#Failures

Jason Beale

jabeale

If Donald Trump were president the lead story on every news program would be: his failed Middle East policy, precipitating a possible war; his failed economic/Covid policy, precipitating Carter-level inflation;

Colin Percival

cperciva

I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with high frequency. EC2 networks dropping packets, EBS volumes hanging and failing, entire AZs dropping offline, etc. If it breaks

Donald J. Trump

realDonaldTrump

I was never a big fan of John McCain, disagreed with him on many things including ridiculous endless wars and the lack of success he had in dealing with the

Stian Westlake

stianwestlake

I'm not sure I understand some of the criticism I've seen of the Government's new FutureFund scheme for supporting tech companies.Here's a quick thread of why I think it seems

Maddow Blog

MaddowBlog

Mr. President, there are things that only you can do here. But the most important thing that you can do is put somebody in charge. Watch tonight's full A block:https://on.msnbc.com/3bOIKHf

Manish

paap_singer

Thilan Samarawera celebrated like this after reaching a 200 against Pakistan in Lahore in 2009. A day later, his team bus was attacked, and a bullet traveled 12 inches into

Mark Horvath

hardlynormal

As homelessness grows, the hate of homeless people will continue to grow. Venice, for example, was already at a tipping point. Many residents were already angry. COVID-19 is increasing homelessness

Christopher Peters 😷

statwonk

I think Taguchi methods would greatly benefit the #tech industry.The methods describe using loss functions to measure results in $ terms. That really helps calibrate bets. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taguchi_methods Genichi Taguchi showed

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

Why was Margaret Thatcher so afraid of German reunification? Why did a lifelong anti-Communist turn to the Soviet Union for support? And what lessons might be learned for Brexit Britain?

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

The U.S. is facing a tidal wave of small business failures this fall if the federal government doesn’t provide a new round of financial assistance.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/business/economy/small-businesses-coronavirus.html?refer

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

The 3 most effective things you can do to counter Wokeness are1) Demand clear definitions and evidence for its claims and programs, over and over and over again2) Point out

Solomon Kingsnorth

solomon_teach

20) I know it's unpopular to point it out, but we really do kid ourselves in normal times. Underachievement hides in plain sight across the country. Whether you take recent

Dustin P. Walsh

dustinpwalsh

Let's talk dams. There are roughly 90,500 dams in the U.S. The avg. age of those dams is more than 50 yrs old. Between 1848 and 2017, the U.S averages

Patrick Ruffini

PatrickRuffini

The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that *29%* of the economy is shut down. That's -29% growth - more than the Great Depression. If you saw this stat in

𝐓𝐡𝐞.𝐑.𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 🐘

the_r_life

Learn the game, BREAK it, Redefine to fix it.~THREAD~#feed 1. Always learn the ropes of the game first.No change can be done unless you know the system.Learn first the tricks

Joshua Landis

joshua_landis

Top Biden advisor says Democrats will continue Trump's policy in Syria.Tony Blinken says Biden would: - Keep US troops in Syria- Deny Assad oil- Keep Idlib for rebels - Refuse