#Virginia Process Servers

[probablyasocialecologist]

The flotsam and jetsam of our digital queries and transactions, the flurry of electrons flitting about, warm the medium of air. Heat is the waste product of computation, and if left unchecked, it becomes a foil to the workings of digital civilization. Heat must therefore be relentlessly abated to keep the engine of the digital thrumming in a constant state, 24 hours a day, every day. To quell this thermodynamic threat, data centers overwhelmingly rely on air conditioning, a mechanical process that refrigerates the gaseous medium of air, so that it can displace or lift perilous heat away from computers. Today, power-hungry computer room air conditioners (CRACs) or computer room air handlers (CRAHs) are staples of even the most advanced data centers. In North America, most data centers draw power from “dirty” electricity grids, especially in Virginia’s “data center alley,” the site of 70 percent of the world’s internet traffic in 2019. To cool, the Cloud burns carbon, what Jeffrey Moro calls an “elemental irony.” In most data centers today, cooling accounts for greater than 40 percent of electricity usage.

[...]

The Cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry. A single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes. At 200 terawatt hours (TWh) annually, data centers collectively devour more energy than some nation-states. Today, the electricity utilized by data centers accounts for 0.3 percent of overall carbon emissions, and if we extend our accounting to include networked devices like laptops, smartphones, and tablets, the total shifts to 2 percent of global carbon emissions. Why so much energy? Beyond cooling, the energy requirements of data centers are vast. To meet the pledge to customers that their data and cloud services will be available anytime, anywhere, data centers are designed to be hyper-redundant: If one system fails, another is ready to take its place at a moment’s notice, to prevent a disruption in user experiences. Like Tom’s air conditioners idling in a low-power state, ready to rev up when things get too hot, the data center is a Russian doll of redundancies: redundant power systems like diesel generators, redundant servers ready to take over computational processes should others become unexpectedly unavailable, and so forth. In some cases, only 6 to 12 percent of energy consumed is devoted to active computational processes. The remainder is allocated to cooling and maintaining chains upon chains of redundant fail-safes to prevent costly downtime.

[mariacallous]

A federal judge ruled today that Google is a monopolist in some parts of the online advertising market, marking the second case in a year where the company was found to have violated US antitrust law. Last August, a federal judge ruled that Google was maintaining an illegal monopoly in search.

Judge Leonie Brinkema of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia determined that Google illegally monopolized parts of its advertising technology business to dominate the programmatic ad market, a major source of revenue for the company. Google generated nearly $30.4 billion in worldwide revenue last year from placing ads on other apps and websites. Now, a substantial portion of those sales are threatened by penalties that may follow Brinkema’s ruling. A best-case scenario for US consumers is a browsing experience filled with fewer ads and paywalls and more content choices.

“In addition to depriving rivals of the ability to compete, [Google’s] exclusionary conduct substantially harmed Google’s publisher customers, the competitive process, and, ultimately, consumers of information on the open web,” Brinkema wrote.

Google was found to have violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act, the cornerstone antitrust law in the US, “by willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power in the open-web display publisher ad server market and the open-web display ad exchange market, and has unlawfully tied its publisher ad server (DFP) and ad exchange (AdX).” In other words, the way that Google tied parts of its ad tech together was deemed unlawful.

Online ads end up in front of consumers after passing through a chain of systems linking publishers to advertisers. Google has long been viewed as a dominant provider of tools at nearly every step in this process, which critics argue enables the company to give preferential treatment to its own systems and box out competitors. Some of Google’s offerings came through acquisitions, like the purchase of DoubleClick in 2007.

But Brinkema rejected the Justice Department’s allegation that Google illegally monopolized the market for some tools used by advertisers to buy ads, claiming the government’s definition of the market was too narrow and ill-defined. As a result, Google was not determined to be a monopolist as it relates to ad-buying tools, but it was deemed to be one in the market for publisher tools to sell advertising space.

The company is leaning into the fact that not all of the plaintiff’s claims stand up in court. Google’s vice president of regulatory affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland, put out a statement on X stating that Google won “half the case” and that the company plans to appeal the other half.

“The Court found that our advertiser tools and our acquisitions, such as DoubleClick, don’t harm competition. We disagree with the Court’s decision regarding our publisher tools. Publishers have many options and they choose Google because our ad tech tools are simple, affordable and effective,” Mulholland said.

The ad tech suit was first filed in January 2023 by the Department of Justice and eight states, which alleged that Google had illegally squashed competition in the advertising market by acting as a powerful middleman in the ad business and taking a large cut of advertising revenue in the process. Google has argued that there’s plenty of competition in the online advertising market. The case went to trial last September, and closing arguments were delivered in November.

The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ruling. Jonathan Kanter, an attorney who oversaw the trial while at the department, wrote on X that Thursday’s ruling “is a huge victory for antitrust enforcement, the media industry, and the free and open internet.”

Last August, a district judge for the District of Columbia, Amit Mehta, ruled that Google has maintained an illegal monopoly both in general search and general search text ads. The Justice Department has proposed that Google should be ordered to “promptly and fully divest” its Chrome web browser, and also stop paying partners, such as Apple, for preferential treatment on its iPhones. Google is fighting the proposals, and a trial for Mehta to reach a final remedy is scheduled to begin on Monday.

Brinkema has asked Google and the Justice Department to now propose a schedule for determining remedies in the ad tech case. The company could be ordered to sell off its ad tools for publishers as a result of this process.

[haggishlyhagging]

The images of woman as object, not as active agent or creative autonomous subject, ensure that women remain on the outside, that women's voices are not heard. As history describes the doings of men, as fine art is the art created by men, as literature is writing produced by men, and as classical music is that composed by men, so the science, the news, the art, the literature, the music of today is that produced by men. The patriarchs are adamant that this should be so. The conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, pronounced, “There are no women composers, never have been, and never will be.” John Ruskin confidently declared “No woman can paint.” And Swinburne claimed that, “When it comes to science we find women are simply nowhere. The feminine mind is quite unscientific.” Virginia Woolf's ponderings on the (im)possibility of ‘Shakespeare's sister’ who might have wanted to write, characterize the position of women in the creative sphere. As Tillie Olsen illustrates, in her now classic text, Silences, woman's voice has been absent from the world's creative arena for centuries. Unfortunately, it seems as if it still is.

But why are women so silent in the scientific, professional or creative spheres of life? The traditional reductionist argument, rehearsed earlier, is that women are somehow unable to think, to paint, or to write because of affinity with nature and lack of intellect. Or is it rather that we are not allowed to, through the systematic exclusion of women's work in the public sphere, or through the maintenance of women's work in the home the maintaining of women as servers, as the 'angel in the house', rather than as active creators of artistic discourse? Is it that women are producing creative material, but it is being systematically ignored? For there are many who profit from the reification of the male creator and the simultaneous reduction of women's creativity to the sphere of childbirth, as this extract from a misogynistic male critic illustrates:

A few years back I read a neo-feminist's approving review of another neo-feminist's book. The reviewer said that she agreed with the author that for a woman, a career is more creative than being a mother. That puzzled me: without having given much thought to it, I had assumed that about the closest the human race can get to creation is when a woman bears a child, nurtures him, and cares for him [sic]. (Himmelfarb, 1967: 59; my emphasis)

If women can believe that childbirth is unsurpassable as a creative act, perhaps they will put down their pens and their paints, cease thinking and continue breeding. Is it a coincidence that the male pronoun is used to refer to the product of female creativity? Is it as creative to produce a female child? Or is this yet another comment produced without having given much thought to it?

