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Sources: Meta is testing robots from ABB and others to handle data center tasks such as swapping cables and resetting servers as it seeks to lower labor costs (Paresh Dave/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-metas-experiments-with-data-center-robots/

Inside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers
The company is testing robots that can swap cables, reset servers, and take on other tasks performed by technicians, fueling concerns among some workers that their jobs could be at risk.

Raiders Get Good News on Rookie Flying Under the Radar https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/malik-benson-biggest-surprise/

Pleasantly surprised I can measure this timing difference on my cheap scope; In both cases this is a chain of a pair of inverters in a 74LS04 package; the difference between the two captures is just the length of breadboard wire between the 1st and 2nd inverter; the first is about 1cm and the 2nd is about 20cm; so that's about 0.5ns difference measured which is reasonable - and surprisingly good for a 500MS/s scope.
(The yellow is input from a sig gen, blue is op of 2nd inverter).

Every Surprise Standout From Dallas Cowboys' Preseason Week 1 Win https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/every-surprise-standout-from-dallas-cowboys-preseason-week-1-win

In case you've not seen it, Scrapper is on the BBC iPlayer. It's fantastic film.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rwg7

Scrapper
Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. When her estranged father turns up out of the blue, she is forced to confront reality.

An invisible forever chemical rain is falling across the planet #environment

An invisible forever chemical rain is falling across the planet
A surprising study suggests that chemicals introduced to protect the ozone layer may have unintentionally created a growing global pollution problem. Researchers found that refrigerants and certain anesthetic gases have generated more than 335,000 tonnes of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a highly persistent "forever chemical," that has been deposited across Earth's surface since 2000. The pollutant is now showing up everywhere from rainwater to remote Arctic ice, and scientists expect levels to ke…

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Just pulled a now empty PDU and tidied up a few cables. Main IT rack is looking pretty good now.
Everything below the 1GbaseT switches (except the PoE injector) is pulling a combined total of just under 1 kW; the rest isn't metered yet.

I had a 14tb (enterprise) sata hard drive failing a few weeks ago. I bought it refurbished (it had already been used for about 6 years at that point), but with a 5 year warranty.
I thought for sure that when I RMA'd the drive, GoHardDrive would just refund my $140 and tell me to go buy another one at current market prices (hah). Because, y'know, the business model is likely built on drive prices getting cheaper over time.
I was pleasantly surprised that they sent me anoth…