I was wearing an onion for a belt, as was the fashion at the time.

Different scale needs different tech.

I’ve been at F500 companies but it sounds like you’re at a smaller business.

The advantage is you don’t need to plan and provision your own infrastructure in a DC because the vendor handles it.

That flexibility is worth serious money.

I miss having a big private cluster.

I do not miss fighting with other departments for a share of that one cluster.

I definitely do not miss waiting months for capacity to be added.

That it costs my employer a bit more is a decision made above my pay grade.

Hype cycles come and go, but cloud compute is still around because it has real advantages, and big data solves real scaling problems.

You left out the biggest hype cycle. The dot-com boom wasted a ton of cash but also created Google Amazon and Netflix.

I don’t want to spoil your innocence, but you are incorrect and there is plenty of video proof out there.

Unironically, yes.

Boycotts are a valid protest tactic even if they don’t get universal participation.

And also if you do that ^ ^ ^

For those who don’t know Moomin, that character is named My.

Kick plate means you kick it open.

Jellyfin was created by just such a move and nobody talks about Emby any more.

Soy Leche

This dude doesn’t remember shit but grudges.

Trump is Sundowning pretty bad now. Happened in his first term but not as noticeable.

Those AI slopping MFers just broke my shit just last week.

Will smaller medical diagnostics be developed? Yes.

Will we see a fully realized tricorder in our lifetime? Probably not.

Fellas is it wrong to use OJ Simpson in my new documentary on African American role models?

The society is small enough that everyone knows everyone and a new stranger will be noticed immediately even if they spoke the language perfectly.

First computer game I ever spent my allowance on was because of the free demo. Was a fun little game called DOOM.

I’m not going to show you my card until you show me some fun.