My conspiracy theory was this this was a deliberate attempt to force users to actually start using Teams instead of email.

The problem with this ploy is that even email that doesn’t work is more useful than Teams.

The problem with SMTP is that it is too simple. There is a complete lack of security, so different implementations have had layers added on top to harden them, which adds to the complexity. Not all layers are standardised or compatible, which means that what should be relatively simple becomes an untenable mess.

It isn’t something that can be proprietarised easily so companies need to also add their own proprietary layers in order to monetise their product, which adds more untenable.

If your “senior network engineer” is more concerned about your SMTP server becoming a SPAM relay than your product being usable for its intended purpose, which is why it is still down.

What if it doesn’t come back up?

That is why there is a fuel crisis.

The Straight of Hormuz is just a scapegoat.

Rebuilding a collapsed society does require a lot of work.

Canola was an originally grown as a substitute for mineral oil for lubrication. The chaff was used to feed livestock, including dairy for cream and butter.

Then “The Companies” realised that cutting out the middle man (cow) was profitable and margarine was created.

My brother went from being an Automotive Parts rep to a Food Processing Industry Parts rep. If you think your local Mechanics used motor oil drum is disgusting, you need to avoid visiting a Margarine plant.

I’m pretty sure this was Microsoft’s versioning logic for the 90s and 2000s.

The new ones have all the compromises of an off road vehicle, and are underpowered (like most modern ICE vehicles).

They are still amazing fun to drive, although the Range Anxiety is Real. Driving over 110kmh on some roads is dangerous, especially with crosswinds.

Despite it’s light weight, it is still a bit of a guzzler, I’m Averaging 9-10l/100km in daily and weekend use, which means I can only travel about 300-400km without having to fill up again: further if I drive sedately.

I have friends with long-range 80l fuel tanks and there is also a 30l sub-tank available. It is technically possible to install them both at the same time, but that is a lot of extra weight and that doesn’t leave much room for mufflers.

I know people who only drive on slow 90km/h roads and they often get 6-7l/100km.

NFT v2.0 Which was BitCoin 2.0

Same scam artists trying to crash the economy for personal game.

This is why I purchased a Suzuki Jimny.

1. really stupid ADAS with no connectivity.
2. big profile tyres so I can handle the potholes.
3. goes anywhere so when the revolution comes I can go bush and avoid the conflict.

Australians did the Seppo Nuclear Apocalypse first.

That was the whole premise behind MadMax 2.

The easy (legal, 2-step) way: Step 1; Vote Democrat in such overwhelming numbers that the Republicans cease to exist. Step 2; Vote to Left-leaning democrats in such numbers that the Fascist Zionist movement ceases to exist.

The other way: Eat the rich.

Sometimes I think that the COVID WFH experience was a what gave people the idea that they could replace their meatspace workers.

Because the sociopaths in power didn’t physically see their workers, only their workers output, they assumed that they could replace their workers and output with just the output.

There were also lots of lazy fuckers that interpreted WFH as Slack-Off-At-Home, without realising that their workplace IT department could monitoring everything they did on the workplace computer, even when they were at home, and as a result spoiled it for everyone else.

Electricity Grid and Diesel supply for generators threatens Ai Datacentres.

And if they don’t they should!

This is by design. They don’t want anyone to restrict access so they have their desired option; A) on the RH side (to conform to the western idiom that right is forward, based on the flow of text). B) less text, this is also why “OK” is shorter than “Cancel”

You will also notice that there are no icons. Several OS’s HIGs recommend a ✅ for “confirm” and a ❌ for “reject” because they are easier to interpret quickly. Nowadays human interface design is all about forcing the user to conform, rather than allowing them make a decision that isn’t preferable to the developer.

This is the whole underpinning of Neo-Liberalism, give the users multiple irrelevant choices, but don’t give them any meaningful choice.

Your country still does not have the electoral system to support more than two parties.

So what is the solution?

1. vote the least genocidal party into power, and then call them out into being genocidal? Also make them fix their broken democracy.

2. vote the literal fascists back into power, have all your voting rights revoked and become monarchal dictatorship?

3. Luigi Mangione all the CEOs, fascists and powerbrokers. That is still a form of genocide, even if it is targeting arseholes.

I think that these are not 3 different options, but maybe an order of escalations.

There is nothing “regular” about the current unregulated capitalism going on in the US at the moment.

Datacentres run on diesel generators when the grid cannot provide enough power.

This is why diesel is so expensive.

If that is what it takes for American citizens to ever be able to Vote ever again, that is what needs to be done.

You don’t understand that unless the Republicans get absolutely destroyed in the next elections, your democracy is gone!

Once the republicans are out of the game, you can start voting for the progressives.

Please note that I am aware that the candidates that claim to be centrist are still actually quite fascist, but because your electoral system is so flawed, this is the only option you have.

The more this gets stated and reinforced, the more likely that people will wake up, stop investing in slop and liquidate their existing investments.