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movies the eyes of tammy faye - i still cannot believe that this was jessica chastain. but tammy faye does come off looking better than i recall her being in the 80s. the lost daughter - uh, good, i guess? i could not get into it. the power of the dog - talk about a slow burn. brilliant. love and monsters - fumb dun the last duel - great, now i’m thinking about my heirs....

links, etc Geek Wars - aka fear of a black hobbit conservative whining about casting is pure snowflake behavior. this quote is far too polite, but a solid argument. My contempt is not for people who love genre fiction. It’s for people who feel assaulted by the presence of women protagonists or people of color in their genre fiction. I don’t consider that a reasonable or substantive complaint about the quality of the work....

links, etc The iPhone 14 Feature Apple Didn’t Tell You About | iFixit News serviceability as a feature is really something i would love to see folks marketing aggressively. i would totally pay a slight premium for a phone that was a little more serviceable that i could sweat another year or so on a battery replacement.

links, etc AOC on the Fight for Abortion Rights and Whether She’ll Ever Be President | GQ just a straight up solid interview. i’m a fan. Research talk: Cloud networking for a post-Moore’s Law era - Microsoft Research this disgorged itself from my reading/watch queue. there’s some interesting tidbits in this video. in case you missed the memo from the past couple of week’s SIGCOMM paper releases....

links, etc Why is China so Obsessed With Food Security? this was an interesting read. summary, china’s on the edge wrt food security and understands the potential impacts associated with food embargos, etc. should it invade taiwan. the stats ref’d are not encouraging. though, the efficiency and performance of their crop yields sounds impressive.

links, etc The Obsessive Pleasures of Mechanical-Keyboard Tinkerers | The New Yorker well, this hit a little close to home.

links, etc caught the ‘rona. catching up on reading. 240/4 As Seen by RIPE Atlas | RIPE Labs the tl;dr - amazon and VZ are using 240/4 internally. hardly shocking. still, let’s get our collective shit together on the IPv6 migration. A Simple Rule for Planning Your Fall Booster Shot - The Atlantic i’ve been holding out for the bivalent vaccines and an extended weekend wedding did me in....

links, etc Weird monitor bugs people sent me in the last 5 years — Alin Panaitiu via HN. this was an interesting dive into the generation of display IDs on a mac.