Article like this explain how they might be trying to look good and yet still do an end run.
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I understand this as the California Effect and similarly the Brussels effect. While both do change company policies, I do understand that many companies are going to continues to try and avoid a regulatory ruling as there is so much status quo market loss on the line for them.
This article describes how they'll be trying to use MOUs with nongovernment bodies to mollify consumers and regulators.
Based on this, it looks like an attempt to negotiate with the consumers "directly" and make it look like they are being active.
Anyone wanting to return to the retro, you can buy an upgraded 1-4TB version if you don't want to hack your old one.
I love these iPods and wish they stayed this simple and usable. Admittedly there are lots of great new features out there, but for a purpose built device it is a classic.
The last Firefox on android that really worked for me with the about:reader?url=http://... Ability to force pages into it was 68, which I keep around for that reason.
Can 117 do it on all pages?
I really wish they brought back Reader mode. I kept the old version of firefox side by side just so I can force some pages into it. Makes reading soooo much easier.
I work on a ship and am in the Galapagos right now. Thr island is covered in Starlink terminals and they've changed the internet existence here. Posting this via public starlink WiFi. I have a friend in the Philippines, and same there, huge impact.
His point about your US centric point is valid.
Starlink has many issues network wise, but the price point is per country so it is still being well used around the world in rural existence.
What have we learned? The executive told Ars that years of data collection like this have taught Backblaze that the failure rate of a given model does not predict the failure rate of other models of the same size or by the same manufacturer:
That’s why once we identified the 8TB drives as the potential problem, we had to dig into the model-specific numbers. In this case, all of the models were similar in their increase in failure rates, but it could have been just as likely that they weren’t.
One thing to remember is that we are looking at the change in failure rates over time, not the actual failure rates themselves. We are looking for unusual changes outside of what we would expect.
Looking at detailed drive data like this gives Backblaze an intimate look into its storage environment so it can make any necessary adjustments.
"We have a drive migration program to move from smaller drives to larger drives to improve storage density in a given Backblaze vault. For economic reasons, we start with the smallest drives and then consider other details, such as failure rates, in the process. To that end, the analysis we did is being used to help prioritize which Backblaze vaults are upgraded," Klein told Ars.
For consumers considering a new HDD for personal use, (but not as part of a RAID array) Klein advised seeking a model they "believe fails the least."
He added:
But the difference between a 1 percent and 2 percent failure rate is moot if you don’t back up your stuff somewhere else. Relying on a single drive, HDD or SSD, as your sole source of data storage is a ticking time bomb. Whether a drive lasts 2 years or 10 years, it will fail.
I agree on the ending soon enough, however I think if Russia did hit a NATO state, Article 4 might not lead to an Article 5. NATO is already at a Article 4 so for the War so, so there is a huge amount of deliberation and intent to support without escalation.
Also even if Article 5 was invoked, it would be a question as to who would actual send troops vs "such action as [the member state] deems necessary" which is fairly broad.
Second that, finally an app to get control and feedback you'd see on a professional rig.