@womble@infosec.exchange

TIL that today, in the year 2025, Windows filesystems apparently still require periodic defragmentation.

Sheriff Brody, from the movie Jaws, saying that we're going to need a bigger face to palm.

This is the sort of thing that would never happen in Lake Wobegon.

Two Sydney hospitals rank lower than average in patient survey https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-13/blacktown-liverpool-hospitals-patient-survey-bhi-results/105644272

Matt Palmer
@womble@infosec.exchange

@PaulWay@aus.social the truck I'm driving now (4.5T bare-chassis Isuzu) was bought new in 2013 for $38k. Interestingly, the insulated (but not chilled) box body cost about $20k. Boss reckons the whole-cost for a brand new one would be about $100k today. So whatever those $120k+ second hand trucks are, they're a different breed to what I'm running around in.

Matt Palmer
@womble@infosec.exchange

@PaulWay@aus.social another couple of data points: I just drove past a truck dealer, took note of some sticker prices on similar trucks. $13k for a very pre-owned unit with chiller, $93k for what looks like a brand new one with insulated box.

Matt Palmer
@womble@infosec.exchange

@PaulWay@aus.social I'll ask my boss if he knows what a replacement for the truck I drive would cost. It won't be the price of an EV truck, but it'll be a floor for calculation.

Another argument strongly in favour of moving early is the used vehicle resale value. A company that switches now can get a good price for their old one. When the stampede begins, used diesels will plummet in price due to oversupply, and the payback time will shoot up.

Matt Palmer
@womble@infosec.exchange

@PaulWay@aus.social the truck I'm driving now (4.5T bare-chassis Isuzu) was bought new in 2013 for $38k. Interestingly, the insulated (but not chilled) box body cost about $20k. Boss reckons the whole-cost for a brand new one would be about $100k today. So whatever those $120k+ second hand trucks are, they're a different breed to what I'm running around in.

Matt Palmer
@womble@infosec.exchange

I feel like I've been ahead of the curve on avoiding this problem.

'Excess' exercise may cause some athletes to develop this heart disorder https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-09/elite-male-rowers-exercise-atrial-fibrillation/105619180

Matt Palmer
@womble@infosec.exchange

If you'd like to see more open source code in the world, here's your chance to make that happen!

I'm trying an open source funding experiment: for every AU$150 (about US$100) in donations to my Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tobermorytech) I'll implement a requested feature in action-validator, my Rust-based tool to verify the correctness of GitHub actions and workflows (https://github.com/mpalmer/action-validator).

For more info, see the code fund page: https://hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/code-fund.html