CrazyITGuy42
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Programmer, animal lover. Loves history, photography, birding, trains, planes.
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The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands
What causes a business to abandon hardware, software, or tools it once relied on? Enumerating the common reasons helps you recognize when it’s time to move on.
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
What causes a business to abandon hardware, software, or tools it once relied on? Enumerating the common reasons helps you recognize when it’s time to move on.
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands
Discover the 6 final straws that cause companies to abandon their technology brands: Functionality, Quality, Integration, Confidence, Price, and Peopleware.
www.functionize.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands
What causes a business to abandon hardware, software, or tools it once relied on? Enumerating the common reasons helps you recognize when it’s time to move on.
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
What causes a business to abandon hardware, software, or tools it once relied on? Enumerating the common reasons helps you recognize when it’s time to move on.
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
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The four horsemen of internet service outages are DNS, BGP, the Greater American Cable Seeking Backhoe, and a fucked up config file getting propagated through the network, and the result is in: the fourth horseman is what got Cloudflare this time blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
blog.cloudflare.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The four horsemen of internet service outages are DNS, BGP, the Greater American Cable Seeking Backhoe, and a fucked up config file getting propagated through the network, and the result is in: the fourth horseman is what got Cloudflare this time blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...
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This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.
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So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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SINCE THIS HAS COME UP AGAIN...
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
two men in suits and ties with a fbi badge on their jacket
Alt: you should be so lucky to meet Agents Winchester and Winchester
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
SINCE THIS HAS COME UP AGAIN...
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
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Yesterday, the Telegraph published an article quoting Adm. Lord Alan West (ret.), a former senior officer in the United Kingdom’s nuclear chain of command, saying his staff alerted him on 9/11 that the US was “starting to move to immediate readiness for nuclear weapon release ….” archive.is/eJH47
![Screenshot of the linked Telegraph (London) article published on November 17, 2025, and headlined "George W. Bush 'prepared nuclear weapons after 9/11.'" A subheadline reads, "'Panicked' phone calls warned UK that US was ready to fire missiles immediately after 2001 terror attack."
An excerpt:
"George W Bush’s government made preparations to launch nuclear weapons after the 9/11 terror attack, a former British defence chief has revealed.
In the chaotic minutes that followed the 2001 al-Qaeda attack, panicked calls were received at Britain’s Northwood naval headquarters in Hertfordshire, warning that America was moving to 'immediate readiness for nuclear weapon release.'
Vladimir Putin, fearful of a strike against Moscow, was also demanding answers from Washington over the scrambling of its nuclear forces, amid a short communications blackout following the attack.
Admiral Lord Alan West, who at the time was the commander-in-chief of the fleet based at Northwood and was a key figure in Britain’s nuclear response, has now revealed that he ordered troops to 'do nothing' amid the simmering tensions.
He said: 'I remember getting a phone call from our nuclear firing cell, the guys who finally – when all the codes go – press the buttons, and they said, unbelievably, on my red phone [linking to the UK deterrent]: ‘Sir... the Americans are starting to move to immediate readiness for nuclear weapon release in all three systems’.
'That’s strategic air, intercontinental ballistic missiles and subsurface. ‘What do you want me to do?’ I said: ‘Don’t do anything.’
The situation eventually calmed down after Condoleezza Rice, the US national security adviser at the time, spoke to Moscow. ..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iwbebt5r65c67xl5vy5iviwj/bafkreifghkm563gvsqwkcmtg6y7x2bxasnzxsifp3vuuxb7sf6ylwoskem@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yesterday, the Telegraph published an article quoting Adm. Lord Alan West (ret.), a former senior officer in the United Kingdom’s nuclear chain of command, saying his staff alerted him on 9/11 that the US was “starting to move to immediate readiness for nuclear weapon release ….” archive.is/eJH47
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
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license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
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Rebecca Heineman is a giant in the game industry. May she be long remembered.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Rebecca Heineman is a giant in the game industry. May she be long remembered.
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The water's most
sensational
And those we host
crustaceanal
Shrimply having a wonderful Christmastime (x2)
The party's here:
Pacific rim
My only fear:
Can Santa swim?
Shrimply having a wonderful Christmastime (x2)
The cheer-y choir sings like a boss
But who brought cocktail sauce?
