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There's a large number of people in the workforce that only know cloud computing. Processes for tracking host health are old school at this point.
A common practice is for every client to log its state into a database and also check to see what its state should be. If a server is missing too many check-ins, you know. If a server awakens from a long coma, it can see that it is out of date and should shut back down.
It's not just the software. Docker Hub pulls are throttled per what Docker calculates to be an end-user. Try to use Docker commercially without paying anything and you'll hit your limit 30 seconds into the work day.
The business price is steep, in my opinion. I know Docker is getting to be quite complex, especially with the MacOS and Windows VMs, but it forever has rough edges of an open source project. It's really difficult to depend on it commercially. Upgrades come with silently breaking changes. Random bugs may disappear for months then suddenly spring back to ruin your month.
Python got off to a good start because it can do DSL (domain specific language) reasonably well. It can handle the special operations of AI.
DSL in Java is hideous. C++ is far better looking but it is extremely technical. Golang is always hideous for high level operations.
So, AI is stuck with a language that is easy but incredibly slow. Everything runs great as long as you're in a native library but grinds to a halt in interpreted control code. There's also the mess of getting all the native libraries using the same number formats so they play well together in one app.
If Oracle was smart they'd come up with good DSL extensions for the paid Java so they can jump on the AI bandwagon.
OpenJDK could also cheat and import more Scala features. There be dragons, for sure.
Through the first half of the article I'm thinking that maybe he just wanted a personal copy. I've done that. It's interesting to look back and see your progress.
Then "...uploaded numerous of these documents into folders bearing the name of his new employer."
Now I want the worst outcome for him if that's true. How many good people were laid off to pay his salary and bonuses?
True, just as China cutting tech-related mineral exports to the US will encourage the US to diig their own. Maybe it's better if all of these complex trade relationships are about opportunities rather than needs.
Side note about Taiwan - don't forget that people live there. The people should be more important than politics.
I put all my sensitive information on paper because nothing could be safer. They're all right here... they were there. Maybe over here..., no. Maybe I have backups in the photocopier buffer or its shread bin. I could ask everyone to FAX back copies. No problem. All safe.
HDMI has too many features that it doesn't do well at. There's power, Ethernet, audio, return audio, and remote control. You can assemble a home theater system with mid to high range components and be certain that HDMI interoperability is terrible. Now the HDMI forum is adding video to the list of things it can't do well.
Goodbye, HDMI.
I've worked at places where pushing a server near its limit crashed it. Race conditions happened, threads deadlocked, errors caused resource leaks, and excessive buffering ate memory. The study goes along with what they were doing - running at 20% capacity because everything immediately dropped dead at 100%.
I think some in management still believe that "computers are cheaper than engineers." They need to check their hosting costs again.
Subscriptions are great for delivering a continuous stream of new and interesting things. I'll subscribe for maps, news, movies, music, and entertainment. I'll subscribe to things that need external upkeep, like my fiber optic line.
Subscriptions for mundane features that never change after purchase? That proven plan for failure is so old that no investors should still be buying into it. Customers don't.
How many times can you spin-coat before it gets too lumpy? Probably not 100 and still be flat enough for such a high areal density.
If the real-world density ends up in the 10 TB ballpark it might be superior density, but not by enough to become a new product. These days it's not too hard to keep SSD and HDD arrays powered up and running scrubs. I've had my storage server running in various forms since the Blue & White G3 Mac came out. As long as its powered up enough to error correct (RAID or manual backup), it's pretty safe. I've only lost a few files total, thanks to the infamous IBM Deskstar 75GXP failing and incredibly fast rates.
Amazon's only advantage is everything being in one place. If Amazon keeps sucking more, I doubt people would be too bothered by having to open a couple more browser windows to shop. Amazon is not like supermarkets saving you from driving all over town.
At least for me, all the games going on at Amazon are way more trouble than buying directly from manufacturers and specialty stores.
Picard hears a good solution from his crew then says, "Make it so!"
Management comes up with a dumb idea then says the same. Staff is left to figure out how, and wonder if they should still proceed against all common sense.
Also called an "executive order" if you're The Florida Man.
Nobody needs to have them. You just need everybody to think you do so they blow their GDP trying to play catch-up. Even if you're the only country without them, you still don't need them. Again, convince the other countries that they need to detonate their space nukes as a preemptive defensive move. No need to waste your own money destroying all the sats in orbit.
"Everything is a file" has similar problems to "Everything is a URL path" in REST.
The file representation only works with tree-like data and simple concurrency requirements. It already starts to get a little weird with some devices having a hardware GUID, and assigned GUID, and a name all at the same time. What if you need to perform an atomic operation but the data is split into multiple paths? COW the base path? That wouldn't work at all.
I'm thankful that the abstractions aren't taken too far.
You can buy industrial anhydrous isopropanol. I use it for cleaning small hobby projects and repairs. Wiping down a whole Cybertruck with that might cost around $80. There's a pretty good chance you'd set your arm on fire in the process, so reserve another $60000 dollars for 'Merican medical bills too.
It's the phishing gang that hangs out on a certain crime-friendly site with the initials "C.F." It's high quality phishing that buys clever domain names and has good site cloning. The gang has been refining their techniques on CF, AWS, and Google for years.
I emailed Microsoft security a few times in November when phishing and attacks were suddenly flooding in from Microsoft business accounts. Nothing happened so I blocked Microsoft on my personal server. That fixed it for me.
I checked my server logs now and it looks like Microsoft is mostly, but not entirely, cleaned up.
(CF because The Reg sometimes deletes posts with the full name.)
Old cars were light weight, had narrow tires, and they had a lower steering gear ratio. Parking without assistance was difficult but they were drivable. I imagine it would take incredible strength to control a Tesla without power assistance. And the steering wheel would have to be bolted on correctly.