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The post shares a sepia photo of a 1st-century BCE Roman lead boiler and pipe system from Villa della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy, preserved intact by the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption, highlighting Roman engineering ingenuity.

This hypocaust boiler, used for underfloor heating in elite villas, demonstrates advanced hydraulics with solder joints and valves, akin to contemporary water systems but reliant on wood-fired heat.

Excavations in 1904 revealed the villa's luxury features; peer-reviewed analyses in the Journal of Roman Archaeology affirm its rarity, with calcium carbonate linings likely reducing lead leaching health risks.

MolotovCocktail says

It's almost as if we went to total race-neutrality, most of the political problems would fix themselves.

I heard it was 3.7 cents cost per penny, not 37 cents.

Every state split in half by population – the densest half and least dense half.

MolotovCocktail says

That’s BS

Glock-n-Load says

MolotovCocktail says

That’s BS

How so? Looks right to me.

MolotovCocktail says

Every state split in half by population – the densest half and least dense half.

Now that map is bullcrap. About 3/4 of the state lives in the yellow part of Florida.
Especially when you consider there are only 3 other metros besides that and none of them are as big as Dade, Broward or WPB.
The center of the state is practically empty.

IT Unprofessional
@it_unprofession

Facilities just sent me an email asking why the server room temperature is set to 62°F.

They said it's "excessive" and they want to raise it to 68°F to save on cooling costs.

I replied with a six-paragraph email explaining "thermal load balancing," "equipment MTBF degradation," and "catastrophic failure risk."

I cited a "study" that showed every degree above 65°F reduces server lifespan by 15%.
There is no study. I made that up.

But I CC'd the CFO and said if Facilities wants to take ownership of a potential $200K hardware replacement due to overheating, they're welcome to adjust the temperature.
Facilities backed off immediately.

Here's the truth: the servers would be fine at 70°F. Data centers run hotter than that all the time.

But I like the server room at 62°F. It's the only place in the building where I can go to cool off and get some peace and quiet.

Plus, now I have an email chain proving that I "advocated for infrastructure longevity" while others wanted to "cut corners."

Technical decisions are rarely about what's right. They're about who's willing to use more jargon.

https://x.com/it_unprofession/status/2009285721094316062

The United States fire a 15-kiloton Nuclear artillery shell, 1953

When filming the og STAR WARS trilogy, Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) would really speak to Harrison Ford in the scenes - so when Solo is reacting, he's reacting to actual dialogue and not just wookie sounds.