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Hosting video is exactly elastic demand and a perfect use case for cloud computing. But not every business hosts video.

I’ve worked with companies that are moving at least some of their infrastructure back on premises.

https://www.infoworld.com/article/2336102/why-companies-are-leaving-the-cloud.html

There’s tons of good reasons to use IAAS, but there’s also a reason folks joke about the cost of aws.

Cloud computing CAN be cheaper but it can also be way more expensive. It is not a panacea.

It’s cheaper for companies that have unpredictable traffic/capacity. It lets you scale up/down without having build out physically.

For businesses with steady, predictable traffic it can be far more expensive. You buy the servers, you own them. They can run for years.

Cloud can get pricey veeeery quickly.

Druze town. I am Druze and this sucks.

It is galling to hear corporate run media talk about freedom of the press.

Nearly everything is made in China or has parts or materials from China.

Actual war would shut down pipelines for medicine, consumer electronics of every kind, appliances, tools, reagents, etc

I don’t know if people realize how reliant we are on China.

The US invaded and occupied 2 countries on the pretext of terrorism and “weapons of mass destruction”.

Russia is seen as an invading force for attempting to protect Russian population in a country that borders its own.

If you’d asked me in 2012 if I supported dissolving NATO, I’d have called you crazy.

Ask me now…

I have records that are 30-50 years old. If maintained well, they sound great.

I still use streaming for the car and whatnot, but for home, I love vinyl. Records are beautiful and the act of playing one is almost a ritual.

As Ann Richards so succinctly put it: born on 3rd base, thought he hit a triple.

They could, but they won’t.

Finland has a history of fascism.

Many countries worried about declining populations could just… allow more immigrants. But most of them won’t, at least not voluntarily.

Born in the Middle East, my dad was brown. I look like him but got my anglo mom’s white skin. We fled during the war and came to the USA.

A liberal friend called me “white passing”. I wish someone would have told the kids in school that they can’t call me removed, camel jockey, sand n***er because I’m white passing see?