% netstat -an | grep -c TIME_WAIT | wc -l
       1

Current `uptime` on my work MacBook (macOS 15.7.4):

    17:14  up 50 days, 22 mins, 16 users, load averages: 2.06 1.95 1.94

My personal iMac is at 279 days of uptime.

The "US is large" argument is non-sense. 40% of the US population lives in a coastal county:

* https://coast.noaa.gov/states/fast-facts/economics-and-demog...

And two-thirds of the population lives with-in 100 miles of the border:

* https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/your-rights-bord...

The US population is fairly concentrated.

And even if it wasn't, looking at history, the US managed to bring electrical cables to just about every household in the country, and later telephone cables. If those two things could be done in the 1900s, why can't fibre be done in the 2000s?

So if one company is doing the east part of the town, and another company is doing the west, at some point they could leverage the infrastructure of each other.

Would borrowing money (issuing a bond) be an option in cases like this? Pay it off over the course a decade (two/three?), and make the payments part of the fee put to users?

Not just the US: a lot of countries implemented stimulus packages to get their economy going post-COVID.

The inflation of these programs was unexpected/predicted:

* https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/in...

I think it's also worth noting that a lot of people have 'forgotten' other factors happening besides stimulus and monetary (central bank) policy—especially when it comes to energy and food prices:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cameras_on_the_Interna...

The ISS now (also?) has Z9s. So they're both generally known-quantities.

One of the reasons the D5 supposedly was chosen was because of its high dynamic and good low light performance. It can go up to ISO 3,280,000:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_D5

The D5 has been used on the ISS, including EVAs, since 2017, so is a known quantity:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cameras_on_the_Interna...

* https://petapixel.com/2026/04/02/a-nikon-z9-made-it-aboard-t...

They have a thermal blanket for exterior work:

* https://petapixel.com/2026/02/24/artemis-ii-astronauts-will-...

* https://petapixel.com/2025/01/10/the-custom-nikon-z9-and-the...

* Various stories with the "Artemis" tag: https://petapixel.com/tag/artemis/

The D5 has been used on the ISS, including EVAs, since 2017, so they're a known quantity:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cameras_on_the_Interna...

The Mercury and Apollo missions used Hasselblad 500-series-based cameras (modified):

* https://www.hasselblad.com/about/history/hasselblad-in-space...

With double-conversion, generally yes.

I recently ran across the (patented?) concept of a delta conversion/transformer UPS that seems to eliminate/reduce the inefficiencies:

* https://dc.mynetworkinsights.com/what-are-the-different-type...

* a bit technical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn_ydJemqCk

* Figures 6 to 8 [pdf]: https://www.totalpowersolutions.ie/wp-content/uploads/WP1-Di...

The double-conversion only occurs when there's a 'hiccup' from utility power, otherwise if power is clean the double-conversion is not done at all so the inefficiencies don't kick in.

Galileo had (illegitimate) daughters but was unable to find husbands for them, so their remaining options were to become nuns. One seems to have quite brilliant, but the other a drunk:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo%27s_Daughter

Back in the day the Church was the social safety net of society, so many folks ended up in monasteries as a form of charity for folks that would perhaps otherwise would have no other way to support themselves.

Can anyone else tell us that, or only certain 'gatekeepers'? Who gets to judge the amount of Quality in a thing, or whether something is Good for its Purpose?

> Why do you dismiss the concept of Quality?

"Quality" as in the amount of 'Goodness' something has?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_(philosophy)

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_of_the_Good

An Axe is a bad Chair because it does not have the Qualities for (e.g.) sitting, but that is not its Purpose.

Were the folks that made PHM trying to make Art or Entertainment (or a mix of the two)? If PHM was made to be Entertainment, and people were entertained, was it not Good at its desired Purpose? Did 2007's Transformers have the Quality of Entertainment that it set out to have? Roger Ebert seems to have thought so.

* https://thehackernews.com/2013/11/snowden-reveals-gchq-plant...

* https://www.aclu.org/documents/quantum-insert-diagrams

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-on-the-side_attack

Still state-level, but probably less noticeable than BGP hijacking.

Unless you're entering IP addresses in all your applications and code, non-SEC DNS is an unsecured link in the chain of communications.

What is the purpose of "art": in general and/or particular works of it? What makes (a work of) 'art' 'good'?

Is PHM 'good' in its purpose? Is The Room? Was 2023's Barbie? When a child is banging on pots, is he accomplishing his purpose in his 'creative act'? Is Schoenberg's atonal music objectively 'good'?

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJg4XbzSV9Q

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atonality

> I think Michael Bay sometimes sucks (“Pearl Harbor,” “Armageddon,” “Bad Boys II“) but I find it possible to love him for a movie like “Transformers.” It’s goofy fun with a lot of stuff that blows up real good, and it has the grace not only to realize how preposterous it is, but to make that into an asset.

* https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/transformers-2007

I recommended it to a co-worker, who ended up going with the audio book, and found he found it good.

When it comes to the concept of entertainment? No.

Is the 2003 movie The Room (written/directed/produced by Tommy Wiseau) "objectively" good or bad?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Room

If it is "objectively" 'bad' why do (many) people have such a good time watching it? Are they "objectively" happier after watching The Room? Are people "objectively" happier after watching Project Hail Mary?

What is the purpose of "art": in general and/or particular works of it?

* https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2001/04/macos-x/

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