[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Tsundoku, on 10 December 2025 - 10:03 AM, said:

WTF? Why are component prices going up that much?

From the New York Times:

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The A.I. Boom Is Driving the [US] Economy[...]

[...] A.I. developers and chipmakers are raking in hundreds of billions of dollars in investments. Data centers the size of theme parks are sprouting around the country. Utilities are racing to build new power plants and to bring old ones out of retirement to meet surging electrical demand [...]

Everything tied to artificial intelligence is booming. Just about everything else is not. [...] investments in computer equipment and software accounted for more than 90 percent of growth in [US] gross domestic product in the first half of the year.

https://www.nytimes....om-economy.html

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 10 December 2025 - 12:18 PM

[QuickTidal]

Bubble. The word you’re looking for is BUBBLE ai.zath

[amphibian]

It's absolutely a bubble and the data centers to use these chips, GPUs, or RAM don't exist yet. So these are literally sitting in a series of warehouses.

https://www.wheresyo...-so-what-is-it/

This is close to a panic.

[Cause]

Yeah it’s absolutely crazy.

Crucial one of the big 3 Ram manufacturers has basically said it’s abandoning personal computers and gamers and will focus entirely on ai buyers. That can’t be normal. Which means Ram prices for standard users will skyrocket.

[Tsundoku]

At least 10 dead, many injured in mass shooting at Jewish Hanukkah festival at Bondi beach. 1 suspect dead, another injured and in custody. Possible IED on the site.

https://www.news.com...30a3157e69e5cec

[Tsundoku]

12 dead now.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Tsundoku, on 14 December 2025 - 10:30 AM, said:

At least 10 dead, many injured in mass shooting at Jewish Hanukkah festival at Bondi beach. 1 suspect dead, another injured and in custody. Possible IED on the site.

https://www.news.com...30a3157e69e5cec

Horrible. (And Novakill might want to refrain from performing "Kill Everybody" around Sydney for at least a couple of days...)

Etymology of the name Akram:

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derived from the Arabic root word Karam (كرم), meaning "generosity". In the Arabic language, Akram is a comparative adjective and means "kinder."

Akram - Wikipedia

Wonder whether long-range nonlethal weapons could have stopped it sooner.

There was also a mass shooting yesterday at Brown University (Ivy League school in the United States which I have some personal connections with, though I'm pretty sure no one I know was injured---well, not "physically", at least). Active shooter alert went on for hours with the university and surrounding area on lockdown. People hiding under desks for hours. "Person of interest" taken into custody today but not yet confirmed as a suspect.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Apparently the Bondi beach parade did not include police officers armed with firearms in case an anti-Semitic terrorist attack took place... which seems like a major mistake. (Provided the police are trained not to be trigger-happy...) Granted, I'm basing that on reports that police arrived after the shooting started, which don't explicitly rule out the possibility that there were already police there with assault rifles.

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A mother with a young baby said bubbles floated in the air and music played. Then the gunmen, wearing black, emerged from a small silver hatchback and began firing into the crowd, according to a witness.

[...] Videos from the scene show people fleeing from the busy beach, a half-mile crescent of sand, as the sun set. Panicked people sprinted, jumped over cars and scaled concrete walls, many pulling their children along. [...]

The shooting is the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks in Australia that intensified last year, when arsonists targeted a Jewish business and a synagogue. The violence has unnerved many in the country, which has the world's highest concentration of Holocaust survivors after Israel.

A Hanukkah Attack - The New York Times

Brown University was advising students and faculty to improvise weapons.

Perhaps they should have mentioned that the shooter appeared to only be using a handgun; the body armor needed to survive a handgun blast is much lighter and less cumbersome than what's needed for a rifle. Students who happened to have bulletproof hoodies would have had a good shot at tackling and restraining the shooter (... hey maybe American football is good for something? actually the rugby teams are still pretty good (for the United States...)). Then again, if the shooter had switched over to an assault rifle, that could have led to more deaths, and they may have judged that being blamed for those deaths by taking action would be worse than potentially facilitating more deaths through inaction.

Trump posted on Truth Social yesterday that a suspect had been apprehended... and then a little while later was like oops no the active shooter is still out there.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

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Who is Ahmed al Ahmed? Fruit seller who disarmed Bondi Beach shooter with bare hands

[...] a 43-year-old [...] father of two from Sydney's south. He was walking past the area [...]

[...] Amid the chaos around the Bondi Beach terrorist attack targeting Jews - and the calls to deport all Muslims from Australia - this part of the story shouldn't go unnoticed.

The man who risked his life to disarm a shooter was Ahmed al Ahmed. He's Muslim.

http://timesofindia....w/125962351.cms

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 14 December 2025 - 03:57 PM

[Tsundoku]

Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered - stabbed. Police haven't confirmed the identity of the suspect, but the buzz is it's a close relative.

The Princess Bride (in my all time favourites list, maybe even top 10), When Harry met Sally (another that's right up there), Stand By Me, Spinal Tap, A Few Good Men ... so very sad.

