The Standard server is going down for a few hours later today for maintenance. Server waiting for maintenance It needs a replacement for the steadily failing hard drives in the archive array (RAID-Z3) and a replacement of 2Tb disks (some now over 7 years old)…
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The following are numbers related to Covid in South Africa. The article the numbers come from is here. But I want to begin by reiterating a point that many here-a-bouts are determined to push back on. So, from the link (emphasis added)- For triage purposes,…
The opposite of grimdark is hopepunk. Pass it on. ~ Alexandra Rowland It’s about how the first step to slaying a dragon is for one person to say, probably drunk in a bar somewhere, “I bet it can be done though” ~ Alexandra Rowland This…
Happy new year everyone. A few random predictions for this year … Auckland Council, New Zealand and the world will continue to dither about climate change. We are running out of time. The world is full of good intentions but the only thing that matters…
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