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boring-alterego··on VMware Kills Off 56 Products
Air gapped vsphere clusters likely moving to hyper-v as it's already covered under the company's enterprise agreement. And there are some simpleish tools to convert from one to the other without too many headaches.
boring-alterego··on OpenAI is working with the US military now
While I know it's not for the below.

"I'm sorry but as a language model I am unable to drone strike a village"

boring-alterego··on End of an Era: Google Groups to Drop Usenet Support
As someone who uses the older Usenet material to maintain some ancient computing equipment, we have been backing up as much as possible to the Internet archive.
boring-alterego··on In Europe, trains are full, and more are on the way
With that title I think of the episode of Futurama where the brains were making everyone stupid.

Their "Morbo and Linda" there was a train crash today, the governor lady said send in more trains.

boring-alterego··on U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums
A better example would be where a "development" community's rain water goes. The areas booming right now in the south east usa will build the next development up 4 feet above the previous community and get approved through the county council permit process. Then the first big rain storm or hurricane comes by and the formerly dry community is now flooded out for the new community that got built, which also floods because drainage wasn't factored in.
boring-alterego··on Americans are canceling more of their streaming services
There was a work around until very recently for that, the Netflix DVD service was still available and working. Giant library and barely any blackouts for shows.
boring-alterego··on Ask HN: What are you grateful for?
I'm lucky to be alive, grateful for family, friends, and a career.

Thankful that I get to spend time away from work and enjoy holidays.

boring-alterego··on BC Supreme Court bars man from calling himself an 'engineer'
Yeah you can call yourself an engineer in normal conversation.

The line is testifying in open court or advertising or performing engineering as a service where the state engineering boards might get involved.

boring-alterego··on TSA introducing self-service screening technology in Las Vegas
I had a big problem with fingerprints and hand geometry stuff after recovering from some serious burns. They had to delete my account to readd me into the system because it changed so much.
boring-alterego··on Who will lead the charge to a four-day work week?
A majority of American nuclear plants have had a 4 day 10 hour day work week for about 20 years now. The others have alternate Fridays off to the best of my knowledge.
boring-alterego··on Commuting time of more than 30 min one way linked to higher chance of depression
I have an hour commute to and from work. Your playlist for music will never be long enough it will repeat regularly.

Some recommendations after doing that for a couple decades, get into audiobooks or long form podcasts. Or schedule your drive in during a morning meeting and call in via teams/zoom/etc. Or use that time to call a different family member, friend or loved one.

boring-alterego··on ChatGPT will provide more detailed and accurate responses if you pretend to tip
When the robot overlords come, they will listen and possibly accept bargains and bribes.
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