FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

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the Ukrainian operation on NordStream is a classic example of it being easier to ask for forgiveness than for permsision

You remember that time DRAM manufacturers were caught acting as a cartel to fix prices and the fines were smaller than the profit they made as a result? You're never going to guess what happened next!

"People sometimes end up on obscure sites run by just... anyone. A page made by a local club is as easy to find as a corporate site."

I didn't realize that the guy I was talking with about the internet in 1999 thought of this as a *problem* to be solved... not what made the internet awesome.

All along there have been people who see everything you love about the internet as an unfortunate design oversight, something to be fixed. And they've been working for decades to make it happen.

oh god there's a company called Reflect Orbital that wants to launch tens of thousands of satellites with mirrors on them to allow illuminating 5km-wide zones on the earth in the middle of the light by reflecting sunlight

this is terrifying

@piegames
Falsehoods Pragrammers Believe About Names at it again https://shinesolutions.com/2018/01/08/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names-with-examples/

Story in two acts

Relatable
#opossum #meme #memes #humor

Thirst trap

🦊using the "Dream Viewer" you can visualize different possibilities on the given line and place in dream markers. When you're done, you can put them on the playfield for reals

(this is our version of Squeakross' "Logic Assist" feature)

#indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker

Did you know that Microsoft applied for a permit for a warehouse in southern Sweden - and once they had built the "warehouse" they declared they were going to host a datacenter there with diesel backup generators?

I mean, we hear this happening all the time and so let's hate on data centers, right?

The difference is that this is Sweden, and we don't accept that shit. They were not allowed to run their diesel generators, had to purchase battery power instead and in the end they closed the data center down since they couldn't win this fight.

That's how you deal with it.

(They are now using other datacenters in other locations in Sweden, fully compliant with the laws, with renewable energy and not using water for cooling as far as I can see)

big cat laundromat

i didn't know about this a couple hours ago but it looked like a good excuse to draw something i can actually finish

#makeaterriblecomicday #makeaterriblecomicday2025

we don't need net zero. we need degrowth. we need to manufacture less and use less energy. we need to find ways to support people fully with fewer resources

Schools closed, events cancelled, travel warnings, and lives lost.

This is the direct result of political choices made in our parliaments.

The cost of climate inaction is incalculable.

amazing, no notes

"I should read the manual to my headphones" <-- THINGS NO ONE SHOULD EVER THINK.

2026 TECH IS BAD