The reason for women's absence on the world stage of creativity is not biological inferiority, nor an absence of desire to create beyond the realms of the family. The real reasons for the silence are not very difficult to discern; nor are the effects. Take the case of art, as many feminist scholars recently have, rewriting the history of art through a feminist prism. Our Old Masters and masterpieces - the art which fetches astronomical prices, elevating the artist to an almost godlike status, his creativity seen to be drawn from some higher power - are all the work of men. The history of art is peopled with men, not women. The male artist is the hero; the female artist is invisible. The woman is present only as the object of the artist's gaze, to be consumed, to be frozen and framed, to be possessed. Feminist analysis has identified the way in which women's voices and women as active agents have been suppressed; the way in which women are destined 'to be spoken' (in Lacanian terms) rather than to speak. It is the same process that silences talent, as recent texts on the 'forgotten' women artists, scientists, or authors has shown. It is produced by a systematic suppression - a systematic oppression - achieved by promoting and validating the work of men whilst ignoring, or denying the existence of, the work of women.

Whilst women writers from Aphra Behn to Mary Wollstonecraft have been rediscovered by feminist literary scholars and feminist publishers, many others have not. Many women never had the time or opportunity to publish - and their voices will never be heard. Many women remain silent, following in the painful footsteps of our foremothers who never have the time or legitimacy for reflection and creation. It is moving to consider how many brilliant voices have not been heard, how many brilliant careers have been thwarted. As Olive Schreiner reflected:

What has humanity not lost by suppression and subjection? We have a Shakespeare; but what of the possible Shakespeares we might have had who passed their life from youth upward brewing currant wine and making pastries for fat country squires to eat, with no glimpse of freedom of the life and action necessary even to poach on deer in the green forests; stifled out without one line written, simply because of being the weaker sex, life gave no room for action and grasp on life?

In addition to marginalizing women, and ensuring that we cannot find a voice with which to declare our anger, our desperation, or our fears, the images can be seen to have a more invidious function in that they objectify women. They ensure that we have few role models to turn to for inspiration. We expect to be confined and constricted. We expect to serve men. Is it any wonder that we despair, that we cry out, that we are mad? And if the woman herself was not treated as mad for daring to be creative, she may have been driven so by the restrictions upon her. It is an insidious double bind: women who do attempt to create may be vilified for their talent, and for their temerity in daring to speak out. Whether a woman's creativity is an expression of inner conflict and turmoil, or merely a desire for self-expression, it is in danger of becoming the tool which condemns, a centuries-old process, as Virginia Woolf eloquently shows:

.. any woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century would certainly have gone crazed, shot herself, or ended her days in some lonely cottage outside the village, half witch, half wizard, feared and mocked at. For it needs little skill in psychology to be sure that a highly gifted girl who had tried to use her gift for poetry would have been so thwarted and hindered by other people, so tortured and pulled asunder by her own contrary instincts, that she must have lost her health and sanity to a certainty. (Woolf, 1928: 48)

The feminist martyrs, diagnosed as mad, 'treated' by patriarchal experts, and (often) destroyed by their own hands, have fuelled arguments that madness is protest, an expression of thwarted creativity. And within a culture which refuses to recognize women's creativity (except in the area of motherhood) it is argued that its frustration leads to madness. Phyllis Chesler opens her book, Women and madness, with a testimonial to four such women, Elizabeth Packard, Ellen West, Zelda Fitzgerald and Sylvia Plath. In her description of their madness as 'an expression of female powerlessness and an unsuccessful attempt to reject and overcome this state', Chesler argues that the experiences of these women symbolize the oppression of women's power, women's creativity - an oppression with fatal consequences (Chesler, 1972: 16). Her argument - that the inability of these women to express themselves, their silencing by men, has led to their madness and their suicide - has obviously struck a chord in the hearts and minds of many women. Their icons and heroines are women like Sylvia Plath, women seen as victims of the individual men who thwarted their intellect, as well as victims of a society which sees women, not as active subjects, but as objects. When we read Plath's words, ‘Dying/Is an art, like everything else./I do it exceptionally well,’ a chill hand clutches the heart: although many would like to emulate her creativity, they fear the fate that befell her. We must, however, be careful not to glorify these women, raising them to the status of martyrs, for, as Tillie Olsen demonstrates, suicide is rare among creative women. What is undoubtedly more common is the slow creeping frustration, the inability to think, to breathe, to work at anything other than the daily grind. For women's creativity is not frustrated only by the structural barriers provided by the male-dominated academies and universities, and the male publishing houses, but also by the lack of time. For if male writers such as Hardy, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Joseph Conrad can share this experience described by Conrad, how must it be for the woman whose main task is the care of her children, her husband, her home?

I sit down religiously each morning, I sit down for eight hours, and the sitting down is all. In the course of that working day of eight hours I write three sentences which I erase before leaving the table in despair.

It is no coincidence that 'in our century as in the last, until very recently, all distinguished achievement has come from childless women' (Olsen, 1978: 31). How many women can find time to await the visit of the muse in moments snatched between children and housework? It is a wonder that Jane Austen managed to write - hiding her papers under a blotter in her parsonage drawing room - by snatching a few lines, a few thoughts, when the scarce moments of solitude were upon her. How many others must have given up, despairing, angry and defeated?

Even those women who manage to ward off the angel in the house, and can find a room of their own, may be remembered chiefly for aspects of their personal lives, their work forgotten, and their creativity reduced to voyeuristic intrusions on their sexuality. As French says:

Whether a woman had a sex life, what sort of sex life it was, whether she married, whether she was a good wife or a good mother, are questions that often dominate critical assessment of female artists, writers and thinkers. (French, 1985: 97)

The critics who pore over men's work with an academic glee, hardly noticing their personal lives, seem unnaturally interested in the woman creator's personal habits and especially in her sexuality. This allows the creative woman to be presented as unbalanced, unnatural, and certainly not representative of women. Thus, 'Harriet Martineau is portrayed as a crank, Christabel Pankhurst as a prude, Aphra Behn as a whore, Mary Wollstonecraft as promiscuous' (Spender, 1982: 31). Sylvia Plath, one of the foremost creative women of the late twentieth century, has been similarly treated. Biographers, commentators and critics seem more interested in her adolescent sexuality, her relationships with men during her college years, and her marriage, than with her work.

