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miked85··on Despite sticker prices, the real cost of getting a degree has been going down
the value of them is much less however
miked85··on Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
Monoliths might be better in some cases, microservices in others. Performance can obviously differ based on implementation.
miked85··on Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
I can't, since I don't know Netflix's architecture - I was responding to "I'd love to hear exactly how a monolith application is guaranteed to perform better, with details."
miked85··on Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
It's not guaranteed, but much fewer points of failure.
miked85··on Amazon Still Has a Counterfeit Problem
I really only buy stuff from Amazon that is unlikely to be counterfeit. I haven't even had great luck with that approach. Better to go through the manufacturer's site, or a more reputable site.
miked85··on Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams and Office, EU says
I don't think it's all that petty. Teams is really bad, and if you have to deal with it daily, time to find another job.
miked85··on Home ownership is not the boon to older Americans that it once was
The rising price of a house you own means very little if everything is going up - plus throw in inflation, interest rate, and taxes. If you move now, you are going to pay more unless you significantly downsize.
miked85··on China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers: Report
No real reason to use Intel or AMD since they already stole all the tech.
miked85··on Research shows that people who BS are more likely to fall for BS (2021)
It's not a lie if you believe it.
miked85··on Macs can now inform Apple if any liquids have been detected in the USB-C ports
Your O key might be broken as well
miked85··on Dev onboarding, then and now
Kind of a long way to say that the author uses Docker for development environments.
miked85··on Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted
I honestly don't know why anyone would use Google for anything anymore.
miked85··on Meta's new AI image generator was trained on 1.1B Instagram and FB photos
Yet another reason to steer far clear of anything Meta.
miked85··on VMware is now part of Broadcom
Their own.
miked85··on I-10 closure in California prompts state of emergency
I don't think it is unique to CA, I've never heard it any other way in other parts of the southwest.
miked85··on Wisconsin couple has old phones and nobody to buy them
Seems like a very niche market - I think they may have increased their supply a little too much.
miked85··on Airbnb is broken, CEO says – His plans to fix it
I'm sure there are some cases where Airbnb is a good solution. I've never really understood where a hotel isn't a much easier option for most. Plus many HOAs have banned short term leases like Airbnb.
miked85··on Dengue rates plunged after release of lab-altered mosquitoes
Healthy for everything else though
miked85··on Has the U.S. economy reached a turning point?
A turning point for the better? It certainly doesn't seem like it.
miked85··on German court prohibits LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals
DNT has always seemed pointless to me, you really don't know if they are even abiding by it.
miked85··on What McKinsey got wrong about developer productivity
I'm still mystified why companies hire a firm like McKinsey - they have no actual experience, but are telling people with experience what they should do.
miked85··on Goldman Sachs Wants Out of the Apple Card Business, Report Claims
It's not mentioned in the article, but I'm curious if they have the same plans for Marcus.
miked85··on Populating the page: how browsers work (2020)
The diagrams in this article are pretty bad no matter when they were made.
miked85··on Kagi finally let me lay Google Search to rest
I've found Kagi results to be significantly better than Google in general, however I'm sure certain searches might better on Google.
miked85··on Amazon used algorithm to test how much it could raise prices: FTC
I'm not sure if WalMart is much better since they have third-party sellers.
miked85··on Monitor bandwidth usage with bandwhich (and build a snap package of it)
> I don’t recall why I had docker installed, and was happy to remove it. Never liked docker

Some people not only like it, but require it for their work - seems like an odd prerequisite.

miked85··on Trunk-based development vs. long-lived feature branches
Yeah, I'm not saying there is never a need for a long-lived feature branch, there are use cases. I would say it's fairly rare in practice for it to be preferable, at least in my experience.
miked85··on Trunk-based development vs. long-lived feature branches
https://trunkbaseddevelopment.com is probably a good resource to look at. Long lived feature branches have never worked well in my experience.
miked85··on Ask HN: How to do literal web searches after Google destroyed the “ ” feature?
It seems like more of a suggestion recently. Often, things I quote aren't even in the first page of results.
miked85··on Sam Bankman-Fried's jail conditions offer a glimpse at systemic failure
This post could easily be interpreted as parody.
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