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Re:AWS Multiple Services Down in us-east-1 on Monday October 20, 2025 @04:35PM (#45648964)
Finally an upside to running on Oracle Cloud!
Surprised to see an article like that even getting shared here. The Guardian seems to be wrong on almost every tech issue.
These are Guardian 'experts' so can be safely ignored.
Re:Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: Tempo on Monday September 08, 2025 @12:55PM (#45170681)
You literally describe the problem in your comment: banking works in the western world. It doesn't work for the rest of the world (which is a lot of people) but maybe you don't care about them.
Re:Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: Tempo on Monday September 08, 2025 @12:35PM (#45170402)
Try international transfers and get back to me
Re:Bitcoin price hits $100K for first time in history on Thursday December 05, 2024 @10:51AM (#42329310)
Wow, this old argument brings me back a decade. You need to update your priors, my friend. Bitcoin is actually a net positive for the environment.
Re:Importing a front end JavaScript library without a build system on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @01:42PM (#42258530)
Yes! Those of use still running old school Javascript really appreciate it when JS libraries provide a plain old "classic" distribution file. Thanks Julia!
Listening to other people talk is even more exhausting.
Yes, we do solve problems faster if we're around the watercooler, but we're also miserable, and wondering how to escape. Be careful what you wish for.
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This. So many people on here keep making that mistake over and over.
Agreed. Google Maps has just gotten worse and worse over the past 10 years, slower to load, harder to navigate.