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Yes, especially his work own the movie 'Drive' was hugely influential on the popularisation of this genre. I think he was featured in the documentary "The Rise of the Synths" also …

There's some important nuances stated by Ivan Pepelnjak who is considered an authority in networking: https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/06/goodbye-leaf-spine-networks... Although very …

I thought crypto would have solved this ;-)

Dutch police are not as trigger happy as other countries. They take their monopoly on violence quite serious ;-)

I don't have firsthand experience but I do know that IBM mainframes (Z-series) are still actively developed and lifecycled. Whether this is purely financial (as in: we keep the cus…

Let's hope a decision on an alternative platform is made quickly (although I am sceptical due to the bureaucratic maze of NATO procurement). The current AWACS-platform (E-3A) still…

Ow wow, worked ISP support in 1997 - 1999 and indeed recalled having to reinstall TCP/IP stack and tweaking setting to make stuff work. Next to that, gruesome installation of ISDN …

The challenge of implementing this for internet routing is that you'll probably need a whole new protocol implementation as part of either BGP (currently the protocol responsible f…

Damn, only 25%? Luxury!

The reason why we had something like the Delta works was due to a 12 Bft storm hitting our shores in 1953. This infrastructure is built to withstand these kind of storms and protec…

It's bandwidth versus latency. Two different aspects. A live feed going one way works fine over a high('ish) bandwidth link as long as there's no need for interactive (back-and-for…

You probbaly need a specialised crew to do this and as such such fiber won't be installed in your own neighbourhood for your Fiber-to-the-Home connection anytime soon I guess. But,…

If you want to compete you must also invest in associated PaaS and SaaS-services supported by a development framework to code and integrate it all. As mentioned, getting an IaaS pr…

Holding a small amount of cash is even promoted as part of a "survival package" here in The Netherlands. (Next to water, canned food etc.)

The first line is straight out of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy in the same vein as "In the beginning the universe was created. This made a lot of people angry and has widely…

I have been driving VW for decades. Never had any issue apart from some Apple CarPlay snags. Drove Golf, Touran and Tuiguan Allspace. Always a pleasure.

Off course it's safe, something which doesn't drive with a "Critical System Communication Fault" and unable to enter in the first place due to a "Digital Key Failure" is sure as he…

But are they really a sensible alternative to AWS/azure when it comes to developer support etc.? Based on the offerings of European alternatives it seems that everything upto IAAS …

My 85 years old dad uses Win10 right now, but using KDE (or similar environment) seems to be a good alternative. He only uses Firefox and mail anyway.

Almost tempted to do a bid on the Black Lodge Style Red Curtain and Zig-Zag Rug. Almost.. ;-)

Same here. Taking a bath is rare (I do have a bathtub though), but I shower every day, sometimes twice a day after sport.

Core transactions and ledgers run on these. Bank I work for now (contracting job) uses them as their core system.

“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to …

Apart from that you don't want to have the volatility of most crypto to be a means of payment. "wait, my hard earned products are now worth 50 % less than an hour ago because some …