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Not just twitter, whatsapp, facebook, etc - the DNS system needs replacing too.

In a sense spiders are part of the problem - insect killers. I keep one in the kitchen window, and a little jumping one lives on the bedroom roof, migrates across to the windows a couple of times a day, but all others strictly belong outside.

Why not just have casual conversations instead? Standups are one those things that people disagree on endlessly without discussing context - their worth depends on the team. On my current team they're worthless. I'd rather have casual conversation, but that's like squeezing blood from a stone. Departure planning underway.

You want change but without making any effort?

Psychology. Here in the UK the the lemming factor would kick in strongly - toilet paper, bicycles ... negative interest rate. The moment those words are uttered by the BBC you could expect the country to be covered with little puddles of excitement leading to the nearest bank. Some phrases trigger a threshold where reason loses strength - fomo? Panic?

There's a clue in the title.

I consider Nim to be a better Go.

+1, -1, mod 2. My 25-ish year career.

Yes, it's in other countries too eg Australia and Netherlands.

It's not just about (big) scalability - redundancy. Cockroach 3 node cluster is a no brainer to setup, just runs. I see cockroach as far easier to work with than Cassandra, and more easily expanded than postgres - sits very well between the two.

Also "20 000 new cases" - out of how many tests? 20 000? 100 000? There are claims of some companies returning only positive results, others only negative. Also the data collection has been so erroneous that analyses are therefore meaningless, and response action therefore just theatre.

That's the problem - who has credibility? Professor pants-down? Sweden? Germany? The high profile person on that side, or the high profile person on the other side?

A/c in the context of the article?

Totally disagree with the layers philosophy. Way too much fuss. In mid-winter London I wear a t-shirt and a jacket. Perfectly warm. Just get a good jacket. Easy on, off, no ceremony.

Overdo this and you will get mouldy walls.