From @ordnung@chaos.social

I've been wanting to do this story for years and am thrilled it's finally out: inside the surprisingly small, highly specialized industry that repairs the internet cables on the bottom of the ocean theverge.com/c/24070570/inte…

just bought an adapter on aliexpress to put a SSD in the expresscard slot of an old laptop. good news: it seems to work. not so good news: the case was a massive PITA to put together and the mounting screw makes the case bulge, i'm not sure i'll ever get the card back out.

🏗️We're working 24/7 to get the railway between Oxford and Didcot reopened 🦺Prior to the recent rapid deterioration of the viaduct, its condition posed no safety risk 📽️Stuart Calvert explains how we have been looking after the viaduct and what our permanent fix will look like

doh, writing f.close instead of f.close() in python can cause really confusing bugs.

Does anyome have any recommendations for short robust USB A to C cables? For micro B i've been using anker powerline but their USB C stuff seems far more expensive with far less choice.

anyone have any good or bad experiences with tinc? i'm considering switching from openvpn to avoid single points of failure.

Seriously @MicrochipTech how the hell did you let a chip as buggy as the mcp795xx nake it into production?!

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