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blakemiller

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  • ‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS

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  • Her real comment was that there are only 3 major cloud providers they can consider: AWS, GCP, and Azure. They chose AWS and AWS only. So there are a few options for them going forward — 1) keep doing what they’re doing and hope a single cloud provider can improve reliability, 2) modify their architecture to a multi-cloud architecture given the odds of more than one major provider going down simultaneously is much rarer, or 3) build their own datacenters/use colos which have a learning curve yet are still viable alternatives. Those that are serious about software own their own hardware, after all.

    Each choice has its strengths and drawbacks. The economics are tough with any choice. Comes down to priorities, ability to differentiate, and value in differentiation :)

  • The GOP expected Democrats to relent on the shutdown by now. That isn't happening.

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  • I think it’s pretty common for Dems to fall victim to their own principles in moments where good strategy still exists. There’s nothing that says the GOP can’t change the rules to pass their funding bill with 51 votes. That’s the story Dems should be telling nonstop. This isn’t a Dem shutdown, the GOP possesses all the tools the need to get their agenda done — simply tell that story and let the GOP own it and Dems walk away winners.

  • Breaking: U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether to revisit marriage equality

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  • Silence, online contrarian!

  • The GOP expected Democrats to relent on the shutdown by now. That isn't happening.

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  • What’s the right size for a government? And not just any government — the federal government for the richest country in the world?

  • The GOP expected Democrats to relent on the shutdown by now. That isn't happening.

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  • What do you think is the right course of action? How could the Democrats turn the shutdown into a win?

  • Breaking: U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether to revisit marriage equality

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  • The point I think is that this was largely preventable from within our own ranks. Because we didn’t turn out, the minority was allowed to rule. Yes, the minority is responsible but they were a forgone conclusion. Inaction on the left allowed a preventable outcome to occur.

  • New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It Sounds

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  • Your delight ends where my safety begins. Taking your eyes off the road to operate your vehicle is a dangerous thing.

  • kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the Internet

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  • I don’t really do online fights anymore. I check in on Lemmy twice a week max for a maybe a few minutes tops. I’d suggest getting involved with your local community as a great way to channel your energy rather than reply 5m after I posted a new comment. Take care ✌🏻

  • kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the Internet

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  • I’m afraid the world will be moving on while you wait for perfection.

  • kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the Internet

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  • It’s important to have a coalition of support and so I won’t single anyone out, hence I used the word “we”. I have to assume others share their opinion about Kurz. But the larger point is that this is classic left infighting and, ironically, it stalls actual progress. Before we can be good at something, we have to be bad at something.

  • kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the Internet

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  • That’s a pretty dishonest take from that video honestly.

  • kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the Internet

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  • I just think we need to be criticizing more important things than this. Kurz is not the organization we should be spending our outrage on.

  • kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the Internet

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  • This really isn’t where we need to be wasting our time. See my other comment on the matter.

  • kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the Internet

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  • That’s really embarrassing that we as a community have chosen, of all possible creators, to deride Kurzgesagt for taking money from The Gates Foundation. It’s 0.05% of their holdings. ZERO POINT ZERO FIVE. Which, by the way, is down from 6% in the past after public concern — yes, a whopping 6%. Scourge of the earth, locked out of heaven: The Gates Foundation. Those computer nerds strike again. And we choose to punish a great content contributor for that. Shameful display of purity politics.

  • Gavin Newsom thanks you for your attention to redistricting

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  • So he listened

  • Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics

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  • I’ll throw in the “well actually” here so no one gets wrapped around the axle — the true point of tariffs are to boost domestic business at the expense of weakening foreign sales. The scales tipped in favor of domestic businesses should be advantageous and arguably a good strategy in some circumstances …in a vacuum. That’s the “well actually” and it’s worth nothing in 2025 because all advantage is nullified if those domestic businesses lack the skill and resources to produce said goods. The industries currently targeted by tariffs are so huge and complex that domestic businesses stand zero chance (even with tariffs) in place to replicate the technology, supply chain, and workforce that would be able to stand competitively toe-to-toe with the global market.

    So it’s entirely a tax on Americans by another name, and for zero gain.

  • Why AOC should run for president in 2028

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  • I’m afraid it’s way more important to most US voters than it is to you or I.

  • Why AOC should run for president in 2028

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  • What are your thoughts? Do you think there’s a liberal female candidate that could beat the GOP challenger in 2028?

  • Why AOC should run for president in 2028

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  • You can put whichever woman you want there on the top of the ticket — they will lose every time in the current landscape of the US. We need a different strategy for now.