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Thanks for the analogy, that really helps to put it in perspective. I was trying to work out the number of molecules per metre that would leave you with, but either my sense of scales is off kilter or I’ve got it wrong.

From what I can find, there are approximately 2.5e25 molecules per m³ at 1atm. Given an 11km cube has a volume of 1.3e12 m³, that gives around 2e13 molecules per m³ per m³ released. That sounds high, have I got the figures wrong somewhere?

“Gelatinous tuna mold concoction” is a concept I don’t want to have to think about ever again, and I ate similar things when I was a young’un.

Fastration?

It tracks the location of a body (or anything else that causes the same sort if interference), but it doesn’t identify the person, and as such they can reasonably make the claim that this technology is privacy preserving.

Of course, as with anything that claims to anonymise data, or preserve privacy, that assertion starts to fall down when you use the resulting data in conjunction with other data sources, even if they too claim to be privacy preserving.

That’s pretty much what a mercury thermometer does. As the temperature changes so does the volume of the mercury, which causes the level to move up and down, and the temperature scale on the side is just a measure of how high the mercury reaches.

I don’t think it’s abuse they love exectly, it’s being told exactly what to think and how to act. It removes a huge amount of cognative load and uncertainty and leaves them feeling more sure of themselves.

It does seem like it would be simpler and more reliable to use full disk encryption to encrypt the data before it’s written, and just destroy the key if you want to nuke the data.

I assume it’s been vibe coded, sauce for the goose being good with the gander and all that.

ETA: /s just to be clear.

This is excellent article on enshitification, some of the factors that can lead to it, and ways founders could think about it to hopefully avoid it. What it doesn’t seem to talk about is how Tailscale intends to avoid it, now and in the future.

The joys of distributed algorithms. You can now get more errors, more quickly than before!

I remember writing a chat system in assembler, for DOS, using, IIRC, IPX networking. When it went wrong, one or more machines would just freeze, with the string “NETWORK ABEND” in the middle of the screen.

I should fork vim and call it ‘death’, so I can shout “give me vim or give me death!” any time someone suggests a different editor.

“They will hunt you, they are like a cross between a lentil and a velociraptor,”

Well, that’s a horrifying image.

Yeah, you’re exhausted and feel like you’re having a heart attack. It is deeply unfun.

If you feel like that all the time, you can probably run through walls. I’ll keep an eye on the news!

Been there. A word to the wise: never decided that the best way to avoid multiple walks to the kitchen is to fill a mug with espressos and then drink it at your desk. Colours start to make sounds, everything moves too slowly, you feel a sense of impending doom, and your heart makes a spirited attempt to leave your body.