Judging through the lens of history? A common enemy, and time. If there was another workable solution to the larger problem, they would have found it by now, as many people considerable smarter than me have tried.

No outside factor can build a durable peace, unless that peace is desired from within. Strong-arm tactics from the outside lead to cease fires, not peace. The lid goes back to the pot, but the fire is still there.

Marvin OS

Your salary has been made available in your corporate account, but why would you want to use it all and deprive your employer of the extra security a cash reserve brings? Work well done should be its own reward after all. A shareholder cries every time you make a withdrawal.

Even a broken clock is right two times a day.

See my handle… and profile 😁

Bit off topic, since I didn’t listen to the audio version, but the Culture series from Banks is fantastic.

TIL Bible swatting is a thing.

Faraday was here!

Context:

And his name is Igor <falling pipewrench noise - fist in the face>.

Hot take: he occasionally leaves his phone unlocked when his little brother’s around.

Really looks like a prank to me.

Is Cloudflare an option?

Would"pro bono" work translate to accounting? Wouldn’t be the first time when non-IT people contribute to open source.