On the other thing that has commanded our media for the last 24+ hours - now the finger pointing is starting, and the over analysis and Mondays Experts, desperately competing with each other for the most outrageous bullshit to get our eyetime.
I thought the comments out of Israel were a bit rich, saying we weren't doing enough to combat antisemitism. You know who is the biggest cause of antisemitism in the world? The Govt of Israel Plus the RWNJs in Israel and the USA who support and enable them, and lobby the USA to continue it's inexplicable policy of funding and arming them to infinity and beyond despite everything.
Criticising the govt of Israel for their shitty actions isn't antisemitism - people need to delink the two. They are not one and the same.
Besides, "Semitic" is a linguistic term that applies to both speakers of Hebrew and Arabic.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 15 December 2025 - 12:57 PM

[QuickTidal]

Tsundoku, on 14 December 2025 - 10:30 AM, said:

At least 10 dead, many injured in mass shooting at Jewish Hanukkah festival at Bondi beach. 1 suspect dead, another injured and in custody. Possible IED on the site.

https://www.news.com...30a3157e69e5cec

Tsundoku, on 14 December 2025 - 11:13 AM, said:

12 dead now.

My gods, this is awful. I'm so sorry this happened at a place meant to be fun and joyful, and especially at a religious event. Horrific. I hope those two are thrown into jail for the rest of their lives.

[QuickTidal]

Tsundoku, on 15 December 2025 - 12:49 PM, said:

Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered - stabbed. Police haven't confirmed the identity of the suspect, but the buzz is it's a close relative.

The Princess Bride (in my all time favourites list, maybe even top 10), When Harry met Sally (another that's right up there), Stand By Me, Spinal Tap, A Few Good Men ... so very sad.

On the other thing that has commanded our media for the last 24+ hours - now the finger pointing is starting, and the over analysis and Mondays Experts, desperately competing with each other for the most outrageous bullshit to get our eyetime.
I thought the comments out of Israel were a bit rich, saying we weren't doing enough to combat antisemitism. You know who is the biggest cause of antisemitism in the world? The Govt of Israel Plus the RWNJs in Israel and the USA who support and enable them, and lobby the USA to continue it's inexplicable policy of funding and arming them to infinity and beyond despite everything.
Criticising the govt of Israel for their shitty actions isn't antisemitism - people need to delink the two. They are not one and the same.
Besides, "Semitic" is a linguistic term that applies to both speakers of Hebrew and Arabic.

Reportedly Nick, their son who has long suffered mental health, drug, and homelessness issues.

So sad.

[Tiste Simeon]

QuickTidal, on 15 December 2025 - 01:18 PM, said:

Tsundoku, on 14 December 2025 - 10:30 AM, said:

At least 10 dead, many injured in mass shooting at Jewish Hanukkah festival at Bondi beach. 1 suspect dead, another injured and in custody. Possible IED on the site.

https://www.news.com...30a3157e69e5cec

Tsundoku, on 14 December 2025 - 11:13 AM, said:

12 dead now.

My gods, this is awful. I'm so sorry this happened at a place meant to be fun and joyful, and especially at a religious event. Horrific. I hope those two are thrown into jail for the rest of their lives.

I've read in a few places that the son was an ex-IDF soldier and that searches for his name spiked the day before the incident in Tel Aviv.

I've not seen confirmation of any of these things, but the narrative fits.

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 15 December 2025 - 06:01 PM, said:

I've read in a few places that the son was an ex-IDF soldier and that searches for his name spiked the day before the incident in Tel Aviv.

I've not seen confirmation of any of these things, but the narrative fits.

I've seen one really dodgy ref to that in an India news source of dubious reliability. Seen anything credible?

[Tiste Simeon]

Abyss, on 15 December 2025 - 10:50 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 15 December 2025 - 06:01 PM, said:

I've read in a few places that the son was an ex-IDF soldier and that searches for his name spiked the day before the incident in Tel Aviv.

I've not seen confirmation of any of these things, but the narrative fits.

I've seen one really dodgy ref to that in an India news source of dubious reliability. Seen anything credible?

Nah just a few different posts dotted around Social Media. The Tel Aviv thing should in theory be easy enough to check.

[Primateus]

My dad died this Monday an after past noon. He was 85 and had pneumonia, which is not a good age to have pneumonia. Especially when you've suffered several years of atrophy due to severe Alzheimers.

He died quietly, peacefully, in his sleep. It was for the best, I know, but I still wish I had just a bit more time with him.

[Tiste Simeon]

Prim I'm so sorry to hear that. It seems he went in one of the best possible ways but still it's hard for those left behind. My sincere condolences - feel free to reach out if you need to vent.

[worry]

My condolences, Primateus. Hope you and your fam can reminisce, through all the rough stuff. Sharing stories and memories is the surest way to still get more time with him.

[amphibian]

Primateus, on 18 December 2025 - 07:03 PM, said:

My dad died this Monday an after past noon. He was 85 and had pneumonia, which is not a good age to have pneumonia. Especially when you've suffered several years of atrophy due to severe Alzheimers.

He died quietly, peacefully, in his sleep. It was for the best, I know, but I still wish I had just a bit more time with him.

I'm sorry about your loss. I hope there's peace eventually for you and yours.

[Slow Ben]

Glad he went out peacefully. Still stinks.

Sorry man.