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> I have to assume they made similarly confused choices with their Consul and Nomad setups as well. I found their explanation about why they wrote Corrosion confusing since most Ha…

It doesn't sound like this would have helped in this particular case since they were unable to contact the customer.

To reiterate half of what you've said, but maybe in a slightly different way, the defense security clearance process is designed to determine how likely you are to be incentivized …

Also not a biologist - just an enthusiastic layman. The Soleus muscle (Soleal pump) is partially responsible for helping to return blood from your legs back up to your heart while …

That’s an unfortunate situation, but I’m not surprised to hear this. I worked in a single-location pizza shop when I was in high school and there is a lot more customer-benefitting…

Not the OP, but in one of the smaller companies (~30 people/~12 engineers) you describe that's currently looking for a tool like this. I can't actually see the pricing because it's…

> I hope AWS mitigated this metadata endpoint weakness by now. AWS offers a version 2 of the Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) API that includes mitigations for many common SSRF att…

Is this universally true? In the US it appears that it just means there's more restrictions to what types of jobs you can/can't do and the hours you're allowed to work, but AFAIK i…

> Also, iCloud photos are not encrypted[2]. According to the table on the second link iCloud Photos are encrypted on the server (at rest). Am I missing something?

> Indeed, up until reading these comments I had no idea that iCloud wasn’t encrypted. iCloud data is encrypted at rest (edit: except for Mail apparently). The type of encryption (s…

There's a better explanation of the differences here: https://svelte.dev/blog/svelte-3-rethinking-reactivity Svelte is a component framework — like React or Vue — but with an impor…

I'd like to see them make their customers whole by forcing them to refund the monthly payment for every month that a customer with an "unlimited" plan was capped or throttled.

I think that people perceive being on call and having to work with messy legacy infrastructure as a restriction on their personal freedom and an anti-perk. We also don't compensate…

> I can't imagine that responsibility for MY code in production (and delivery of the said code to production) lies on a different team/department that are possibly not even on the …

I recently transferred as a developer to a development operations role at a medium-sized company. This article exactly describes my experience - the main focus of the ops team seem…

I spent a few minutes of DuckDuckGo'ing but couldn't find anything... does anyone know if there's a way to see how/if these fines are actually being paid? UPDATE: Looks like most f…

If you get caught for speeding in Michigan, the Golden rule is to always appeal the ticket. Unless you've been excessively reckless they'll typically knock it down to "impeding tra…

It looks like most 5% cash back cards have a hard limit ($1500/quarter seems to be common limit) to the amount you can get back and offer an "unlimited" cash back at a rate at or l…

Anyone here a lawyer? I'm wondering if you submit a request to opt-out of the settlement if you could re-litigate a new settlement in the future?

It's hard to gauge, but... * Before the accident the nerve was 100% (undamaged) * Immediately after it was 0% (could not feel anything - including the sensation of heat) * 1 year a…

Might have been a neuragen tube. I had one of these placed in my hand after I severed the nerves in one of my fingers... It took about 1 year before I regained any feeling and 2 be…

More context: They use rack-and-pinion railways in Switzerland [0][1] to accommodate the steep grades. > The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with…

I've recently contacted all of the major airlines that fly the 737 Max as well as my congressional representatives and the FAA to let them know I have serious reservations about a …