I used similar ipxe setup for robotic cluster - every robot booted from the same thing, then kubernetes managed the containe orchestration. it was fun.

There are interesting uses for sqlite, like this one: https://sqlite.org/sqlar.html

Sir, it's 2026. It's 8 years old.

Not if the GP was written 2 years ago :)

Corrected; thanks.

"Good morning, am i speaking with Mr. xxx" is how most formal stuff happens with me in the US.

it's a huge red flag for me if I hear that without an origin.

"Am I speaking with X? This is Y from Z Corp." is okay.

"Am I speaking with X?..." is a spammer, a complaint, or someone trying to serve me papers.

(in the US)

The second one is almost always used by Healthcare companies in my experience, in a backwards attempt at HIPPA compliance.

They want to make sure they called the right person. Except they know everyone hates getting called like this, so they take "who is this?" as affirmation and then proceed to tell you their company and the call.

Correct.

Nearly all calls i get go to voicemail by default, it's been a great filter with its voice transcription!

it all depends on their training. And with the churn i imagine they are getting, or the cost measures, it's usually not quite the same.

And yes, cultural difference matters. Americans often have more agency to take initiative, on average. Knowing there's an American on the other side puts me at ease, mentally.

expensive but not prohibitively so? https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807859212052.html https://www.servethehome.com/finally-a-cheap-8-port-10gbase-...

You can also get enterprise C3850 with 10G ports for ~100$, but they will be loud and power hungry.

Never bet against Elon.

Apple could use a fresh approach to their software release cycles. I wish i could talk to someone at apple on this.

vibe code a s3 implementation build on tikv.

Redundancy is the answer.