Louis Opter
825 posts
@1opter
Random sysadmin and programmer, previously at Dropbox (Traffic SRE), Uber and dotCloud (Docker).
Neat profile of Taiwan's "Industrial Technology Research Institute", a government-funded lab which helped spin out TSMC and much of Taiwan's chip industry. One of the most impressive industrial policy plays of all time. asteriskmag.com/issues/13/the-…
How are apps still doing this? Companies: stop asking users to upload their address books. And everyone else: refuse to upload your address book to random apps and social media platforms. The contacts in your phone are not your data. It’s other people’s data.
Alors aujourd'hui Luc Julia a été carrément auditionné à l'Assemblée nationale. Ce fut donc pour lui l'occasion de répéter à nouveau les mêmes absurdités sur le "taux de pertinence de Hong-Kong", la dégradation chaque année, l'étude Newsguard mal comprise, etc. C'est une folie.
One year after activists said that repealing Oregon's Measure 110 drug decriminalization would cause overdoses to skyrocket, deaths are down 26%.
“Human wreckage” caused by the BC Government: - Allowed insiders to form “safe supply” companies - Ordered the destruction of SFU’s addiction monitoring - Ignored well established risks (eg, unemployment, foster care) - Lied to the public about diversion, harms to communities
I'm excited for SNUG tomorrow. socal-nug.com/events/2025-12…
When Less Warming Means More Fear As projected emissions fall, achievements once seen as climate progress are now being recast as signs of impending catastrophe rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/when-less-wa…
Here's a better idea: every data centre you build, you build enough renewable energy to power it, and you supply the waste heat from your cooling system to power homes and businesses nearby. Simple. Common sense. And fair.
