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		By: Snow on Pine		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/20/open-thread-7-20-24/#comment-2751651</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Snow on Pine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just this morning I stumbled upon this very interesting and entertaining lecture by an archeologist/anthropologist about his recent revolutionary findings in an almost inaccessible cave in southern Africa.

This guy is quite a showman, and his discoveries are, it seems, revolutionary.*

*  See  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiGfMBSxB4g]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just this morning I stumbled upon this very interesting and entertaining lecture by an archeologist/anthropologist about his recent revolutionary findings in an almost inaccessible cave in southern Africa.</p>
<p>This guy is quite a showman, and his discoveries are, it seems, revolutionary.*</p>
<p>*  See  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiGfMBSxB4g" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiGfMBSxB4g</a></p>
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		By: Snow on Pine		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/20/open-thread-7-20-24/#comment-2751608</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Snow on Pine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 19:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What a coinkydink!

A couple of hours after my wife and I were discussing our household and personal electronics potentially spying on us, and an hour or less after I wrote the comment about this above,  what do I get but an E-mail touting an article from my VPN provider asking the question, are your electronics spying on you?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a coinkydink!</p>
<p>A couple of hours after my wife and I were discussing our household and personal electronics potentially spying on us, and an hour or less after I wrote the comment about this above,  what do I get but an E-mail touting an article from my VPN provider asking the question, are your electronics spying on you?</p>
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		By: Art Deco		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/20/open-thread-7-20-24/#comment-2751597</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Deco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 18:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reuters is reporting Sundown Joe has withdrawn from the race.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reuters is reporting Sundown Joe has withdrawn from the race.</p>
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		By: Snow on Pine		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/20/open-thread-7-20-24/#comment-2751591</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Snow on Pine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 17:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[P.S.  Another suspect is our TV remotes.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>P.S.  Another suspect is our TV remotes.</p>
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		By: Snow on Pine		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/20/open-thread-7-20-24/#comment-2751581</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Snow on Pine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 16:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Big Brother Hears All--

Having read how many of our new appliances have an Internet connection and can, thus, potentially listen in to us in our homes, and report to who knows where, I have avoided buying things like new refrigerators (trying to reestablish my router&#039;s connection to the Internet the other day, I noticed one of the other possible connection points is a nearby neighbor&#039;s refrigerator) and coffee makers with this capability.  

No Amazon products which listen in, SIRI is supposedly turned off on my I Phone, and my security cameras supposedly don&#039;t have the ability to listen in, but are, nonetheless, pointing outward. However, I do have and routinely wear an Apple watch.

A relative moved out to a western state, and we were talking to her on the phone about her new house and, later, my wife and I were talking about the real estate situation in that state--a state which we had never talked about before. 

Well, lo and behold, yesterday, out of the blue, my Youtube feed featured a lot of ads for real estate in the state that this relative had moved to. 

My wife also noted that, a couple of days ago, she was talking--outside--to a neighbor about the subject of Humming birds and, lo and behold,  the next day she got an ad from an organization dealing with gardens and humming birds that she hadn&#039;t heard from in several years.  

Quite a couple of coincidences, huh?

So either some device or other is listening in on our conversations and/or Big Brother has developed such an accurate profile of us that it can very accurately predict the subjects we will be interested in, and currently discussing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Big Brother Hears All&#8211;</p>
<p>Having read how many of our new appliances have an Internet connection and can, thus, potentially listen in to us in our homes, and report to who knows where, I have avoided buying things like new refrigerators (trying to reestablish my router&#8217;s connection to the Internet the other day, I noticed one of the other possible connection points is a nearby neighbor&#8217;s refrigerator) and coffee makers with this capability.  </p>
<p>No Amazon products which listen in, SIRI is supposedly turned off on my I Phone, and my security cameras supposedly don&#8217;t have the ability to listen in, but are, nonetheless, pointing outward. However, I do have and routinely wear an Apple watch.</p>
<p>A relative moved out to a western state, and we were talking to her on the phone about her new house and, later, my wife and I were talking about the real estate situation in that state&#8211;a state which we had never talked about before. </p>
<p>Well, lo and behold, yesterday, out of the blue, my Youtube feed featured a lot of ads for real estate in the state that this relative had moved to. </p>
<p>My wife also noted that, a couple of days ago, she was talking&#8211;outside&#8211;to a neighbor about the subject of Humming birds and, lo and behold,  the next day she got an ad from an organization dealing with gardens and humming birds that she hadn&#8217;t heard from in several years.  </p>
<p>Quite a couple of coincidences, huh?</p>
<p>So either some device or other is listening in on our conversations and/or Big Brother has developed such an accurate profile of us that it can very accurately predict the subjects we will be interested in, and currently discussing.</p>
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		By: om		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/20/open-thread-7-20-24/#comment-2751573</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[om]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 15:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sunday Open Thread - World Defense industry stuff/ North Korea

