đź“ś RADOS: a scalable, reliable storage service for petabyte-scale storage clusters [2007]
By: S. Weil, A. Leung, S. Brandt, et al.
đź“– https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love/blob/master/datastores/rados-a-scalable-reliable-storage-service-for-petabyte-scale-storage-clusters.pdf
🔍 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/8b1d8d46836a6d5eb4355315b64d85c128cbff27
Fact of the day: the Ford Edsel ("a 1950s flop so notorious that it’s taught in business schools to this day") outsold the Cybertruck 2:1, "in a country with half the population."
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/ford-introduces-edsel
(h/t Luke Savage in the American Prospect, https://prospect.org/2026/01/30/teslas-wile-e-coyote-moment-is-here/)
<p>The proclamation declaring the cessation of hostilities in the American Revolution marks a significant moment in the transition from war to peace between the United States and Great Britain. Although the formal Treaty of Paris was not signed until September 1783, the conflict was effectively concluded following the British surrender at Yorktown in October 1781. On April 11, 1783, the Continental Congress issued this proclamation in response to ongoing peace negotiations, symbolizing a commitment to halt military actions by both land and sea. The proclamation emphasized the need for mutual respect and reciprocity in the cessation of arms, aligning the United States with other nations involved in the broader peace discussions. It mandated that all military personnel and citizens respect this agreement, fostering a sense of unity and order during a pivotal time in American history. This decision laid the groundwork for the eventual ratification of the Treaty of Paris, which would formally recognize the sovereignty and independence of the United States. The proclamation reflects the complexities of international diplomacy and the efforts to restore peace following years of conflict.</p>
Okay, okay, I get it. Thanks Mozilla. I'll give Vivaldi a try at the weekend. Seesh.
RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876
Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN”
A VPN ban isn’t really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia
You can refuse to provide official ID or biometric data for social media accounts requiring age verification.
Actually, I bet if everyone did refuse, and let their account dormant for a couple of weeks, you would suddenly see American Big Tech transforming into the fiercest defender of your privacy rights, using their powerful network of lobbyists to fight these invasive government regulations.
They need you more than you need them.
Force them to work for your rights.
Do not comply.
#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.
Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a ÂŁ3m prize for her work in 2018. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM #Histodons
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Cory Doctorow
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Adam Dalliance
Jonah Aragon 
Jack Daniel (often offline)
Joseph Cox
Em 
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