That a woman who produced brilliant poetry could also be sexual is seen to be a peculiarity. That she killed herself allows her to be seen as mad, and thus as not a normal woman. This over-concern with her sexuality and sanity detracts from her work, and is an insult to this gifted poet, and to others who might follow her. The message to women is clear - dabble with the muse, attempt to enter the male world of learning, of thinking, of creativity, and you may pay the highest price.

-Jane Ussher, Women’s Madness: Misogyny or Mental Illness?

[sossegato]

It wasn't in a book, it was an op-ed on the Washington Post.

Depp was also infamously court-shopping, as neither he nor Heard are from or owned property in Virginia, and were married in and resided in California. Virginia has weak anti-SLAPP laws (unlike California) and Depp seems to have successfully fished for a judge with a long history of sentencing against women, particularly mothers, who accepted his reasoning for filing in Virginia that "WaPo had servers there" even though it wasn't the WaPo being sued to begin with.

Also, Depp's paid for social media campaign aside, Heard's legal team just wasn't very good. They let ridiculous shit by Depp's team pass by in court, and Depp's team got so much evidence dropped from the process that had been accepted in the UK, like the notes from Depp's own medical team admitting observing injuries on Heard and commenting on Depp's orders to keep her "under control" (drugged).

Meanwhile, "evidence" such as a medical review of a MAN produced by Depp's team was accepted into evidence and presented in court (to zero reaction by Heard's team, she herself commented "this is a man" and that disgusting lawyer of his just breezed along as if it was a minor inconvenience to her examination to have entered evidence about someone else!!).

It was insane to watch the Virginia trial, but especially so if you had seen the UK ruling and the leaked evidence beforehand.

This would have never worked in a society not chomping at the bit to hate on women unprompted.

EXTREMELY rare w from the uk media

[asaretechacademy32]

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[deniable-masterpiece]

it’s the way that they just aren’t bothering to stick to their words like they said they’d never do a summer skin bc it won’t fit the themes of their lore but then they did anyways because they were flopping and these new family suits look amazing like nancys and even sissy’s really suit them but johnnys, hands and stuff do NOT. what even is their endgame at this point?

ngl i love virginia and like that she found maria but like is it even canon anymore? they’ve changed so much like ana being final girl to then being confirmed that they all died and then maria is back and now the definitive final girl like what? they wanted to respect the movie by basically removing the final girl archetype character as that so she’s basically just some girl who is super OP for no reason but then make their own final girl who is arguably weaker than ana.

and you’re right after the shirtless skin release i feel like they took away from his character even tho it was hot and ngl better than those mods that made him shirtless but twinky. like ughhhh im gonna huff his pits, sack and crack and you fem readers are just gonna have to cope.

YEAH IM SRRRYYYYYYYYYY i was scared of spoilers…but everyone else was fucking it up for me anyways. wait omg you might’ve accidentally done it because i remember once i started off an ask with “this fic was so gay and wrong and disgusting and wrong…I LOVED IT!!!!!!”, i really gotta think before i type PLSSSSSSSSSS. 🎀

i knowwwww😭 i was always for dumb skins because who really cares tbh? we have their canon looks for the events of the game but the previous game they made, friday the 13th, had intentionally silly skins or ones that didn’t make a huge amount of sense. i wouldn’t care if they did release them but the fact that they said it and then changed their minds to give the characters more sex appeal so it would draw people back (summer johnny skin when🤞🤧) . and yeah these new family suits don’t look good at all, and i don’t know what their thought process was. im just hoping that it looks better in game since most of the cosmetics look bad as a png render. it’s just sad when modders can do better in a day compared to an entire team of developers that have months😭

and same! i love ginny so much, i was in server full of flops with the biggest bitch (literally she was huge #fatty #savethewhales) ever and she used to hate the sweet old lady that voice acted her and thought she was the worst character in the game. like she is a MOM. she said idfk these people and im gonna go see if they have my son in their creepy basement like you go girl. but yeah i love her and she is my main when i don’t want to hear leland’s moaning from getting hurt or to see that ass go and mmf his body slams. i might have to reactivate my ps plus and play some matches tbh.. IF I CAN FIND ANY. anyways yeah idk what’s canon because they really did keep changing it over and over again. like they confirmed maria was dead at the very beginning but they deleted wherever they said that so fast and in multiple streams they can’t even keep maria’s backstory concise, so how can i root for someone who’s dynamic with her sister has changed like 3 times? and yeah Ana is the final girl in my heart, and tbh i love the johnny/ana ship more than maria. something about toxic dynamics where he killed her sister (who he loved more) and sees her in Ana and won’t let the same mistake happen again iughhh

ALSO OMFG school spirits and tcm are connected in my heart because Sarah Yarkin is in the tcm 2022 movie and then went on to play Rhonda. wait. crossover idea omfg and yk who wally is already in the tcm universe

and omfg okay i know i praised modders but you’re right. they made him way too buff and toned and not hairy enough and i like how you can just smell the musk and dirt and sweat on his official version. plus we got more scars and scars are so hot on him. i also love that he does have a bit of chub in his mid section cause duh! he drinks beer basically every night and doesn’t have a strict workout regimen, he’s just an active farmhand and hunter who naturally got his muscle. AND REAL. i’m reader to be his dog that he takes hunting with him and stick my head out the window and live in his shack #ugh

omg no i get it tho😭 last week i watched 4 new episodes of shows in a week and i HATE that i can’t go on my social medias because all of them have at least one thing that i see in relation to one of the shows. White Lotus sundays, Daredevil Tuesdays (glad i watched it when it premiered cause there was a pretty important thing in the first episode), School Spirits Thurdays (which i got spoiled on the maddie/wally sex scene but that isn’t story relevant so idc about being spoiled on knowing we see wally cheeks), and Yellowjackets fridays WHICH I GOT SPOILED ON A MAIN CHARACTER’s DEATH BEXAUSE I DARED TO WATCH IT FRIDAY NIGHT AND NOT THE MINUTE IT CAME OUT. i hate people sometimes but if i don’t wanna see spoilers i just gotta not get on social media until i watch the episode sadly😭

also what did you say that to😭 you’ve said it a few times and i remember each (johnny and leland farting, dad chris and brother tom… uh probably another one)

[success-digistories]

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AWS M8g

M8g instances, which are also Graviton4-based, offer the best cost-performance for workloads with a generic purpose. Applications like gaming servers, microservices, application servers, mid-size data storage, and caching fleets are all well suited for M8g instances.

Let’s now have a look at some of the enhancements it has implemented in these two cases. With three times as many vCPUs (up to 48xl), three times as much memory (up to 384GB for C8g and up to 768GB for M8g), seventy-five percent more memory bandwidth, and twice as much L2 cache as comparable 7g instances, C8g and M8g instances offer higher instance sizes. This allows processing larger data sets, increasing workloads, speeding up results turnaround, and lowering TCO.

These instances have up to 50 Gbps network bandwidth and 40 Gbps Amazon EBS capacity, compared to Graviton3-based instances’ 30 Gbps and 20 Gbps. C8g and M8g instances, like R8g instances, have two bare metal sizes (metal-24xl and metal-48xl). You can deploy workloads that gain from direct access to real resources and appropriately scale your instances.