&lt;b&gt;North Korean Military Capabilities &#038; Strategy - Nukes, Numbers &#038; (bad) Economics - Perun&lt;/b&gt;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF5SSQA8VPU

&lt;blockquote&gt;
00:00:00 — Opening Words
 00:01:05 — What Am I Talking About?
 00:01:43 — The Great Unknowns
 00:02:35 — History
 00:07:21 — Lesson - The Songun Paradox
 00:16:48 — Defining Objectives
 00:27:55 — The KPA
 00:47:48 — The Air Force
 00:53:32 — Naval Component
 00:57:31 — Nuclear Program
 01:06:07 — The Russia Connection
 01:09:25 — Channel Update
&lt;/blockquote&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sunday Open Thread &#8211; World Defense industry stuff/ North Korea</p>
<p><b>North Korean Military Capabilities &amp; Strategy &#8211; Nukes, Numbers &amp; (bad) Economics &#8211; Perun</b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF5SSQA8VPU" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF5SSQA8VPU</a></p>
<blockquote><p>
00:00:00 — Opening Words<br />
 00:01:05 — What Am I Talking About?<br />
 00:01:43 — The Great Unknowns<br />
 00:02:35 — History<br />
 00:07:21 — Lesson &#8211; The Songun Paradox<br />
 00:16:48 — Defining Objectives<br />
 00:27:55 — The KPA<br />
 00:47:48 — The Air Force<br />
 00:53:32 — Naval Component<br />
 00:57:31 — Nuclear Program<br />
 01:06:07 — The Russia Connection<br />
 01:09:25 — Channel Update
</p></blockquote>
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		By: AesopFan		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/20/open-thread-7-20-24/#comment-2751538</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AesopFan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 06:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For huxley as our resident AI guru:
https://notthebee.com/article/cheatgpt-94-percent-of-ai-written-college-exams-go-undetected-in-startling-study]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For huxley as our resident AI guru:<br />
<a href="https://notthebee.com/article/cheatgpt-94-percent-of-ai-written-college-exams-go-undetected-in-startling-study" rel="nofollow ugc">https://notthebee.com/article/cheatgpt-94-percent-of-ai-written-college-exams-go-undetected-in-startling-study</a></p>
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		By: AesopFan		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/20/open-thread-7-20-24/#comment-2751530</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AesopFan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 05:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Combining two favorites, suggested by YouTube based on Neo&#039;s link to Ballet Reign: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_j5h2Aju0c
Dancers React to TWOSET VIOLIN doing BALLET]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Combining two favorites, suggested by YouTube based on Neo&#8217;s link to Ballet Reign:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_j5h2Aju0c" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_j5h2Aju0c</a><br />
Dancers React to TWOSET VIOLIN doing BALLET</p>
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		By: huxley		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/20/open-thread-7-20-24/#comment-2751517</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[huxley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 03:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Re: Biden 2016 

Abraxas:

Yes, being broken up over a son&#039;s death, yet bitterly resenting being passed over for Hillary in 2016 is entirely consistent with Biden as I understand him.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: Biden 2016 </p>
<p>Abraxas:</p>
<p>Yes, being broken up over a son&#8217;s death, yet bitterly resenting being passed over for Hillary in 2016 is entirely consistent with Biden as I understand him.</p>
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		By: ObloodyHell		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/07/20/open-thread-7-20-24/#comment-2751488</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ObloodyHell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2024 22:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nice vid, Neo... I lack your devotion to the ballet, but they are clearly having a lot of fun, and it bleeds into the viewer. 

&quot;Surrender to the boink&quot;. LMAO.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice vid, Neo&#8230; I lack your devotion to the ballet, but they are clearly having a lot of fun, and it bleeds into the viewer. </p>
<p>&#8220;Surrender to the boink&#8221;. LMAO.</p>
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