things. I never drove in silence because my Pioneer suddenly couldn't read cassette tapes. 

Year or so i wanted to do the same, for similar reasons. But doing it by hand was too much.  I deleted the 'channel' ( but not my account ) and that did it all at once. 

Now, if i comment, i go back a few days later and remove them. Much more manageable.

Thu Dec 25 2025 22:06:19 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

 I'm in the process of deleting every comment I've ever made on youtube videos for the last 20 years 

I have broke a few drive belts in my day ( both car and 'home deck' ). Sure, easily fixable but annoying .. "la la la.... silence...."

Thu Dec 25 2025 07:32:52 UTC from ParanoidDelusions

. I never drove in silence because my Pioneer suddenly couldn't read cassette tapes. 

And yet you never followed me on X. Why do I support your BBS when you won't support me in my own realm? 

It is Ok. I get what you both say. I do not disagree. 

I want the BBS back. Social media sucks. I think we can all cross the aisle to agree on that, no? 

Thu Dec 25 2025 22:06:19 UTC from IGAnd yet natius T Foobar

Same thing with Android Auto and Airplay. Every update that gets
pushed down breaks things. I never drove in silence because my
Pioneer suddenly couldn't read cassette tapes. 

And of course there's the surveillance. Lots and lots of surveillance.

I'm getting even more paranoid lately. Yesterday I deleted my X account (even though Elon was kind enough to unban me when he took over) and I'm in the process of deleting every comment I've ever made on youtube videos for the last 20 years ... simply because at this point in my life I can't afford to be canceled by an OSINT sniper.

Thankfully the BBS flies below the radar.

We have on a few past occasions.

Tho my fear, is if social media as it is today went away, we might get flooded with people we don't want around. They are addicted and need an outlet.

Fri Dec 26 2025 06:38:29 UTC from ParanoidDelusions

I want the BBS back. Social media sucks. I think we can all cross the aisle to agree on that, no? 

 

And yet you never followed me on X. Why do I support your BBS when you won't support me in my own realm? 

Because I forgot you were there and I don't remember your handle, probably.

If you let me know I'll follow you from my new account that has a fake name.

@DonovanC

I think. 
Have I been... disingenuous about my real identity HERE, despite it being widely published to the point I've had credible death threats on the entire rest of the Internet because... you know... I'm me? 

I should have started OUT with a pseudonym. I mean... I did.. of course - Metallica and Paranoid Delusions - but I never hid my real identity. If I could go back to the start, I'd change that. 

One reason im not there..  ( even pre-elon )

Sun Dec 28 2025 19:25:58 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

Unfortunately, less than 24 hours later, my free speech triggered a lock on the account.

There is always a 'way around the rules' baked into every single one, to benefit the elite, who fund the entire system.

"NVIDIA inked a $20B non-exclusive licensing deal with Groq for its inference technology. The startup’s founder, Jonathan Ross, and some other employees will join NVIDIA to assist in scaling and advancing the technology. The non-exclusive licensing deal, versus an outright purchase, is a tool other companies have used to avoid antitrust regulation."

George Clooney and family are now French citizens.        Cya, dont let the door hit you on the way out. 

Lots of people are citizens of multiple places.

Tue Dec 30 2025 19:49:17 UTC from Nurb432

George Clooney and family are now French citizens.        Cya, dont let the door hit you on the way out.