Dr. Faustus

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Friends, have any of you ever used a key management server with ZFS encryption?
Friends, have any of you ever used a key management server with ZFS encryption?

I'm getting to the age where you schedule colonoscopies. So it's time for a mid-life crisis purchase. The stereotypical sports car purchase doesn't make sense. I still have the sports car I bought before I could drink. So...race car?

I spent my teens competitively racing R/C cars with my dad. We took our old cars out to the track on his birthday a few years back. It reminded me how much fun it could be.

So, I hiked down to the local R/C track and bought everything I needed to race. Time to go hit the track again and have some fun.

What you're looking at is an Associated Electrics RC10B7D Team Kit. Built to ROAR spec standards. I still have some of the kit to needed to race. Like this red pit mat from the defunct R/C car race motor company Twister.

It does feel weird to be running an RC10. I used to be a Team Losi guy, not Associated Electrics. A very Ford/Chevy vibe there, but Losi seems to have ended their serious race program.

Activists and city lawmakers balk at Aurora police recruiting at Trump rally

‘Trying to recruit officers at a rally built on fear mongering, xenophobia, and all the phobias just feels like a really irresponsible thing to do’

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/activists-and-city-lawmakers-balk-at-aurora-police-recruiting-at-trump-rally/

#COpolitics #AuroraCO

Activists and city lawmakers balk at Aurora police recruiting at Trump rally

'Trying to recruit officers at a rally built on fear mongering, xenophobia, and all the phobias just feels like a really irresponsible thing to do'

Sentinel Colorado

Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78

Christensen kick-started online culture by inspiring thousands of hobbyist communities.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78

Christensen kick-started online culture by inspiring thousands of hobbyist communities.

Ars Technica

Take that Texas.
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If You Rolled Colorado Out Into A Brownie, How Big Would It Be?

https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/squish-colorado-brownie-surface-area/

If You Rolled Colorado Out Into A Brownie, How Big Would It Be?

Science suggests it would be very, very large. And still, somehow, probably larger than you think.

Science Friday

A seriously great review of the Pinus from Rattan.
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Rattan’s newest electric bike has a name you can’t say in polite company

https://electrek.co/2024/06/20/rattans-newest-electric-bike-has-a-name-you-cant-say-in-polite-company/

Rattan’s newest electric bike has a name you can’t say in polite company

Rattan, a long-time player now seeing increased penetration in the entry-level e-bike market, has rolled out new electric bicycle models...

Electrek

TLDR - Powdr Corp. is challenging the 29-3 vote to unionize ski patrol. Their reasoning? The unpaid volunteer ski patrol members didn't get a vote. Of course, even if all of them did get a vote and voted against the union, it would still have passed because of that 29-3 margin. Classy work Powdr!

https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/19/eldora-ski-patrol-union-vote-challenged/

Eldora ski area claims “improper conduct” tainted patrollers’ vote to unionize

76% of paid patrollers turned out for the election. Eldora management says more volunteer patrollers' votes should have been considered.

The Colorado Sun