Guess how much stored data is ever used or accessed

Interview NetApp’s Chief Technology Evangelist, Matt Watts, is concerned about sustainability and data waste, even as his employer withdraws third-party support from the BlueXP classification. In a 2023 report, just before the IT world became obsessed with AI, Watts wrote a foreword to a report [PDF] That highlighted how bad the data waste situation was … Read more

Can you guess which early 2000s Australian TV sci-fi inspired Citizen Sleeper 2?

No, it’s not Silversun. Sit down, Brian. Let someone else answer. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is a dice-heavy sci-fi RPG with a strong nod to tabletop role-playing. The first Citizen Sleeper saw your bio-robotic protagonist land on a doughnut-shaped space station where they learned to build a new life among interstellar farmers and ramen-serving villains. Below is a demo of which I played [smug face], the hook is a little different. This time you will be chased through a number of truck stops, colonies, depots and abandoned places. Meanwhile, your misfit team will clash and mingle. You still don’t have it, do you? Uhm. I guess I’ll let the game designer tell me then.

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