Justin

Interesting that the Netherlands (Paesi Bassi) is so high. Like a solid 10% higher than Sweden, and in Sweden we have shit bike lanes. We haven’t invested in our public transportation since the 80s, only having a few capacity expansion projects for our overloaded commuter rail.

Microsoft doesn’t support secure ways of monitoring processes like Linux does

Why compare a logging system outage to Cloudstrike?? Logging systems are important, but this article is just fluff.

here’s another map comparing the early days of Amtrak post rail crisis, and now.

https://www.bts.dot.gov/sites/bts.dot.gov/files/2021-04/Amtrak_50th_anniversary_map_schematic_70s_4_26_21-01.png

NAT != closing ports

Right, something like hetzner storage box is a good complement to raid 5 in order to follow the 321 backup rule. You can use rclone to sync your backup to hetzner, and even encrypt it, and they can do automatic snapshots on their end to protect against ransomware.

Looks like a good setup to me. Hdds have a lot of downsides, so if you can afford the extra $20/TB, an all flash array is super useful. Mdadm is rock solid.

The only issue I think is that it’s not possible to expand this array like you can on LVM or ZFS, so just watch out for that.

So many people don’t know how to use their side mirrors

seems like kind of a publicity stunt by the CEO guy?

Yeah I used to play so much AssaultCube! Over 14 years ago now 😅

LVM is a good way to do raid on linux

Ah, OK. They seemed to know the streets well and the ongoing political process, at least.

Here’s a video from Oh The Urbanity!, a resident of Toronto, on the stupidity of removing these specific bike lanes, and the insanity of Ontario making expensive, self-destructive traffic decisions for Toronto’s residents.

https://youtu.be/_FZDEehlaC4

There needs to be due process. We can’t ban a website because 10k people said it has disinformation. The DSA is the process for combatting disinformation on major platforms, and we should follow it. Twitter is already being sued under the DSA, and they will be banned in the next few months if they do not fulfill their obligations to fight disinformation.

I’m looking at the future and what might be good replacement that offers a blend of power-efficiency, flexibility, and storage cost.

Any modern CPU will improve energy efficiency. AMD AM4 platform and Intel N100 are very cheap. AMD SP3 platform is also very cheap and has a ton of PCIe lanes and memory expandability for gpus, NVMe, and running lots of VMs.

For storage cost, used hdds are currently $8/TB, generic NVMe is currently $45, and used enterprise SSDs are $50/TB, decide which you want to invest in depending on your needs. Used enterprise drives will be the fastest and most durable for databases and RAID.

https://diskprices.com/

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=pm983+m.2&_trksid=p4432023.m4084.l1313

SSD prices are expected to decrease faster than HDD prices, and will probably overtake HDDs for value in ~5 years.

About dGPUs, Intel A310 is the best transcoding Gpu out there. Used Nvidia datacenter gpus probably have the best vram/$ and pytorch compatibility for AI

change.org isn’t going to do much, and the EU already has an ongoing lawsuit with Twitter regarding its disinformation promotion.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_6709

It could be argued that the EU prosecutors should speed things up, though.

Transportation planning is a local issue, not a national issue. Obviously national funding plays a role, but you don’t need national funding for sidewalks and bike infrastructure. Vallejo’s local and state government representatives are all Democrats.

It’s worse than the existing interchange. This is a one-more-lane project that makes the neighborhood worse for bicylists and pedestrians.

The project will implement a Diverging Diamond Interchange design that will significantly improve traffic flow and safety, while reducing congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. At the end of the project, it will be both safer and easier for motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists to access and navigate.

This project will relieve congestion and improve traffic flow on local streets, improve the existing interchange and intersection operations, improve the safety of local streets, and increase capacity of the local roadway network to support future growth. See the Updates tab for related Project Documents.

https://sta.ca.gov/project/redwood-parkway-fairgrounds-dr-improvement-project/

It just seems strange to portray highway interchanges in a positive light. Like, they might be the safest interchange for stroads intersecting an interstate, but that’s kinda like putting a $25M bandaid on a bullet wound.

I’m not sure if there’s any safe way to have level crossings for bicycles and pedestrians across highway ramps. The safe ones are almost always underpasses or overpasses. There’s a bicycle path in Stockholm at the end of a highway ramp as it merges onto a 50 km/h road, and I’m terrified to use it.