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almost_usual··on Iraq Blocks Telegram, Leaks Blackhole BGP Routes
Similar to CAs on the web in RPKI a TA (Trust Anchor) will sign a ROA (Route Origin Authorization X.509 certificate) to certify an ASN can originate routes within an address space.

There are five TAs which are RIRs (Regional Internet Registries) AFRINIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and RIPE.

So similar to how your web browser can determine a website is valid or not by checking the certificate is signed by a CA. A network can determine a route is valid or not by checking the ROA is signed by a TA.

almost_usual··on China’s defeated youth: Young Chinese have little hope for the future
Are you using Apple Private Relay? I think there is an issue with them and Cloudflare.
almost_usual··on An underwater landslide knocked out two critical submarine cables serving Africa
Cloudflare Radar has a decent visualization of the event.

https://radar.cloudflare.com/cg?dateRange=14d

almost_usual··on US inflation means families are spending $709 more per month than two years ago
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2003/wp03215.pdf
almost_usual··on Cruise blames Outside Lands for driverless car traffic fiasco in San Francisco
Doesn’t mean it was autonomous, a lot of those Waymo vehicles still have drivers in them.
almost_usual··on Cruise blames Outside Lands for driverless car traffic fiasco in San Francisco
I truly doubt driverless vehicle obstruction will matter in an event like that.

Uncontrolled lithium battery fires throughout the city from EVs on the other hand..

almost_usual··on The Oregon Resilience Plan (2013) [pdf]
Months to years to restore infrastructure, Oregon will look very different afterwards.
almost_usual··on Cargo Cult AI
Can an LLM discover novel tokens on its own?
almost_usual··on Cargo Cult AI
So knowledge or memorization of culture is intelligence?

What if that personal steals your wallet without you being aware while you ask them that question because they need food. Is that intelligent?

almost_usual··on Cargo Cult AI
Do NN discover new tokens or encounter spontaneous tokens on its own?
almost_usual··on Cargo Cult AI
You only perform tasks instructed to you by other people?
almost_usual··on Does Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS Block Archive.is? (2019)
I’m using iCloud Private Relay and it works fine.
almost_usual··on How the Rich Reap Huge Tax Breaks From Private Nonprofits
He wasn’t making many friends and his home in Nob Hill was easy to find.
almost_usual··on The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
Which mostly trickles up.
almost_usual··on The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
> One new hire on my team spends upwards of 2 hours per day "walking her dog." I even called this out during a formal performance review and her behavior hasn't changed at all. (Work-from-home abuse is another component of this observation.)

Good for her, it takes confidence to do this.

Overworking engineers into burnout isn’t a healthy career path.

almost_usual··on The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
I’m sure there were some happy servants in the past as well.
almost_usual··on How the Rich Reap Huge Tax Breaks From Private Nonprofits
You’ve got it backwards, the rich should fear the masses. There’s a reason Leland Stanford moved to Palo Alto.
almost_usual··on Critical theory is radicalizing high school debate
I agree this is really nothing new.
almost_usual··on Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?
Flying car startups?
almost_usual··on Shopify employee breaks NDA to reveal firm replacing laid off workers with AI
And as the Earth burns away and we choke on the smoke we rejoice as we have our AI entertainment and we can go quietly into the night.
almost_usual··on Compromised Microsoft key: More impactful than we thought
Right in time for Microsoft to announce its edge security product..
almost_usual··on Middle class homebuyers taking $7k mortgages planning to later refinance down
But you have a place to live and you don’t have to worry about unforeseen displacement or rent hikes.

I’ve always believed that if you want to buy a home and can afford it you should buy it. Timing the market is too hard.

Will it make you house poor? Possibly, especially in a place like the Bay Area where many people will risk being house poor to own a home.

almost_usual··on Middle class homebuyers taking $7k mortgages planning to later refinance down
There is so much more money in the economy since COVID. A pullback to 2019 prices seems very unlikely.
almost_usual··on Simpsons Hit and Run source code (2003)
My first impression was that it was fairly readable and had decent comments.
almost_usual··on Simpsons Hit and Run source code (2003)
Just glancing through game.cpp and the code is pretty readable with decent comments.
almost_usual··on Robotaxi haters in San Francisco are disabling the AVs with traffic cones
> “Not only is this understanding of how AVs operate incorrect, but this is vandalism and encourages unsafe and disrespectful behavior on our roadways,” the company said in a statement. “We will notify law enforcement of any unwanted or unsafe interference of our vehicles on public roadways.”

Good luck with all that.

almost_usual··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2023)
Pretty cool to see an NBA team here.
almost_usual··on Why do Ivy League students self-sabotage?
College is the time to fail if you’re going to do it, enjoy the freedom.

The consequences of failure only grow with age.

almost_usual··on A record-high share of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married
Elderly care in the US is bound to skyrocket as people have less children and more elderly are alone.
almost_usual··on DMT, Derealization, and Depersonalization
Right, this is like explaining the probability of a plane crash is statistically insignificant to someone who has a fear of flying. They can grok the logic and still _feel_ terror.
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