kunagi7
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Comment · 1 year ago
I started to get 503 errors at 19:36 UTC in my monitoring instance. Opened github.com and looks down to me.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks, I spent the whole day reading this awesome blog, thank you so much for posting it!
I loved the articles about their daily life at the Pole, it feels surreal to see an almost regular building with kitchens, showers and other amenities on the South Pole.
Comment · 2 years ago
That was funny, the "Igor is only powered by Ethernet" phrase made me laugh way too much.
Also, I did not know about Hacker Typer, I will keep it around :).
Comment · 2 years ago
I use several sites like ArtStation, Pixiv and aggregators to download new wallpapers for my devices.
This used to be an entertaining experience to see all the kinds of beautiful art people used to create... But as you said it is getting filled by AI crap. I noticed the same thing with Pixiv, even if I opt-out from AI art, new results from several popular tags are filled with badly tagged AI images.
Now the experience feels tiresome, in some categories I waste too much time filtering between real and AI art. I started to search things produced before 2022-2023 to avoid AI.
This "art" should be uploaded to its own subdomain and never get mixed up with real art.
Comment · 2 years ago
I can use it with a VPN but only if I have an already logged-in session.
Without a logged-in session, I can only see error messages which change randomly. Most of them seem to be either an IP range blocking page or an image with "You broke reddit" message on it.
Comment · 2 years ago
Even if they have a "real" picture or a credible description that is not good enough. Instead of using an anime character a malicious actor could use an image generator [0], they could generate a few images, obtain something credible to most folks, and use that to get a few fake identities going. Sadly, trusting people to be the real thing and not a fake identity on the Internet is difficult now and it will get worse.
Comment · 2 years ago
Seems like AWS did contribute to Redis and has implemented quite a few features [1] and have been partners for quite a while [2]. This could not have any effect for AWS but for other cloud providers instead.
[1] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/how-to-become-a-redi...
[2] https://redis.com/press/strategic-collaboration-agreement-wi...
Comment · 2 years ago
I will keep this script around. Half of the article became "bullshit" and that shows to which kind of public is this information directed to.
Comment · 3 years ago
I am also lucky, I got a Suica in 2017 and I used it ever since in every trip to Japan! It seems to last quite a while.
Maybe I should get an electronic Suica on my iPhone just in case though.
After looking around Nagoya's Manaca websites [0] they don't seem to talk about any suspension of card distribution. JR West ICOCA also seems like is business as usual [1].
Still, it is quite surprising to see an early 00s piece of technology which does not use really advanced chips to have production shortages.
[0] https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/topics/index.html?cat...
Comment · 3 years ago
The clocks' problem is also replicated at the European side of the Atlantic. The current situation is terrible but opinions differ between locking the clock at standard time or daylight savings time. The EU tried to step in both 2019 and 2021 but the whole situation is quite stuck [0].
I prefer standard time since in winter using DST would mean dark skies until 9 am. But most people here seem to enjoy how in summer the sun doesn't set until 10 pm. So, whoever touches this topic will end up getting burned by either side and no one dares to change it or suggest it (for now). So the terrible status quo continues.
[0] https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/10/28/when-will-the-...
Comment · 3 years ago
To fully control the Black Sea Russia needs control over Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Georgia (in that order). 3 of them are NATO members [0] and the other two are already under western influence. Try to mess with any of them and the III World War will be ignited.
Moldova is almost useless (for that purpose) unless its used to invade Western Ukraine and Romania. They control an impressive 0 meters of Black Sea coast and a whopping 500 meters of Danube's left bank.
The Black Sea is already controlled by Turkey (and NATO). Thank the Montreux convention [1] for that. Turkey's fleet is several times bigger (compared to Russian's presence on the Black Sea) and unlike Russian's they can move freely and expand its capabilities faster. Russia can't even effectively block grain ships parting from Odessa.
Moldova is under Kremlin's radar since its independence thanks to the breakaway territory of Transnistria. The region is a hot mess thanks to USSR policies of changing borders of its republics at whim without caring about the local population. The consequences of USSR's fall did a huge damage to Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. Some regions have already recovered like the Baltic states or Poland. Transnistria, like Crimea or Ukraine used to be part of the Russian Empire since they conquered both of them to the Ottoman Empire and the Tatars. Its population was and is a mixture of Ukrainians, Moldovans and Russians. Ukraine and Crimea have their fair share of history compared to Transnistria though. And obviously, there's not an easy solution to this problem.
[0] https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/nato_countries.htm [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux_Convention_Regarding_...
Comment · 3 years ago
Sadly it's not something that has an easy answer.
Trying to switch systems peacefully without losing total control of a country is not an easy feat.
Even countries that managed to do that like Germany's unification, Portugal (Carnation Revolution), Greece (military junta fall) or Spain ended up with regrets and damage that takes generations to cure.
Comment · 3 years ago
And the "crazy nineties" happened shortly after USSR's collapse. Hyperinflation, high levels of poverty, poor law enforcement, gang wars and high unemployment where things the average exsoviet citizen had to face in his daily life for years.
In some countries this was solved with external intervention (like adhesion to the EU) but others ended up being post-soviet dictatorships. In my humble opinion, we wouldn't have seen this many wars unfold in Eastern Europe if both Yugoslavia's and USSR's collapse had been better organized and supervised. Citizens of countries under oppressive regimes must fight against them... But avoid at all costs a power vacuum to appear.
Comment · 3 years ago
Different continent (Europe) but something similar happens with my provider (Orange).
3G works perfectly to make phone calls (since VoLTE is a bit of a disaster here, most phones don't work with it) but for data is pretty much hit or miss. Some antennas seem to provide Internet and in others even ping (to 8.8.8.8 or 4.2.2.2) doesn't work.
Comment · 3 years ago
Well, they can just stuff a 5G NB-IoT modem inside of newer TVs, using eSIMs received by OTA (either WiFi or a previous valid eSIM).
As long as the manufacturer foots the eSIM bill (and it's profitable) they can serve ads.