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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
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