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kl4m··on I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with high frequency
echo o > /proc/sysrq-trigger will shutdown a AWS instance immediately. I've used it a couple of times to make real sure my costly spot instance was terminated.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.11/admin-guide/sysrq.html...

kl4m··on Twitter to be fined $250M for using 2FA numbers for ads
This page was loading so many trackers for a full minute (doubleclick, openx, google.ca???) that my laptop started heating up. I'll wait for another media source to read about it, thanks.
kl4m··on NASA Astronauts Return Home in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Spacecraft [video]
Estimates set the lower bound at 250x the size of the observable universe, according to the limits of measurement of the "flatness" of our local space. https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5476
kl4m··on New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4k unsecured databases
Not any more than walking in the street and trying car doors.
kl4m··on Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 'to prevent confusion'
And then there's the updates
kl4m··on Osint Amateur Hour
This one? "Trump Tweets Sensitive Surveillance Image Of Iran" https://www.npr.org/2019/08/30/755994591/president-trump-twe...
kl4m··on CA Root expired on 30 May 2020
Good old "cert replaced but apache/nginx failed to reload" has bitten me more than once...
kl4m··on Show HN: Straight2Spam – Send your email right to someone's spam folder
Postmark, or sendgrid
kl4m··on GitLab 13.0
Have you tried signing up with a gmail then changing you primary email in profile?

Edit: @gmx. address by any chance?

kl4m··on There is one, and only one strain of SARS-CoV-2
Asymptomatic does not mean permanently infected
kl4m··on There is one, and only one strain of SARS-CoV-2
Which evidence? Are you referring to the "lag" in immune response in the initial stage of infection?
kl4m··on Why Zoom Chose Oracle
Beats me. They offer "Premium" (~0.12$/GB) and lately "Regular" (~0.8/GB) network tiers, and their interconnect service. I guess high cost of outbound networking helps locking in customers as well.
kl4m··on There is one, and only one strain of SARS-CoV-2
If it's a mild infection, by definition, the immune system has squashed it. If it didn't, the virus would take hold; it's not a latent viral infection like herpes.

Edit: okay, okay, I didn't specify "a mild infection that stays mild and goes away". We know complications can arise and the infection can progress into severe symptoms. Plenty of examples.

kl4m··on Ask HN: Did Google turn off IMAP access for good over the weekend?
Can't you create an "application password" for IMAP?
kl4m··on Why Zoom Chose Oracle
Which is pretty much everyone else except GCP.
kl4m··on gh – GitHub's new CLI
Interestingly, on gitlab.com, you can trigger some options (create Merge Request, skip the CI pipeline for your push or set CI variables) straight through git push --push-option

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/push_options.html

kl4m··on About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial
Not on people with COVID-19.
kl4m··on Anatomy of My Kubernetes Cluster
Network throughput should be tested with iperf ( https://iperf.fr/ ), certainly not scp
kl4m··on The History of WD-40
Sure polymer fumes are bad, but this is about oiling a bike chain.
kl4m··on The History of WD-40
Your link is mixing up the two molecules by calling PFAS "The Teflon chemical". "Teflon", the non-stick final product, is PTFE with a very strong fluorine chemical bond and no chance of reacting with the human body at normal temperatures (That's why nothing manages to stick to it, basically). PFAS were used by DuPont in the manufacture of Teflon (and recklessly dumped into the environment).

PFAS are an ecological disaster; Teflon itself is not a concern.

kl4m··on Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed
How to approach the lack of network effect at the beginning while paying upfront? Many sites/apps are free for "basic" features, presumably for this reason.
kl4m··on Successfully Merging the Work of 1000 Developers
Is it the problem that Gitlab merge trains aim to solve?

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/merge_request_pipelines/pipeli...

kl4m··on Amazon Uses a Twitter Army of Employees to Fight Criticism of Warehouses
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20704138
kl4m··on 8chan served with search warrant [pdf]
But it's not mass surveillance at all. Specific people, specific circumstances, warrant.
kl4m··on Dear Client, Here’s Why That Change Took So Long
Another viewpoint: https://john-millikin.com/sre-school/no-haunted-forests
kl4m··on Why was it so hard to take a picture of a black hole?
The light is redshifted when it "climbs out" of a strong gravity field but still moves through space at a constant speed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_redshift
kl4m··on YouTube Just Demonetized Anti-Vax Channels
They still allow use of their platform... People can upload and view the videos. They're just disavowing "partnership" through the monetization program.
kl4m··on YouTube Just Demonetized Anti-Vax Channels
Youtube is demonetizing here, not censoring.
kl4m··on Esketamine Drug For Depression Treatment Nears FDA Approval
The best thing about publishing books is they don't need that pesky peer review!
kl4m··on SEC Charges Rothenberg Ventures in Fraudulent Scheme
A monopoly on violence, not guns. The U.S. constitution does not empower you to incarcerate your neighbor.
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