CoastalCoder

Also a former Akamai employee.

I left because I didn't like the pressure / pager duty, but I seriously respect how smooth and well thought out their operations were.

This reminds me of something I've been curious about.

When e.g. memory manufacturers don't collude, they end up on synchronized boom-and-bust cycles.

But it's also illegal for them for form a cartel, which IIUC would have the benefit of smoothing the supply:demand ratio over time.

Is there any truly good solution to this?

(I'm not an economist, so it's quite possible that my question isn't even cogent.)

Does anyone know Microsoft's justification for that policy?

Yeah, but "somebody unlocked the story for you"!

> Do you want me to pull a poem out of my ass?

My first thought was "Please leave such jokes for Reddit."

But now I'm curious in which subreddit(s) this belongs.

Perhaps part of the answer is liability.

I had been considering Proton as a way to de-Google myself.

I'm glad to learn about this before pulling the trigger.

I don't want to see Hacker News become a site where products are promoted, so I'm ambivalent (at best) about this submission.

That said... The embedded YouTube trailer really is quite compelling, IMHO.

Maybe related to how much brain space they're willing to spend on that facet of life?

There are certainly parts of my life that would be more optimized if that weren't a constraint.

The baggage teams could use a few good men.

You might be interested in the book "Data Flow Analysis" by Khedker et al.

It's very compiler-focused, but it's one piece of the puzzle.

I'm delighted that I'm not the only person who uses Greek pluralization for a Greek word.

I'm still a nerd, but at least I have company :)

Well, there is a test.

One reason I've hesitated to firm this kind of relationship is the fear that, were I to accidentally trigger a violent / startled response from the bird, it could gouge on of my eyes before I could respond.

Anyone know how realistic that concern is?