Shrimply hav-
sensational
And those we host
crustaceanal
Shrimply having a wonderful Christmastime (x2)
The party's here:
Pacific rim
My only fear:
Can Santa swim?
Shrimply having a wonderful Christmastime (x2)
The cheer-y choir sings like a boss
But who brought cocktail sauce?
Shrimply hav-
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The water's most
sensational
And those we host
crustaceanal
Shrimply having a wonderful Christmastime (x2)
The party's here:
Pacific rim
My only fear:
Can Santa swim?
Shrimply having a wonderful Christmastime (x2)
The cheer-y choir sings like a boss
But who brought cocktail sauce?
Shrimply hav-
sensational
And those we host
crustaceanal
Shrimply having a wonderful Christmastime (x2)
The party's here:
Pacific rim
My only fear:
Can Santa swim?
Shrimply having a wonderful Christmastime (x2)
The cheer-y choir sings like a boss
But who brought cocktail sauce?
Shrimply hav-
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Never forget the all-time greatest placeholder asset, from Doom 64
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Never forget the all-time greatest placeholder asset, from Doom 64
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For your edification, the most common form factor of floppy disks:
5¼ inch (no metal door thing)
3½ inch (the one the save icon was modeled after)
There were also 8 inch (used before 1980s mainly), and various not very successful 3 inch, 2½ inch and 2 inch formats.
5¼ inch (no metal door thing)
3½ inch (the one the save icon was modeled after)
There were also 8 inch (used before 1980s mainly), and various not very successful 3 inch, 2½ inch and 2 inch formats.
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
For your edification, the most common form factor of floppy disks:
5¼ inch (no metal door thing)
3½ inch (the one the save icon was modeled after)
There were also 8 inch (used before 1980s mainly), and various not very successful 3 inch, 2½ inch and 2 inch formats.
5¼ inch (no metal door thing)
3½ inch (the one the save icon was modeled after)
There were also 8 inch (used before 1980s mainly), and various not very successful 3 inch, 2½ inch and 2 inch formats.
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Everyone's missing potentially the most interesting thing about this order, which is the judge's finding that Halligan may have returned an indictment that was never presented to the jury
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Everyone's missing potentially the most interesting thing about this order, which is the judge's finding that Halligan may have returned an indictment that was never presented to the jury
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Heritage, for its part, was so upset about this reporting that it threatened to sue Vox to try and stop publication. But we are confident in our source and our reporting.
Here's a gift link to the piece that Heritage tried to kill www.vox.com/on-the-right...
Here's a gift link to the piece that Heritage tried to kill www.vox.com/on-the-right...
The toxic culture behind the right’s civil war
A Heritage insider alleging “openly misogynistic and racist” conduct shines a light on the right’s inner workings.
www.vox.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Heritage, for its part, was so upset about this reporting that it threatened to sue Vox to try and stop publication. But we are confident in our source and our reporting.
Here's a gift link to the piece that Heritage tried to kill www.vox.com/on-the-right...
Here's a gift link to the piece that Heritage tried to kill www.vox.com/on-the-right...
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This election fixes a weird problem Seattle has had for a while. Seattle has municipal courts. One of its muni judges, Pooja Vaddadi, is an ex-public defender. Unlike the judge she replaced in 2023, she doesn’t just take the word of police and requires the City Attorneys to prove their case.
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This election fixes a weird problem Seattle has had for a while. Seattle has municipal courts. One of its muni judges, Pooja Vaddadi, is an ex-public defender. Unlike the judge she replaced in 2023, she doesn’t just take the word of police and requires the City Attorneys to prove their case.
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We pay extra for worse care and the privilege of being treated like shit.
The only reason not to have single-payer healthcare in the US is some incredibly rich people want to keep ripping you off.
The only reason not to have single-payer healthcare in the US is some incredibly rich people want to keep ripping you off.
Healthcare in America: My father-in-law recently died at a hospital and they mailed him a $123,000 bill
November 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We pay extra for worse care and the privilege of being treated like shit.
The only reason not to have single-payer healthcare in the US is some incredibly rich people want to keep ripping you off.
The only reason not to have single-payer healthcare in the US is some incredibly rich people want to keep ripping you off.
