Notices by Roger Moore (vatvslpr@c.im)

@dalias @Lydie @Gustodon
I agree that companies should control their own systems, but only very small companies can fit all their servers in a single closet. A large company that's spread across several locations may need both central servers that serve the whole company and distributed ones that serve the needs of individual sites. Even the "central" servers may be duplicated across multiple locations for redundancy.

@dalias @Lydie @Gustodon
I think we're probably talking past each. "Data Center" can mean any place a bunch of servers are grouped together, not just the behemoths Amazon, Google, et. al. are talking about. I agree we don't need data centers so huge they need their own power plant, but ones where a company consolidates all its servers are really useful. There's even a reasonable place for cloud servers, though not as big as the major players want to make it seem.

@Lydie @Gustodon
Complex societies live and die by keeping records, and well used data centers are a much better choice than warehousing physical documents. We've gone way overboard and have far more data centers than we need, but the number we need is greater than zero.

@steter @tango
If you're worried about bad side effects, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups were never a good choice because so many people have dangerous peanut allergies.

@GottaLaff
The most dangerous thing is there's no way they can get enough qualified people to meet their staffing goals on their schedule. That means the quality of ICE employees- already piss poor- is going to crater.

@baconandcoconut @GottaLaff
I understand who the Quakers are. My point is the government seems to let religious groups get away with a lot when they're abusing defenseless people but not when they're protecting them. I realize it isn't the same churches doing the abusing and defending.

@GottaLaff
When it comes to protecting pedophiles, churches seem to be above the law; protecting the indigent, not so much.

I'm evacuating from the #eatonfire, which has blown up quickly. It hadn't even started when I got home from work, but I had to evacuate before bedtime. It's a good reminder to have a plan for what to do in an emergency.

@fedops @joby
There's a Tesla charging station next to the route I walk to the train station every morning. I shouldn't have to plan my route to avoid it to preserve my privacy, especially because there might be other places on alternative routes that also don't respect my privacy. There should be laws covering this stuff. Nobody should get access to security camera recordings without a legal process to protect the public.

@GottaLaff
Wait, wait! The guy who was constantly praising Netanyahu is making pro-Israel nominations? Who could have predicted that?

@GottaLaff
More seriously, this shows exactly how Trump won. He succeeded in making the election about what Biden was doing rather than what he was going to do. So people worried about Palestine voted for Trump out of anger at Biden without considering Trump was going to be worse. People worried about inflation voted against Biden without considering Trump's tariffs would destroy the economy. And so forth.

@Npars01 @GottaLaff
Everyone on the right steals from their own organization, and they've been doing it for a long time. There's a whole ecosystem of grifters attached to the far right wing of the party whose goal is to produce just enough results to keep the money flowing. It's the natural consequence of the right-wing attitude that money is everything.

@GottaLaff
It's gutless, but not the way people are presenting it. The owners are too gutless to deal with the fallout from forcing their editorial staff to endorse Trump, so they tried the weak compromise of blocking any endorsement. It failed, and it probably brought more attention to the topic of editorial endorsements than if they had just ignored it and let their papers endorse Harris. It also shows what turds the owners are.

The whole framing of this story has been infuriating. The residents in the area want the Army Corps of Engineers to come in and stop a massive landslide so they can continue living in their multimillion dollar homes. The right solution is to red tag the whole area and tell the residents to move someplace that isn't in imminent danger of sliding into the ocean.

Palos Verdes landslide keeps getting worse. Residents’ anger boils https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-22/palos-verdes-landslide-spreading-residents-frustrated-angry

@RickiTarr
Why do childless cat ladies get all the attention? What about us childless cat men? I demand to be insulted equally!

@notjustbikes
There are Hello Kitty airplanes, too, and a themed gate at Taoyuan Airport in Taipei.

@TechConnectify @larsmb
One of the things I've learned to look for is whether someone is searching for problems or solutions. People who are focused exclusively on problems are usually looking for an excuse for inaction. People who are focused on solutions want the project to succeed. They may still see obstacles, but they'll at least try to find solutions. If they can't find one, they'll be happy to hear someone else has.

@lori @notjustbikes
The problem isn't that they're beta testing on public streets; there has to be a final test on the street sometime. The problem is the final test under real conditions is in the hands of random customers rather than paid, trained testers. Also, "Full Self-Driving" is false advertising. If the instructions say the driver needs to be ready to take over at any minute, it isn't Full Self-Driving.