aftermodern
Re:Kafka Is Dead, Long Live Kafka
on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:52AM (#37050931)
The object storage backend is interesting and I’m wondering if Kafka will have a native option for that, eventually.
Confluent hasn’t outright advertised it, but one of their engineers mentioned in a q&a that their Cloud offering is using object storage for their own backend now.
Re:The Cartel That Controls the US Food System
on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:50PM (#36989255)
The correct word is in the title: it’s a cartel, in that it’s an association of suppliers that maintain high prices and restrict competition.
Re:Renting Is Cheaper Than Buying, Almost Everywhere
on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:23PM (#27480863)
Amazingly spare article and it doesn’t mention the capital over time in property ownership? which is, to be fair, crap in many rental markets
Re:Universities Have Formed a Company That Looks a Lot Like a Patent T...
on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:19PM (#27480845)
if parent trolling is the profit margin de jour on patent profits, every entity that thrives on patents will join in
Re:Hoover Dam reservoir hits record low, in sign of extreme western U....
on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:17PM (#27480832)
notable ocean-adjacent Nevada?
Re:Hoover Dam reservoir hits record low, in sign of extreme western U....
on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:16PM (#27480817)
The aquifer that feeds Nebraska is screaming