Likes from 18 May 2023

I can't help feeling a bit bemused at Al Capone's 11 year prison sentence is for tax evasion, not for the violence and death he inflicted on people. (This sub-post directly aimed at people who should know better.)

I often suggest ideas that pop into my head. Some of them are ones I would personally back, some are ones I wouldn’t back. But my favourite thing to do in meetings is suggest at least one outrageous idea. The more wild the better. Why? Because then all other ideas look more reasonable and allows people to dismiss something and make a decision.

My wife is away for a couple of days and my ADHD has already completely taken hold. Make me realise how completely chaotic and messy my life would be without someone stable around me. ❤️

@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net I've decided to simply blackhole the entire .zip TLD in my DNS config. Maybe one day there will be something valuable on that domain and I'll revisit the decision, but for now it simply doesn't exist as far as all my devices are concerned.

GitHub recently experienced several availability incidents, both long running and shorter duration. We have since mitigated these incidents and all systems are now operating normally. Read on for more details about what caused these incidents and what we’re doing to mitigate in the future.