Posts by wknd

37signals is completing its on-prem move, deleting its AWS account to save millions

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> Pure Storage kit that Hansson wrote will cost less than $200,000 a year to operate

Everybody knows that AWS S3 is costly and if you just want raw storage, it's not the appropriate tool for this.

But there's absolutely no way that operating 18 petabytes of storage could cost "less than $200,000 a year".

In salary alone, having the competent workers operating it would cost probably five times that.

And then if one's want to be fair, they have to compare what they actually get. And again, I doubt they'll have S3 SLAs with their in-house solution.

Which they probably doesn't need and that's fine, but just don't say "look how cheaper I paid for this M&S sandwich compared to this meal at a Michelin restaurant!"

It's annoying on both side: the cloud sycophants and the on-prem nuts.

Can't we just get pragmatism back? Use the right tool for the job?

Generative AI app goes dark after child-like deepfakes found in open S3 bucket

Re: unprotected, misconfigured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket

Over the years, they made it harder and harder to make a bucket public.

Through the Console you have to go through many hoops and accept multiple warnings.

But, if you're doing IaC, which means you're supposed to know what you're doing, it's much easier.

And now with LLMs, you are just one copy/pasting away from making your bucket public.

Guess who left a database wide open, exposing chat logs, API keys, and more? Yup, DeepSeek

Open Source

It seems that they take being Open Source to the fullest extent.

IT infrastructure scared away potential buyers of struggling e-commerce site

> it's disappointing to see the writer jump on the bandwagon of adopting a sneering tone about cyclists

It's the MAMIL stuff that you don't like?

I hear it more within the cycling community than outside, and given "a sneering tone" is The Register's usual tone, I don't see any issue at all. Quite the contrary.

Also it should be noted that they done their homework : to be able to say that one of the biggest selling point of Wiggle was DHB (it's like 90% of my cycling wardrobe and I'm wondering how I'll be able to replace those kits when they are done) means that they looked thoroughly about Wiggle.

An attorney says she saw her library reading habits reflected in mobile ads. That's not supposed to happen

> Dudley said she typically listens to 30 to 40 audiobooks a month, most of which are fiction

I just checked on Audible : the shortest audiobook I have is 9 hours long. Event at 1.5 speed, it's 6 hours.

How is it possible to listen to 30 to 40 audiobooks a month when there is only 30 periods of 24 hours in a month?

Is there a special genre of audiobooks, like comics, where there's a series of very short episodes?

Google Search results polluted by buggy AI-written code frustrate coders

Just ran the test for "AWS Lightsail xray" in private mode and with AdBlock :

- Google -> first

- Bing -> first

- DDG -> seven

- Kagi (no private mode obviously) -> fourteen

And I just blocked the domain on Kagi so I won't be bothered with it in the future.

The real issue, like many people spoke about already, is about the fact that current/future models are trained on content produced by other models (and probably their own older selves), which is basically inbreeding and will make it harder and harder to access to actual good content.

Amazon bends to Euro watchdogs, waives egress fees for folks ditching AWS

Re: Admitting failure

How so?

In the US, 89% of companies have fewer than 20 employees[1].

Add to that the fact that AWS is used daily by individuals for personal projects and things like that.

And you'll realize that most of AWS' customers are small entities that are not hoarding PB of data daily.

[1]: https://sbecouncil.org/about-us/facts-and-data/

Investors start betting against Bitcoin with short-trade products

Re: Investors or gamblers?

So a gambler runs a pony scheme while an investor runs a ponzy scheme?

It makes sense to me!

AI and ML could save the planet – or add more fuel to the climate fire

Re: Ha

That's pure techno-solutionism[1] here :

> The technological fix is the idea that all problems can find solutions in better and new technologies. It now is used as a dismissive phrase to describe cheap, quick fixes by using inappropriate technologies; these fixes often create more problems than they solve, or give people a sense that they have solved the problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_fix

They assure you that with those brand new toys they created to have fun and make lots of money with, they will solve everything. So let's them be. It's not a problem if they are causing harm today because, they swear, in the end it's for the greater good.

And since most people don't understand sh*t about what AI/ML actually are and because it's easier to think that some wizard stuff will allow us to live like kings than trying to adapt to a not so royal future, only a few "jealous" and "sad" people dare being doubtful about those claims.

This is everywhere. Electric cars, electric cars in tunnels, steel trees to capture carbon, blockchain, crypto...

Don't forget that there is real people that are using electric cars powered by coal-produced electricity whom believe that they are saving the planet and are entitled to park on handicapped spots.

[1] : It seems that "technological fix" is more commonly used but in French we say "Technosolutionnisme" so I prefer this form. Sorry not sorry.

France levels up local video game slang with list of French terms to replace foreign words

Re: "French guy here"

Sorry, it seems that it has been "stolen" from English.

But while we are here... we are also reusing "glamping" for "glamorous camping".

And do you know how we call an RV? "Camping-car". Yes, because it's a "voiture" (car) that you use for... camping.

And do you know how we call a coach (the bus for long travels)? "un car" (short for "autocar").

I love this game!

French is everything but dead. It's renewed basically on a daily basis.

It's just the official grumpy old guys that are trying to keep things the way they never really existed. Kind of the FFGE (Faire le Français Grand Encore or Make French Great Again).

I can only recommend Paul Taylor's show on this topic : https://youtu.be/Pae2AMnmUVA?t=3760

Re: French terminology

It seems that previous people replying missed the joke : in French "pet" stands for "fart".