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I think it's time that AWS customers hesitate before using any abstract software that AWS has built, as we're about to see the enshittification/profitability squeeze of an incumben…

There are a very light benchmarks in the Readme, or are you looking for more?

I'm convinced nothing solid has come out of AWS in 10 years. The original products (ec2, RDS, s3) are solid either from being created at a time when AWS could write software or jus…

flip the direction of time and hawking radiation ""creates"" mass/energy inside a black hole (overall mass/energy is conserved)

I'm pessimistic about Go if they _don't_ change error handling. The handling of nil's and errors (by extension panic's) is purely conventional, and baked in to the language has no …

Investors love a company spouting AI not because it's actually good at raising efficiency, but because it's a codeword for layoffs.* * there are certain industries that will see in…

I'm assuming the Texas lawsuit against OnStar contributes here as a software income stream that didn't work out... low level employees always pay for bad decisions from leadership.…

Same thing happens in reverse with salaries. Glassdoor isn't your friend, it just helps companies regress to the 50th-percentile.

What are cdk and dms in this context? I'm only familiar with them on AWS

JSON(newline delimited or full file) is significantly larger than csv. With csv the field name is mentioned once in the header row. In JSON every single line repeats the field name…

Correct, I've seen advertisements for afrin like crazy the last 6 months. It shouldn't even be OTC given it's potential harm.

I'm more familiar with kubernetes for running production-grade apps and that's what I went with. I run ubuntu's microk8s, and the volume management is in kubernetes-land which I un…

Which is less than 2%, so more a showing for investors than a real layoff.

This happened with me -- VP said he wanted feedback but clearly didn't like real critical feedback. Then that VP tried to set up a denied promo, even though I was performing two le…

Could improve that crappy feedback loop :) If the language runtimes are compiled you can't do this, but if not, in theory you shouldn't need such a stupidly long core development f…

Speeding and aggressive driving is definitely a problem.

Gambling ads have become ruthlessly widespread, and I expect as much. They're way more common than alcohol or other advertisements that thrive on triggering addicts. I really wish …

2022, some of the worst flight disruptions. Wouldn't be surprised if 2023 is the same. https://thriftytraveler.com/news/airlines/2022-flight-delays... I don't think we'll see a red…

Combining crossovers with trucks makes for a very misleading headline, I stopped reading as soon as I saw that.

what differentiates it from other vscode vim plugins?

I feel like the framing of this is pretty ridiculous -- employees are insulted by phishing tests that evoke an emotional response. Do they think real phishing emails would avoid su…

I thought this would be about tech customer service, which has gotten awful. Dark patterns and reduced human interaction galore. Instead they talk about in-person customer service.…

My exposure is only anecdotal but I think there's been a significant increase in small scale and sophisticated cyber attacks since the war in UA. I don't have evidence for why, I h…

I don't know if I'd say it's ignored by media, it's through media that I'm aware of it.

Is it just me or is the issue of 1. Competition and 2. Security of companies using cloud providers just two separate things? There's ways to shoot yourself in the foot with securit…