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That’s true! I supposed it would be more precise to say that all processes are files loaded to memory, but not all files loaded to memory are processes. Sort of like the whole arachnids / spiders situation.

I’d call that a file loaded to memory

As I assume most of you are aware

I most certainly was not! After some searching, I found an article about Synology’s new restrictions on which hard drives can be used in Synology’s NASs.

A few important notes:

1. This is a completely bullshit decision on Synology’s part. Unacceptable, and a total overreach.
2. This only applies to new DiskStation/RackStation models, so if you already have yours, you should be fine — as far as I can tell.
3. The internet has responded with a “hack” already: https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db?utm_source=syndication&pubDate=20250505

A prediction: This is a scream test. Within a month, Synology will walk this back. They’ll make some excuse about it taking time to test other hard drive brands for compatibility. They’ll claim that they never intended to prevent you from using whatever hard drives you want, that they just needed to make 100% sure everything was perfect first, and that they always had your best interests at heart.

This will all be a lie, of course. The real plan is to measure how loud their biggest customers scream about this change. And then, maybe a year or two from now, they’ll quietly update a user agreement or a warranty document to reduce coverage for NASs that use third-party hard drives. Maybe they’ll add some extra “safety features” to DSM for third-party hard drives (of course with the intention of keeping you safe) that will cause a “minor” performance hit.

I’m sure that if you subscribe to DSM Premium for a reasonable monthly fee, all of your problems will be solved.

Fair enough! Maybe if enough organizations follow suit, they’ll be forced to stop ignoring their service being used by spammers and scammers.

Right now they have no incentive to stop abuse on their platform, because they’re making money off of that abuse too. It’s bullshit.

I can’t believe these holocaust survivors are so antisemitic!

/s

That’s actually a way more relevant take than my original comment. He’s still acting like tariffs are fees paid by foreign nations, when in fact, they’re paid by the consumers in the nation imposing the tariffs.

Sadly (for those of us stuck in the US), the only people who will be hurt by these tariffs are the people whose best interests he’s supposed to be responsible for.

Explaining his approach to the tariff policy that has triggered weeks of turmoil on global markets, the - president compared the US to the world's department store.

"I am this giant store. It's a giant, beautiful store, and everybody wants to go shopping there," he said.

"And on behalf of the American people, I own the store, and I set prices, and I'll say, 'If you want to shop here, this is what you have to pay.' "

This sounds like the thinking of a dictator, not of a leader. He doesn’t own the “store”, the people do.

SendGrid is a very popular platform for programmatic email, as is the original Twilio for programmatic SMS. They have a very solid API and integrations, so are often a go-to for developers who want to offload the work of sending emails (account registration, notifications, password reset, order confirmation) and SMS (verification codes, etc).

Unfortunately Twilio (and thus SendGrid) is also used heavily for “marketing”, which in turn means they’re great for spammers too.

Still, I would never recommend IP blocking one of the largest programmatic email senders in the world. Inevitably your end users are going to miss something important, and while you may have saved them from hundreds of spam messages for every one important thing that they end up missing, we both know what they’re going to remember at the end of the day.

Edit: Realized I never answered your actual question. Here is a list of companies Twilio claims to provide email services for: https://customers.twilio.com/en-us/sendgrid

I’ll follow you into battle any day.

Instant $3k, and you never have to lift a finger.

I don’t know, man, that still sounds like a lot of work for $3k – especially given how easy it is for politicians to accept ~~bribes~~ donations from lobbyists.

Do I think a Trumpist Homeland Security Secretary would be petty enough to commit insurance fraud for a measly $3k?

Actually yeah, that does sound pretty likely when you put it in those terms.

I had to look it up, and after reading a lengthily Wikipedia page on Greek mercenaries, I tried the second result: an XKCD comic I’ve seen before but had forgotten. So today, I’m one of the lucky 10,000 again.