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Today in 1963, 32 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida, President John F. Kennedy became the first president to see a SLBM test launch, observing the firing of a Polaris A2 SLBM from the submerged USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619). He later wrote that it was “a most satisfying and fascinating experience.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Today in 1963, 32 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida, President John F. Kennedy became the first president to see a SLBM test launch, observing the firing of a Polaris A2 SLBM from the submerged USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619). He later wrote that it was “a most satisfying and fascinating experience.”
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Scrutiny grows over LA fire origins after bombshell report: ‘Our Pearl Harbor moment’
A lot of mistakes and inactions could have mitigated this event.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A lot of mistakes and inactions could have mitigated this event.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scrutiny grows over LA fire origins after bombshell report: ‘Our Pearl Harbor moment’
Reports that fire crews were ordered to leave original site of blaze prompt tough questions for city and LAFD leaders
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Scrutiny grows over LA fire origins after bombshell report: ‘Our Pearl Harbor moment’
A lot of mistakes and inactions could have mitigated this event.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A lot of mistakes and inactions could have mitigated this event.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Making camouflage nets for the War Department, Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, Calif. Dorothea Lange, 1942
In 1942, Lange was commissioned to photograph the U.S. Government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans. Her negatives were impounded by the Army; she did not see them until 1964.
In 1942, Lange was commissioned to photograph the U.S. Government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans. Her negatives were impounded by the Army; she did not see them until 1964.
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Making camouflage nets for the War Department, Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, Calif. Dorothea Lange, 1942
In 1942, Lange was commissioned to photograph the U.S. Government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans. Her negatives were impounded by the Army; she did not see them until 1964.
In 1942, Lange was commissioned to photograph the U.S. Government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans. Her negatives were impounded by the Army; she did not see them until 1964.
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Having spent the last 3 years working on prep for RevWar250, to include researching, writing, publishing, digital history, event planning, etc etc…I am sad to say that I am somewhat dreading Ken Burns’ treatment of that era and conflict
One, I’m simply tired of the RevWar. And maybe disillusioned.
One, I’m simply tired of the RevWar. And maybe disillusioned.
November 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Having spent the last 3 years working on prep for RevWar250, to include researching, writing, publishing, digital history, event planning, etc etc…I am sad to say that I am somewhat dreading Ken Burns’ treatment of that era and conflict
One, I’m simply tired of the RevWar. And maybe disillusioned.
One, I’m simply tired of the RevWar. And maybe disillusioned.
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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Today in 1952—November 16, local time—the United States conducted the Ivy KING nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll in the Northern Pacific Ocean. A B-36H bomber flying from Kwajalein Atoll dropped an 8,600-pound device, which exploded 1,480 feet above Runit Island with a yield of 500 kilotons.
Atomic Bomb "Ivy King" - www.pastfinder.de
YouTube video by PastFinderLtd
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November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Today in 1952—November 16, local time—the United States conducted the Ivy KING nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll in the Northern Pacific Ocean. A B-36H bomber flying from Kwajalein Atoll dropped an 8,600-pound device, which exploded 1,480 feet above Runit Island with a yield of 500 kilotons.
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65 years ago today, the nuclear-powered USS George Washington (SSBN-598) embarked on its first alert patrol in the Atlantic Ocean carrying 16 Polaris A1 SLBMs, each armed with a 600-kiloton W47 warhead. This milestone marked the functional and wholly unplanned start of the strategic nuclear triad.
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
65 years ago today, the nuclear-powered USS George Washington (SSBN-598) embarked on its first alert patrol in the Atlantic Ocean carrying 16 Polaris A1 SLBMs, each armed with a 600-kiloton W47 warhead. This milestone marked the functional and wholly unplanned start of the strategic nuclear triad.
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I know it's pointless to point this out because Republicans have no morals or shame, but this is so goddamn hypocritical.
I'm so done with these worthless fucks. Democrats need to start calling them out and shunning them from society.
apnews.com/article/cali...
I'm so done with these worthless fucks. Democrats need to start calling them out and shunning them from society.
apnews.com/article/cali...
Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I know it's pointless to point this out because Republicans have no morals or shame, but this is so goddamn hypocritical.
I'm so done with these worthless fucks. Democrats need to start calling them out and shunning them from society.
apnews.com/article/cali...
I'm so done with these worthless fucks. Democrats need to start calling them out and shunning them from society.
apnews.com/article/cali...