It’s literally in the sabotage manual!

“the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name)”

This guy seemed to be campaigning on not prosecuting war criminals, so military lawyers might be the first ones with difficult decisions to make.

Reminds of this bucket-line system

Similar with “get up, Trinity” from The Matrix’s opening scene.

Fisherman’s castle, “considered iconic by some”

Obligatory CGP Grey

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jwz.org/blog, for obvious reasons.

There’s a UK scheme called Flood Re that does this kind of thing. If you’re more than a certain probability of flooding, you need to go with an insurer that’s backed by the government’s reinsurance policy.

Your last example reminds me of someone editing Wikipedia to list Ronnie O’Sullivan as the winner of the World Open, about 20 minutes before the final match finished.

They were right, and anyone would agree that it was all-but-certain, but it hadn’t actually happened yet.

This computer.

re #7, I hope they are also saying no ‘secret questions’ to reset the password?

That was so insane - “we need a unique number, let’s just use the MAC” - it was like people didn’t even think through any of the implications when making ipv6 address schemes.

Similar with the address proposals that ignored the need to minimise the size of core internet routing tables.

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Substitute Chaos Bringer to really give everyone flashbacks

Main menu theme, Myth II Soulblighter

I like it here, from RimWorld.

When your first notification about the change is a Mastodon post telling you to look for a pre-checked checkbox that wasn’t there before…

“S-500 missile, S-500 Mercedes, what’s the difference?” - guy in procurement office.