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Does...that make all those things okay then?

Another fun quote: "Being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no?". Plenty to grab from that quote, but there are reports the indigenous people got so depressed excited to enter the kingdom of heaven they essentially did nothing for as long as they could, simply waiting to die.

Also I watched this full video, because I feel like it's important to get full context of these things. I learned some other stuff:

• Muslims blocked the route to China, India, etc. and Muslims were at war with Spain. No particular country, just "Muslims".
• The indigenous population ate people, and sure Europe wasn't great but at least they didn't EAT people. Plus, they worshiped false gods and not the GOD, so while the folks Columbus met were pretty nice the rest of them were pretty terrible. Still, he had to spread Christianity to the tribes he met too.
• Surprisingly, the tribes Columbus met were actually intelligent, and could even do stuff like copy the sounds/words Columbus made! Amazing what these primitive people could accomplish! It's like they're almost human.
• Everything needs context of their time. For example, slavery has been around forever so we can't really judge from our 500 years future perspective. We also can't use other people's opinions on Columbus at the time because they were competitors of Columbus. Thus, any criticism of Columbus (and perhaps, anyone in history) is just people not understanding that events in the past can't be judged from our lens of the present.

Columbus, slavery = forgiven!

There's a good 3-part Behind the Bastards episodes on Columbus. If anyone hasn't had a listen it's a great overview of what Columbus really was: a bastard.

If you deflate the tires, doesn't that reduce the mpg of the vehicle?

Welcome back! ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪

Week is going alright. Found out I'll be moving ahead with an interview to the tech stage, after that it's a full panel then the decision. Got a few other options but admittedly this one seems the best so far in terms of benefits and pay. I'm gonna try to crash course myself and refresh my knowledge.

Outside of that, I'll be "enjoying" a Pacific NW heatwave this week. At least I have AC, though.

Personal experience:

Argo workflows and Argocd (vs. something like Harness) - Requires a handful of customizations to get it parity, but it's really useful out-of-the-box I think. Good ol' Jenkins works too, I suppose.

Soon, OpenTofu - unfortunately Hashicorp is going IPO which means bad news. OpenTofu is the fork of terraform.

Podman - Docker alternative. It's really close, especially with Podman Desktop. I had a few issues that I ran into, but there are probably workarounds.

Vscode / codium - yeah it's Microsoft, and has tracking. But it's popular for a reason.

Intuit software, specifically TurboTax. This also may become obsolete to replace if the IRS will give out free software as rumored for next year, but I'm surprised nothing as intuitive ^pun ^heh or user-friendly has popped up. Maybe I need to do more research, not sure.

Beehaw disables downvotes - so it may be that it shows from the instance, but technically it has "zero" downvotes.

America's Test Kitchen recommended Misen as an alternative for the Dutch oven: https://misen.com/products/dutch-oven

I got it, it works well, and I like it. I think we made bread in it a few times before. Small disclaimer though, we're pretty casual cooks and had a World Market brand Dutch oven for several years before this one.

Outside of that we got a knife block and their scissors but I haven't tried anything else of theirs (Misen).

Sync is great! There are a few different ways to change the font in sync:

Settings shortcut: General > Base font size

Settings shortcut: View type > Title font

Settings shortcut: View type > Description font

Help me remember, help me with to-dos, and grocery lists. I have interviews I need to keep track of, possible moving plans if I get an on-site or hybrid role, comparisons of tablets, etc. etc.

I currently use Google Keep since I am all Google'd at home, but for quick notes etc. I just use pen and paper. Anything important will go into the Google Keep. However for the move planning (which is more of a contingency plan) I'm using a Google docs template that is like a report. This way it's a little more organized.

I'm thinking to move to Apple ecosystem, so I may end up using their app - but for now, Google Keep works well.

I'm a cis male, so I can't speak from the perspective of an LGBTQ+ person, just an ally. I definitely want to echo that Eastern WA (east of the Cascades) is much more conservative than western WA. As someone who lives in Spokane and moved from the west side of the state, I hear can be a better place, but frankly it's relative to eastern WA and Idaho. Spokane is a short drive (~30 minutes or so) to Idaho, and even less-so to its counterpart Spokane Valley. Even then, it's a stark contrast between north Spokane city and south Spokane city.

Puget Sound, specifically King county, will be the best place in my opinion for Washington. The greater Seattle metro and i5 corridor is probably the right place to start looking. Keep in mind the further from Seattle and Capitol Hill you go, the more pockets of right-wing you find.

Great! If there's any way to help via code or something else please let us know, I'm sure a lot of the people here would love to help out.

I wonder if fargate etc. vs. DO would be cheaper/better. If it isn't broken and traffic is steady no need to change providers, but would be curious to see.