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Your playground says the login is "Only used for verification against abuse."

Immediately after signing in, I get an email from you. Serious uncool and an instant "nope" from me after that.

Meta outage 2 years ago

If this was 2016, I'd think there could be a possibility. Given that the candidates for the election are almost 100% a foregone conclusion at this point, what purpose would it serve?

Meta outage 2 years ago

What platforms have anywhere near the reach and services that Meta does for a marketplace/advertising?

I'm not personally a fan of most social media, but saying "they could go somewhere else" is a pretty naieve/ignorant response.

Meta outage 2 years ago

Blaming an outage on DEI... Man that's a new one for me.

Could you let us know where you work? I want to make sure I never apply there.

As far as I'm aware, the cheering is outside of the main control room (which is where the broadcasters are).

Also: there are no people on board. If it blows up, it's "only" money that's lost.

Wow, I had no idea something like that exists. Happen to have a link to the one you did? I'd be really interested in trying something like that.

How are those better than using AWS/Azure/GCP/etc? I'd say the correct way to handle situations is to have things in multiple regions, and potentially multiple clouds if possible. Obviously, things like databases would be harder to keep in sync on multi cloud, but not impossible.

I agree and disagree. For my gaming desktop, I'd just reinstall apps to get a fresh start.

I started my own software consulting/contracting thing this summer and if my machine crashed, every hour I'm not working is costing me money. So setting up all my apps again to get a fresh start isn't worth it. With TimeMachine on my NAS, I just get the replacement computer and let it restore while I sleep. Then I'm good to go the next morning.

Depending on the size of your business, it's easier just to have a few (or even one if you're really small) spare machines for when one breaks or is having issues. Just turn it on, restore from the latest backup and give it to the user. Then send the old one off for repair if needed.

Not just consistency, but customer service. It's gone down a bit in recent years, but Amazon is still amazing at it. I can actually chat with someone, almost instantly, if I'm having a problem. Having had to deal with flight delays on American Airlines recently, it's insane how much of a difference there is.

Having had to get a passport recently, yes. At least better in the sense that you are actually receiving a service you've paid for.

It is virtually impossible to get an appointment at the passport office in the US right now. Not a local passport office, ANY passport office. There were people outside the one I went to offering a Nintendo Switch to people to trade for a time slot. The shortest wait time I had on the phone was three hours, and I called one minute after they opened.