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Every time I'm forced to use MacOS again, its worse than the last time. Everything feels like a bolted on afterthought in an OS that forces Apple's opinions on everything. My productivtiy is ruined trying to do things the Apple way, instead of the way that works best for me.

No thanks, I'll stick with Linux, where I can tinker to have the OS work the way that is best for me, instead of what Apple thinks is best for me.

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* https://netllama.linux-sxs.org/res.pdf

Email: netllama@gmail.com

Seasoned site reliabilty engineer (SRE) with over a decade of experience creating tools & automation targeted at reducing toil, auto-remediation of faults/failures and delivering actionable insights to provide measurable reliability improvements at scale. Seeking out new & challenging problems to solve via code & collaboration.

I've thrived in startup-like environments, where new initiatives have created a strong demand to create infrastructure & tools where none existed before. Additionally, I've made a lot of impact focusing on pre-existing, more mature infrastructure by focusing on process and design improvements to achieve better performance, reliability and insights.

"close to top end restaurant" is purely subjective, and meaningless. Sorry, but Chicago doesn't have the diversity, quality or quantity of restuarants that NYC has. Not even remotely close. Chicago has certainly come a long way from the days of meat & potatoes, but its no where in the same league as NYC. And the fact that its easy to get reservations only further underscores how non-competitive Chicago is in that regard.

Tiny Tiny RSS 6 years ago

Been using it for many years. Its a great self-hosted solution. The android app also works well.

But the lead developer is the worst stereotype for the egotistical god-complex. You have to worship the ground he walks on or he'll publicly attack & mock you. If you don't anticipate all of his questions in advance, he'll attack you with all sorts of infantile insults. He clearly feels that he is doing everyone the world's biggest favor by providing his software to the masses.

I don't think you fully grasp what operating an ISP is truly like outside of most developed, Western countries. Its absolutely nothing like what you're describing (and blatantly assuming).

For example, Brazil literally has thousands of tiny ISPs, each with, at most, a few hundred customers. They operate on the narrowest of margins, squeaking out close to no profits. They cut corners everywhere. They definitely do not have spare capacity, and over sell by insane percentages.

Another example, Mongolia, where there's basically just one ISP, the government owned Unitel. They have zero incentive to do anything extravagant, or even provide good service. Its a monopoly.

The cost of building out full capacity is very much still a limiting factor in many parts of the world.

Just because you've not seen something doesn't mean its not happened. The sad reality is that people all over the world have lived like this forever. Warzones, undeveloped countries, etc.

Afghanistan hasn't been safe or stable enough for literally decades. Syria has had a civil war for many years. Much of Mali has been under the grip of religious extremists for years.

Its a chicken & egg scenario. Most folks are not going to want to move there because there's not many tech opportunities, and there aren't many opportunities because no one is ready to move there.

What else is there in terms of opportunities in the tech industry in Helena besides your new ISP?

Not sure that I'd consider 'many trains have a smoking area' as a good thing. Last year, I spent two weeks travelling around China via trains, and without a doubt the most annoying part of the experience was the rampant second hand smoke wafting throughout the entire train. While there are designated 'smoking areas' on the trains, they don't work so well when the train staff keep all the doors wide open all the time. And I tried closing them a few times, and less than a few minutes later some 'helpful' train car attendant had re-opened the door. I'm pretty sure I increased my likelihood of contracting lung cancer by a few percentage points from the two weeks that I spent on Chinese trains (not to mention the polluted air throughout the country).