Google Kubernetes Engine incident spanning 9 days.

LOL@ nine days of outages. Kubernetes sucks and containerization is a dead end. This shows exactly why. It is an overcomplex mess designed by complete fucking clowns who did not understand the problems they were attempting to solve nor what the best solutions would be if they even understood the problems in the first place.

This is the failure mode of smart people. They believe slinging complexity at something is always the best answer, because they have the horsepower to do so. It so rarely is the solution, though. But nothing can convince them of that however because most of it is intellectual showboating to impress other smart people.

And then you end up with something like Kubernetes and similar.

As a straight man, have you ever had a woman label you “gay” for rejecting her advances? How did you respond?

I think this has happened to nearly every straight man alive at least once. It goes back to the myth* that all men are unthinking sex beasts and would have intercourse with a radish if it wore some lipstick and looked at us fetchingly.

If I were dating, though, I’d reject anyone with a tattoo or a terrible personality, which is 95%+ of women out there (and even more men, to be fair). So that’s a lot of “being gay” I’d experience I guess.

*Women believe this because ~5% of men are in fact unthinking sex beasts, and women get hit on 99% of the time by these serial pesterers and think that is all men (for some reason).

How we met: ‘I knew right away that she was the one.’

It’s funny that most of the best relatonships seem to form from “harassment” or something else the libs (really the New Puritans) disapprove of these days. These two met through work emails which is definite harassment in the modern way of viewing things.

WHICH IS FUCKING IDIOTIC

Dudes, what’s your favorite gun scene in a movie?

The after-robbery gunfight in Heat. It accurately depicts small-squad tactics used during a fighting retreat, and is very cognizant of space and how much ammo the weapons in question can actually hold. It also has unparalleled (especially for the time) sound design and it is visceral and cohesive in a way that movie gunfights almost never achieve.

That scene is a masterclass in blocking, cinematography, direction and editing. I am very glad I got to see that film in the theater.

Why would a random baby point at you and cry hysterically?

Perhaps because I just hit it with a flamethrower blast two seconds before? Could be, could be.

No One Will Save You movie review (2023).

This is pretty much my read of the film — it had a lot of potential, completely and utterly squandered by inept plotting, editing, and its lack of a general sense of what was important. Kaitlyn Dever is a damn gem, though, and she’s the only reason I watched this one to the end. If it’d been another actor I probably would’ve quit it.

It’s particularly exasperating when a film with such potential ends up disappointing — you see what it could’ve been and that makes it all the worse in juxtaposition.

I did really enjoy that the film had almost no dialogue. That worked quite well because Kaitlyn is so in control as an actor, and so expressive. The lack of talking accentuated the tension and the clarity of her actions while giving no opportunity for pointless exposition. The sound design was also thoughtful and I began paying more attention to that than the poor film decisions when the protagonist was not highlighted in the frame.

Apart from (but contributing to) the movie itself, I also appreciate that Kaitlyn still looks like a normal human being — sure, a pretty one, but normal pretty. She has not gotten extensive plastic surgery unlike most working actors today. She still has the same big nose she did a a kid acting on Justified years ago, and the same face, just grown. That makes it easier to connect with her and her performance, that she does not look like an operating-table-curated creation.

If you like great acting and good sound design and can overlook an extremely flawed film, watch this. Otherwise, avoid.

This is how it be:

My tech skills are pretty good, but my people skills are quite high level especially for a tech person. This makes me a fucking gold-plated valuable-ass unicorn in my field. I can get on a call with a customer and my boss doesn’t have to worry about me doing or saying bizarre crap, being generally weird, or alienating that customer in some other way. Over 90% of tech people simply cannot be trusted this way.

It also makes me able to schmooze with execs which means they think of me first when it comes time for promotion — especially since I already have leadership skills (polite way of saying I am bossy — have no trouble telling people what to do). But yeah, if you’re in tech and have good people skills you are doing better than nearly everyone and your path is cleared by general competence.

The first ten on today’s playlist:

Don’t give them ideas; there are already too many nasty “milks” out on the market. Almond milk is a vile abomination.

It’s weird all the bizarro-world excuses people use for being fat and out of shape.

Just say that you like to eat a lot and don’t want to do anything about it. It’s fine. It’s true. There was a fat guy at an old job and he said, “I”m fat because I like to eat and don’t like to work out. And I plan to stay this way.”

I can respect that. That’s an intellectually valid position to hold and is just fine. But the whole “I’m fat despite eating only 500 calories a day and exercising for 10 hours a day” is just complete bullshit that I don’t even think they expect anyone to believe. It’s just mood affiliation hopefulness. Or the similar “I’m fat because Kraft and Nestlé told me to be and I have no choice” is just as bad. How exactly is that supposed to be a defense?

If you want to be fat, just be fat. Who gives a rip. Just don’t make up transparently obvious baloney about it.