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Fairburn commented on CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The World Factbook   simonwillison.net/2026/Fe... · Posted by u/ck2
GS523523 · 8 days ago
> To me religion isn't Christianity or Islam. It's following orders of arbitrary leaders who give themselves titles via narrative. Priest, Minister, CEO, General... just words.

Religion = doing what your boss told you. Got it, that makes sense why so many people are religious.

Fairburn · 8 days ago
Religion = blind loyalty (to those in power of said religion)

It's one of the oldest tools we have to control society. And it gets abused. All. Of. The. Time.

Fairburn commented on Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization” (2025) [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=l-kZG... · Posted by u/cdrnsf
tasty_freeze · 8 days ago
I wonder how he would feel about a competitor putting a flock-like camera outside his house so that anyone who wants to can learn whenever any car, perhaps his car, enters or leaves his home driveway.

Would he be happy with this, or would he become a "terrorist" by objecting?

Fairburn · 8 days ago
He would cry and cry
Fairburn commented on Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization” (2025) [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=l-kZG... · Posted by u/cdrnsf
Fairburn · 8 days ago
Flock is a terrorist organization. So there. Now what.
Fairburn commented on It's 2026, Just Use Postgres   tigerdata.com/blog/its-20... · Posted by u/turtles3
saisrirampur · 8 days ago
I’m a huge Postgres fan. That said, I don’t agree with the blanket advice of “just use Postgres.” That stance often comes from folks who haven’t been exposed enough to (newer) purpose-built technologies and the tremendous value they can create

The argument, as in this blog, is that a single Postgres stack is simpler and reduces complexity. What’s often overlooked is the CAPEX and OPEX required to make Postgres work well for workloads it wasn’t designed for, at even reasonable scale. At Citus Data, we saw many customers with solid-sized teams of Postgres experts whose primary job was constant tuning, operating, and essentially babysitting the system to keep it performing at scale.

Side note, we’re seeing purpose-built technologies show up much earlier in a company’s lifecycle, likely accelerated by AI-driven use cases. At ClickHouse, many customers using Postgres replication are seed-stage companies that have grown extremely quickly. We pulled together some data on these trends here: https://clickhouse.com/blog/postgres-cdc-year-in-review-2025...

A better approach would be to embrace the integration of purpose-built technologies with Postgres, making it easier for users to get the best of both worlds, rather than making overgeneralized claims like “Postgres for everything” or “Just use Postgres.”

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Fairburn commented on Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt accused of rape, surveillance by ex-mistress   news.com.au/world/north-a... · Posted by u/randycupertino
throwaday0451 · a month ago
I don't understand why the accuser is depicted first in a bikini, then in a dress with a lot of exposed skin, while Schmidt is shown in a suit. Ritter has plenty of professional photos that they could have used, or I'm sure they could have found a casual photo of Schmidt.

The pictures are completely unnecessary, they distract from the allegations and evidence, which are what really matter. It feels like The New York Post is doing this deliberately for sensationalistic purposes.

Fairburn · a month ago
To get folks riled up. Does it bolster her claims? No. But it does work on smooth brains.

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Fairburn commented on Finland detains ship and its crew after critical undersea cable damaged   cnn.com/2025/12/31/europe... · Posted by u/wslh
Fairburn · a month ago
Lock em up, sell thier property. Rinse and repeat.
Fairburn commented on Finland seizes ship from Russia suspected of breaking telecom cable to Estonia   reuters.com/world/finland... · Posted by u/smurda
Fairburn · a month ago
Just drop those 14 overboard and let them swim back to Russia.

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