C8g AWS

Important things to know

With pointer authentication capability, separate caches for each virtual CPU, and always-on memory encryption, AWS Graviton4 processors provide improved security.

The foundation of these instances is the AWS Nitro System, a vast array of building blocks that assigns specialized hardware and software to handle many of the conventional virtualization tasks. It reduces virtualization overhead by providing great performance, high availability, and excellent security.

Applications written in popular programming languages such as C/C++, Rust, Go, Java, Python,.NET Core, Node.js, Ruby, and PHP, as well as containerized and microservices-based applications like those running on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) and Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), are ideally suited for the C8g and M8g instances.

Available right now

The US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Frankfurt) AWS Regions currently offer C8g and M8g instances. With Amazon EC2, as usual, you only pay for the resources you utilize. See Amazon EC2 Pricing for additional details. To assist you in moving your applications to Graviton instance types, have a look at the assortment of AWS Graviton resources.

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Achieving a Cheap Uncontested Divorce in Virginia: Expert Guidance and Services

Divorce can be a daunting and emotionally draining process, often accompanied by high legal fees and prolonged court battles. However, for couples in Virginia seeking an amicable separation, a cheap uncontested divorce offers a cost-effective and relatively swift solution.

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Amicability: By avoiding adversarial proceedings, both parties can maintain a more amicable relationship post-divorce, which is especially beneficial when children are involved.

Steps to Achieving a Cheap Uncontested Divorce in Virginia

1. Verify Eligibility

Before proceeding with an uncontested divorce, it’s essential to ensure both parties meet the residency requirements for filing in Virginia.

2. Reach an Agreement

Both spouses must reach a comprehensive agreement on all key issues, including:

Property Division: Agreeing on how to divide marital assets and debts.

Child Custody and Support: Establishing a mutually acceptable arrangement for custody, visitation, and financial support of any children.

Spousal Support: Deciding if one spouse will provide financial support to the other, and if so, the amount and duration.

3. Prepare and File the Necessary Documents

Once an agreement is reached in the cheap uncontested divorce in Virginia, the necessary legal documents must be prepared and filed with the court. This includes the Complaint for Divorce, the Separation Agreement, and various other forms required by Virginia law.

4. Serve the Documents

The filing spouse must serve the divorce papers to the other spouse, either through a private process server, sheriff’s office, or by mutual agreement.

5. Finalize the Divorce

After the documents are filed and served, a court hearing may be scheduled to review the agreement and finalize the divorce. If all paperwork is in order and both parties comply with the court’s requirements, the divorce can be granted without any further complications.

Special Skills for a Successful Uncontested Divorce:

Legal Expertise

Retaining an attorney with expertise in uncontested divorces can ensure all paperwork is correctly completed and filed, minimizing the risk of delays or complications.

Mediation Skills

For couples who struggle to reach an agreement on their own, mediation can be an effective tool. A skilled mediator can facilitate discussions, helping both parties to negotiate a fair and mutually acceptable settlement.

A cheap uncontested divorce in Virginia is an attainable goal for couples willing to work together to reach a fair and amicable agreement. By understanding the process, leveraging the expertise of skilled professionals, and meticulously preparing all necessary documents, couples can navigate the divorce process efficiently and affordably. With the right guidance and support, achieving a stress-free and cost-effective divorce is possible, allowing both parties to move forward with their lives.

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Saturday Morning Coffee

Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️

We had a lot of fun this week tracking down a bug in the project I’m working on. It was exposed by slow server response, which was because the service had grown. So the bug was icky. Once we tracked it down on the client side we were able to fix it up pretty quickly. I love doing stuff like this! Finding and fixing bugs is part of any developers job along with writing code.

I hope you enjoy the links.

Natalie Venegas • Newsweek

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' rare warning during a commencement speech about former President Donald Trump, sparked outrage from supporters of Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement this weekend.

People are right to continue to warn us all of the dangers of electing Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump to the Presidency.

Anyone who reads this site — thanks to both of you — knows I’m a Liberal Democrat suffering from “The Woke Mind Virus.” 😃 So of course I think a man set on destroying Democracy as we know it is dangerous.

Noah Kirsch • The Daily Beast

Now, former board member Helen Toner is explaining her decision. In a new podcast interview, the artificial intelligence researcher blasted Altman’s lack of transparency and said the board was kept in the dark about key decisions. She accused Altman of “withholding information, misrepresenting things that were happening in the company, [and] in some cases outright lying to the board.”

AI will continue to be controversial and it looks like Sam Altman will be the poster boy for the controversy, at least in the short term.

Keeping a full commercial product rollout from the board seems like a bad idea, doesn’t it? No wonder they fired him.

Mark Tyson • Tom’s Hardware

Popular TechTuber Jeff Geerling has delivered an updated take on the old chestnut about the relative merits of pigeon-based vs internet data transfers.

TL;DR - Data delivery by pigeon is still faster than the internet. 🤣

Kelly Crandall • Racer

In a joint statement issued Tuesday, Tony Stewart and Gene Haas confirmed that Stewart-Haas Racing will cease NASCAR operations at season’s end.

This is a real bummer for NASCAR fans and the sport in general. Stewart Haas had a championship team not so long ago but it’s been a long time since they’ve seen victory lane.

They have four cars on the grid. Three teams field four drivers and it’s my understanding NASCAR is going to limit team size to three going forward.

In 2016 NASCAR switched to a Charter system. In that system teams purchase a charter from NASCAR to be part of the system. Those charters are expected to grow in value so a team would have more than physical goods to sale should they decide to close shop. They’re not cheap. Spire Motorsports bought one last year for $40mm. What will each Stewart Haas charter sell for? 😳

Tuomas Pirhonen - PDF

Writing an NVMe Driver in Rust

The link above is to a PDF for Thomas Pirhonen’s Bachelors Thesis. Rust has really made inroads into systems development and I’m happy to see it. Having memory safe code at the systems level seems like a smart thing to do, don’t you think? 😃

I’d be curious to see how much unsafe code exists in the various Rust OS level projects I’ve heard of. But, you gotta start somewhere!

When will Swift be used to build major parts of Apple’s OS level code? Or is it already being used?

Cocoanetics

I’ve long had a longing to have a Mac Mini as build server in my technics room. After Apple finally updated it to (now) fashionable space grey, it was a must purchase for my company.

I’ve had a hankering to do this very thing. I can see setting up the server much in the way we see here and trigger builds via GitHub Actions to start the process. Heck, I could use Xcode’s built in support for automating builds and kick it off right from within Xcode on my laptop. Yeah, Xcode has a decent enough build system to make it useful. Makes me wonder how much of it Apple is using for Xcode Cloud or is 100% of that custom code?

Anton Zhiyanov

If you work with sensitive data, and want to be 100% sure that there is no trace of the old data after it has been updated or deleted — SQLite has you covered. The secure_delete pragma (off by default) causes SQLite to overwrite deleted content with zeros.

