Hailstone numbers has been a popular subject in computing circles since forever. Not much practical application, just a very simple, but curious construct.

Clearly, the proper solution is to have a p2p mesh of down detectors.

As per usual, all new is something old, well-forgotten.

Interestingly enough, the architecture of "a p2p mesh of down detectors" converges with the architecture of "not using a down detector".

Might've worked for HDDs, but SSDs have a cap on lifetime writes.

Yes but also the drives in the OP have 4~ TB lifetime writes, basically nothing compared to the total capability of the drive, Given these drives can do 2TB+ a day for the entire warranty period a day, I don't think these drives are that bad, the amazon seller shouldn't have claimed they were new, but in terms of the flash wear, these drives look almost as good as new

Yep. They should've engraved it.

To add some context -

Powell's 4-year term ends January 31, 2026. Whether he is reconfirmed by the Senate for another term is an open question.

Uhh... Powell's term as chairman ends in May 2026. His term as a board member ends Jan 2028. Senate confirmation is irrelevant because Trump will not nominate him again for anything.

Bah, you are correct [1]. I got my date from the Wikipedia page and apparently it's wrong.

[1] https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48233

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Powell#Federal_Reserve_...

> We stay away from conflict, just robots driving circles around buildings in remote boring places.

Kudos for clarifying this.

Canada is even weirder.

After switching to the metric system ('70-80s) some things are still measures in imperial units. If you slice some ham at a counter in a grocery store, it's in grams. You then turn around and get a pound of apples and a gallon of milk. Nuts are in grams, and soda is in liters. Also the body weight tends to be in pounds. Tools are both metric and imperial. Speeds and distances though, thank god, are metric.

All this is just kinda there and everyone's OK with it, but it is an epic mess if you think about it.

Ha, this explains then why MSFT dropped 4% after hours!

might be another issue: the azure outage

Yeah, such extension is natural and it comes up frequently in the context of overlay networks. The defining question here is if you are OK with relaying other people's CP traffic.

"within the tailnet." So, the "other people" are people you've authorized to be on your tailnet, at least in this conversation.

Ah, my bad. You are right, I missed that bit.

For the 'life' screensaver it might make sense to use half blocks as a base rendering unit. ASCII 220 and 223.