So what? Not changing clocks is the bigger issue, and I’m someone that very much prefers DST through the winter, as it gives me more sunlight after the typical work day.

But I’d settle for a single, non-switching time.

Plus I’m sure if a state decided to go permanent DST, the Fed would have a hard time forcing the issue, as suddenly the Interstate clause would get challenged in the Supreme Court, and the Fed wants to avoid that at all costs.

And Indiana already does ignore it.

Exactly.

Suckers keep giving them money.

That’s the answer.

People keep paying so they keep charging. It’s shitty how they operate - they’re playing consumers like a fiddle.

I’ve gone to plenty of local events where ticketing is handled (gasp!) by the venue itself using their own systems! Crazy, right? (I’m sure the ticketing system is leased by them, but it’s still not Ticket Master).

I refuse to go to any even where ticket master is involved. Oh well, guess I’m gonna miss that.

Haha, tell me you bought this!

Give us an example of what you want as the end result - what devices you have, are you sharing calendars with someone else, etc.

My best answer is to run a calendar server on some machine and let your calendar sync to that whenever the devices are online on the same wifi simultaneously. (E.G. Run Owncloud in a docker on your laptop).

Alternatively you could run Tailscale on the devices which would provide a secure mesh network, eliminating the need to be on the same wifi - so long as they’re online they can sync via Tailscale.

Tailscale even has a feature (Funnel) that will route specific internet traffic into your Tailscale net - this would eliminate the need to have Tailscale on every device. You could host a calendar on a laptop (say Nextcloud in Docker with Tailscale), enable Funnel only for the calendar port, and apply security in Tailscale so only you have access.

I’ve found VM’s take up less space than a standard install.

My largest Windows VM is currently 73GB, and it has a bunch of stuff installed.

My smallest is 11GB, and that’s Win10Pro.

I just setup a Windows Server VM for testing, and with a base install the VM is 13GB.

Can you virtualize Windows instead of dual boot? KVM is excellent virtualization these days, and my Win 10 Enterprise VM is all of 16gb 26gb. (Typo)

Verify it’s deleted.

You’re under selling yourself.

You forgot to add the Dr. Evil pinky gif

Dammit, beat me to it

There castle!

Google has always been evil. Why else was their byline “Don’t be evil”?

If you have to make such a disclaimer…

It’s got the spooky factor go Halloween. At least that’s what I’m going with.

I wouldn’t argue with anyone saying it wasn’t a Halloween movie, I just liked having a reason to watch it once a year.

So much this.

Why is Signal hosted in one location on AWS, for example? That’s the sort of thing that should be in multiple places around the world with automatic fail over.

Depends on who we’re talking about. Companies like finance orgs are all about legal contracts and would be able to hold their feet to the fire.

You don’t want to go to court against a finance company or any very large org where contract law is their bread and butter (basically any large/multinational corp).

Amazon’s not hosting just small operations.

Much of this stuff is automatic - I’ve worked with such contracted services where uptime is guaranteed. The contracts dictate the terms and conditions for refunds, we see them on a monthly basis when uptime is missed and it’s not done by a person.

I imagine many companies have already seen refunds for outage time, and Amazon scrambled to stop the automation around this.

They’ll have little to stand on in court for something this visible and extensive, and could easily lose their shirt with fines and penalties when a big company sues over breech when they choose to not renew.

Just cause they’re big doesn’t mean all their clients are small or don’t have legal teams of their own.

I just added a 30mm case fan to my SFF. I went with a compressor style given the space constraints and restrictions (they tend to draw more current because of the load).

It increased draw by <1 watt - it barely registers on the meter.

I don’t think fans really make much difference. My 120mm compressor is 4w on the label (which is peak load, like startup). It probably drops back to 1/2 W after startup. And that’s a huge fan in a compressor style, equivalent to a 200mm+ in a conventional fan.

All the 60’s stop motion stuff: Rudolph, Frosty, etc. (The Charlie Brown stuff was mentioned).

Die Hard. I’ll die on the hill of this being a Christmas movie.

A Christmas Story.

Christmas Chronicles

Christmas in Connectitcut

Scrooged

The Still Game Hogmanay special

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Upstart Crow, A Crow Christmas (S03E07)

Halloween-

Beetlejuice

Big Trouble in Little China

Death Becomes Her

Evil Dead

Jeff Dunham Minding the Monsters

Shaun of the Dead

Troll Hunter (subtitles required, but sooo worth it)

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Hot Fuzz

Hubie Halloween

What We Do In The Shadows

Zombieland