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I retired from motorcycles a decade ago but still get my two wheel fix with the e-bikes I own. They make those 2km errands easy.

Your statement is true, but does not imply that we need new fossil fuel investment.

My understanding is that he only did the interior, which I have no issue with. The exterior is garbage.

A truly idiotic investment when renewables are already cheaper than existing fossil fuel infrastructure (much less new infra)

Side note: Peter Mandelson was also a big fan of Jeffrey Epstein.

> we offer first-party hosting for free forever. You should probably stop promising this.

SQLite? Luxury! My servers use CSV files for the database. (It’s actually true)

Isn't it better to build a decentralized grid out of standard parts than a few highly complex nuclear reactors? To me, that makes the system more resilient and easier to maintain. …

Because DO is an American company.

> that's the sentiment anyone who has been around in the community long enough and dealt with Andre has about him. I've known him personally for years and find him perfectly fine a…

I don't know the details of Shopify funding. I donated $250,000 in 2024 and withdrew a planned $250,000 donation in 2025, as has been widely publicized.

> Do you have any idea how expensive it is to keep the infrastructure running? Yes, I do. All hardware and bandwidth are donated by Fastly and AWS so it costs RC nothing. Their exp…

What's the DigitalOcean of Europe, where I can get API-based provisioning for VPSes?

> My Tesla is still on FSD from 2023 because the newer versions are terrible judging from the comments on the Tesla forums. I've had FSD since 2020; the latest version is noticeabl…

What age is appropriate for the Safari app? What age is appropriate for PlannedParenthood.com? Reddit.com? A movie is a distinct piece of content. A website and an app can be a con…

Don't strawman other people's comments.

HIS crime is legal. Yours is still illegal unless you pay tribute, e.g. binance.

Yes, most people don’t drive 200 mi/day. It’s really ok.

The fossil fuel industry has stolen the bulk of Cuba’s income. Need to switch to solar and batteries to onshore your energy production. China could help here and get a big diplomat…

It was an off-the-cuff comment and probably not worded ideally but the intent was to discuss how Oban is branching off into a new direction for their business based on language-spe…

Resque was the main inspiration, Sidekiq still provides compatibility with some of its APIs to this day. https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/ba8b8fc8d81ac8f57a55...

By “based on” I don’t mean a shared codebase or features but rather Parker and I exchanged emails a decade ago to discuss business models and open source funding. He initially copi…

I wrote Sidekiq, which Oban is based on. Congratulations to Shannon and Parker on shipping this! I had to make this same decision years ago: do I focus on Ruby or do I bring Sideki…

Proud of my brother who built this!