triplewipeass

It’s best to stay away from broadly controversial topics that attract masses of non-experts. These people have no idea what reasoned debate is all about, so there’s no point in subjecting oneself to such an assault.

The issue is, as stated:

> I am actually a bit worried that I’m already starting to see search engine traffic coming in...

We can discuss hypothetical systems that could maliciously flood us with generated content. The creator of this particular service which is being discussed here and now could also begin taking steps to ensure that his creation does not inadvertently create a problem for some hapless Google user.

You could put up a robots.txt denying all search engines.

Capitalism has everything to do with it: a commercial entity fires people on a whim, whereas public school teachers basically cannot be fired. The NYC public school system is full of underperforming teachers who shouldn't be employed to begin with. Their pay and conditions of employment are determined via collective bargaining, so they're protected from any conceivable equivalent of a PIP or other "adverse action" by the employer.

Likewise, hiring practices in the private sector change like the weather.

In a capitalist society, I will see in a negative light any statement or action that negatively impacts my livelihood. I don’t care if the most vocal activists think that it’s “right” in an absolute sense to enact a policy of reverse discrimination. Anything that detracts from my ability to provide for my family is bullshit.

Anyone building out a setup based on cgroups and namespaces will eventually arrive at a poorly specified, bug ridden mini Docker. Might as well get with the program early.

I don't look inside my personal e-mail inbox unless I'm expecting to receive a message at a particular time: "click on the verification link we sent you" and variations on the theme. If other mail appears on the screen at the same time, I may take a look at it assuming I'm not in a hurry to do something else. Otherwise I never look there. No one e-mails me anyway. Everyone who's anyone has my wife's phone number; that's an exceedingly short list of people.

Slack and GitHub together are adequate for day-to-day work things. Everything else just isn't sufficiently important to justify a channel into my brain.

Plastic is a great material for some uses, but it’s also a very durable material. I’d love to purchase shampoo in the form of a refill of the plastic shampoo bottle I’ve already purchased some months ago. Why buy a new bottle every time? That’s the part which doesn’t make sense.

The story of Docker, Inc should be read as a cautionary tale to those who think that every random bit of open source should be “monetized” by seeking rent for its continued use and support.

As stated previously: this is useless.

What is the point of building alternative push notification services that can’t even properly rise above the bar of technical feasibility?

Useless without iOS support. What’s the point of an abstraction that has only a single implementation?

It's not normal and shouldn't be allowed to become some dystopian new normal.