TIL! I’ve used SQLite in quite a few projects, including Stream. I love it for local storage and still prefer it to CoreData, it’s just straightforward SQL. Anywho, I had no idea you could do this. Another nice tool to keep in the toolbox.

JanerationX

Doctor Who returned to TV recently as a “soft reboot” to attract a new generation of viewers. Yeah, okay, but the older generations didn’t exactly go away, and since I am a member of an older generation, I am qualified to say that the show sucks.

I think we’ve all been here when we see a big change to our favorite Television show.

Heck, I’m torn about continuing to watch The Witcher. Henry Cavil is The Witcher and to see him replaced just feels wrong.

Kim Zetter • WIRED

Two years ago when “Michael,” an owner of cryptocurrency, contacted Joe Grand to help recover access to about $2 million worth of bitcoin he stored in encrypted format on his computer, Grand turned him down.

You gotta love these hacker folks. At least he’s using his talent for good.

Viktor Petersson

My Home Server Journey - From Raspberry Pi to Ryzen

What’s up with two server based links today? Guess I’m just in a very hardware mood today.

This reminds me I need to setup my $99 Mac Mini I purchased months ago. It’s an x86 based Mini and fairly old but I want it for media streaming and another local backup system.

David Price • Macworld

Those who miss the days of full-time Apple/Microsoft beef will have been heartened last week by bold claims that the latest Surface devices are faster than the M3 MacBook Air. It’s fun to see Microsoft’s marketing department in a combative mood, but part of me wishes the company would stop trying so hard to show it’s better than Apple.

I don’t know that I’d go this far. Microsoft is just trying to lead the industry into an ARM focused world by attempting to create a new standard of PC.

I’ve been on the Mac, almost exclusively, since around 2006(?) and I love the experience from a user and developer point of view.

There’s still that part of me that loves my old development days on Windows. It was also a great platform to build on.

The new Microsoft Surface Pro looks absolutely amazing and I’ve lusted for one of these computers for years. Microsoft has proven for years and years a tablet/laptop can have excellent touch support and a full desktop class OS underpinning it.

It’s only a matter of time before Apple does it. When it happens all doubt around Apple creating a convertible will disappear and folks will think it’s the greatest thing ever.

Chelsea Troy

Each quarter at the University of Chicago includes nine weeks of instruction. In the eighth week, I ask students to submit questions that they would like our ninth and final session to cover. This quarter, a third of the students in the class submitted some version of the question: “How can I use ChatGPT to get ahead in my programming job?”

I know of a lot of developers at work using ChatGPT to their advantage. It’s not that it’s doing their job, no, it’s just another tool to get started with a thought.

Jordan Tigani

The intended takeaway from the “Big Data is coming” chart was that pretty soon, everyone will be inundated by their data. Ten years in, that future just hasn’t materialized. We can validate this several ways: looking at data (quantitatively), asking people if it is consistent with their experience (qualitatively), and thinking it through from first principles (inductively).

I’m not really into backend stuff like this. It seems kind of boring but it’s good to know some folks are really into it.

Declaring something dead is a bit strange to me, because it was never a living thing, but I get the gist.

I’m sure your mileage will vary but this is a small piece worth a read just to understand his declaration.

BigData, it turns out, ain’t all that big.

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Internet data centers are fueling drive to old power source: Coal

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A helicopter hovers over the Gee family farm, the noisy rattle echoing inside their home in this rural part of West Virginia. It’s holding surveyors who are eyeing space for yet another power line next to the property — a line that will take electricity generated from coal plants in the state to address a drain on power driven by the world’s internet hub in Northern Virginia 35 miles away.

There, massive data centers with computers processing nearly 70 percent of global digital traffic are gobbling up electricity at a rate officials overseeing the power grid say is unsustainable unless two things happen: Several hundred miles of new transmission lines must be built, slicing through neighborhoods and farms in Virginia and three neighboring states. And antiquated coal-powered electricity plants that had been scheduled to go offline will need to keep running to fuel the increasing need for more power, undermining clean energy goals.

The $5.2 billion effort has fueled a backlash against data centers through the region, prompting officials in Virginia to begin studying the deeper impacts of an industry they’ve long cultivated for the hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue it brings to their communities.

Critics say it will force residents near the coal plants to continue living with toxic pollution, ironically to help a state — Virginia — that has fully embraced clean energy. And utility ratepayers in the affected areas will be forced to pay for the plan in the form of higher bills, those critics say.

But PJM Interconnection, the regional grid operator, says the plan is necessary to maintain grid reliability amid a wave of fossil fuel plant closures in recent years, prompted by the nation’s transition to cleaner power.

Power lines will be built across four states in a $5.2 billion effort that, relying on coal plants that were meant to be shuttered, is designed to keep the electric grid from failing amid spiking energy demands.

Cutting through farms and neighborhoods, the plan converges on Northern Virginia, where a growing data center industry will need enough extra energy to power 6 million homes by 2030.

With not enough of those green energy facilities connected to the grid yet, enough coal and natural gas energy to power 32 million homes is expected to be lost by 2030 at a time when the demand from the growing data center industry, electric vehicles and other new technology is on the rise, PJM says.

“The system is in a major transition right now, and it’s going to continue to evolve,” Ken Seiler, PJM’s senior vice president in charge of planning, said in a December stakeholders’ meeting about the effort to buy time for green energy to catch up. “And we’ll look for opportunities to do everything we can to keep the lights on as it goes through this transition.”

A need for power

Data centers that house thousands of computer servers and the cooling equipment needed for them to runhave been multiplying in Northern Virginia since the late 1990s, spreading from the industry’s historic base in Loudoun County to neighboring Prince William County and, recently, across the Potomac River into Maryland. There are nearly 300 data centers now in Virginia.

With Amazon Web Services pursuing a $35 billion data center expansion in Virginia, rural portions of the state are the industry’s newest target for development.

But data centers also consume massive amounts of energy.

One data center can require 50 times the electricity of a typical office building, according to the U.S.Department of Energy. Multiple-building data center complexes, which have become the norm, require as much as 14 to 20 times that amount.

The demand has strained utility companies, to the point where Dominion Energy in Virginia briefly warned in 2022 that it may not be able to keepup with the pace of the industry’s growth.

The utility — which has since accelerated plans for new power lines and substations to boost its electrical output — predicts that by 2035 the industry in Virginia will require 11,000 megawatts, nearly quadruple what it needed in 2022, or enough to power 8.8 million homes.

Thesmaller Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative recently told PJM that the more than 50 data centers it serves account for 59 percent of its energy demand. It expects to need to serve about 110 more data centers by July 2028.

Meanwhile, the amount of energy available is not growing quickly enough to meet that future demand. Coal plants have scaled down production or shut down altogether as the market transitions to green energy, hastened by laws in Maryland and Virginia mandating net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 and, for several other states in the region, by 2050.

Dominion is developing a 2,600-megawatt wind farm off Virginia Beach — the largest such project in U.S. waters — and the company recently gained state approval to build four solar projects.

