Re: Massive Synology Raid failure
Mine used to get a process that used to consume 100% CPU for days at a time... I'm not sure it's the same issue, I "fixed" it by disabling the regular scans.
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Mobility has been running here in Switzerland since the 90s, most of those problems have already been solved. Basically if the car is late or trashed then you have to pay.
The one time there was a problem with the car I'd booked; they rang me very apologetically and had already arranged a less-crashed substitute.
It seems a common problem and not limited to the current lot (who admittedly are pretty bad), think about the Qinetq privatisation under Labour where <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinetiq#NAO_inquiry>the senior managers made over 100 million whilst getting poor value for money for the tax payer...</a>
Forgotten is that most of the research underlying development takes place in universities and other public institutions; it is funded by the state, by philanthropic institutions, and charitable donations; in so far as the concept of 'intellectual property' has any meaning ownership rests with the public. Much of what is written off as development is, particularly in the USA, aggressive marketing.
Many, but not all targets are found by public institutions; but the molecules that target them are usually invented by pharma/biotech (Academic labs do license molecules and then receive royalties eg Abiraterone). The real work is finding if the said molecules work in the test tube, then animals and finally in humans. The vast bulk of cost is incurred later in the process and I can't see many government wanting to pay a billion or so for developing a drug that the laws of probability say will fail...
I think it'll be more character building for my seven year old daughter to open the Pi400 on Christmas day and learn the hard reality of life / software updates.
And when she's older she can joke about her first computer in the way we talk about floppy disks and punchcards now.
What's the female equivalent of "Greybeard" -->
There was a wonderful Geek's guide on Dinorwig a few years back.