Agree. With a dash of Romania and Colgate
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Agree. With a dash of Romania and Colgate
“spending so much money+effort”
seems to put it mildly.
Weren’t there leaked emails from some company that AI tool usage would be tracked and be part of annual appraisals?
seems to put it mildly.
Weren’t there leaked emails from some company that AI tool usage would be tracked and be part of annual appraisals?
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“spending so much money+effort”
seems to put it mildly.
Weren’t there leaked emails from some company that AI tool usage would be tracked and be part of annual appraisals?
seems to put it mildly.
Weren’t there leaked emails from some company that AI tool usage would be tracked and be part of annual appraisals?
Under such ILR rule, what would happen to an abandoned baby for whom parents can’t be traced?
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Under such ILR rule, what would happen to an abandoned baby for whom parents can’t be traced?
NVIDIA + Microsoft investing $15 billion in Anthropic so the latter can buy $30 billion in Azure compute which will need tons of NVIDIA chips.
They are hard at it
They are hard at it
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
NVIDIA + Microsoft investing $15 billion in Anthropic so the latter can buy $30 billion in Azure compute which will need tons of NVIDIA chips.
They are hard at it
They are hard at it
I guess only in the UK (and Denmark?)
Historically #1 bacon exporter to UK and stuck in people’s minds.
“Bacon imports have also been in decline for the last two years, but the largest shipments continue to be sourced from the Netherlands (57%) and Denmark (33%)”
ahdb.org.uk/news/who-are...
Historically #1 bacon exporter to UK and stuck in people’s minds.
“Bacon imports have also been in decline for the last two years, but the largest shipments continue to be sourced from the Netherlands (57%) and Denmark (33%)”
ahdb.org.uk/news/who-are...
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I guess only in the UK (and Denmark?)
Historically #1 bacon exporter to UK and stuck in people’s minds.
“Bacon imports have also been in decline for the last two years, but the largest shipments continue to be sourced from the Netherlands (57%) and Denmark (33%)”
ahdb.org.uk/news/who-are...
Historically #1 bacon exporter to UK and stuck in people’s minds.
“Bacon imports have also been in decline for the last two years, but the largest shipments continue to be sourced from the Netherlands (57%) and Denmark (33%)”
ahdb.org.uk/news/who-are...
Ah, totally makes sense!
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Ah, totally makes sense!
Colonialisation of the Americas might also be a candidate. European population took 150 years to double from about 65 million in 1500 while European diseases might have killed 10s of millions in Americas in much shorter time.
Could fit anywhere the drop in the middle between 1000 and 1900 (log x)
Could fit anywhere the drop in the middle between 1000 and 1900 (log x)
Prehistoric demography - Wikipedia
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November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Colonialisation of the Americas might also be a candidate. European population took 150 years to double from about 65 million in 1500 while European diseases might have killed 10s of millions in Americas in much shorter time.
Could fit anywhere the drop in the middle between 1000 and 1900 (log x)
Could fit anywhere the drop in the middle between 1000 and 1900 (log x)
What happened about 2007/2008 in Akita Prefecture?
Did they all get excited by Lehman brothers and the financial crisis?
Did they all get excited by Lehman brothers and the financial crisis?
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
What happened about 2007/2008 in Akita Prefecture?
Did they all get excited by Lehman brothers and the financial crisis?
Did they all get excited by Lehman brothers and the financial crisis?
Something related:
Are LLMs Taking Online Surveys?
We discuss the results of our study assessing the capabilities of an agentic AI tool called Operator and identifying methods for detecting AI-assisted survey interviews.
pro.morningconsult.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Something related:
Stephen Woolfe … wow, rather odd view on dual citizenship considering
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/23/u...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/23/u...
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Stephen Woolfe … wow, rather odd view on dual citizenship considering
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/23/u...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/23/u...
With that expertise is this MEP perhaps angling for a job as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland?
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
With that expertise is this MEP perhaps angling for a job as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland?
“the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted Zoox an exemption from motor vehicle standards for its pod”
Like, all motor vehicle standards?
Sounds terrif…
Like, all motor vehicle standards?
Sounds terrif…
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted Zoox an exemption from motor vehicle standards for its pod”
Like, all motor vehicle standards?
Sounds terrif…
Like, all motor vehicle standards?
Sounds terrif…
It’s a lot of complexity to have these fallbacks, multiple CDNs means multiple DDoS protection configs etc etc.
Will be interesting* to see if in the next days gov uk sites migrate back to Cloudflare.
TFL ops team might have been the quickest to make the call to failover.
* in a bored techie way
Will be interesting* to see if in the next days gov uk sites migrate back to Cloudflare.
TFL ops team might have been the quickest to make the call to failover.
* in a bored techie way
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It’s a lot of complexity to have these fallbacks, multiple CDNs means multiple DDoS protection configs etc etc.
Will be interesting* to see if in the next days gov uk sites migrate back to Cloudflare.
TFL ops team might have been the quickest to make the call to failover.
* in a bored techie way
Will be interesting* to see if in the next days gov uk sites migrate back to Cloudflare.
TFL ops team might have been the quickest to make the call to failover.
* in a bored techie way
Sure?
tfl gov uk is going via Cloudflare right now.
hmt gov uk is Fastly
hmrc gov uk is Amazon CloudFront
Good that not all eggs in one basket.
Possible that the gov uk sites can be quickly switched to a different CDN if outages occur (well, I’d hope so).
www.cdnplanet.com/tools/cdnfin...
tfl gov uk is going via Cloudflare right now.
hmt gov uk is Fastly
hmrc gov uk is Amazon CloudFront
Good that not all eggs in one basket.
