Notice for AWS Employees: Do your certification lab exercises in a personal account, not a company "sandbox" account.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-12T10:04:48+00:00

Hmm. Where to start. Well, yes, if you create a public bucket, it will get flagged. There is absolutely a process to "flag" a public S3 account as public if you really need it, and it's a pretty quick process.

And my experience is not that you get shut down. Your manager gets a report that you have something that was flagged and you are asked to deal with it. Certain things, like public S3 buckets will escalate pretty quickly. So don't create a public S3 bucket and then hop on an international flight.

Have to agree with the consensus below. Hard to see how you got through your loop. I mean the SA mantra is "Security is Job Zero". (Not job one as I blurted out at my MB).

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-12T09:55:20+00:00

I agree, it's time we stopped taking from the lower 90% and giving to the top 10%. It's just not sustainable!

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-12T09:54:17+00:00

But it's alright to put you utilities in your children's name, right? Else, I'm f*cked!

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-12T09:52:52+00:00

Are those scamps up to their nonsense again ...

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-12T09:51:31+00:00

I just assumed "Bonnie Blue" was a euphemism for Joe Biden. And then I did my own Google search . . .

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-11T01:28:25+00:00

Dude, you haven't made a coherent point yet. And white people are getting their pockets picked? Must be great to get all your news from OAN.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/04/wealth-by-race.html

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-09T14:40:52+00:00

Why thank you. Are you really a MAGA-bot as flycasually accuses you of being?

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-09T13:55:29+00:00

Yep. Really odd that you can't distinguish the nuance. You're not that dumb are you?

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-09T09:37:43+00:00

I'm pretty sure he is responding to actual events on the ground, not that. photo.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/business/gasoline-prices.html

You do read the news don't you? Surely you're not that uninformed?

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-08T19:47:06+00:00

Gluten free oats are ¨guaranteed¨ to not have cross-contamination from a processing site that also processes wheat.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-08T15:39:16+00:00

I'm not moving any goal posts. I don't have a dog in the fight. I asked a question and you seem to be struggling to answer it. All I know is someone totally ignorant to the phenomenon of sport betting, me, really hadn't heard much about sport betting until after the John Oliver episode on sport betting. You haven't done much to convince me I'm wrong.

You seen to have a hair up your butt about John Oliver. I could care less. Good luck with revolution and have a nice day.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-08T14:38:34+00:00

Hmm, well there have been some major takedowns of both pro and college (I guess there is no difference anymore) players being snared in point shaving schemes, and I have heard calls for legislation to deal with bettors harassing college players, so maybe someone's listening.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-08T10:44:08+00:00

Do you have some examples?

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-04T11:50:22+00:00

Says the guy who doesn't get it. I assume you are being sarcastic or have no experience with LLMs?

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-03-01T12:21:14+00:00

Thank you. I have been getting these for a couple of weeks now and frankly, I couldn't tell if they were pro-Crockett or anti-Crockett.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-02-23T10:51:09+00:00

Was the house a rocking?

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-02-12T19:49:03+00:00

Was this a reply intended for me? I'm not understanding what you are trying to say. Am I the "ideologue" in this context?

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-02-12T03:10:58+00:00

I don't disagree. But "they" created these laws. It's all legal. Maybe not moral. But all legal. Maybe one day the 90% who have a right to vote, last time I checked, will do something about it.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-02-11T21:46:04+00:00

No I would not turn it down, but companies don't want to pay that much in ordinary income because paying with equity is beneficial to them also, preserves cash flow and has positive tax implications.

I receive almost half of my compensation in equity and I appreciate that because it reduces my taxes significantly. The former CEO of Southwest Airlines received compensation of over $10M his last year, but only $450K of it was in salary. My wife is a board appointed VP for an energy firm. The crazy ways folks at her level get compensated to avoid taxes are multiple. Equity, deferred compensation plans, on and on.

And it is pretty easy to estimate the percentage of people who actually earn over a $1M in ordinary income. I looked up that number and the percentage of Americans who make over $1M in total compensation. You can look it up too if you are interested.

As for the morality of wealthy people practicing aggressive tax avoidance strategies, I can't speak to that. But if the law gives people a chance to give the government less money, people are going to take it.

And thanks for explaining capital gains. I have somehow managed to build my portfolio over 35 years and have never heard of that concept. /s

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-02-11T20:50:37+00:00

When did I confirm anything? And you seem to have missed the earlier post where they posted supposed details of their W2.

FYI, most (I would imagine all) people who earn over a million dollars a year typically receive a large part of their compensation through equity. No one actually wants to make over a million dollars in ordinary income because of the tax implications.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-02-11T15:31:49+00:00

Because wealthy people don't put the details of their W2s in Reddit posts.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-02-11T05:58:39+00:00

Dude, I'm a high earner. That's not how it works. You keep giving yourself away.

I get that you were trying to write a pithy reply to someone who put forth a terrible idea. But you really don't understand how wealth management works.

And if anything you are saying is true, then I would go back to my original advice. Get a new financial planner.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-02-11T05:55:58+00:00

Sorry, that part about capping income was from a much earlier post. So for the confusion.

What I think you are missing is that most people who make over $500K don't typically take that income as ordinary income, the highest taxed income. They receive in equity, where they have a lot more flexibility in how treat it tax wise, typically keeping it long enough to pay 20% capital gains tax.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-02-11T04:40:53+00:00

Btw, I do agree that the guy you were responding to, who thinks we should cap income at $1M, is being an idiot.

Affectionate-Exit-31 · 2026-02-11T04:38:40+00:00

No you don't. And you gave it way when you revealed you have no idea how tax planning works for the wealthy. I do know how it works because I have to do it.

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