GitLab pays people differently for the same roles, based on where they're located so, by definition, they aren't great at remote first culture.
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Don't underestimate the savings that can be made from switching from a big-name cloud provider to a more old school hosting provider.
Obviously, we don't know if that's the case here, but I wish more companies figured out their security team is security theatre.
Someone above talked about using layered/defense-in-depth approach to avoid zero-days and that's also a good idea, but it's more involved / sometimes impractical.
Valaciclovir definitely helps, but one's own immune system plays a huge role. After all, most people in the world have that virus, few actually get outbreaks.
1) Generally any viral infection that runs down my immune system can create a cold sore. A flu, a bad cold or covid.
2) Sometimes just stress and/or being sleep deprived will do it, but there usually needs to be at least 3-4 months since the last outbreak for that to happen.
3) You're lucky if Abreva works for you. For me, the creams do almost nothing. The only thing that seems to help is Valaciclovir oral tablets. If taken early enough, they can prevent the outbreak or make it a very small cold sore.
So, in summary, I don't think there's anything special about covid with regard to cold sores. It breaks me out about the same as any other virus that runs me down / gives me a few days of fever.
You should also probably check out Valaciclovir, as it sounds like your immune system does quite well against cold sores, so the extra boost from a more powerful antiviral might completely stop your outbreaks.
It's unrelated to meritocracy. It's just that a significant portion of the world population lives under conditions that are too poor to be able to develop extraordinarily smart people in significant quantities that are able to compete with other smart people born in rich countries. In other words, if you are poor, have poor access to sanitation and nutritious food, you'll be at a severe disadvantage to develop the skills needed to be a top researcher.
In the old days when I did more Java dev, I used Eclipse to view where things are defined and find usages.
It sounds to me that you are the one trolling. It should be quite clear that when someone who has power over you "invites" you to do an "optional" after work gathering with other people (who are often your direct career competitors), it is not really an optional thing.
> game is "far more important" yet apparently in such a game nobody really likes each other
And I am not sure what's your point here. It sounds like you are misunderstanding what I am saying.
Mate, I browsed your profile and you live in Australia. Why would you want to spend the better, sunnier part of the day inside of an office? How is that "quality of life" better than spending an hour or so to play some basketball with some friends?
> Of course we still do team building activities, but these are occastional off sites. Or optional after work things (drinks, workouts, indoor football etc)
So it's not okay to intrude on "work" by playing an occasional basketball game, but it is okay to push mandatory work activities that eat up one's personal time? Also, if you think those activities are not work, you are deluding yourself -- no one likes to hang out with their boss or coworkers for "fun" after work hours.
How are they 'powerful'? Right now, it is a conveyor belt accelerator.
I used to be impressed to see a YC company, now that signal means nothing, there are so many of them.
If anything the signal is that the founders were too willing to give up significant equity for not a lot in return.
"self-compromised" lol
clearly these people just wanted an automated way to access their own data
But the use case I have, that seems to consistently work poorly, is when I'm looking for all videos that contain a certain person and search by name. In these cases, YouTube shows you the top few results (which are typically the most viewed clips that match the query), then it shows you "related" videos (which typically don't contain that person at all), then it shows you videos that you have previously watched (I don't understand why). Eventually, if you keep scrolling down, you get another few batches of results ranked in the same way and potentially you might get all the relevant results. It's just quite hard to do so.
Otherwise, especially with the advent of the M2 Macbook Air, I don't see a logical reason why one would want to buy the 13" Pro laptop.
As for the rest of your argument, I feel ambivalent on whether it is worth responding. But here's my two cents:
1) Random userland software bundled with the OS does not constitute part of the OS. And that's not just my opinion, that's the legal ruling in the 2001 United States v. Microsoft Corp case, where Microsoft tried that argument.
2) I think it is a bit disingenuous to try to present Kubernetes as some sort of a natural evolution of the term, when it is pretty clear the intent behind calling something "THE operating system of the cloud" is marketing and to try to drive up the hype.
As for the "being able to parrot" bit, please spare your personal attacks. They don't make your argument any stronger, they just make me think it is not worth talking to you.
No, it does not. An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. [1][2]
You cannot just arbitrarily take long-established technical terms and redefine them to suit your needs or your rough intuition. If you look in the authoritative sources below, there are over 100+ mentions of Linux and Windows, as well as several mentions of esoteric and defunct OS like Haiku, BeOS and others. Not a single mention of Kubernetes.
This is because Kubernetes is not an operating system and it does not fit the technical definition of an OS. It is container orchestration software.
It is important to call things using their real names, otherwise, eventually, communication breaks down and no one knows what we're talking about.
The post just loses credibility after this statement. Yes, Kubernetes is important, but "operating system" is a clearly defined technical term. Using it arbitrary on something that is clearly not an OS to achieve some sort of an off-topic emphasis effect undermines the credibility of the content.