Sorry for our unannounced disappearance.

The machine this friendica is based upon is a i9-10900x with dual wd-black 1TB SSD drives in RAID0 and four 14Tb drives in two RAID-1 arrays.

Running the root partition on raid1 software raid (mdraid) requires that
initramfs autoconfig's the RAID array for a successful boot to occur.

I had upgraded our other web server to Ubuntu 24.04 in advance of the official release date and had few problems so did the same with this, unaware that 24.04 totally broke the auto-assemble function in initramfs, as well as breaking virtual GPUs and turning the machine into a snap nightmare.

The Canonical folks deserve a big E on this release as far as I am concerned. Anyway after finally figuring out what happened we are back on 22.04 and probably will remain that way until end of life at which point we'll migrate to Debian or some other release unless Ubuntu's board has been fired by that time and moved back to some semblance of sanity.

In a day or two we should also have hubzilla, mastodon, and yacy back up.

I accidentally discovered that Netflix is snooping my browser history. I configured Firefox for private browsing and turned history off. Netflix would no longer allow me to view content. They have no legal interest in my browser history. Of course they'd like to know it so they can better target ads and probably the NSA pays them to help with their data collection, but what I've viewed outside of Netflix is NONE OF THEIR FUCKING BUSINESS.

If you are a Netflix customer, I urge you to call them at (888) 638-3549 and tell them in no uncertain terms that this is NOT ACCEPTABLE.

If there are any lawyers out there that would be willing to get a law suit
going pro-bono, please contact me at nanook@eskimo.com.

Please spread this message around.

It gets even better than she describes here, because the kind of reactors that can recycle actinides (the heavier than Uranium isotopes in nuclear waste that are long-lived) are molten salt breeder reactors. These reactors have additional benefits beyond burning waste, they also are inherently safe incapable of meltdowns because they are firstly self-regulating, and second in the event of an overheat condition (which is nearly impossible to achieve) the worst thing that happens is it melts a drain plug and the fuel drains into a much larger tank that disperses it enough that reactions can no longer occur, and because this fuel cycle involves continuous removal of fission products, there aren't a lot of fission products in the fuel to heat the tank. These reactors are safe by physics not safe by 1000 safety mechanisms that can screw up and render you a Fukashima. As such they can be placed close enough to populations that waste heat can be used for things like space heating of homes and commercial spaces.

We're all reading how AI will be our doom. I think most people associate AI with consciousness but I see zero evidence that mere complexity creates consciousness and thus no reason to believe AI is conscious, thus to be the destruction of mankind will require someone direct it to that purpose, just as with nuclear technology.

Personally, I believe the many interactive worlds theory of quantum mechanics is the correct one, even though it be an unpopular one. It creates a physical mechanism for us to create our reality, the universes splitting at every decision node but we decide which one we go to and so you can choose a terrible world or a great one. Make the right choice.

Intel's Crazy Plan for AI Chips IS WORKING! (Supercut)

Highlights from the #intel Foundry Direct Connect keynote presentation, featuring Sam Altman from #openai as well as the CEOs of Microsoft ( #msft stock ) an...

^YouTube

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/19/ted-cruz-unwilling-to-commit-on-whether-mcconnell-should-run-for-reelection-1438316/

Whatever this is, it ain't "buttes and layers" on Mars.
It is either:
1) An artificial structure on Mars.
2) An artificial structure in the desert on Earth portrayed as Mars.
3) Some good art work.

Then Satan thought, "How can I fuck up God's plan", and Satan made a Politician.