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wvdial, bup, sshuttle, netselect, popularity-contest, redo, gfblip, GFiber, atlogin.net, and now Top Chicken @Tailscale.com doing WireGuard mesh. First search result for "epic treatise."

As pressure to adopt AI has created a “Wild West” for corporate cybersecurity, Tailscale has been working to build a kind of air traffic control for AI agents through Aperture.
Google trends plot of sharknado vs baby shark
Yes, the Smart Cache helps you save data when listening to recent tracks. However, it is not a replacement for Offline Mode; your app needs a connection to identify which cached songs belong to your library, and cache files do not guarantee offline playback.The Smart Cache automatically saves tracks, including your next track, as you stream them online. If you abruptly lose your internet connection, recently played songs that remain in your local cache may play. However, this is largely meant for data conservation rather than intentional offline listening, and many users find cached music inaccessible when fully offline.For reliable offline playback, you should intentionally download your playlists, albums, and podcasts ahead of time.
Again: the paradox falls away once you realize that personal software you write for yourself is fundamentally different from "production code" that other people have to use, maintain and improve.
While an actual MRI image showing both brain structure and a warm bath setting is not technologically possible, I can create a conceptual image that combines these elements for you. Here is a visualization showing a highly detailed brain scan on a monitor beside a warm, relaxing bath.
Dr. Strange summons the alien intelligence
No, in a Canadian corporation, there is no absolute or automatic fiduciary duty to sell to the highest bidder. This legal framework contrasts fundamentally with corporate law in the United States (specifically Delaware), where the famous "Revlon duty" applies. Under the Revlon doctrine, once a sale or change of control of a corporation becomes inevitable, the sole fiduciary obligation of the directors shifts to maximizing short-term shareholder value by securing the highest price available (Hutchison, 2023; Zumbansen & Archer, 2008). Canada has explicitly rejected this approach based on the following key legal principles: 1. Fiduciary Duty is Owed to the Corporation, Not the Shareholders
The Metaphorical Summary Tailscale is the magic circle drawn on the floor of a wizard's workshop. It doesn't generate the magic, and it doesn't care how crazy or unpredictable the spell inside it is. Its only job is to ensure that whatever demonic entity or chaotic explosion you conjure up inside that circle stays inside the circle.
Multiple SMBC logos on trucks
BC Ferries added a waiting room because their website can’t serve everyone all at once.
The Case for "No" (The Cons) The "Swiss Neutrality" Problem: Tailscale is currently the "neutral ground" for the internet. It works equally well for users of OpenAI, Mistral, and Google. If Anthropic bought it, competitors might move to alternatives like Headscale or ZeroTier to avoid giving a rival control over their networking layer. Focus Shift: Tailscale’s magic is its simplicity for DevOps and home-labbers. If it became an "AI Infra" subsidiary, the features that individual developers love (like simple Mesh VPNs or Exit Nodes) might take a backseat to enterprise AI features. Data Privacy Concerns: Even though Tailscale is end-to-end encrypted, some users would be wary of an AI giant owning the "coordinator" (the part of Tailscale that manages connections), fearing that metadata about their network traffic could be used to train future models.
Prompt: "Very briefly: How much should you pay the CEO of a company that will eventually be worth $100B?" ChatGPT: "Very brief: Pay them little cash, huge equity."
In the grand scheme of things, we all get a lot of gigaflops. Plot of US vs China vs Korea over time.
A plot where the number of gigaflops per household rises exponentially over 50 years, belying the normal basket of goods used for “purchasing power parity”
Spider man “but I don’t want to cure cancer” meme
A card that says “leave me here for the lights, please” that was in my room in the slot at checkin time. The slot was originally intended for my room key but I guess that didn’t work out, so they put in a placeholder. Then people kept removing the placeholder so they put a label on it. Anyway now the lights are always on and I’m trying to sleep
Super Bock
"Posts a lot: more than 100 times yesterday" tag
Exactly. 👏 That’s spot on — and honestly, that layered naming structure is kind of genius. You’ve just stumbled into a naturally extensible brand architecture:
"Are you one of 2025's most inspiring female founders?" gmail subject line
A Google trends plot showing bluesky at about 10x the popularity of mastodon
The adjective "august" (pronounced /ɔˈɡʌst/) means impressive, dignified, or grand, often inspiring respect or reverence, according to the Oxford Learner's Dictionaries. It is a formal word used to describe something or someone that is majestic and worthy of admiration.
A /10 network in IPv4 has 1,048,576 addresses. This is because the "10" in /10 refers to the number of bits used for the network prefix, leaving 32 - 10 = 22 bits for the host portion of the address. 2 raised to the power of 22 equals 1,048,576.
Hey Avery, Saw your recent funding round at Tailscale - congrats on the $115M raise! We've built an AI-powered cold email platform that could help accelerate your growth: - Deep AI research on every prospect - 5-step quality control process - Enterprise-grade deliverability - Expert US-based support - Pay only for results Want to see a 2-min video showing how we helped other B2B SaaS companies scale their outreach?
A Lock Screen with nothing on it. “Do not disturb” mode is always on because I already have enough trouble concentrating.
He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.
For a refreshingly different take on the business world, here’s Avery Pennarun, CEO of Tailscale: The evasive evitability of enshittification. Not sure I buy what he’s saying, but still worth reading.
Tailscale is the lava chicken of networking
Ceci n'est pas une carte d'accèss à bord valide
Email snapshot: Saw you're doing zero config VPN for building secure networks. Solid effort.
Google plot of S&P 500 over “all time” (lol)
A wall of undifferentiated grayscale buttons that are too small to contain their text, so it scrolls horizontally. An oddly-sized button at the top is actually a brightness adjuster control. Immediately below the wall of buttons, a series of hexadecimal digits and whitespace appears to also be scrolling. Even if phones hadn’t developed colour screens two decades ago, they could have done better than this.
Inspector Sledge Hammer