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I thought the gas tax was a fixed number rather than a percentage, wouldn't that mean the revenue would stay the same?

It's already fallen pretty drastically these past 6 months or so. It's around $2.89 near me which is a full dollar less than it was over the summer.

I really wish it wasn't so bloody effective. I absolutely HATE micro-transaction games. At least for the moment there are still good choices on PC or the consoles where you can just buy a game and play it. Mobile gaming has turned into an absolute cesspool.

If we can get one built before the election, we can fire Trump out of it and into the sun.

This video sums it up pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMh7lv8wmHs

No reason why not. May be a little power-hungry depending on the spec but if you already have it go for it. FreeNAS (now TrueNAS) is the usually suggested OS to run: https://www.truenas.com/freenas/

Since you have 4 HDD slots probably run 4 disks in a RAID 5 so think of how much space you need. RAID 5 is n-1 so if you have 4x 10TB drives you will be left with 30TB of space before formatting. You can calculate here: https://www.raid-calculator.com/

Then either mirror the SSDs for OS and caching or just use one. Depends on your budget really.

Of course the can pay their drivers but think of the poor shareholders who may see 0.1% less profit or the CEO who may get only 99% of their usual bonus. Oh the horror!!

Be the change you want to see in the world, TacoButtPlug.

Nope: https://www.joe.co.uk/news/prisoner-who-died-and-was-brought-back-to-life-argued-his-life-sentence-had-technically-finished-394879

Correct, because they are incapable of actually thinking for themselves.

Russia, he did it for Russia.

I don't think the problem is "we" securing things (we being cybersecurity professionals). I think the problem is companies seeing that it's cheaper to take the PR hit, pay the ransom, pay for cybersecurity insurance, etc than it is to pay for a properly secured network.

Cybersecurity is hard (citation needed) and costs a lot of money (citation needed). If a company figures it's cheaper to have a breach and deal with the fallout than it is to properly secure shit I can promise you what will happen.

As always, follow the $$$.

Honestly, this is what scares the fuck out of me. I feel like COVID was just a sample of what's to come. Between anti-vaxxers and climate change we are going to be in for a wild ride.

While true, I'm not convinced that fully explains it. Having been in IT nearly 2 decades I feel like the second piece is cybersecurity budgets getting slashed. A lot of them have been super-basic shit like someone clicking on a malicious link.

Science: We've eradicated many diseases through vaccines!

Republicans: Hold my beer!

Is it just me or has 2023 been the year of the data breach? Maybe they are just larger or more widely reported. Just seems like there have been a fuck-ton of them this past year.

That's the neat part, you don't. That's a feature not a bug.

Which smart TV blocklist are you using? Should probably add that into my pihole.

Could we somehow capture the steam from all the kettles to turn a turbine? I see zero problems with this plan.

Drain the swamp?