icecap12
Joined 8 years ago
Joined 8 years ago
All joking aside, it occurred to me that the vast majority of internet and even tech users know very little about DNS. For the longest time, I was in the same boat. After having been in a role where it was necessary to understand the record types and deploy DNS configs, I’m quite thankful I learned. Just remember…it’s always DNS.
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This part of the article half triggered me and half made me laugh. I was recently on a GitHub webinar to listen to the pitch for CoPilot, but of course they also talked about Actions and GHAS. Anyway, during the overview of Actions, the presenters made a comment about how Actions was "backed by the community." It felt to me like a glaring admission that the product isn't mature. But in true Microsoft fashion, they charge you like it is.
But for me personally, I’ve been moving cash to US Treasury bonds, and based on recent bond prices, so have others. Short term treasuries were nearing a 5.1% yield as of early last week, and now are below 5% due to demand.
Last fall, I moved cash to HYSA accounts for a higher yield, because my bank was still paying 0.05% interest, presumably because they were loaded with low-yield treasuries and mortgage-backed securities.
In general, a bank is not a great place to park tons of money, at least that’s what I’ve learned. I’m tired of getting screwed by them. What the media calls “faith in the banking system” I call getting bent over. Of course there are valid uses for banks, especially in business. But I’m done parking large amounts of cash there.
[0] https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/jpmorgan-other-big-...
I haven't done any scientific testing; the only data I have to measure the difference is my energy bill (which of course is subject to rate changes). But I have indeed observed that with gas, our bill is lower during the very cold months, and I'm able to see this because I have years of data on what we spend each month on energy.
One of the problems Canon has faced recently is a flooding of the market with super cheap lenses (we're talking 50-200 dollars for total junk). The people that are buying them are justifiably upset when the photos are crap because they incorrectly think its a camera problem. Hey, a lens is a lens, right?
Anyhow, there's wide speculation that Canon will license to the quality quality third-party makers at some point [1][2].
[0] https://petapixel.com/2022/09/06/canon-confirms-its-going-af... [1] https://www.canonrumors.com/forum/threads/sigma-to-make-a-ma... [2] https://www.canonrumors.com/forum/threads/the-state-of-third...
She keeps going back to them though because the camera smokes the competition (according to her).
[1]https://www.ge.com/news/reports/done-deal-ge-sells-its-appli...