Tag: 451
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“impervious to the shafts of ridicule and insensible to slights” Notes from “The Story of the Typewriter”
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Angel flying too close to the 10-Q.
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“an encapsulated volume of pre-Fascist space-time” Alan Jacobs
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Why is Rear Window so tense? – “The central critical question about Rear Window is: what makes it so compelling? For the first part of the film, nothing happens.”
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Some Kind Of Monster (Type) – “The convoluted agreements common to many Fey are an aspect of their adherence to a particular vector of existence. If they agree to something, everyone has to agree that their perspective is the perspective through which the fey are experiencing reality.” // Ponderous! This seems derived from the idea…
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The Lost Ingredient – An Elderwood Adventure
Overview The Lost Ingredient is an adventure that takes place in the city of Aurel’s Reach and the surrounding Elderwood. The player, a new apprentice to Thanlin, a powerful but forgetful elven alchemist, is tasked with finding a rare ingredient, the Luminescent Elder Lily, for a potion that Thanlin has been brewing. The adventure involves…
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A4 Issue 1 July 2022 – Notes from the Drawing Board – This kind of thing is fantastic.
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Old School FRP
In the library of Castanamir the Mad (Jeff Easley, AD&D module C3: The Lost Island of Castanamir by Ken Rolston, TSR, 1984) <figure>
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The Pessimism Problem Continues to Grow – It’s 60% now: ’Back in 2020, I wrote a post titled “The Pessimism Problem.” We had completed a survey where 54% of respondents agreed with the statement “We regret nearly every purchase we make after the subscription agreement is finalized.”’
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When can we just profit and chill?
Real quick: I’m giving a talk tomorrow on how to run a developer platform group in large organizations, based on real world stories over the past seven years. You can watch it free tomorrow or just catch the recording: just register for it, free, and you’ll get all taken care of. # Share Price =…
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Structure and Control
Do you really like winging it, or do you like more structure? And, of course, the emptying of the waste book and links relevant to your interests. Suggested epigraph: “I don’t care that much.” Suggested theme song: Why Choose by Shopping First, this Platform Engineering Follow-up Thinking I think what I missed in my thinking…
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What is platform engineering. I think. Maybe…?
Or, “is platform engineering just another excuse to use the infinity loop SmartArt in a PowerPoint?” Preface: I usually have a whole passel of random stuff in the newsletter, it’s my waste book, by design. This past couple of weeks I’ve gotten obsessed with figuring out what the deal with platform engineering is, I mean,…
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We Don’t Talk about PaaS – Coté’s Commonplace Book – Issue #59
You risk being thought a fool if you say “PaaS,” so let’s get a new phrase, and, please, don’t use “portal.” Scroll to the end for a steaming hot pancake. Long break Yeah, I don’t know. The stream of content comes and goes. Here’s some since last time. In case you’ve forgotten, this is my…
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Lock-in is usually a weird conversation – Coté’s Commonplace Book – Issue #57
A little bit on lock-in, some app modernization links, and an online holiday party for you to chill out. The Land of Cockaigne, Bruegel Lock-in One of the most frequent objections/benefits/discussion points in software is the idea of “lock-in.” This usually means “if I pay someone for something, I’m using something only they have, and…
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Link: “The Lazy River”
“I heard one man with a fashionable haircut say he could swim the whole length backward. I heard his hipster wife dare him to do it. They had time for such games, having no children. But when he turned and made the attempt he was swept away within the minute.” Original source: “The Lazy River”
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Link: Why CA left the DCIM market
“According to IDC, the market will reach $576 million in revenue this year – up from $475 million in 2014 — and hit close to $1 billion by 2019.” That’s a really small market to be operating in, no matter what your marketshare. Also, check out the quote from Rhonda at 451! Source: Why CA…
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