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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • My in-laws retired after a lifetime of union work - carpenter and nurse. It’s given them a retirement that has let them, among other things, go to Venice 4 times.

    But they’re model Canadians and I think they’d be the least likely to block a through-way or make a spectacle of themselves. But they realize that just walking through the city has impact just from their mere presence.

    It’s too late for them but I get why they’d go back. Venezians (Venetians?) are cursed with a beautiful city and it makes their existence a struggle because tourists are dinks. I grew up in a tourist town and I hate tourists even when I am one, and even though to try to represent my polite country reputation as well as I can.

    Can we consider going in the off-season? How can we preserve the city for future citizens and visitors?

    Can we please drastically raise the price for everything and then award the residents a monthly stipend to completely offset it as well as using the rest for maintenance and restoration of the exteriors while we improve the infrastructure? I don’t mean to sound posh, because it’s more a value proposition: I’d pay extra to be able to go, if it means that extra revenue will allow that to happen. I’m willing to wait until I can foot the bigger bill, even if that means I never get to go.

    Is there a better idea that allows the activity of selfish people like me who want to one day see it, preserve it for people like me; but most importantly for the residents who have to suffer my gawking and smiling for a week?











  • You’re gonna get some “git gud scrub” responses, but really the high cost is just what everyone discovers; it’s just your turn.

    In both my jobs I went through the eager take-up of (pub) cloud and saas schemes, and then the eventual 90% repatriation of compute.

    Turns out it’s still cheaper to run your own team with your own priv-cloud gear in a DC. Like, usually by a good amount. Yes, Virginia, even if you’re a black belt cloud master of saas (which is just sales and kool-aid).



  • Nope. It’s all wishy-washy stuff despite hard figures suggesting people are way more effective in the environment of their choosing.

    For extroverts, that means water cooler chat and lunchtime foozball, and debates at the whiteboard, so don’t discount those weirdos when we all ask for the right to choose for ourselves.

    Let the managers’ vision be filled with energetic kids throwing paper balls and being dynamic go-getters while we sit in our wonderful riverside offices with our cats and dogs and make the shit do the shit like pros.