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twisteriffic | 1 year ago | on: SQLite does not do checksums

> The worst use case for SQLite that I've seen in production was a shop using it with some minimal UI on top as an order tracking system. Even in that case, the orders were accepted on paper, they just used the SQLite db as a way to track material usage so they knew what to order from the suppliers.

This doesn't seem particularly egregious.

twisteriffic | 1 year ago | on: The muscular imagination of Iain M. Banks: a future you might want

> Everything important about the flow of human life is decided by the mighty ship minds; humans are left to nibble at the margins and dance to the tune of their betters.

Dajeil Gelian spends something like 40 years bending the Sleeper Service to her will in Excession. The helplessness of the Minds to override free will is kind of a core theme of Excession IMO

twisteriffic | 1 year ago | on: New forms of steel for stronger, lighter cars

... If you don't take care of them. It isn't a car company conspiracy, it's the unreasonable expectation that you can treat a vehicle like a microwave and just run it with no thought to maintenance or environment. Mine are going just fine after 15 year with minimal upkeep in one of the harsher winter environments. Fluid film is cheaper than a new car.

twisteriffic | 1 year ago | on: Threat actor abuses Cloudflare tunnels to deliver remote access trojans

They aren't a passthrough, though. That wouldn't be a valuable service. They're providing a service to criminals that assists them in fraud, and refusing to take any action when notified. It adds hours or days to a takedown process. It's like they're standing outside the mall handing the bike thieves branded hacksaws.

We've had better luck getting random Moldovan ISPs to shut down service than we've had in getting CloudFlare to give a damn.

twisteriffic | 1 year ago | on: Neal Stephenson – Announcing Polostan

The world building is why I can re-read Anathem endlessly. The detail is just wonderful. Every time I finish it I get a feeling of grief knowing that it'll likely never be expanded on.
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