But those projects won’t be ready in timeto absorb the projected gap in available energy.Opponents of PJM’s plan say it wouldn’t be necessary if more green energy had been connected to the grid faster, pointing to projects that were caught up in bureaucratic delays for five years or longer before they were connected.

A PJM spokesperson said the organization has recently sped up its approval process and is encouraging utility companies and federal and state officials to better incorporate renewable energy.

About 40,000 megawatts of green energy projects have been cleared for construction but are not being built because of issues related to financing or siting, the PJM spokesperson said.

Once more renewable energy is available, some of the power lines being built to address the energy gap may no longer be needed as the coal plants ultimately shut down, clean energy advocates say — though utility companies contend the extra capacity brought by the lines will always be useful.

“Their planning is just about maintaining the status quo,” Tom Rutigliano, a senior advocate for clean energy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said about PJM. “They do nothing proactive about really trying to get a handle on the future and get ready for it.”

‘Holding on tight’ to coal

The smoke from two coal plants near West Virginia’s border with Pennsylvania billows over the city of Morgantown, adding a brownish tint to the air.

The owner of one of the Morgantown-area plants, Longview LLC, recently emerged from bankruptcy. After a restructuring, the facility is fully functioning, utilizing a solar farm to supplement its coal energy output.

The other two plants belong to the Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp. utility, which had plans to significantly scale down operations there to meet a company goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly a third over the next six years.

The FirstEnergy plants are among the state’s worst polluters, said Jim Kotcon, a West Virginia University plant pathology professor who oversees conservation efforts at the Sierra Club’s West Virginia chapter.

The Harrison plant pumped out a combined 12 million tons of coal pollutants like sulfur and nitrous oxides in 2023, more than any other fossil fuel plant in the state, according to Environmental Protection Agency data. The Fort Martin plant, which has been operating since the late 1960s, emitted the state’s highest levels of nitrous oxides in 2023, at 5,240 tons.

After PJM tapped the company to build a 36-mile-long portion of the planned power lines for $392 million, FirstEnergy announced in February that the company is abandoning a 2030 goal to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions because the two plants are crucial to maintaining grid reliability.

The news has sent FirstEnergy’s stock price up by 4 percent, to about $37 a share this week, and was greeted with jubilation by West Virginia’s coal industry.(Hadley Green/The Washington Post)

“We welcome this, without question, because it will increase the life of these plants and hundreds of thousands of mining jobs,” said Chris Hamilton, president of the West Virginia Coal Association. “We’re holding on tight to our coal plants.”

Since 2008, annual coal production in West Virginia has dipped by nearly half, to about 82 million tons, though the industry — which contributes about $5.5 billion to the state’s economy — has rebounded some due to an export market to Europe and Asia, Hamilton said.

Hamilton said his association will lobby hard for FirstEnergy’s portion of the PJM plan to gain state approval. The company said it will submit its application for its power line routes in mid-2025.

PJM asked the plants’ owner, Texas-based Talen Energy Corp., to keep them running through 2028 — with the yet-to-be determined cost of doing so passed on to ratepayers.

That would mean amending a 2018 federal court consent decree, in which Talen agreed to stop burning coal to settle a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club over Clean Water Act violations. The Sierra Club has rejected PJM’s calls to do so.

“We need a proactive plan that is consistent with the state’s clean energy goals,” said Josh Tulkin, director of the Sierra Club’s Maryland chapter, which has proposed an alternative plan to build a battery storage facility at the Brandon Shores site that would cut the time needed for the plants to operate.

A PJM spokesperson said the organization believes that such a facility wouldn’t provide enough reliable power and is not ruling out seeking a federal emergency order to keep the coal plants running.

With the matter still unresolved, nearby residents say they are anxious to see them closed.

“It’s been really challenging,” said John Garofolo, who lives in the Stoney Beach neighborhood community of townhouses and condominiums, where coal dust drifts into the neighborhood pool when the facilities are running. “We’re concerned about the air we’re breathing here.”

Sounding alarms

Keryn Newman, a Charles Town activist, has been sounding alarms in the small neighborhoods and farm communities along the path of the proposed power lines in West Virginia.

Because FirstEnergy prohibits any structure from interfering with a power line, building a new line along the right of way — which would be expanded to make room for the third line — would mean altering the character of residents’ properties, Newman said.

“It gobbles up space for play equipment for your kid, a pool or a barn,” she said. “And a well or septic system can’t be in the right of way.”

A FirstEnergy spokesperson said the company would compensate property owners for any land needed, with eminent domain proceedings a last resort if those property owners are unwilling to sell.

Pam and Gary Gearhart fought alongside Newman against the defeated 765-kilovolt line, which would have forced them to move a septic system near FirstEnergy’s easement. But when Newman showed up recently to their Harpers Ferry-area neighborhood to discuss the new PJM plan, the couple appeared unwilling to fight again.

Next door, another family had already decided to leave, the couple said, and was in the midst of loading furniture into a truck when Newman showed up.

“They’re just going to keep okaying data centers; there’s money in those things,” Pam Gearhart said about local governments in Virginia benefiting from the tax revenue. “Until they run out of land down there.”

In Loudoun County, where the data center industry’s encroachment into neighborhoods has fostered resentment, community groups are fighting a portion of the PJM plan that would build power lines through the mostly rural communities of western Loudoun.

The lines would damage the views offered by surrounding wineries and farms that contribute to Loudoun’s $4 billion tourism industry, those groups say.

Bill Hatch owns a winery that sits near the path of where PJM suggested one high-voltage line could go, though that route is still under review.

“This is going to be a scar for a long time,” Hatch said.

Reconsidering the benefits

Amid the backlash, local and state officials are reconsidering the data center industry’s benefits.

The Virginia General Assembly has launched a study that, among other things, will look at how the industry’s growth may affect energy resources and utility rates for state residents.

But that study has held up efforts to regulate the industry sooner, frustrating activists.

“We should not be subsidizing this industry for another minute, let alone another year,” Julie Bolthouse, director of land use at the Piedmont Environmental Council, chided a Senate committee that voted in February to table a bill that would force data center companies to pay more for new transmission lines.

Loudoun is moving to restrict where in the county data centers can be built. Up until recently, data centers have been allowed to be built without special approvals wherever office buildings are allowed.

But such action will do little to stem the worries of people like Mary and Richard Gee.

As it is, the two lines near their property produce an electromagnetic field strong enough to charge a garden fence with a light current of electricity, the couple said. When helicopters show up to survey the land for a third line, the family’s dog, Peaches, who is prone to seizures, goes into a barking frenzy.

An artist who focuses on natural landscapes, Mary Gee planned to convert the barn that sits in the shadow of a power line tower to a studio. That now seems unlikely, she said.

Lately, her paintings have reflected her frustration. One picture shows birds with beaks wrapped shut by transmission line. Another has a colorful scene of the rural Charles Town area severed by a smoky black and gray landscape of steel towers and a coal plant.

CORRECTION

A previous version of this article incorrectly reported that Prince William County receives $400 million annually in taxes on the computer equipment inside data centers. It receives $100 million annually. In addition, the article incorrectly stated that two FirstEnergy plants in West Virginia have been equipped with carbon-capturing technology. They do not have such technology in place, The article has been corrected.

