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Tuna Toksoz
@tehlike.bsky.social
Building frugal.wtf at night.

Current: Meta/FB
Previously: Google, MIT, Bogazici
Postgres wal size default (16MB) feels too small for good chunk of applications.

It also made my r2 bill higher than it needs to be.

It is not trivial to change the default unless you shutdown postgres (which is something my postgres operator from crunchy data doesn't easily support)...
July 3, 2023 at 7:32 AM
One of the things the feud yesterday showed us the gaps in engineering for Twitter.

Sure, let's say, you decided to roll out a rate limit.

The right way to do it is to experiment... You rate limit a user and see what it looks like.

It infinite loops? You would know.
July 2, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Elon's business mantra: never pay a bill in full
Sometimes, never pay it
Until you bankrupt the other side
So you don't have to pay it ever, or pay it at steep discount.

Happened with severance packages.
Happened with their lease.
Happened with cloud now.

Who knows where else it happened?
July 2, 2023 at 7:27 AM
One interesting thought I read somewhere, which made sense to me, was legacy admission brings together smart but not wealthy kids and likely smart and wealthy kids together, at their formative years.
FYI, for those of you like me who did not know about this 72 hours ago: Senator Merkley and Rep Bowman are set to reintroduce their Fair College Admissions for Students Act, which would effectively stop legacy admissions.

No affirmative action means no affirmative action for rich white kids, too.
Merkley, Bowman Introduce Bill to End Legacy Admission Preferences at Colleges and Universities | U....
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon
www.merkley.senate.gov
July 2, 2023 at 6:12 AM
Mortality vs distance in Hiroshima/nagazaki nuclear bombings. 7000ft is about 1.3 miles.
July 2, 2023 at 6:04 AM
"Man in the arena" is now "man in the war room"
July 1, 2023 at 9:24 PM
Anyone have more bsky invitation code they can share? I had given all...
July 1, 2023 at 8:20 PM