scary metaphor

mxmetaphor.bsky.social

31 octubre 2026 19:42

Remember a couple years back when Microsoft was testing underwater data centers? It solved the cooling issue at least...and then had most of the other problems space servers have. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...

Mutton the Dragon

muttonthedragon.bsky.social

31 octubre 2026 19:42

$2.50 for a cosmetic skin back in 2006 is still less than $5 after accounting for inflation, but that time really was the canary in the coal mines. Remember when Valve wanted to release L4D maps for free on Xbox, but Microsoft didn’t want that precedent set?

Paul Graf

paulginva.bsky.social

31 octubre 2026 19:42

I'm just an 80-year-old guy who started building his own PC in 1976. A year later, I started practicing law. As it turned out, most of my clients over the course of me career were involved in some kind of tech. Back in the early 80s, a lot of us thought that the PC was going to be the great field

🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️

kcfennessy.bsky.social

31 octubre 2026 19:42

I write for two publications whose rates have gone up over the years, and I'm as shocked as anyone. I wrote for Amazon for 18 years back when they used a coterie of freelancers for film and music reviews, and the rates never changed. I realize this is par for the course for Amazon, but jeez.

Andrew Yourtchenko

ayourtch.bsky.social

31 octubre 2026 09:42

an idea I want to test on my shiny appview is making a per-block list “leakiness” gauge. The assumption is that sometimes the block lists are a bit too broad and you won’t notice that while you subscribe to it. This lets through a user controlled percentage. May still be a terrible idea..