Possible that the gov uk sites can be quickly switched to a different CDN if outages occur (well, I’d hope so).
www.cdnplanet.com/tools/cdnfin...
CDN Finder - CDN Planet
Quickly and easily identify all the CDNs a website is using. Or lookup the CDN for a single URL or hostname!
www.cdnplanet.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Sure?
tfl gov uk is going via Cloudflare right now.
hmt gov uk is Fastly
hmrc gov uk is Amazon CloudFront
Good that not all eggs in one basket.
Possible that the gov uk sites can be quickly switched to a different CDN if outages occur (well, I’d hope so).
www.cdnplanet.com/tools/cdnfin...
tfl gov uk is going via Cloudflare right now.
hmt gov uk is Fastly
hmrc gov uk is Amazon CloudFront
Good that not all eggs in one basket.
Possible that the gov uk sites can be quickly switched to a different CDN if outages occur (well, I’d hope so).
www.cdnplanet.com/tools/cdnfin...
It’s always differently in some ways.
IIRC backend service providers didn’t that great in dot com crash.
I read Cisco dropped 80% and took till a his year to full recover its share price.
Longer than narrow frontend survivor Priceline (now Booking com).
IIRC backend service providers didn’t that great in dot com crash.
I read Cisco dropped 80% and took till a his year to full recover its share price.
Longer than narrow frontend survivor Priceline (now Booking com).
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It’s always differently in some ways.
IIRC backend service providers didn’t that great in dot com crash.
I read Cisco dropped 80% and took till a his year to full recover its share price.
Longer than narrow frontend survivor Priceline (now Booking com).
IIRC backend service providers didn’t that great in dot com crash.
I read Cisco dropped 80% and took till a his year to full recover its share price.
Longer than narrow frontend survivor Priceline (now Booking com).
One brownie point from me for ONS for having an alternative route via a different CDN
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
One brownie point from me for ONS for having an alternative route via a different CDN
Yep, it’s such a “funny” world in IT operations.
Frequent incidents : you guys just need to get better!
Infrequent incidents: your headcount is to high
Frequent incidents : you guys just need to get better!
Infrequent incidents: your headcount is to high
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Yep, it’s such a “funny” world in IT operations.
Frequent incidents : you guys just need to get better!
Infrequent incidents: your headcount is to high
Frequent incidents : you guys just need to get better!
Infrequent incidents: your headcount is to high
No idea who to credit for this graphical representation
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
No idea who to credit for this graphical representation
You’ve been checking CrowdStrike share price, have you?
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
You’ve been checking CrowdStrike share price, have you?
There is often quite an audible relief in IT ops if the problem is external to the company and affecting other businesses too (especially if it hits the main competitors).
So, half (or 3/4) of the internet down can be much less stressful from an incident management perspective, ironically.
So, half (or 3/4) of the internet down can be much less stressful from an incident management perspective, ironically.
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There is often quite an audible relief in IT ops if the problem is external to the company and affecting other businesses too (especially if it hits the main competitors).
So, half (or 3/4) of the internet down can be much less stressful from an incident management perspective, ironically.
So, half (or 3/4) of the internet down can be much less stressful from an incident management perspective, ironically.
For a company using only one CDN provider it sure is.
For the internet as a whole it isn’t.
Multiple CDNs do increase cost and complexity. It’s a bit like with having enough snow ploughs in the south of England. Yeah, things might ground to a halt 🤷
For the internet as a whole it isn’t.
Multiple CDNs do increase cost and complexity. It’s a bit like with having enough snow ploughs in the south of England. Yeah, things might ground to a halt 🤷
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
For a company using only one CDN provider it sure is.
For the internet as a whole it isn’t.
Multiple CDNs do increase cost and complexity. It’s a bit like with having enough snow ploughs in the south of England. Yeah, things might ground to a halt 🤷
For the internet as a whole it isn’t.
Multiple CDNs do increase cost and complexity. It’s a bit like with having enough snow ploughs in the south of England. Yeah, things might ground to a halt 🤷
Oh sure, whatever works for you - and Google search has been quite available, so far …
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Oh sure, whatever works for you - and Google search has been quite available, so far …
Mind you, often status pages are often down too or only updated with a big lag.
(Sorry, too many IT ops memories flashing before my eyes. Better make myself a strong coffee ☕️ to relax)
(Sorry, too many IT ops memories flashing before my eyes. Better make myself a strong coffee ☕️ to relax)
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Mind you, often status pages are often down too or only updated with a big lag.
(Sorry, too many IT ops memories flashing before my eyes. Better make myself a strong coffee ☕️ to relax)
(Sorry, too many IT ops memories flashing before my eyes. Better make myself a strong coffee ☕️ to relax)
Most people won’t know which of the services *they* use depend on Cloudflare or AWS DynamoDB DNS or whatever. IMO, looking at downdetector is a reasonable approach to judge.
Often the starting point is simply app/site XYZ is playing up, let’s check downdetector to see if this is some wider issue.
Often the starting point is simply app/site XYZ is playing up, let’s check downdetector to see if this is some wider issue.
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Most people won’t know which of the services *they* use depend on Cloudflare or AWS DynamoDB DNS or whatever. IMO, looking at downdetector is a reasonable approach to judge.
Often the starting point is simply app/site XYZ is playing up, let’s check downdetector to see if this is some wider issue.
Often the starting point is simply app/site XYZ is playing up, let’s check downdetector to see if this is some wider issue.