Years ago, I played with AWS then contacted their support to make sure any AWS billing to my account was disabled.
I thought I'd try it again recently, and couldn't log in.
I still don't think I'm missing anything.
I'd rather have VPS or server providers where I know exactly what I'm getting per month no matter what, tho I've ran near data transfer surcharges.
Oh, it's expected costs.
Like, figure out the compute requirements of your code, multiply by the cost per compute unit (or whatever): boom, your cost.
Totally predictable.
Compared to suddenly having to replace a $20k server that dies in your data center.
So much easier.
Except when your code (let's be honest, the most likely thing to have an error in it... At least compared to some 4+ year old production hardware that everyone runs) has a bug in it that requires 20x compute.
But maybe that is a popularity spike (the hug-of-death)! That's why you migrated to the #cloud anyway, right? To handle these spikes! And you've always paid your bills so... Yeh, here's a 20x bill.
The amount of software that is limited free self-hosted but the next tier of "self hosted" is enterprise and thousands per year is ridiculous.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Like, you have self hosted. I like your software, I use it personally and that's why I'm using it for (and recommending it to) small businesses. They could afford your 10-100 per month for whatever extra features, but they don't want to rely on 3rd party hosting. They want to host it themselves.
But the only way to get those features is to go for some "cloud" bullshit they don't control, or to pay "enterprise" prices.
It's why I make part of what I make/charge a contribution to the products and projects I use and recommend.
I'll set all that up and tailor it to your company, but anything and everything I recommend/implement is standing on the shoulders of giants. So pay those giants.
Although I think I'm lucky with the people I work for, in that that are interested in the tech, but not the detail.
Such a framework for a government to properly adopt FOS software would require provisions against a "bad government" controlling said software.
Just because the US is plummeting into a political nightmare doesn't mean the EU couldn't do the same I. 20-40 years.
Such a framework of governments moving from Microsoft/Google/Amazon/Cloudflare/Whoever to a FOSS equivalent should require the target Foss platform to be run by an independent non-profit that cannot be politically influenced.
But I have no idea how to actually future proof that from corruption. Because money talks, and billions can buy so much influence in so many unexpected places
Because the safety of X [E-Bikes] has nothing at all to do with discussing the safety of Y [Deaths-from-cars] (I'm going to say this is "travel on public roads"), so small minded people will gawk at how large a number 99.5% is, without ever even stopping to ask if it's reasonable to compare those two things.
So, that's correct?
E-bikes are not the biggest threat to travelling on public roads.
And the article says this. There is a growing amount of people that would rather use a bike or e-bike than to drive.
And cars cause most of the deaths.
Glad we agree
I hope they don't get over it.
I hope they realise what they are doing is illegal before it gets to the point that they do anything to the protesters.
And that any of them that do anything to the protesters never forget and never get over it.
Because cars are used more than bikes (electric or otherwise)?
If you think curiosity without rigor is bad, you should see rigor without curiosity
I hope I typed that right. I couldn't copy the alt text from the source on mobile.
And I was annoyed that XKCD alt text wasn't included with the post, so I thought I would include it to the best of my ability
Buy some spare pads/foam for them. They will last a decade
250ohm isn't louder.
This is my understanding. Audiophiles love to shroud things in mystery. And it's been decades since I did reactive/imaginary electronics at university.
Please someone correct me:
80 ohm is fine from a phone or a laptop headphone jack. Basically everyday consumer not-special devices.
80ohm can covert the small power output to a higher magnetic field, so the voice coil can move more (or with more force) which moves more air, which is louder.
But to make 80 ohm coils, it requires a thicker wire in the voice coil (thicker wire lowers resistance. I know its impedance, but I feel like wire resistance is probably higher than the imaginary component). Which makes it heavier. Which makes it slower to change direction (heavier has higher intertia, so larger momentum once it's moving in one direction). So you get less definition (high frequency/fidelity/detail/whatever, basically).
P = I²R : as resistance increases for a given power amp, the current has to drop. And magnetic field (which drives the voice coils) is related to the current.
So for a given power amp, low impedance phones will generate more magnetic field.
So a low impedance headphone can do more with less, at the expense of fidelity/high-frequency/detail.
A higher impedance coil is made with thinner wire, so is lighter which reduces its intertia.
But it requires more power to produce the same amount of magnetic field (which relates to the amount of air moved, which relates to loudness).
I feel like the whole thing is a rule-of-thumb thing.
Generally low impedance has heavier components which move slower, so can't do the higher frequency things.
But they can move more air for a given power, just slower.
High impedance things are lighter and can move quickly. But they require more power to produce the same amount of magnetic field.
So they can move air faster for a give power, just less of it.
So a high power headphone amp will be able to "drive" 250 ohm headphones.
I have a FiiO k7 with my DT770 250 ohms.
It's a dac, nice big volume knob, usb, DAC (spdif copper and glass), unbalanced inputs and unbalanced outs.
My hatred (and I wish I knew this before buying) is that inserting headphones does not mute the analogue outputs. So plugging I. headphones doesn't mute my speakers.
Other than that, I have no issues with it. Sure, I'd love a Benchmark. But my budget says FiiO is good enough, and my 770s sound lovely
Swap some new pads, maybe a new cable, maybe a driver.
Still good.
Physics doesn't change. Audio is still air moving.
And quite frankly, we perfected that 40 years ago (well, give or take).
XKCD alt text is always worth!
And it's not always available (like, the well known ones being circulated around social media).
Props to the OP for linking to the image from XKCD (as opposed to rehosting it) and further props for linking the source!
Just missing the delicious alt text (at least for me using jerboa, Firefox and a pixel phone)