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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Imminent meeting with Xi; seems like a good bargaining chip. Seems clear he's calling out cheating on zero yield test thresholds with the "equal basis" language (Russia was reportedly guilty of this in 2019 IIRC). It will be
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
> most people expected your servers to be in Pacific or Eastern time I was there back then, working for shops people have heard of, and I honestly don't know where you're getting this idea from. Some places did things wild and
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
I've had to try to clean up after a similar early decision and it was very painful. Please stick with utc across the board people, someone someday may have to clean up your mess.
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Paying for what, the website? The new structure is being paid for by private donations, as is the norm.
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Nice work! Excellent, advertising-free live streams to choose from here: https://www.youtube.com/@MontereyBayAquarium/streams I often turn on the kelp forest (sound muted) as a pleasing backdrop on my living room TV, b
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Their trend towards walking away from the community is a major red flag to me. If we're going to need to swap them out for an alternative at some point, better to get on it now than wait until we're forced to do so.
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Part of it is the trend of MinIO walking away from community customers. That to me is not a good sign, especially when it comes to project longevity. Do projects that do this kind of thing continue to flourish and thrive? I'm not sure
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Pure anecdata: the fact that this is happening at all has us (at work) looking for alternatives. Once we finalize on the best one we'll swap out MinIO permanently. I can't imagine we're the only ones, but who knows?
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
The fact that these things are happening at all is enough for us to shop for alternatives. MinIO will be completely gone as soon as we identify the best option and get it rolled out, which should be rather quickly. If they were hoping to dr
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
No, they aren't. Wired did a pretty good little story on how someone mis-entered a billing code: https://www.wired.com/story/no-ice-probably-didnt-buy-guided... https://archive.ph/Dddxr
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
It would take a combination of accumulated goodwill, unity, a significant legislative majority to overcome the filibuster, and a perceived mandate from the people (particularly in certain swing states) to survive the blowback that would fol
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
It's not a luxury room like drug lords have had in corrupt countries. He's in the VIP wing, which means life generally sucks except he won't have to worry about random violence or gang politics. It's a lot better than no
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
That doesn't mean their intelligence services aren't also stoking various fires, some calling for more inquiries. Discord is to their benefit. A politician who is no longer able to exert influence going to prison isn't a big
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
They would do it if they had the political capital, and further they will tell you as much. Why would I not believe candidates who have spent their political life advocating the banning of the most popular rifle in America? When someone sho
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Mahindra sells lots of tractors. Somehow that both vibes with Lamborghini (who were a tractor company too) — and really doesn't.
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
IIRC Carnegie Mellon did a study years ago which showed that you could not unbox a new Windows machine, connect it "directly" to the Internet, and get it fully patched before it was pwned.
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
IRL the way we do it is separating the business network (Youtube, finance people, HR, etc.) from the operational network (relays and sensors). You use data diodes to send business-critical data from the operational network to the business n
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
In what way? It seems reliable enough. I admit I don't check it constantly, but I've not noticed outages impacting my perhaps middling usage.
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Business idea: Allergen Aerator Generate a miasma of benign pestilence in your child's crib, mimicking the protective inoculations provided by early exposure to peanuts and other potential allergens, "farm" air, and the like.
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
The Russians have laser dazzlers designed to degrade/"jam" electro-optical imaging satellites. These are currently mounted to trucks and at least one airborne testbed. They are significantly more powerful than laser pointers
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
What a wonderful interface. Well done.
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
McNealy was talking about data collection in everyday life, activities the user is a knowing part of (or at least could be knowing were they digitally savvy). NSO makes spyware that is designed to evade detection by even the savvy. It'
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
To add to that, a good friend of mine is a welder and machinist (and still using Linux on the desktop years after I set him up). A robot 'helper' that just moves things around and maybe does basic machine work (cutting pipe and th
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
I think Russia has been quite restrained. I'm not defending them in any way, but many Ukrainians still have electric power, running water, and other trappings of modern society. If the present Russian regime chose otherwise I'm no
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Fun fact: the B-2 bomber has a LIDAR-based contrail detection sensor, called the Pilot Alert System. https://tridsys.com/our-divisions/optical-precision-sensors/
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Improvised plunger-type fuzes depend on the bomb(let) falling straight down. This ensures that occurs, but takes up very little packing space compared to a more conventional empennage. A straight up-and-down attitude also tends to increase
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
This looks perfect for bomblets. I imagine the Ukrainians are already stamping these out of plastic somewhere.
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
You do when you're flying low and you need to escape the munition's effective radius. Retarded bombs are slowed with a variety of mechanisms, from spring-loaded airbrakes to inflatable ballutes to parachutes. Fuzing can range from
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Combat-proven software that helps put warheads on foreheads in compressed timescales. I'm not talking about development projects or what could happen, I'm referring to applications that are being used right now. There's a mas
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by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Based on my direct personal experience, this is a counterfactual statement. It's sad when partisan politics so overwhelms discourse that people just make up nonsense because they don't like the CEO of a company.

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