Regardless of your stance on the name change, doesn’t the executive order (and subsequent updating of the names register or whatever it’s called) make it official? In which case the maps are just being updated to reflect it.

Afaik they’re not changing it anywhere outside the US as (so far…) that’s the only place it’s been changed, so it’s not like they’re pushing that name in places where it’s not official.

It’s also not unheard of to have map details that vary depending on where you are, to align with the official stance of wherever the map is being viewed from. Ukraine, bits of the India/Pakistan border, IIRC some islands off Japan disputed by China, etc.

Not saying the name change isn’t stupid and not suggesting at all that the companies in question aren’t scum, but getting angry at the map maintainers for this change seems pointless. What did you expect them to do?

Am I missing something?

That is brilliant, should I be worried? 🤣 (Just noticed I had a message, oops)

Does your ISP block ports? Many do, at least where I am. Some allow you to opt-out.

She makes some good points, but only focuses on Google’s monopoly being an issue. It is, but there’s no mention of privacy concerns, the oversaturation of ads, space being created for ads by deliberately worsening the UX, etc. The industry itself is a shitshow.

The issue isn’t so much that Google has a monopoly on the enormously invasive data that’s collected. The issue is that it is being collected.

As cool (heh) as this is, it saddens me knowing it’s just going to be used for data mining and ads

Bet you they will make them work in inhospitable conditions and forget they exist until they don’t meet an unrealistic performance target.

No wait, sorry. I was thinking of their human workers.

It’s just virtualised Deliverance

Yup, this is on form for them. This isn’t the first product they’ve done it to and surely won’t be the last.

The moment the news broke we started migration planning, a short while later their new pricing came through and immediately justified the project spend. Tens of thousands of VMs migrated, a ton of labour, and even some hardware refreshes thrown in - and still cheaper than renewing, by a looong shot.

Shame, I liked VMware.

Ah yes, KeepAss

If you mean signed by your CA then this is me too, albeit with an intermediate CA in the middle (honestly pointless in my case, but old habits etc).

I don’t host anything externally and trusting the CA certs internally is easy as Ionly need to do it on a handful of devices. This + reverse proxy keeps things tidy and uncomplicated.

Reminds me of Popavalium Andropoff’s gutsy effort

(Guessing this didn’t make it out of Aus much, there’s a reference in this UrbanDictionary link for the uninitiated)

Yup, had to read it twice! Just about had a heart attack

Wow, crazy

/quietly withdrawing presidential bid

Yup and that is the same issue with elections. Candidate A wants to ban private jets and burn tyres, candidate B wants to legalise child labour. A wins then claims they have a mandate to burn tyres

and among advertising, programming, and security professionals that fraction is more like two-thirds to three-quarters

Leopards, face etc

the pairing restriction would “undermine the security, safety, and privacy of Oregonians by forcing device manufacturers to allow the use of parts of unknown origin in consumer devices.”

If only there were options that would encourage the use of safe, genuine parts.

Good call. Being crashed into with a 16km/s closing speed probably would be a hindrance.

I wonder if this kind of thing might make conversions into older cars more viable. If the body and the million computers etc will cost heaps to fix in a newish EV, that might mean an increased supply of electric drivetrains at the wreckers. They’re not exactly a drop-in proposition but having the parts available has to be a good start.

It might be a jumper on the board. Mine (Q770G4) boots on power, if I can organise some downtime with the family I’ll take a look at it (set it up ages ago so can’t remember).

Edit: CAB approval was easier than I expected! Mine is in the BIOS, under Chipset > PCH-IO Configuration, set State After G3 to Power On.

You could replace the names in this with Telstra and NBN and you’d get Aussies having flashbacks