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> I've seen dozens of flat earth videos.

Using Occam's razor, I posit that these videos exist because there are too many people watching them; not because there are too many flat earthers out there. I am yet to meet one in person.

<clears throat> umm, Go?

Thank you for responding. I am now better informed due to your explanation. I looked up the author based on your comment and now see the issue in better light. I am sure many others will understand why the parent of my earlier comment was downvoted.

Lots of downvotes but no counter argument? Please HN, let us do the right thing by disagreeing by argument rather than downvoting someone into oblivion. The only reason I value HN is that it (generally) is open to debate without taking hardline positions. Let us ensure we can retain this culture even when our emotions try to get the better of us.

Thanks, now it makes sense.

Thanks for sharing. As a non-native English speaker, I did not understand this part. What does it mean?

"If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run—"

Also, overuse of analogies. Maybe it's just me but I am more convinced by a narrative that avoids or sparingly uses analogies.

Agree. Now viable alternatives exist. The nextgen cloud providers will learn from the weaknesses of incumbents and innovate.

I am in India and my message is in English and Japanese. Never seen a Japanese message on aws before.

A comment about one aspect of big tech, i.e IT infrastructure (think AWS, GCP, Azure, and now Cloudflare etc.):

I don't see this mentioned enough but it wouldn't be surprising if some companies will want to start owning and running their own IT infrastructure. Buy your own servers and setup a small data-center for a small to medium business. This will be a thing again. The pendulum has to swing, but the question is -- is there money in enabling this for companies that want to go this way? I expect some startups in near future to target this opportunity and help shift towards decentralization (again).

I used to prefer Uber/Ola over the humble auto rickshaw [1] mainly because of two reasons: cars are safer; and an air-conditioned car helps avoid pollution from traffic (which is quite high in Bangalore). Now I prefer auto rickshaws (at least for short distances) because they are well ventilated due to its door-less design. The back seat of an auto rickshaw is constantly braving the elements (sunlight, dust and wind) and is likely to be more germ free in this context. To make it even better, now these autos have a transparent plastic screen between the driver and riders, thereby isolating them from each other while being open to the environment.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_rickshaw

I love mechanical keyboards (mkb) but am not obsessed about them. Given a choice, I prefer an mkb over other keyboards. A keyboard to my mind is a means to an end, but not an end in itself. I do not understand people who hoard mkb's, but that's just me.

In India, the best mkb you can buy is a TVS [1], and I am a happy user for many years now. They don't market to mkb hobbyists (e.g. gamers, mkb collectors), but to heavy-duty users such as bank clerks. This kb is affordable, durable, reliable. What more can I ask?

[1] https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07B75DVZS

Cannot agree more. Just like many other acts which are punished today, but should be rather dealt with by showing support, self harm should definitely be taken off the list of acts that are treated like a crime. I can only guess, but it feels like the current approach only makes things worse for those who are already suffering.

> Our civilization will make the transition. It will be messy and could have been much less painful but we will do it.

I wish to see this kind of positivity around me more often. I have worked with a colleague or two in the past who viewed problems as something that needed to be solved, and were a step or two ahead of the rest of us in terms of finding solutions. Lately, I see that the default reaction to problems is to complain. Don't get me wrong... complaining is fine if it leads to action, but isn't it rare.

> Basically, GitHub.

This. Which basically means: no time to setup, no operations overhead, no administration required. This means, no dedicated team member needed who is the "admin" for version control, no dedicated infra required, etc. In the early 2000s when we were a team of 8 developers, one was a "ClearCase admin". He was a single point of contact for all things ClearCase (request him to create a new branch, add a new user, create a label, create a new repository and so on). He also had to ensure regular backups were done, the server was regularly patched, the disk had enough space. GitHub/Gitlab simply remove all of this just for a few dollars per user.

An ex colleague uses GitHub Enterprise at work, and he reports running into some issues that are never seen on GitHub proper. Most notably, network view of repos and GitHub pages experience extended downtime. Wonder how GitHub manages the uptime of these features for millions of repos because I never see these fail there.

Off topic but [maybe] relevant...

> Somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

A part of me too desires this. For a software engineer, what you need most is good network connectivity, which is now possible in many places.

The other part of me is convinced that would not be a good move in the long run. If I move away from the city, my kids' education will suffer, my mother (who also lives with me) will lose the social connect that keeps her in good spirits. Growing up in a small place, I always longed to move to a city. Now that I have "been there done that" in terms of living a city life, I do not want my children to go through the same cycle.

It would be nice to have the best of both worlds. Have a second home someplace remote, and go live there for short duration as circumstances permit.

> Most of my time is spent on talking to other human beings, replying emails (30%~40% of my time), and thinking (!!!), which is not considered as “real work” by engineers :)

Oh, burn! /s

> I dread losing it if Management decides to pull us all back into the office when the pandemic is over.

One thing this pandemic will be remembered for is how it permanently changed the way desk jobs are done. If "Management" decides to pull you back into office, there are many more "Managements" who are waiting to hire you by giving you the option to remain remote.

> Instead LinkedIn will launch a new service named InJobs that will advertise and process job applications. InJobs will not have a social feed, people will not be able to write posts or share articles.

This actually sounds like an improvement.

Whether you like the people behind this mission or not; I have to watch in awe that a space mission is such a non-event. For the geek in me, there is nothing to not love this.

I did not know William Shatner is 90. Kudos old man.

Crossed 50, not retired, nor planning to any soon. The good thing about this industry (tech, if that is not obvious) is that it [still] pays well, and there are no set rules about what happens when you are x years old. Don't let the occasional story about bias make you think it applies to you. Every time I take a break between jobs, I am hopeful that there is someone out there who is willing to pay for my skills and I will be able to get back to work if I want to, provided I keep myself up to date.

I always thought that the warning lets one walk away before they get triggered. Of course, this would not be possible in every situation, but if I am watching news and see a warning for e.g., I can stop watching.

Edit: there are many other comments which showed up just this minute which say the same thing. Hence, I just repeated what others seem to concur with too.

This is one of those things that you are hopeful it exists, but you also pray that people won't need.

> Not everyone needs to start a company to be happy. And not every company needs to take over the world.

Yep.

And this:

> There are always barriers. Recognizing those barriers— and viewing them as legitimate — is often the first step to breaking "lazy" behavior patterns.

One thing that the article encouraged me to do is view the situation from the other person's perspective. What may appear ill-intentioned may not seem that way once we gain context.