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TheIronMark commented on The Reddits   ycombinator.com/blog/the-... · Posted by u/sandslash
diggan · 2 years ago
> Reddit the site (and now app) is such a fundamentally useful thing that it's almost unkillable.

Looking forward to see how true this is. The communities I used to frequent, have maybe 20% of the activity they used to, before the API fiasco, even though they're "back online". I also stopped using reddit on the phone after my chosen reddit client was closed down (which I'm grateful for, thanks reddit).

My reddit activity probably dropped way below half compared to before, as the communities I used to be in are now shells of their former glory.

TheIronMark · 2 years ago
We need something to replace it. Lemmy isn't quite there yet.
TheIronMark commented on How to find the AWS account ID of any S3 bucket   tracebit.com/blog/2024/02... · Posted by u/tracebit
abadpoli · 2 years ago
AWS Account IDs are not secret and don’t need to be. AWS doesn’t design anything that assumes your account ID is secret, and you shouldn’t either.
TheIronMark · 2 years ago
AWS doesn't consider them sensitive, but some organizations do. My feeling is that I would rather avoid leaking any info about my AWS environments. Just because AWS doesn't think they can be dangerous doesn't mean someone else won't find a way.
TheIronMark commented on Cutting down AWS cost by $150k per year simply by shutting things off   tuananh.net/2024/01/21/cl... · Posted by u/tuananh
TheIronMark · 2 years ago
I did this at a previous employer. I leveraged a Lambda functions and tags applied to instances to determine when they should be and when they should be off.
TheIronMark commented on Article 45 of eIDAS 2.0 will roll back web security by 12 years   eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11... · Posted by u/agwa
buildbot · 2 years ago
How does CALEA work in the USA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_...)

Does it fail on HTTPS communications or is a similar "rogue" CA that allows law enforcement to decrypt traffic as they need?

TheIronMark · 2 years ago
I don't believe CALEA has any provisions for requiring CA providers to allow decrypt.
TheIronMark commented on Overheating datacenter stopped 2.5M bank transactions   theregister.com/2023/11/0... · Posted by u/Beggers1960
throw0101c · 2 years ago
Seems like more testing is in order:

> Upon the outage, both banks immediately activated IT disaster recovery and business continuity plans.

> "However," according to Tan, "both banks encountered technical issues which prevented them from fully recovering their affected systems at their respective backup datacenters – DBS due to a network misconfiguration and Citibank due to connectivity issues."

Perhaps regularly flipping between them on a regular basis, at least for a short time, so the 'passive' part of the active-passive pair gets some work, is worth considering.

TheIronMark · 2 years ago
It's odd that regular testing wasn't part of a compliance framework for them. BC/DR testing has been part of every security/compliance framework I've worked with.
TheIronMark commented on Return To Office is all about power   werd.io/2023/return-to-of... · Posted by u/benwerd
TheIronMark · 2 years ago
It's sad that this is framed as a zero-sum game. At my current role, the expectation is three days a week in the office, but no one freaks out if you end up working remotely for a week.
TheIronMark commented on Why do so many people think they are in a bullshit job?   psyche.co/ideas/why-do-so... · Posted by u/nullindividual
TheIronMark · 2 years ago
If I'm disconnected from the real-world impact of my job, I'm likely to think it's bullshit. That doesn't make it a bullshit job; that just means that I can't see how it fits into the bigger picture. Companies aren't going to keep people employed if they're not somehow contributing to profitability or growth.
TheIronMark commented on Personalized learning can feel isolating. Whole class learning can feel personal   danmeyer.substack.com/p/t... · Posted by u/aaronharnly
TheIronMark · 2 years ago
I'm not sold on the idea that this is an either/or scenario. Classroom-based instruction is critical, imho, for social development, but having personalized learning as an option for areas of struggle (or areas of excellence) that proceeds at your own pace has been helpful for me (as an adult).
TheIronMark commented on Can't be fucked: Underrated cause of tech debt   jesseduffield.com/Can%27t... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
ChrisMarshallNY · 2 years ago
I made this post[0], some time ago, and I think it dovetails nicely, here:

>

Exactly.

I read a book, where one of the characters is a smith. It has this exchange, between him, and another character:

    "Always do the very best job you can," he said on another occasion as he put a last few finishing touches with a file on the metal parts of a wagon tongue he was repairing.
    "But that piece goes underneath," Garion said. "No one will ever see it."
    "But I know it's there," Durnik said, still smoothing the metal. "If it isn't done as well as I can do it, I'll be ashamed every time I see this wagon go by -and I'll see the wagon every day.”
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28086786

TheIronMark · 2 years ago
This was the quote that came to mind. I read that book many times as a kid and that quote really stuck with me.
TheIronMark commented on Cisco Acquires Splunk   splunk.com/en_us/blog/lea... · Posted by u/siddharthb_
dx034 · 2 years ago
Graylog looks like a good competitor. Certainly won't scale as well, but I've had good experience with it.
TheIronMark · 2 years ago
I used to love Graylog, but I was evaluated it for use with AWS and a) it's AWS bits seem limited and b) I found a bunch of deadlinks from their github to their site. If they can't keep their docs updated, it doesn't give me warm fuzzies about their product.

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