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This hit me just right today. Good reminder to be grateful for what we have.

I think it is measured and professionals who work in areas where this was relevant probably track this number among many others. I think the real question you are asking is why it is always framed as a % of GDP in public discussion and news reporting. Some people here point out how % of GDP can be more useful for comparing across countries with vastly different sized economies but I think we all know the real answer has more to do with how people perceive the value differently by using the larger number. Framing government debt as a % of GDP serves the zeitgeist, whatever that is.

I am a little biased because I’ve been using Debian professionally for many years now but we don’t deserve Debian. It is fantastically stable and reliable and makes an excellent platform for running your services off of. If you are at all interested in offering some time and energy to the open source community, consider adopting a Debian package!

Used to play with lizards like this or very similar. They could turn green or brown as a kind of camouflage and their tails came off if you ever tried to grab them by it. Also they’d poo or pee on you or something when you caught them. Down in Louisiana, don’t know if I’m misremembering but this picture looks exactly like them. Thanks for sharing @[email protected], brought me some nice memories!

When our first child arrived I had a cheap IP cam lying around that I could flash with something I trusted and integrate into my other stuff (Homeassistant in this case). The camera didn’t really support a wired connection, only 2.4 wifi. This has probably been my single complaint about the setup generally. We live in a somewhat dense neighborhood and the surrounding 2.4GHz noise affects the stream quality, making it somewhat less reliable.

I would say that if reliability and complexity are your biggest concerns go with one of the decent baby monitors. Very reliable, zero complexity. We didn’t find the reliability to be an issue in practice and I didn’t mind the complexity. I would say that if you go the IP cam route, do your best to go wired or at least 5GHz.

If you’re reading this, I wish you a happy revolution, I’m glad we made it round again. May this next revolution be better for all of us!

I don’t think there’s anything shorter or more elegant than this really. When you’re right you’re right.