zaphod

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[–] zaphod 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

Headline is clickbaitey, the fact it's a Boeing is irrelevant. This can just happen.

I was on a flight to Colorado from Canada, flying over the Rockies, and we hit a mild patch of turbulence that, without warning, suddenly turned into a quick, long drop that threw folks who weren't belted in out of their seats and sent drinks flying.

The lesson is simple: wear your damn seatbelt and avoid walking around the cabin unnecessarily.

[–] zaphod 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The QAnon Anonymous podcast, which critically explores conspiracy movements in general, is worth checking out if you want a deeper dive into Didulo and the broader conspiracy movements she's connected with. They have a couple of episodes dedicated to her particularly, but also cover things like the sovereign citizen conspiracy theory that she trafficks in.

[–] zaphod 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

She's been around for years and has been thriving in QAnon/sovereign citizen/COVID conspiracy theorist circles without the media coverage.

Shining light on this nutjob is not going to make things any worse, and it's about time normies came to understand the crazy in their midst.

[–] zaphod 2 points 11 months ago

You know what Wesley's mistake was? He wasn't born an Irishman.

[–] zaphod 15 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I stand corrected. One project in Italy and two proofs of concept that never went anywhere.

Truly revolutionary.

[–] zaphod 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You didn't actually read the page you linked to, did you?

Let's just jump to the conclusion:

This author believes it is technologically indefensible to call Fossil a “blockchain” in any sense likely to be understood by a majority of those you’re communicating with. Using a term in a nonstandard way just because you can defend it means you’ve failed any goal that requires clear communication. The people you’re communicating your ideas to must have the same concept of the terms you use.

(Emphasis mine)

Hint: a blockchain is always a Merkel tree, but a Merkel tree is not always a blockchain.

[–] zaphod 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (19 children)

the technology itself has its use cases.

Cool.

Name one successful example.

I mean, it's been, what, 15 years of hype? Surely there must be a successful deployment of a commercially viable and useful blockchain that isn't just a speculative cryptocurrency or derivative thereof, right?

Right?

[–] zaphod 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Take it to an electronics recycling center. Seriously.

If you already have a homelab, you plan to replace it, you don't want to repair it, and you don't have an obvious use case for another machine (it's just another computer; you either have the need for another computer or you don't), then holding onto it is just hoarding.

[–] zaphod 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes I'm aware of the security tradeoffs with testing, which is why I've started refraining from mentioning it as an option as pedants like to pop out of the woodwork and mention this exact issue every damn time.

Also, testing absolutely gets "security support", the issue is that security fixes don't land in testing immediately and so there can be some delay. As per the FAQ:

Security for testing benefits from the security efforts of the entire project for unstable. However, there is a minimum two-day migration delay, and sometimes security fixes can be held up by transitions. The Security Team helps to move along those transitions holding back important security uploads, but this is not always possible and delays may occur.

[–] zaphod 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Thats seriously overstating things. I've been running testing or sid for years and years, and I can only remember a handful of times where anything meaningfully broke. And typically its dependency breakages, not actual software breakages.

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