Sean CastenI like this for a lot of reasons. But mostly because the path to decarbonization AND cost reduction is electification, and electric regulation is primarily done at the state level in the US. Governors can lead, and Spanberger is. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/virginia-set-to-enact-laws-cleaner-cheaper-power
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Ars TechnicaOrbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?
"This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/orbital-data-centers-part-1-theres-no-way-this-is-economically-viable-right/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
"This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/orbital-data-centers-part-1-theres-no-way-this-is-economically-viable-right/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Christina WarrenHi. Please play this amazing JND color game my friend Keith made and see how good you/your displays are at differentiating between similar colors. https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/?r=filmgirl
Taylor LorenzI have a piece out in The Guardian today on how the internet is becoming a fully surveilled digital panopticon and why we need to fight back
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/02/ban-children-social-media-biometic-data-surveilled
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/02/ban-children-social-media-biometic-data-surveilled
The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all
Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz
Prof. Sam LawlerToo wound up to go to bed, so I just sent lots of emails to people hoping that they'll spread the word and get lots more people to write comments to the FCC telling them that orbital data centres and sunlight-as-a-service are incredibly stupid, dangerous ideas and should never be launched.
Instructions how to submit here: https://darksky.org/news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/
I don't think it'll actually make a big difference. But I do think it's incredibly important that the official record shows how many opposed this.
Jack Daniel (often offline)While we're talking about boring personal safety: bump caps. Sometimes you really need a hard hat or helmet, but sometimes you just need a little protection. Bump caps look like normal caps, but have a liner to defend against minor head knocks. You can also get just a liner and put it in the cap of your choice, handy for warmer weather when you want ventilation.
Let's talk about boring personal safety. Many of you know that I do a lot of work outdoors, manual work, working on cars, trucks, motorcycles, metal work, occasional carpentry, stuff like that. I live in steel toe footwear. It doesn’t have to look like the work boots on the right of this picture. The black vented Keens, steel toes. Even the ratty, gray Timberland sneakers, steel toes. If you are active, you never know, better to be safe.
iFixitSure, the greenest gift is giving nothing. But unless you want your family calling you the holiday grinch, try the next best thing: Give the Gift of Repair.
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Richard HughesReminder I still need your help to test UEFI firmware parsing in #fwupd: https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2024/01/09/looking-for-logofail-on-your-local-system/ -- the blog article is slightly out of date in that some modern AMD MTD support is now included, as I know some people were disappointed this was only Intel hardware before.
If you've already submitted your image then bask in that warm glow. Thanks!
Looking for LogoFAIL on your local system
A couple of months ago, Binarly announced LogoFAIL which is a pretty serious firmware security problem. There is lots of complexity Alex explains much better than I might, but essentially a huge amount of system firmware running right now is vulnerable: The horribly-insecure parsing in the firmware allows the user to use a corrupted OEM...
Zack WhittakerNew, by me: Router maker TP-Link faces a potential U.S.-wide ban over its alleged links to China. In my latest analysis, I dive into why a TP-Link ban is unlikely to make America meaningfully safer from Chinese cyberthreats (or anywhere). Please share!
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