@joe@toot.worksI just got an email from a GitHub issue saying ...
So... our backlog of brand requests has reached a point where even we can't pretend we're keeping up. Some of these issues were opened before I had gray hair. And I've had gray hair for a LONG time. On top of that, treating requests as issues has always made it way too hard to see the forest for the trees.
To fix this, we are now managing all brand requests in GitHub Discussions.
... Fair enough, I guess.
@benthos@mastodon.sdf.orgCharles Mingus - "Mingus At Monterey" (1965)
#NowPlaying
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMicrosoft reports Azure Q2 revenue up 39% YoY, vs. 38.8% est.; Microsoft cloud's contracted backlog grew 110% to $625B, ~45% of which was driven by OpenAI alone (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/microsof…
@gwire@mastodon.socialHeard a TV news report say that the courts backlog started during Covid.
This completely papers over a situation that predates 2010 and is the responsibility of both main parties. Any small progress the previous government made in ten years was wiped out by the pandemic - but the underlying condition is why it's still not recovering.
@joe@toot.worksIt has been two months, three weeks, and three days since I requested PSLF Buyback and it has been one month and two weeks since I was told "processing can take up to 90 business days" (over four months) but "there is currently a backlog and may take more time to process your request than usual."
All I want the Department of Education to do is tell me how much more money I owe them, so I can send them a check.
@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange
@cdarwin@c.imAs Cyber Threats Escalate, the National Vulnerability Database Is Falling Behind
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is struggling.
It faces a growing backlog to process data in its vulnerability repository, which publicly shares information assessing and detailing mitigation solutions against new cyber exploits.
With nearly 1,800 new reported vulnerabilities sitting in a queue for analysis this year, delays in processing leave the United States increa…
@UP8@mastodon.socialI developed less than half of the photos I took this spring, I'm going through that backlog now because I think people will need this winter
#photo #photography #daffodils
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOracle reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $16.06B vs. $16.21B est., remaining performance obligations up 438% to $523B vs. $502B est.; ORCL drops 5% after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/oracle-orcl-q2-earnings-report-2026.html
@gwire@mastodon.socialA lot of the problem with the UK's asylum system has been related to an overwhelmed administrative capacity (the "backlog") so proposing adding 30 month reviews on top of that seems counter-productive?
(Reminds me of how Conservative governments would routinely increase sentences for those convicted, but refused to increase the prison capacity.)