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UVA VPN compatibility with Android

If you're looking to secure your Android device while browsing the web or accessing sensitive information, using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) like UVA VPN can be a smart choice. UVA VPN is a service provided by the University of Virginia, designed to offer secure access to the university's network resources from off-Grounds locations.

One of the key concerns for Android users is compatibility. Fortunately, UVA VPN is fully compatible with Android devices, ensuring that you can protect your data and maintain privacy while using your smartphone or tablet.

Setting up UVA VPN on your Android device is straightforward. You can download the official UVA Anywhere app from the Google Play Store, which provides easy access to the VPN service. Once installed, simply follow the on-screen instructions to configure the VPN settings.

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Android phone VPN setup for UVA

Setting up a VPN (Virtual Private Network) on your Android phone for accessing the University of Virginia's (UVA) network remotely is crucial for maintaining security and accessing restricted resources. Whether you're a student, faculty member, or staff, using a VPN ensures that your data remains encrypted and protected while connecting to UVA's network from outside its premises.

To begin the setup process, you'll first need to download a VPN app from a trusted provider. There are several reputable VPN services available on the Google Play Store, such as NordVPN, ExpressVPN, or CyberGhost. Once you've chosen a VPN provider, follow these general steps to set up the VPN on your Android device:

Download and install the VPN app from the Google Play Store.

Launch the app and sign in with your account credentials or create a new account if necessary.

Follow the on-screen prompts to configure the VPN settings. You may need to select a server location; for UVA, choose a server located within the United States.

Enable the VPN connection by toggling the switch or button within the app.

You may be prompted to grant permissions for the VPN to establish a secure connection. Follow the prompts to allow the necessary permissions.

Once the VPN connection is established, you should see a key or VPN icon in the status bar indicating that your device is connected securely. You can now access UVA's network resources, including library databases, online courses, and internal websites, as if you were on campus.

Remember to disconnect from the VPN when you're finished using it to conserve battery life and ensure that your device isn't unnecessarily routing all internet traffic through the VPN server. Additionally, always use a secure and trusted VPN service to safeguard your data and privacy effectively.

UVA VPN Android app installation guide

Title: A Comprehensive Guide to Installing the UVA VPN Android App

In today's digital age, securing your online activities is paramount, especially when accessing sensitive information over public networks. The University of Virginia (UVA) offers a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service to ensure the privacy and security of its users' internet connections. Installing the UVA VPN Android app is a straightforward process that provides peace of mind for students, faculty, and staff alike.

Here's a step-by-step guide to help you install the UVA VPN Android app:

Access the Google Play Store: Open the Google Play Store app on your Android device.

Search for UVA VPN: In the search bar, type "UVA VPN" and press enter. The official UVA VPN app should appear in the search results.

Install the App: Tap on the UVA VPN app icon to open its page. Then, click on the "Install" button to begin the installation process.

Open the App: Once the installation is complete, open the UVA VPN app by tapping on its icon from your device's home screen or app drawer.

Log in with your UVA Credentials: Upon opening the app for the first time, you'll be prompted to log in using your UVA computing ID and password.

Accept Permissions: The app may request certain permissions to function properly. Be sure to read and accept these permissions to proceed.

Connect to the VPN: After logging in, you'll be presented with the option to connect to the UVA VPN. Simply tap on the "Connect" button to establish a secure connection.

Enjoy Secure Browsing: Once connected, you can browse the internet securely and access restricted UVA resources from anywhere with an internet connection.

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Troubleshooting UVA VPN on Android

Troubleshooting UVA VPN on Android

The University of Virginia (UVA) provides a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service to its students, faculty, and staff to ensure secure access to online resources from off-campus locations. However, sometimes users may encounter issues while trying to connect to the UVA VPN on their Android devices. Here are some common troubleshooting steps to resolve such issues:

Check Network Connection: Before attempting to connect to the UVA VPN, ensure that your Android device is connected to the internet, either through Wi-Fi or mobile data. A stable internet connection is essential for establishing a VPN connection.

Verify UVA Credentials: Make sure you are entering the correct UVA computing ID and password. Double-check for any typos or errors in the login credentials. Outdated or incorrect login information can prevent successful VPN authentication.

Update VPN Client: Ensure that you are using the latest version of the UVA VPN client app available on the Google Play Store. Updates often include bug fixes and improvements that can resolve connectivity issues.

Clear App Cache and Data: If the VPN client app is experiencing glitches or crashes, try clearing its cache and data. This action can refresh the app and resolve any temporary issues causing connectivity problems.

Restart Device: Sometimes, a simple device restart can fix minor software glitches that may be affecting the VPN connection. Turn off your Android device, wait a few seconds, and then turn it back on before attempting to reconnect to the UVA VPN.

Contact IT Support: If the above steps do not resolve the issue, reach out to the UVA Information Technology (IT) support team for further assistance. They can provide advanced troubleshooting guidance and help resolve any underlying network issues.

By following these troubleshooting steps, users can effectively address connectivity issues and establish a stable VPN connection to access UVA resources securely from their Android devices.

Secure UVA VPN connection on Android

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In an era where cybersecurity threats loom large, safeguarding your online activities is paramount, especially when using Android devices. One effective method to enhance your digital privacy and security is by utilizing a Virtual Private Network (VPN). For those affiliated with the University of Virginia (UVA), securing your VPN connection ensures a protected online experience, whether you're browsing the web, accessing sensitive data, or connecting to public Wi-Fi networks.

To establish a secure UVA VPN connection on your Android device, follow these straightforward steps:

Download the UVA Anywhere VPN App: Start by downloading the UVA Anywhere VPN app from the Google Play Store. This official app is specifically designed to provide secure access to UVA resources from anywhere.

Install and Launch the App: Once the app is downloaded, install it on your Android device and launch it to begin the setup process.

Login with UVA Credentials: Upon opening the app, you'll be prompted to log in using your UVA credentials. This ensures that only authorized users can access the VPN.

Connect to UVA VPN Server: After logging in, select the UVA VPN server from the list provided within the app. This establishes a secure connection between your device and the UVA network.

Verify Connection: Once connected, verify that your VPN connection is active by checking the VPN icon in the status bar of your Android device.

Enjoy Secure Browsing: With the VPN connection established, you can now browse the internet, access UVA resources, and communicate online with the assurance of encrypted data transmission and enhanced privacy.

By following these steps, you can ensure a secure UVA VPN connection on your Android device, safeguarding your online activities and sensitive information against potential threats. Remember to keep the UVA Anywhere VPN app updated to benefit from the latest security features and enhancements.

