Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

[Colif]

that machine might soon be redundant

Its also becoming so expensive to create that its hard to profit off the products.

there is another way:

 

[Zed Clampet]

that machine might soon be redundant

Its also becoming so expensive to create that its hard to profit off the products.

there is another way:

Wow. If they succeed, they could dominate the market for years.

 

[Zed Clampet]

And just like that, the pinokio guy has returned after his mysterious 6 month absence. All he said was, "The show must go on". He doesn't owe anyone an explanation. I'm just glad he's okay.

 

[BeardyHat]

And just like that, the pinokio guy has returned after his mysterious 6 month absence. All he said was, "The show must go on". He doesn't owe anyone an explanation. I'm just glad he's okay.

Who?

I had a rough evening last night. Trying to apply to a job, which has some pre-interview questions which require some effort to respond to. Anyway, you guys have seen my posts, I'm wordy as hell. The gist is, it took me almost 2 hours to fully respond to 7-questions.

Now, I'm smart (I think). I knew the application website would probably log me out, but...I'm also lazy? Anyway, I figured, it would be fine, so I just input all my answers directly into the page and when I was finished, clicked save, only to discover I had been logged out and then taken back to the beginning, all my answers gone. I knew I should have put them in a Notepad doc or Word doc and responded to them, but again...lazy or something.

So boy did I rage. Ended-up hurling my phone (it was the nearest object I don't care all that much about) into my rug and ended-up damaging it (The phone, I mean. not my proudest moment and thankfully the last time I got this angry was about 15 years ago) and then going to sulk in my bedroom for an hour.

Actually, the funniest part of all this was 10 minutes into RageFest 2026, the doorbell rings and it's some F***ing solicitor--we get them all the time. Anyway, I can't help myself but answer the door at any given time and this kid (definitely a kid, like maybe mid-20s) is standing way too close to the door, so I end-up coming out and basically very curtly telling him that I'm in a terrible mood and he needs to just go away (I have no interest in doing the polite "No" 3 times) and to have a nice day. Poor guy looked like he wanted to pee his pants and wasn't quite sure what to do. But big-eyed stared at me and just said, "ok". and left.

So anyway, the point of this story is that I'm not redoing my work this morning (taking a break here on question 4) and I discovered that Winamp is still a thing. I needed some noise, so I installed it on my desktop and had it add all my files and it's working great? Just like it's always been. Nice.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Who?

Eh, he wrote a very helpful program that lets you one-click install a bunch of AI programs. I mentioned him a couple of times.

Now, I'm smart (I think). I knew the application website would probably log me out

I don't have the smart problem, but a couple of weeks ago, Guido had to take care of something while logged into Darktide, and he said he was going to get logged out for inactivity.

I said, "Go to the cash shop and open the cosmetics page. I bet they give you all the time you need." Sure enough, he didn't get kicked.

the doorbell rings and it's some F***ing solicitor--we get them all the time.

We get them, too, and I can't stand talking to them. Some of them won't give up, and I've had to just shut the door.

One time these two sketchy looking guys came up and were trying to sell me magazine subscriptions. They were so awkward. They didn't have a sales pitch planned. They had no materials with them, and they didn't seem to know anything about magazines. I decided they were going to try to rob me, and because my wife and kids were in the house, I stepped outside and locked the door behind me and started mentally preparing to fight. They didn't start anything, though. I still think they were up to no good. Probably my size came in handy.

 

[BeardyHat]

Well, I had a response written, but again I've lost data because I hit F9. Oops.

Anyway, yeah, I'm pretty sure occasional crooks come around to size up the house. See who's home, if there's a dog, etc.

My wife typically doesn't deal with them either, as she's usually busy with work and also I think they tend to be more pushy with women. I just tell em straight-up No and walk away. We get lots of solar people coming and they're usually pretty evasive and obnoxious.

Me, "You selling solar?"
Them, "Oh no, we just want to talk to your about lowering your energy bill."
Me, "I have solar panels already."
Them, "Oh, you do? It doesn't show on Google maps..."
Me, "Yup, bye."

 

[Frindis]

Anyway, yeah, I'm pretty sure occasional crooks come around to size up the house. See who's home, if there's a dog, etc.

I bark at the door myself on occasions. It works

They probably go "Holy Sht, that is some weird-sounding dog, probably got rabies!"

 

[Frag Maniac]

that machine might soon be redundant

Its also becoming so expensive to create that its hard to profit off the products.

there is another way:

This is just another proposed way, that has yet to produce actual chips. Like she says in the video, producing an actual chip is FAR harder than just proving etch size. It also starts looking like an AI advertisement halfway through, and when she finishes with "subscribe to the channel", it's clear this is mainly about her using any means to make money off her YT channel. If Substrate really had any relevant proof they would be showing a video of their own. Her elaborating on AI makes it clear she's looking for AI trend hit points.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love it if the US dominated chip manufacturing, but Trump having struck one of the biggest deals in US manufacturing history with TSMC recently says a lot I think. Trump may not be as smart as he claims, but he's business smart enough to reach out to experts in the field. As the gal in the video said towards the end, XLight and others are looking to improve the EUV manufacturing process via other forms of light, which would use existing EUV Lithography machines that are proven.

