Andy Randall

also das gegenteil von berlin halt

General Henry Humphrey Evans Lloyd, 1720-1783

Henry Lloyd again:

“The monarch, ignorant of their miseries, sits down in peace, enjoys his pleasures, regardless of the ultimate event, because it seldom affects his throne. He makes war or peace to gratify his own caprice, or that of a favourite.” - 1781

Working with btrfs and common troubleshooting Tips and tricks for solving issues related to btrfs on Flatcar.

flatcar actually recommends against btrfs
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Nice!

ohwow das wusste ich nicht. schnell, alles löschen...

but that's not a conflict - the duty to the military profession also requires them to not obey an illegal order. Or rather, it shouldn't be in a functioning system... oh yeah.

true… but still impressive that they got as far as they did with a single postgres server

How OpenAI is scaling the PostgreSQL database to 800 million users and what it means for your enterprise For enterprises deploying AI applications with similar read-heavy workloads and unpredictable traffic spikes, OpenAI's approach provides a tested alternative to distributed databases.

This is the kind of tech story we need to see more of: solid, proven open source solution scales to hundreds of millions of users without breaking a sweat. Boring is good.

💪 #PostgreSQL — or more specifically Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server — FTW.

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even Charles I had a trial before execution

Just count yourself lucky you weren’t murdered, mate.

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Trillium sucked so bad tho. Right concept but today it would need companies to be legally compelled to open up closed ecosystems.

Why why why do normies insist on WhatsApp? When you suggest they use Signal, it’s like you proposed they try bestiality. Even when you get them to install it, a few months later they’ll have gotten a new phone and installed WA on it but no Signal.

Post an image you can hear

mailbox.org

oh but that “log in with google” is a sweet sweet drug

homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting at a table and bart says " i hate your ideas " Alt: homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting at a table and Homer says " i hate your ideas and wish to unsubscribe from your newsletter”

aggressively unsubscribing, moving off gmail to new mail server, feels like a digital enema. recommended.

Darkness

@michaelharriot.bsky.social is an amazing story teller. BHM isn’t dry or woke, it’s enthralling and humbling and always contains lessons for today.

Ohno enshittification even hit REI - member rewards redemption period reduced from 21 months to 12.

no need to brag, Noah

A Crucial memory package labeled 32GB kit, 2x16GB DDR4-2666 SODIMM

Found this in a box. We‘re gonna be rich!

people acting surprised but what did you think they would be doing with the $75 billion congress gave them? if you give a mouse a cookie...

Cartoon still of Wile E Coyote next to a bomb that’s been lit, with his fingers in his ears

"It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor

And pre twitter, facebook etc.

it's been nearly 2 years since I wrote this (free to read) piece about Signal: why you want it, how it works, why it's better than most alternatives. I even included an example of how little information Signal can hand over if it gets a warrant for a phone number law enforcement already has