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Just as i was falling asleep i thought of what seemed like a really good idea for a post and when i woke up i racked my brains until i finally remembered it. However I am grieved to announce that the thing i was trying to remember is the phrase “Captain Corelli’s Pangolin”
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Very annoying that the total solar eclipse will come a couple months before the 221-year double cicada brood emergence in blatant violation of biblical plague order
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Today in 1910, 114 years ago: in the Iranian province of Luristan, an earthquake killed more than 5,000 people.
My son saw the pictures of the new shuttle exhibit, where the Orbiter will be mated vertically to its stack in the original launch configuration. He did not read the article and ran into tell me it was flying again. I wish I could bottle that enthusiasm.
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Today in 1998, 26 years ago: Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
Today will see the first temperatures above freezing in over a week.
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I know not everyone’s life situation makes it practical, but if it’s at all feasible for you, definitely consider shifting your wake schedule so that you’re not just waking up, getting ready, and going straight to work.
Having even half an hour of time to claim for yourself before work does so much for lowering work stress.
Try it! Get up half an hour earlier for 3 weeks. Use the time to do something that give you joy: maybe that’s enjoying a quiet cup of tea, or reading a couple of chapters, or eating a leisurely breakfast with loved ones.
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Oldie but goldie: Use Midnight Commander like a pro
https://klimer.eu/2015/05/01/use-midnight-commander-like-a-pro/
#MidnightCommander #mc #Linux #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #Terminal
Slightly alarmed to see Emoji support in my Mutt subject lines, like guests at a party you know should be there but sort of want to throw in the pond
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Sun Microsystems: "The network is the computer"
The 2020s: "Everything is moving to the cloud"
Sun Microsystems: "No, not like that"
(Note: Please do not tell me that the cloud is someone else's computer. Save it for your bumpersticker collection, Sparky)
The stress can be absolutely massive.
#infosec
Security pros are being hospitalized by after-effects of ransomware hacks | TechRadar
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security-pros-are-being-hospitalized-by-after-effects-of-ransomware-hacks
Dug out this old documentary about a British Rail Leeds to London service during 1991; the beginning of the end of BR. It's a fascinating time capsule and the battle between the unionised workforce and the dark forces of privatisation is well covered. It's low quality video but the content is absolute gold.
https://youtu.be/wcn3xX-vF8w
The entire point of such a long supply chain is cheap labour and reduced cost, after all.
Although according to this news page it is an FAA approved part, so again it is likely not the issue, unless they can demonstrate it was not made to spec.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/boeing-door-plug-malaysia-supply-chain-737-max-9-4059941#:~:text=WASHINGTON%3A%20The%20US%20National%20Transportation,a%20Spirit%20facility%20in%20Malaysia.
It turns out the Alaskan 737's plug door was manufactured in Malaysia. Nothing wrong with that, but it shows the subcontractor subcontracted their own work. I doubt anyone was checking it was done to the certified standard as the FAA does not maintain an office in Kuala Lumpur. That's what happens when everything just gets outsourced.
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History is curiously quiet on what "minor repairs" the Royal George required in 1782, but I'd cautiously venture the toolbox talk was inadequate.
I mean, killing up to 800 people and leaving the ship 20m deep at the bottom of the Royal Navy's most important anchorage doesn't *imply* a safe system of work...
After 60 years the wreck was removed - along with windows 6 miles away - by the traditional application of [checks notes] a shit-ton of explosives. Top work all round, lads.
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