I think Trump knows and even said the ideal would be an American company like Substrate being the manufacturing model for microchips, and who knows, that day may come, but a huge TSMC factory in Arizona meantime will help boost the economy. We'd all just LOVE the latest chip tech to come twice as fast at half the price, but whenever faster/cheaper is the claim, it's usually less quality, or more expensive than first thought. It reminds me of when LG was claiming OLEDs could be produced cheap and fast with inkjet-like printing. It turned out that was not quite the case, they needed encapsulation just to be reliable enough, and they are still more expensive than LCD.

 

[Zloth]

My brother's family got back from vacation and brought back a little vegemite from the hotel. YOW! That's some strong stuff! I didn't really like it, but I think I could get used to it. Eat it on a roll, associate it with something fun... yeah, it would work. I also think it could double as shoe polish - something you can't get from peanut butter or BBQ sauce.

My wife asked me if I wanted to go to Hawaii with her in a couple of weeks. I've been before and enjoyed it, but I am now psychologically incapable of enduring a 15 hour flight. The pilot would crash land in the ocean just so he could throw me off the plane.

Oh, no need! Modern planes have a new feature! The toilets have a setting that let them expunge troublesome passeng.... wait. Has YouTube been lying to me again?

 

[Zed Clampet]

My brother's family got back from vacation and brought back a little vegemite from the hotel. YOW! That's some strong stuff! I didn't really like it, but I think I could get used to it. Eat it on a roll, associate it with something fun... yeah, it would work. I also think it could double as shoe polish - something you can't get from peanut butter or BBQ sauce.


Oh, no need! Modern planes have a new feature! The toilets have a setting that let them expunge troublesome passeng.... wait. Has YouTube been lying to me again?

A girl offered me a bite of her vegemite one time, she just had it on a piece of white sandwich bread, but I told her 'no', and of course I've regretted that. But since you mentioned it, I checked Amazon, and of course it's there. I can get a giant tub of it delivered tomorrow, but that seems a bit aggressive. I'll go for the small jar.

 

[Colif]

The secret to Vegemite is to use as little as possible on toast. Calling it a spread is just a trap.

Or maybe I am wrong

 

[Frag Maniac]

The secret to Vegemite is to use as little as possible on toast. Calling it a spread is just a trap.

Or maybe I am wrong

I think Gordon Ramsay would use one of his typical "looks like something coming out of my Bulldog's rear" responses with this one.

 

[BeardyHat]

This is just another proposed way, that has yet to produce actual chips. Like she says in the video, producing an actual chip is FAR harder than just proving etch size. It also starts looking like an AI advertisement halfway through, and when she finishes with "subscribe to the channel", it's clear this is mainly about her using any means to make money off her YT channel. If Substrate really had any relevant proof they would be showing a video of their own. Her elaborating on AI makes it clear she's looking for AI trend hit points.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love it if the US dominated chip manufacturing, but Trump having struck one of the biggest deals in US manufacturing history with TSMC recently says a lot I think. Trump may not be as smart as he claims, but he's business smart enough to reach out to experts in the field. As the gal in the video said towards the end, XLight and others are looking to improve the EUV manufacturing process via other forms of light, which would use existing EUV Lithography machines that are proven.

I think Trump knows and even said the ideal would be an American company like Substrate being the manufacturing model for microchips, and who knows, that day may come, but a huge TSMC factory in Arizona meantime will help boost the economy. We'd all just LOVE the latest chip tech to come twice as fast at half the price, but whenever faster/cheaper is the claim, it's usually less quality, or more expensive than first thought. It reminds me of when LG was claiming OLEDs could be produced cheap and fast with inkjet-like printing. It turned out that was not quite the case, they needed encapsulation just to be reliable enough, and they are still more expensive than LCD.

This was my impression of that video as well. "If" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this video and without any tangible examples or research actually coming out of Substrate, this appears dubious at best.

Also, just the way she's talking about it kind of rubs me the wrong way. Very hyped and seems obvious inclined to push this idea on us, which immediately gets my hackles up and inclines me to keep my distance.

Finally got off my butt and posted some of my stuff to eBay to clear it out. I've been switching between three tablets lately to try and figure out which one is best and I can never decide; that said, I finally did decide that it's time to get rid of the Surface Pro 7 I've had for a month or so now. It's a cool little machine, but being fanless severely limits its performance and it's just not capable of doing what I'd like it do to do. It's also a little bit too heavy and unwieldy at 12", which I think I could get over if it was doing what I wanted performance wise.

Also finally selling a different Android tablet I bought over the summer, which was nice, but ultimately budget friendly and again, lacking in performance. I picked-up a used Samsung Galaxy Tab for nearly half the price that performs significantly better.

Though I may also be getting rid of that, as well as my Surface Go 2, haven't decided yet.