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Cold November Dave

@cursed.monster

Computer necromancer/vivisectionist, spoiler of grain, electromagnetic wave wrangler. Has strong opinions, weakly held. Pronouns (he/him) in bio, always antifascist.

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mr. TIM@timkellogg.me · 14h ago

The FAA-related plane grounding yesterday was that classic yet ironic bottleneck migration problem slow networking was protecting downstream systems in an unexpected way remove the slowness and you discover whole new ways the system can fail

According to Duffy's November 14 briefing: 1. FAA contractor L3Harris Technologies was doing routine maintenance at a remote FAA facility, replacing an obsolete copper telecommunications connection with fiber. 2. A newly installed router began flooding other air traffic control routers with over 1,000 connection attempts every 4-5 seconds. 3. That connection storm overwhelmed legacy equipment, causing intermittent radar-feed and voice-communication problems. 4. The FAA isolated the maintenance work, restored the systems and reopened the airspace.
Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 18h ago

We had two agencies—the United States Digital Services and 18F—whose jobs were to rollout new tech products in the government and test them safely (18F was responsibility for security training), and DOGE fired everyone of these people. EVERY ONE. Taps the sign: Admnistering Infrostructure.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h ago

The basic and fundamental lesson of the Healthcare.gov failure is that you don't do a big rollout of a new tech product all at once if you can avoid it. Test, find weak points, iterate and improve.

Eva Amsen@evaamsen.com · 17h ago

My favourite use of AI is the text recognition feature in iPhoto, so that I can easily find all the times I made friends and family who visited me in Toronto pose in front of the “Products of Holland” sign at Honest Ed’s between 2005 and 2010

Screenshot from phone showing thumbnails of photos of people posing with household goods under a sign that says Products of Holland. Look, I can’t explain the full Honest Ed’s lore in alt text. It is what it is
Sarah Walsh@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social · 17h ago

I hope every one of those racist little pissants feels the cold terror of certainty every morning that the world's richest Nazi will not be able to save them

Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 18h ago

We had two agencies—the United States Digital Services and 18F—whose jobs were to rollout new tech products in the government and test them safely (18F was responsibility for security training), and DOGE fired everyone of these people. EVERY ONE. Taps the sign: Admnistering Infrostructure.

Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 2d ago

I cannot be absolutely clearer: the Democrats must do everything to stop this nomination. Perhaps, we should have Schumer and Van Hollen take this test as they run for leadership. Rand Paul is trying to for the Democrats to announce names on Thursday.

Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 2d ago

Not only that the primary candidate appears to be Erik Ueland, a man who is Russell Vought’s creature. This is for a 15 year term and the Republicans had two years to nominate a candidate. Think about if Wormtongue had an unctuous assistant.

Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 2d ago

You know everyone: the powerlessness you felt when DOGE decided to rampage through our government and fire people? Well, the Republicans, led by Rand Paul, want to lock in a DOGE man to be in charge of the GAO for 15 years BEFORE the biggest Democratic majority in 52 years. That is what is what.

article 1 enjoyer@epicharis.bsky.social · 2d ago

GAO's union has asked people to call their senators: actionnetwork.org/campaigns/pr... and write letters: actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...

Micah@rincewind.run · yesterday

the next two years are just going to be a long parade of things that we’re used to relying on breaking one after another as stupid and corrupt men finish stripping the wiring out of the government

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 20h ago

We are at the point where any US government that is not arresting this guy and putting him in the deepest hole they can dig is not just violating their oaths of office but actively working against the interests of the american people. He is public enemy no. 1 and it isn't close

Doctor Charlton Cussans PhD@charltoncussans.bsky.social · yesterday

The Population Bomb is one of the most evil books I've ever read, and it's whole approach to humanity, urban living and environmentalism is responsible for so many of the problems we face.

Jack Tindale@jacktindale.bsky.social · 2d ago

It's honestly another world where a few decades prior, the main existential dread for people after nuclear was overpopulation. Serious academic papers, pop science books, sci-fi, all talking about a problem that just does not exist for us any more.

Snitty@clofsnitville.bsky.social · 20h ago

Taking a point I just made out of the replies: if the White House press corps and other journalists who cover Trump and the administration were doing their fucking jobs AT ALL about his health and ability to do his job, we would have headlines about his absence yesterday.

Paz Pardo@pazsays.bsky.social · 19h ago

truly incredible how every time you see a photo of Stephen Miller where you're like "he's done it, he's managed to ooze peak vizier" another comes along showing that he's upped the ante

Stephen Miller, in suit and tie, stands in front of a reproduction of the Declaration of Independence in "scheming underling" pose: eyes narrowed, one hand pensively lifted under his chin as if caught mid-stroke. Light from a window glints off of his temple but cannot compete with the gleam of fluorescents off the bald spot extending from his capacious forehead.