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> Neglecting to do it or meaning to do it then getting pulled in to some meeting (or other important distraction) and then imagining you did it. If your job is to make sure your fi…

> Defense is starting to get a blank check with fairly bipartisan support for the first time in at least 30-40 years and it's centered on semiconductor supply chains. Really? Becau…

> ZFS isn’t viable for SQLite unless you turn off fsync’s in ZFS Which you can do on a per dataset ('directory') basis very easily: zfs set sync=disabled mydata/mydb001 * https://o…

> SQLite on ZFS needs the Fsync behaviour to be off […] zfs set sync=disabled mydata/mydb001 * https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/7/zfsprops...

> Not sure why you'd need more than 10/8 Large organizations have moved to IPv6 because they, and everyone else, are using 10/8, and so when mergers and acquisitions happen trying …

> Also talked about in Michael Lewis’s book Fifth Risk. Highly recommend that book. Haven't gotten to his most recent Who Is Government? : * https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books…

Yeah: > "The Pentagon ... announced that we are eliminating woke climate change programs and initiatives inconsistent with our core warfighting mission," [Chief Pentagon Spokesman …

> https://gizmodo.com/republicans-project-2025-would-end-free-... John Oliver did an episode on this during Trump 1.0: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGn9T37eR8 * https://www.i…

> What red tape? Anyone can buy/rent a GPU(s) and train stuff. Well previously the Chinese were not able to, but that was changed recently: * https://www.wsj.com/tech/nvidia-wins-o…

"A policeman's job is only easy in a police state." * Touch of Evil , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052311/quotes/?item=qt0321627 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_of_Evil

A lot of motion blur: have they tried adjusting the shutter speed…

> There are true facts, but a human observer can never be sure of them See: > Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Al…

> Agreed, however, people with a good education _usually_ learn think intelligently about a variety of problems. Depends on the problem you're trying to solve. Perhaps it's " how c…

> This administration has zero ability to build or bring people together […] Someone observed a lot of stuff that Trump is doing is through Executive Orders because he really can't…

So there exists a 'Excel World Championship': * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Modeling_World_Cup * https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/2024-excel-world-champi... Can't w…

> Define disproportionately propagating far-right content. How about: > Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts on X after the company’s chat…

> What constitutes illegal algorithm manipulation? What obligations to impartiality do digital space providers like Musk/X have? From another comment that found the statute (in Fre…

Is this different than the investigation that was opened on July 11? * https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2025/07/11/france-p... * https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/france-is…

> […] or moronic cable thieves to access and damage infrastructure Manufacturers should print on the sleeve "fibre optic only. no copper". :) > [Buried pros:] Drunk drivers are no …

Eventual replacement: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Warning_System An upgrade was recently announced with a collaboration with Australia: * https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/n…

> Hadn't thought of that, but it might not be a huge savings unless you were to go ipv6 only. Even a small number of devices/services not supporting IPv6 can have huge costs: > Our…

> IPv6 needs something more to motivate it, a web destination or application that is only available on IPv6. How about not having to pay for (as) beefy CG-NAT hardware because peop…