Moscow says SpaceX’s internet service ‘cannot be officially used here in any way’.

Source: Elon Musk denies selling Starlink to Russia after Ukraine claims use in war

I supposed I shouldn’t be surprised Starlink made its way over to Russia. I’m hoping to be surprised if Elon does something about it. I’m not holding my breath. Effective altruists don’t really care about the present day and it doesn’t take the chosen one any closer to mars, so….

So-called ‘smart home’ appliances and gadgets have become an ever-more present thing the past years, with nary a coffeemaker, AC unit or light bulb for sale today that doesn’t have an associated smartphone app, cloud service and/or subscription to enable you to control it from the beach during your vacation, or just set up automation routines to take tedium out of your busy schedule. Yet as much

Source: How To Build A Fully Offline Smart Home, Or Why You Should Not

Microsoft has launched flighting for Windows Server systems enrolled in its Windows Insider open software testing program. […]

Source: Microsoft introduces flighting for Windows Server insiders

I have yet to meet anyone using insider builds, let alone an expensive Windows Server license for an insider build. Free licensing for insiders would be a boon for Microsoft, provided the licensee can pass some basic requirements (testing, not in prod, etc). But it’s been some years since Microsoft ditched the whole Technet license thing and I don’t think we’ll ever see holistic QA from Microsoft, not when their testers all probably write malware after discovering flaws in early releases.