[fionaxsharpe]

Fiona listened while Alex spoke, nodding along as she processed what he was saying. It was obvious he was sharing something with her that wasn't entirely enjoyable for him, and that was a fact she appreciated. Outside of her family and her pack, there were few people she had connections with despite how social of a nature she had. "It won't ever stop surprising me, I don't think; the fact that people have such a tendency to expect things from others they can't expect of themselves." She let the thought hang between them for a moment. "I can understand that too." Fiona admitted, her tone heavy. "All of it. It's...It can get to be a lot. And no matter how much you were able to ignore it n the past, once you really notice it...It's like you can't stop." Within her own mind, she wasn't certain she was making much sense. Really, she just found it beneficial to get a bit of her emotion out. "I...." As the pair took their seats in one of the bar's outlying booths, Fiona slipped the jacket from her arms to make herself more comfortable. Studying the table they'd been placed at, she took in a deep breath, unable to meet Alex's eyes. "I...Lost someone." While she felt as though she should say more, more simply didn't come in the moment. Virginia's accident had happened just outside of town, and had made the news headlines for weeks after. Fiona wasn't certain if Alex was aware of the connection, though knowing Holloway and the speed at which gossip traveled around town, she wouldn't have been surprised if he did. Just as she collected herself to say more their server arrived. Immediately, Fiona ordered two shots of tequila and a beer. Between the conversation up to this point and what she'd just heard Alex say, she found herself preparing for a long night. "What now?" Fiona asked, hoping the surprise in her voice sounded authentic. "Macabre interests aside, what prompted that theory?"

Alex was glad when he moved to Holloway. It was a new start for him and he enjoyed being in the town that his grandmother had loved so much. He had friends and people who knew him as Alex. His friends were important to him and he cared about the girl. He hoped she knew that. "I really do think people think that. I'm this easy going guy and nothing gets me down," he laughed at himself. "I try my best to be a good person. I like to help people. I don't like to let anyone down," he struggled. "I just... yeah. I spent so long pretending. For me personally... I think it got harder," he said simply, he didn't need to get into his past and he didn't want to. "Sometimes, that is okay. You just... even ramble it all out. It's okay not to always know everything," he offered with a smile. "My theories. Well, I am the guy who has played a lot of video games, read a lot of comics and plays DnD... I have so many ideas in my head. I'm just for the first time wondering... if magical and supernatural beings could be real."

[govindhtech]

Boost Your Large In-Memory Databases & Business Workloads

In-memory databases help energy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, telecom, media, entertainment, gaming, government, and public sector enterprises. They also support business-critical operations for these companies.

Performance is crucial because they require real-time or nearly real-time transaction and analytics processing for a wide range of use cases. However, cost effectiveness is equally crucial in the modern world of accomplishing more with less.

AWS in memory database

For high-memory applications, Amazon EC2 U7i custom virtual instances (8-socket) provide the scalability, high performance, and cost-effectiveness that enterprises want. They also support in-memory databases like SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server.

With 896 vCPUs and up to 32 TiB of DDR5 memory, these 4th Gen Intel Xeon processor and Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel AMX)-powered 8-socket U7i instances provide the compute and memory density required to extend transaction processing throughput in rapidly expanding data environments.

U7i instances are a great option for the present and the future since the demand for high-memory cloud solutions, including  AI models, will only increase as large-scale data models whether developed by internal organizations or external vendors become more prevalent.

Intel AMX, an  AI engine built into Intel Xeon Scalable processors, reduces the requirement for specialized hardware while speeding up inferencing and training. This results in exceptional cost savings. These integrated accelerators are located close to system memory in each CPU core. A faster time to value is made possible by the fact that Intel AMX is frequently easier to deploy than discrete accelerators.

Benefits for Businesses

U7i instances give enterprises a quick, easy, and adaptable approach to manage their mission-critical, large-scale workloads. Additional benefits include of:

Extremely Flexible: In data environments that are expanding quickly, organizations can readily scale throughput.

Superb Work: Compared to current U-1 instances, U7i instances have up to 135% greater compute performance and up to 45% better price performance.

Decreased Indirect Costs: With U7i instances, you can operate both business apps that rely on large in-memory databases and databases themselves in the same shared Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), which guarantees predictable performance while lowering the management burden associated with sophisticated networking.

Worldwide Accessibility: U7i instances come with operating system support for Ubuntu, Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Amazon Linux. They are accessible in the US East (North Virginia), US West (Oregon), and Asia Pacific (Seoul, Sydney) AWS Regions. Regularly, new regions are added.

Quick and Simple to Start: Buying U7i instances is simple, allowing you to start using them right away. In addition to shared dedicated instance and dedicated host tenancy, purchase choices include On-Demand, Savings Plan, and Reserved Instance form.

What is in memory database?

In contrast to conventional databases, which store data on disc, in-memory databases store data mostly in main memory (RAM). Because accessing data in RAM is far faster than accessing data on a disc, this makes in-memory databases substantially faster for data retrieval and modification.

The following are some salient features of in-memory databases:

Benefits of in memory database

Speed: In-memory databases’ main benefit is their speed. Read and write operations are substantially faster when data is stored in RAM as opposed to disk-based storage.

Volatility: Data is lost in the event of a system crash or power outage because RAM is volatile memory. Many in-memory databases offer data permanence features, including transaction logs and recurring disc snapshots, to help reduce this.

Use Cases: Applications that need to handle data quickly, such real-time analytics, caching, and session management, are best suited for in-memory databases.

Example of in memory database

Redis: Popular in-memory data structure storage for real-time analytics, message brokers, and caches.

Memcached: A fast distributed memory object caching solution that minimizes database demand to speed up dynamic web apps.

H2: A memory-efficient, lightweight Java SQL database for development, testing, and small apps.

The cutting-edge relational database management system SAP HANA is for analytics and real-time applications.

Performance: Because RAM is used, data access and processing are incredibly quick.

Scalability: Frequently made to expand horizontally, this feature enables load balancing and distributed computing.

Decreased delay: Perfect for applications that need data access with minimal delay.

Disadvantages of in memory database

Cost: Large-scale in-memory databases are expensive since RAM is more expensive than disc storage.

Data Persistence: Adding more methods and potential complexity is necessary to ensure that data is not lost in the event of a power outage.

Limited Capacity: The RAM that is available determines how much data can be kept.

Persistence Mechanisms

In-memory databases frequently employ a number of strategies to deal with the volatility issue:

Snapshots: Writing the complete database to disc on a regular basis.

Append-Only Files, or AOFs, record each modification performed to the database so that the information can be replayed and restored.

Hybrid storage refers to the combining of disk-based and in-memory storage to provide greater storage capacity and data longevity.

Utilization Examples

Real-time analytics: Quick data processing and analysis, crucial for e-commerce, telecom, and financial services.

Caching: Keeping frequently requested data in memory to lighten the burden on conventional databases.

Session management is the process of storing user session information for online apps so that the user experience is uninterrupted.

Gaming: Keeping up with the rapid updates and data changes that occur in online gaming environments.

In summary

Applications that demand real-time data access and processing can benefit greatly from the unmatched speed and performance that in-memory databases provide. They do, however, have limitations with regard to cost, capacity, and data persistence. These difficulties can be overcome by utilizing suitable persistence methods and hybrid storage options, which makes in-memory databases an effective tool for a range of high-performance applications.

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