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lorgo_numputz, 9 months ago to technology in Google extends Chromebook lifespan to ten years

Too late; mine is already running Debian Bookworm

lorgo_numputz, 9 months ago to science in Scientists found a ‘golden egg’ deep in the sea near Alaska. But what is it?

Kaiju: “Where is my egg?!?”

lorgo_numputz, 10 months ago to news in Russia Says Ukrainian Drone Attacks Not Possible Without Help from the West

“Ukraine started the fight when they hit back.”

lorgo_numputz, 10 months ago to technology in Australia’s internet providers are ditching email, to the disgust of older customers

A lot of places no longer have staff that understand email systems or routing.

Even technically-inclined Universities like Purdue have abandoned their on-campus email systems and now rely upon Office365 and GMail.

lorgo_numputz, 10 months ago to worldnews in New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn

I’m not sure. Perhaps until we devise an effective preventative vaccine or, at least, a working strategy to prevent long Covid?

What do you suggest instead?

lorgo_numputz, 11 months ago to technology in Who else foresees environmental problems with this later down the line?

The container is regarded as a single unit; if a server inside the container fails the functions of that server are offloaded to another available server and it is taken out of service.

Once enough servers in a container are offline the entire unit has all computational load offloaded to another, identical container with sufficient capacity.

Then the now-offline unit is retrieved and serviced; probably a ground-up rebuild of all components.

… but I do like the idea of some dude in a wetsuit trying to replace a memory stick.

lorgo_numputz, 11 months ago to technology in Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds

Completely believable.

lorgo_numputz, 11 months ago to news in Veterinarian sues after Sheriff’s Department dog dies in hot patrol cruiser

Being as that dog is an “officer” shouldn’t those cops be charged in the death of a fellow officer?

You know they would charge a civilian if they were to kill a police dog…