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late2part··on Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2023 Results [pdf]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine

... A work of future history and speculative evolution, Time Machine is interpreted in modern times as a commentary on the increasing inequality and class divisions of Wells' era, which he projects as giving rise to two separate human species: the fair, childlike Eloi, and the savage, simian Morlocks, distant descendants of the contemporary upper and lower classes respectively ...

... Deducing that the Morlocks have taken his time machine, he explores their tunnels, learning that due to a lack of any other means of sustenance, they feed on the Eloi. The Traveller theorizes that intelligence is the result of and response to danger; with no real challenges facing the Eloi, they have lost the spirit, intelligence, and physical fitness of humanity at its peak. ...

late2part··on Goodbye, Twilio
Twilio board members read daily email reports?
late2part··on Daniel Ellsberg has died
Can you explain what you mean by this? It sounds like you believe Mr. Snowden didn't understand what was leaked by Mr. Snowden?
late2part··on Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bill
Wow, that's some really interesting definition of 'fair'
late2part··on Rust: The wrong people are resigning
In a false quarrel there is no true valour. (Benedick, Act 5 Scene 1) _Much Ado About Nothing_
late2part··on Show HN: Oblivus GPU Cloud – Affordable and scalable GPU servers from $0.29/hr
Given a relative amount of benefit, with a ratio of Watts/Benefit, a lower ratio of Watts/Benefit should cost less to the consumer.

So the consumer would care because the service is lower cost.

late2part··on A vaccine for pancreatic cancer treatment?
or as the OP calls it "not reading what he wrote."
late2part··on American worker productivity is declining at the fastest rate in 75 years
Yes, syllogisms are effective at debate, as is water skiing,
late2part··on Journalist writes about discovering she’d been surveilled by TikTok
https://www.aclu.org/video/aclu-ccr-lawsuit-american-boy-kil...

"The killings were part of a broader program of "targeted killing" by the United States outside the context of armed conflict and based on vague legal standards, a closed executive process, and evidence never presented to the courts. "

late2part··on The businessman and the fisherman (1963)
Please cite your assertion "Nobody said that the fisherman is engaged in subsistence living."
late2part··on Hard feelings over mission change for NASA’s Pluto spacecraft
Agreed. I'll put in $1k. How much will you contribute?
late2part··on Hard feelings over mission change for NASA’s Pluto spacecraft
George Bernard Shaw said “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
late2part··on When “free forever” means “free for the next 4 months”
Brilliant!
late2part··on When “free forever” means “free for the next 4 months”
Agree. Absolutely NEVER say 'never.'
late2part··on A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge
In a Napoleonic legal system it might not be. Perhaps the question you should ask instead is why is it not illegal?
late2part··on A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge
More often they will declare >N persons a 'fire safety hazard' and refuse for your safety and security. And to help them make more revenue.
late2part··on Farewell to the Era of Cheap EC2 Spot Instances
It's okay for an infitely burstable product to delay provisioning services by 24 hours and require you to capacity plan in specific detail before you can use things?

I don't agree. Their reality distortion field is fooling customers, AWS has their cake and eats it too. Try being a startup and spin up 1000 c6in.8xlarge for a 2 hour batch job.

late2part··on Farewell to the Era of Cheap EC2 Spot Instances
That's like saying the Internet will tell you all you want to know.

Yes, (most of) the detail is in the CUR/CBR - but you have to be smart enough to understand it.

It's misleading to say that AWS will tell you all you want to know. Try getting them to explain your network costs in detail using network load balancers in a simple email.

late2part··on A cryptocurrency company had a $65M bill, per Datadog’s Q1 earnings call
I know many of the senior folks at Datadog and they aren't stupid.

They wouldn't hire someone dumb enough to spend $5M a month on their product.

late2part··on How to spend money on your friends without it looking like bribery
issue of pride = loss of face
late2part··on How to spend money on your friends without it looking like bribery
Please tell me one place in the bay area where you can get a burger and a drink for $20?
late2part··on Tech companies are finally firing tech workers
Two thoughts:

1. Twitter works. The cuts are reasonable.

2. I worked with a number of people from (pre-Musk) Twitter. The self entitlement culture the majority of these pre-Musk Twitter people espoused was toxic.

late2part··on Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island (2007)
You mean arguing!
late2part··on John Carmack’s AGI startup raises $20M from Sequoia, Nat Friedman, and others
You doubt there are two productive developers over 70 years of age?
late2part··on A Gambler Who Beat Roulette
I don't think this EV means what you think it means :)
late2part··on U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves over internet cables
It's not common knowledge how often it happens. If you don't understand why I can't explain it to you.
late2part··on Senate Bill to Ban TikTok
@dang - please change the misleading title of this article from "Senate Bill to Ban Tik Tok" to "Senate Bill to Criminalize VPNs and Enhanced Governmental Wiretaps"
late2part··on SVB in talks to sell itself after attempts to raise capital fail
Why won't the FDIC resolve this quickly for depositors?
late2part··on Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs
the joy of having two dishwashers is rarely overstated.
late2part··on Federal judge sanctions Seattle officials for deleting texts
Just long enough to be quickly copied off if appropriate filters exist.
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