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> (try and get a new car in the UK that won't actively beep at you for going faster than it thinks you should drive) This is a thing now? Is this at least a UK-specific "feature"?

In the early 2020s, I was driving at night in rural America on a daily basis in a nineties car with pre-LED yellow lights. There were plenty of animals in the road, and I never fel…

I had a cat for a while that seemed surprisingly capable when he was motivated. The most interesting thing I saw him pull off was pushing a heavy bag of cat food off the top of a r…

Maybe more like 2008 recession-era GM?

Non-authwall link: https://xcancel.com/spendergrsec/status/1979997322646786107

At this point, does not carrying a smartphone become a form of protest?

Uh, no. As someone that's worked on these switches (and transport gear associated with them), you can still go from one end of the United States to the other without hitting a pack…

The one thing I'll say here is age of the language really is and always has been a superficial argument; it's only six years apart from Python, and it's far less controversial of a…

Circuit switched class five offices are still very plentiful though, and DS3-based transit networks are still nationwide. So if you want it, you can absolutely still experience pho…

From the sound of it, it might be: https://www.talospace.com/2025/07/power11-hits-market-this-m... .

My understanding is there's issues around POWER10 that stopped it from being adopted: https://www.talospace.com/2021/09/its-not-just-omi-thats-tro... . For me personally, having wo…

Raptor Systems makes a bunch of ATX compatible POWER motherboards. As to who buys them, it's not entirely clear. If they were a little cheaper, I'd pick one up in a heartbeat. $3,0…

I love working with the POWER ISA, it makes me happy to see they're still making high performance chips. I really wish these were more accessible to the average user though.

It looks like it's back up - sort of. Loading very slowly, anyway. After a compromise like this, I'm a little surprised.