I feel like k8s is the new Linux. It gives you so much out of the box, and you can tap into such rich ecosystem, that the perceived complexity is well justified.
> This almost is not ever true for software startups, who get more value from speed, flexibility, and not needing to pay a team to manage hardware. Just let [cloud services company] handle it for you until you reach that point.
This is an old myth. Today you can get dedicated servers provisioned in minutes with an API call. A competent DevOps person can manage 10s if not 100s with proper automation. When you have a certain baseline usage of compute moving to dedicated can give you massive savings. And if you're a heavy user of say, RDS, the cost difference can be even more dramatic while also gaining on performance. For ephemeral workloads, testing, etc. the cloud makes sense of course.
How long are we going to keep filling their pockets and let them do whatever. Oil money already owns much of European soccer and now they started doing the same with golf. And we're just sitting here watching it happen.
It will not end. If anything it'll get worse. It's become a tracking mechanism which management loves. There's also a gazillion agencies out there that will push for it as that daily meeting makes it look like there's constant progress, even if most people BS their way thru half the meetings.
I'm so grateful for Xfce, it's been my desktop for maybe 15 years. Such a godsend in a world where every other UI gets more bloated and less usable over time.
It might be counterproductive If you're only running or doing cardio at the gym. Try to add resistance training and put on some muscle. It's not just for looks having a a good amount of muscle makes you healthier overall.
The US is notoriously bad for fast internet in general though. Here in Asia 5G is mostly rolled out in some places, I was getting 100Mbps on my phone the other day.
As a Linux user I've had many Thinkpads. X1 Carbon does have a great keyboard. But there's to my knowledge no other laptop with a display as good as a Macbook's retina. Look at any Thinkpad next to a retina display, it's night and day. That's why keep using a 2015 MBP with Linux as my daily driver. Looks like I might be able to upgrade soon thanks to Asahi.
Very much this. I briefly dated someone who uses tiktok. I hadn't had direct exposure to it until one day she started watching next to me. It drove me absolutely nuts within 10 minutes.
> He or she preferred a time when the world was less connected, and one’s ability to travel was dictated more by wealth, status, and education.
No, I started travelling frequently around 20 years ago and was by no means wealthy. Just single with a normal job and willing to spend all my money on it. I've also always been able to plan my own travel and never used agencies.
> But social media is just one small input in all of this.
I really don't think it's small. For example just yesterday I visited an island nearby with a very nice beach. It was mostly unusable, all the good areas were occupied by people taking photos and videos, with others queueing to take that spot and do the same. A constant stream of activity and noise, the opposite of relaxing. I left. I get that's a rant and people have every right to do that, but I stand by my point that social media has very noticeably made things worse.
> the boom in tourism in Japan over the last decade or so has made the beaten path… less than wonderful
It's not just Japan. I've been travelling a lot for many years, for work and pleasure, in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. In this time, the experience has become consistently much worse everywhere I go. I personally blame social media and camera phones for this. In the past, a place might be busy, but people were mostly enjoying the place which is all good. Now it's all about people taking the same photo 100 times with slightly different poses. Wannabe influencers using their boyfriends as personal photographers. Youtubers being loud and not caring whether you want to be in their video or not. The list goes on. I'm definitely jaded but between that, airport insanity, and recently covid measures, travelling has never sucked more than it does today.