Comment cases (Score 1) 39
I stopped using cases years ago
Comment Re:I remember my "SlackWare Linux Unleashed" book (Score 1) 51
1994 I was downloading one of the earlier versions of Slackware over my SLIP dialup on a 28.8k. Downloaded the packages over FTP. This was 1.x versions. Man that was lifetime ago. I also remember transitioning the libraries from a.out to ELF. At some point I got my hands on a CD-ROM for Redhat Linux 2.2 Beta I want to say. It wasn't an official release and isn't listed anywhere as such that I can find today, but I swear it existed.
Comment simpsons episode (Score 1) 38
Can't but help thinking about the 3-eyed fish in that Simpsons episode that blinked in echelon.
Comment i predict (Score 1) 245
that he's the first to be tried at the Nuremburg redux
Comment Re: Finally! (Score 2) 15
Hello fellow low UID o.g.!
Comment ho hum (Score 1) 381
Not gonna lose sleep over a fascist supporting racist no longer contributing carbon dioxide.
Comment First post! (Score 5, Informative) 49
Apologies, it's been about 25 years since I did this.
Comment long time vmware admin here (Score 1) 70
Please please please do something to revive this product. Broadcom is the devil.
Comment Re:What are the alternatives for enterprise scale? (Score 2) 125
A mix of KVM (Proxmox) and container orchestration (sitting on baremetal or Proxmox).
Looking at Apache CloudStack for multi-tenant cloud provisioning.
Comment Re:Slow burner (Score 1, Informative) 12
Threads is essentially filled with engagement farmers and cam girls. There are a lot of Twitter expats, but Threads purposefully suppresses news where it can which to me is beyond belief. I have journalist friends that are absolutely frustrated because "X" is now elevating Nazis and MAGA, Threads suppresses news and they're not getting anywhere near the engagement, and BlueSky and even moreso Mastadon are ghost towns. So now they go back to "X" where they get more engagement.
If Threads could just clone old Twitter it would be massively popular.
Comment robber baron (Score 1) 251
Apartheid Clyde
Space Caligula
Space Karen
L Ron Musk
El Lon Tubbard
Sissy SpaceX
Comment Re:Mosquitoes have no right to exist. (Score 2) 68
One of their primary functions is to keep humans and others away from dense, fragile ecosystems. A logger coming into clear a forest for example.
Submission + - Boeing Capsule Sets Off (bbc.com)
dbialac writes:
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has begun its journey back to Earth — but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying are staying behind on the International Space Station. The empty craft, which has been switched to autonomous mode, has undocked from the orbiting lab.
While we've nearly all had to deal with flight delays, this one takes the cake.
Submission + - Electrocuted Birds Are Bursting Into Flames and Starting Wildfires (gizmodo.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Electrocuted, flaming bird carcasses are falling off of power lines and causing wildfires across the U.S. This surprisingly common phenomenon has been responsible for at least three Colorado wildfires so far this summer. These events are not isolated. A 2022 study found that electrocuted birds caused 44 wildfires in the contiguous United States between 2014 and 2018. That study was led by Taylor Barnes, a biologist who now works for electric utility company EDM International. In the paper, Barnes wrote that “avian-caused ignitions” happen when a bird sits on an overhead power line. For reasons that can vary from case to case, sometimes the bird receives a powerful electrical shock, setting its feathers on fire. The dead or dying bird then falls, and, on occasion, lands in some brush or other flammable material.
“Sometimes they burst into flames,” Barnes told 9News, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. “Sometimes they just fall dead. Not every bird that is electrocuted will fall to the ground and start a fire.” Odds are, you’ve seen birds perched on electrical wires countless times without witnessing spontaneous sparrow combustion. Barnes said birds just going for a sit pose no threat. Because the birds are not touching the ground, the electricity in the power line has no way to the ground and is not dangerous to them. It’s only when the birds get into a part of the power infrastructure where a circuit can be completed that they end up crispy. [...]
It’s not clear what happened to the birds involved in Colorado’s other two recent fires, which occurred on July 31 and August 27. No people were injured or killed in the incidents. According to Barnes’ 2022 study, the area of California coast known as the state’s Mediterranean ecoregion has the highest density of wildfires set off by avian ignitions. In the paper, he advised authorities in the area and other fire-prone regions to look into modifying power poles to prevent these electrocutions. Given the devastating effects fires can have and how common they’ve become, it’s surely worth the investment to keep our feathered friends in flight and not on fire.
“Sometimes they burst into flames,” Barnes told 9News, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. “Sometimes they just fall dead. Not every bird that is electrocuted will fall to the ground and start a fire.” Odds are, you’ve seen birds perched on electrical wires countless times without witnessing spontaneous sparrow combustion. Barnes said birds just going for a sit pose no threat. Because the birds are not touching the ground, the electricity in the power line has no way to the ground and is not dangerous to them. It’s only when the birds get into a part of the power infrastructure where a circuit can be completed that they end up crispy. [...]
It’s not clear what happened to the birds involved in Colorado’s other two recent fires, which occurred on July 31 and August 27. No people were injured or killed in the incidents. According to Barnes’ 2022 study, the area of California coast known as the state’s Mediterranean ecoregion has the highest density of wildfires set off by avian ignitions. In the paper, he advised authorities in the area and other fire-prone regions to look into modifying power poles to prevent these electrocutions. Given the devastating effects fires can have and how common they’ve become, it’s surely worth the investment to keep our feathered friends in flight and not on fire.
Comment Re:Journalism (Score 1) 97
Point being, it went from objective journalism to a pointed sword to one target, and one target only. Ignoring absolutely everything else.
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