yabones

7 ms·

61.
by yabones 8mo ago
They struck out with food, so it's only fair they got a free money machine from hydro, wind, and oil/gas ;)
62.
by yabones 8mo ago
Standing on the breaks frequently is how you end up with warped rotors, so there's some nuance here. Once in a while will stop rust and guck building up, frequently and you're replacing the discs early.
63.
by yabones 9mo ago
They work best for things that a human has to move, and since a good chunk of humans (at least in US/CA) have iPhones, the movement of the physical thing will be tracked by an iPhone fairly reliably. Any time the critter is outside the
64.
by yabones 9mo ago
Isn't massive tech conglomerates locking people into their ecosystems how we got here in the first place? The quest to replace US with EU products is really just treating symptoms of the problems that tech has created in the past 2-3 d
65.
by yabones 9mo ago
Exchange online is down down. All the MX records are returning SERVFAIL, so something has gone quite badly on MS's side. It could be load shedding, or their authoritative DNS has blown up. IMAP seems to also be having some sort of pr
66.
by yabones 9mo ago
American trade policy has gone so far in the direction of Mercantilism that both the Neoliberal and the Keynesian economists can agree on something. That's not a good thing.
67.
by yabones 9mo ago
I don't think anybody would earnestly argue that anything is "completely safe" because that's not how risk management works. The exhaust of 250 years of fossil fuel energy production is stored in your lungs and bloodst
68.
by yabones 9mo ago
Not really... Most F150s have a 5.5' bed which is pathetically small. You can't fit a sheet of plywood or a 2x4 in there without having the tailgate down. You can only really buy full-sized long box trucks if you're part of a
69.
by yabones 9mo ago
I think the niche for EV's in Canada will be regional-ish transportation... I would love to see a network of chargers that fully cover the Trans-Canada Highway, but there are still some pretty significant gaps, for example Hwy 17 - If
70.
by yabones 9mo ago
There are a massive amount of new EVs in Quebec, which isn't exactly tropical. Part of it is subsidies, $2K for new EV, and $600 for charging. The other thing is the crazy scale of hydroelectric production in that province, some of w
71.
by yabones 9mo ago
The reality probably isn't far off... I know in the past the "breaches of critical infrastructure" breathlessly reported by the media have actually just been wide-open SNMPv2 services using the default community string. I&#x2
72.
by yabones 9mo ago
They do - well sort of. The most essential check is SPF and DKIM which authenticate if the message has come from an authorized server. The problem is that most mail services are too lenient with mismatched sender identification. On one hand
73.
by yabones 9mo ago
If I'm remembering correctly, it's because the previous government set the price floor to the average natural gas price, artificially propping up their north sea oil & gas industry that's been noncompetitive for decades.
74.
by yabones 9mo ago
GM-5 is probably the greatest pocket-size mirrorless, and maybe the last. The GX-85 is also great, but it does have a larger grip and more of a shoulder at the top. The G-100D is also quite small, but the faux pentaprism at the top makes it
75.
by yabones 9mo ago
This is a good thing. It might inconvenience some old suburban men that have no hobbies other than making their lawn look like astroturf, but those of us that breathe air regularly should be asking for this in their own jurisdiction. Unlike
76.
by yabones 9mo ago
I agree in theory, but doing so would have been very difficult practically. The IPv4 header structure is very rigid, and it wouldn't have been possible to just add more bits to the src/dst fields without breaking things. The only
77.
by yabones 10mo ago
I agree, though it takes some discipline to keep it simple and small. It can be really easy to let your clusters get huge, tools get complex, operator sprawl, etc. but keeping it simple and understandable is worth it in the long term. The
78.
by yabones 10mo ago
Yeah, I don't see a way to get around the fact that space is a fabulous insulator. That's precisely how expensive insulated drink containers work so well. If it was just about cooling and power availability, you'd think peo
79.
by yabones 10mo ago
Call me old-school, but I really liked how EV certs looked in the browser. Same with the big green lock icon Firefox used to have. I know it's all theatrics at best and a scam at worst, but I really feel like it's a bit of a dow
80.
by yabones 10mo ago
The correct way would be to publish packages on a proper registry/repository and install them with a package manager. For example, create a 3rd party Debian repository, and import the config & signing key on install. It's more
81.
by yabones 11mo ago
A NAS will use a network file protocol (SMB/NFS/AFP/SFTP etc) to access data rather than direct disk access, so the types of failures are different. Generally you don't really have to "eject" but disconnecting
82.
by yabones 11mo ago
Yeah, this is textbook "shadow IT" that could easily lead to something going seriously wrong. It's a fun example, but not something to aspire to. Ultimately the problem is that in a lot of big corps, IT is basically unaccount
83.
by yabones 11mo ago
Chopping the plug is a very good idea, everybody should practice that. I once had a recurring problem with patch cables between workstations and drops going bad, four or five in one area that had never had that failure rate before. Turns ou
84.
by yabones 11mo ago
Heh, very true. These days most new cars have a 1.0-1.5 turbo (or hybrid) rather than a larger 2.0 NA. And even 20 years ago most European cars were around 1.5 or less because of their higher fuel prices and registration taxes. I'm a b
85.
by yabones 11mo ago
When cost and reliability is no concern, you can do truly crazy things... > 2.0-liter boxer engine ... 670 horsepower and 680 lb-ft of torque Those are V10 numbers coming from something the size you'd find in an econo-box. Obviously
86.
by yabones 11mo ago
It's funny, because it's also one of the most "gotcha-filled" things you can do. Click the wrong box, and they'll stick you in a seat with no leg room or make you pay extra for a carry-on bag. I have very little con
87.
by yabones 11mo ago
All you need to know about Toronto is that the generational effort to build a raccoon-resistant trash can has failed every time. They're unstoppable beasts! Example: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto&#x2F
88.
by yabones 11mo ago
Ah, interesting. Much more complicated than I'd think, especially as somebody not from those parts. https://xkcd.com/1739/ - but with "terraforming"
89.
by yabones 11mo ago
No wonder the lake is drying up with so much irrigation for agriculture, and an absurd number of golf courses in a very small area. https://www.google.ca/maps/@33.6867973,-116.2608676,25994m It's clear to me as an
90.
by yabones 11mo ago
That was exactly the goal with the Buffalo Bicycle project, and I'd say it worked pretty well. Make a bike that's mechanically simple & reliable, maintainable with common tools, and train technicians to fix and upkeep them. Ba

More ›