01-Dec, 2024 - afternoon links, etc.
links, etc Undersea Surgeons - The New York Times i cannot turn away from anything submarine cable related.
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29-Nov, 2024 - morning links, etc.
links, etc there’s been some solid discussion on federation vs. open protocols lately. put another way ATproto vs. ActivityPub and the bluesky migration that seems to be underway now. these are some solid reads on the topic. How decentralized is Bluesky really? – Dustycloud Brainstorms Reply on Bluesky and Decentralization | bryan newbold | WhiteWind blog
26-Nov, 2024 - afternoon links, etc.
links, etc Verizon advances its fiber network for AI workloads | News Release | Verizon this is actually a pretty slick demo of 1.6T. ciena seems to be slaying it these days on the DSP front.
25-Nov, 2024 - afternoon links, etc.
links, etc Shrine of the Mall Ninja – LonelyMachines i was reading article about how right wing culture fetishizes armageddon scenarios, which led to a pointer about an early 00s thread about the mall ninja. i suspect that @Gecko45 was not doing this ironically, but the results are priceless. albeit bonkers.
24-Nov, 2024 - morning links, etc.
links, etc American Kakistocracy the atlantic’s considered take on how trump’s grafting wrong. Berlusconi’s shortcomings helped fuel his success, but he wasn’t proud of them. Trump wears his flaws like medals, and is appointing people to his coming administration who have the same attitude. Berlusconi would never have allowed the equivalent of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. near Italy’s department of health. An Italian Matt Gaetz would have been considered for a reality show on one of Berlusconi’s TV channels, at most....