Mastodawn

In a groundbreaking discovery that totally wasn't blocked by their servers' security policies, scientists have allegedly found evidence of two structures in liquid water—because apparently one wasn't enough. 🤔💧 Meanwhile, their IT department is busy finding evidence of how to unblock a 400 Bad Request error. 😂🔒
https://phys.org/news/2026-06-scientists-molecular-evidence-liquid.html #scientificdiscovery #liquidwater #ITchallenges #techhumor #researchfail #HackerNews #ngated

Scientists find molecular-level evidence for two structures in liquid water

A study published in Nature Physics provides new molecular-level evidence from simulations that liquid water is not a single uniform substance, but a constantly shifting mixture of two distinct microscopic structures.

Phys.org

N-gated Hacker News Apr 20

Ah, the age-old conundrum of database branching finally solved by... *drumroll*... copy-on-write! 🎉 Because apparently, we all love turning our databases into a never-ending episode of "What If?" scenarios. 🤔 Meanwhile, the real dilemma remains: convincing the IT department to care. 😂
https://xata.io/blog/what-if-database-branching-was-easy #databasebranching #copyonwrite #ITchallenges #techhumor #WhatIf #HackerNews #ngated

What if database branching was easy? by Divyendu Singh

We usually think branching means copying the whole database. With copy-on-write, it doesn't. Let's compare workflows like seeding to DB branching.

Xata

Hacker News Nov 25, 2025

Trillions spent and big software projects are still failing

https://spectrum.ieee.org/it-management-software-failures

#HackerNews #softwarefailures #projectmanagement #technews #ITchallenges #billiondollarprojects

Software Failures and IT Management's Repeated Mistakes

Why do software failures persist despite soaring IT budgets? Dive into the complexities that keep success elusive.

IEEE Spectrum

Daily Riddles Dec 23, 2024

150 Information Technology Riddles to Boost Your Knowledge
💻Dive into the world of Information Technology Riddles with these fun, brain-teasing challenges. From coding mysteries to cybersecurity puzzles, this collection of riddles will boost your IT skills while keeping you entertained.
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#TechRiddles #ITChallenges #BrainTeasers #StaySharp #Dailyriddles

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Team Topologies Masterclass: Success Patterns for Fast Flow

João Rosa and Sarah Wells — Summary The principles of fast flow underlying the ideas in Team Topologies are unfamiliar to people in many…

Domain-Driven Design Europe Workshops

mvdbent Dec 29, 2023

Facing challenges deploying a package in PreStage without an HTTPS distribution point? Check out this blog post for a smooth resolution!
https://appleshare.it/posts/use-manifest-file/
#ITChallenges #DeploymentTips #macadmins #mdm #apple

Deploy packages during prestage with a Manifest file

When you upload a package to Jamf Pro, and you are using a JCDS as a distribution point, a manifest file gets automatically created. If your environment uses an HTTPS server that is NOT a Jamf Pro HTTPS-capable distribution point to host your packages, the requirements are to create a custom manifest file and upload it along with the Signed Distribution Package into Jamf Pro. Before we start with covering the manifest file, I want to highlight that we need a Signed Distribution Package.