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MediocreSysEgnr

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MediocreSysEgnr··on SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty service to meet surging demand
Enthusiastically agree. A point of curiosity… are you in the Americas or in Europe?

I’ve often wondered if the support is better if one is on the “correct”side of the Atlantic.

At a minimum, one would have the benefit of having time zone alignment with Engineering staff.

“We’re waiting for Engineering in Germany to get back to us.” is a common refrain.

MediocreSysEgnr··on Microsoft AI spying scandal: time to rethink privacy standards
Sincere question: Is the second half of your assertion that U.S. government is directing/coordinating the conduct of the Israeli military or that their lack of action makes them makes them equally culpable/complicit in said actions?
MediocreSysEgnr··on “Who Should Write the Terraform?”
I couldn't agree more. As a recovering BOFH currently working on something like what the author describes as a platform team... the amount of times I've had developers bemoan the sentinel and other guardrails in place while unwilling to accept responsibility to meet the requirements of the various regulators and stakeholders is very discouraging.

"plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"

MediocreSysEgnr··on DevOps is a failure
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_calling

I ultimately agree with you, but in between a raspberry pi and “hefty bills CDNs” is something like a half rack at a Colo, a f5, and a couple PowerEdges.

MediocreSysEgnr··on I Finally Found a Solid Debian Tablet: The Surface Go 2
This might have more to do with the glut of off-lease corporate ThinkPads being available at very competitive pricing for FOSS developers to pick up rather than any indication of Lenovo's commitment to FOSS.
MediocreSysEgnr··on Ask HN: I'm looking for a good book on the fundamentals of CS
I’m addition to all of the canonical texts folks have posted here, it might be worth noting the ACM has a publication in which they define what makes a complete Computer Science curriculum:

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/240483.240502

This is behind their paywall, and I would not discourage you from paying, but someone might be able to find the same document with a simple web search.

MediocreSysEgnr··on Ask HN: I'm looking for a good book on the fundamentals of CS
I’m addition to all of the canonical texts folks have posted here, it might be worth noting the ACM has a publication in which they define what makes a complete Computer Science curriculum:

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/240483.240502

This is behind their paywall, and I would discourage you from paying, but someone might be able to find the same document with a simple web search.