I remember reading a presser about how this cloud vendor was using robots for all kinds of tasks in their datacentre and it was super efficient because automation. But it never actually happened. They still have humans racking servers. The last 10% is hard.

The food bill for those kids today would be pretty close to the median gross income in USA.

matrix_screensaver.exe and the like was popular for a bit.

I’ve learned recently, by buying pozi head screwdrivers, that they’re not so bad. But it is unnecessary. Torx or Robertson please.

WhatsApp is retiring e2e encryption I think

They use the Signal protocol which has protections against a malicious server MITMing the conversation but it requires vigilant users.

The result is property developers buying up swathes of land and leaving it vacant until the market reaches a frenzy and they can charge an unholy price for their crappy tract homes built by subcontractors under extreme cost reduction pressures. It doesn’t meet market demand, not remotely.

Zoning and local councils are certainly complicit.

The media needs to call out the crazy people. Everyone has a platform online, which means that crazy people feel validated. Just because someone has a hundred thousand followers doesn’t make them an authority, and the media needs to be critical in what they promote

But emotional responses make clicks. Angry and scared emotional responses make more clicks. And clicks are the only thing that matters to these people.

Fuck winter. I need Sunlight.

I think it’s worth noting that the demands of American roads drive the safety requirements. In America, there’s limited application for a “city car” or truck; just getting around most cities depends on travelling at highway speeds. Even with that said, the safety gear is really only tested for 50kph, not 120. The Hilux Champ is also not marketed in Europe or Australia. The models which are sold there are more expensive, because they won’t kill you in a 60kph crash.

The primary issue is protectionism via Chicken Tax, and there’s a really strong affinity to ‘murican made trucks, even if it nearly bankrupts the owner.

I don’t think these are the same people, to be fair.

These people construct a dream world in which all their problems are the result of “woke”, and in which Russia is a bastion of Conservative values. It’s delusional, and sad, but there’s a lot of influencers talking convincingly about how awful our life is. Sometimes people believe them.

Eat the rich, don’t move to Russia.

For some reason I’ve assumed that high security environments prohibit devices that aren’t secured.

But I should know better, because decision makers are all the same, and want to use their iPad.

ETA: it’s also ironic to see the companies that were protected from any semblance of data privacy legislation sharing the sensitive data they’ve collected, and now it’s a problem.

There’s no reason that the iCloud interface couldn’t be an API that can be any one of the competition, and if they design it reasonably, it could even be encrypted and secure.

Musk, with the cheat code for infinite money.

But even then, nobody likes him.

I put in about 40hrs a year on scraping and painting and the total building envelope is only 160m2, and is much less detailed.

There’s nowhere close to the demand for artisanship anymore. Rich people display their wealth through expensive disposable items, not carefully made things.

“Unresolved issues” is the theme of this admin

This bogus CMA investigation is a failed effort by the Starmer government to pretend it cares about consumers when it has failed to abolish APD (air passenger duty) which would immediately deliver lower fares for all consumers and growth for the UK aviation, tourism and wider economy.

As if you wouldn’t immediately introduce a new way to collect that money for yourselves you money-grubbing felons.

The USA has the oldest written constitution in the world, as far as I know.

And that’s not generally considered a good thing.

It could be worth celebrating the country’s cohesion and prosperity, but it is in desperate need of extensive revisions for the 21st century.

Not even close to most uncomfortable.