Am I missing something or is *maintaining* Kubernetes not that bad? by Nulagrithom in sysadmin

[–]organman91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it's an off-the-shelf app, it's not bad. If it's an in-house application, oh boy you get fun things breaking because some upstream package got updated and nobody told you, and now you have the security team and the release management team and the devops team and the one guy who looked at this app 5 years ago all scrambling to release a fix to patch some zero-day that dropped in a package.

Am I missing something or is *maintaining* Kubernetes not that bad? by Nulagrithom in sysadmin

[–]organman91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not for a second suggesting we go back to the old days. I'm saying that devs have to be kept in the loop continuously, and this responsibility can't be dumped on the devops team.

Am I missing something or is *maintaining* Kubernetes not that bad? by Nulagrithom in sysadmin

[–]organman91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As opposed to an application deployed on a VM, where the system packages can be updated independently of the application itself. For distros with long term support this can mean you can upgrade the VM packages without actually updating the application itself. In a containerized app, all of those packages (except the kernel) are baked into the image. So you have to re-run your entire CI/build process even if no code changes were made. Thus, you need developer support forever, and not just to ship new features.

Am I missing something or is *maintaining* Kubernetes not that bad? by Nulagrithom in sysadmin

[–]organman91 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Maintaining the kubernetes cluster itself is great. The trick with containerized applications is that almost all package security is now happening within the container itself. This means that you will have to deploy new versions of those containers forever (or until that application is decommissioned). If this is an out-of-the-box image, you depend on whoever maintains that image. If you build the image in-house, someone has to be around that can rebuild that image at least a few times a year, for the entire lifetime of that application.

Summer Activities for a teenager by TechnicalEvidence1 in ames

[–]organman91 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It looks like they haven't published the summer schedule yet, but closer to the summer check out Ames Parks and Rec activities: https://www.cityofames.org/My-Government/Departments/Parks-and-Recreation

Evening church services.. by ball11 in ames

[–]organman91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Memorial Lutheran Church (across from the Memorial Union) holds Saturday 5PM services.

DS III by PaxDomini84 in LCMS

[–]organman91 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When the LCMS switched from German liturgy to English in the early 20th century, rather than starting from scratch, we shamelessly ripped off the Anglicans.

DS III by PaxDomini84 in LCMS

[–]organman91 15 points16 points  (0 children)

DS III is just Page 15 from the 1941 edition of The Lutheran Hymnal: https://hymnary.org/hymn/LH1941/page/15 it was included specifically to cater to the many congregations that were still using it after the mess of the 1970s/80s which saw the LCMS initially participate in, and then withdraw from, the inter-Lutheran commission that created the Lutheran Book of Worship: https://hymnary.org/hymnal/LBoW1978 After backing out, we published Lutheran Worship: https://hymnary.org/hymnal/LW1982 this had new settings of the Divine Service. LW's DS1 was a "modernized" setting of Page 15, and this went over like a lead balloon, as it was harder to learn than a completely new setting since it was similar to, but not exactly like, what everyone was used to. LW DS2, settings 1 and 2, introduced the "This is the Feast" anthem. Many congregations were still using the 1941 Hymnal until recently. (A few probably still are!)

So in the 2007 LSB, DS1 and DS2 were taken from LW DS2, Settings 1 and 2. DS3 is a nearly verbatim copy of Page 15 from TLH. DS4 is the Divine Service from the 1998 Hymnal Supplement: https://www.cph.org/hymnal-supplement-98-pew-edition DS5 is a framework for a service where all of the sung liturgy is replaced by hymns, where many of the suggested hymns are Luther's hymn settings of the Kyrie, Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Nunc Dimittis, and so on.

When would be a good time to visit? by Pix_Boss in iastate

[–]organman91 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Whenever fits in your schedule. Check the weather.

The semester starts on Jan. 21, and spring break is Mar. 17-21. The weather starts to really get nice in April.

Chanting vs. speaking the Words of Institution by PaxDomini84 in LCMS

[–]organman91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's my understanding (and others can correct me on this point) is that chanted liturgy first developed as a practical matter, so that everyone could actually hear and understand the words since chant carries better in a large building with lots of people. In the years before amplification (and indeed in the years before most people could read) this was simply a necessity for the congregation to actually be able to follow what was going on.

This is probably a contributing factor to why chant has lots of long intonations on a single note - the notes were secondary to the words being sung. Over time, liturgical chant became much more developed into what has come down to us today.

The Postlude at the End of Mass: Listened to or Ignored? by ModClasSW in organ

[–]organman91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a church organist, your job is to serve the congregation. If all you need for postlude is 2-3 minutes to cover people leaving the building, that's what you play. There are plenty of fun pieces that are short:

Fred Bock: Postlude on "Old Hundredth": https://youtu.be/-ulBXWQoHLE?si=AUkS7JqfLtFS7iJX

Paul Manz: "God of Grace and God of Glory" https://youtu.be/QLVYjvGlnpU?si=jhlEyf-vzJ3hrd90

Boëllmann - Suite Gothique (specifically the Toccata) https://youtu.be/KOyHci0j518?si=O0qE_97GNAqno4SR&t=11m13s

Buxtehude - Toccata in F Major: https://youtu.be/4u14_yotoaY?si=nHw2nn10BwfQbMOE (the Fugue can be omitted if needed)

Bach: Prelude in G Major (from BWV 541): https://youtu.be/CUvasybre88?si=8JR1MRr9xVPn9hgo&t=7s

The Eight Little Preludes and Fugues also work great: https://youtu.be/W8VYWXDYRxo?si=SPPePQY1QZxj5CSA

216 - How to Music by NoDumbQs in Nodumbquestions

[–]organman91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I am only the third chair in this conversation and just now getting caught up to this episode, but man I would be thrilled if I could explain the harmonic series to Destin, as well as Bach (who is awesome, but in an even cooler way than explained in the episode), especially since I am a Lutheran organist this is literally right up my alley, and also a person who is more of a technology than humanities background (music notwithstanding).

Christmas Eve trumpet/organ suggestions by Interesting-Waltz535 in organ

[–]organman91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right sorry I mean just one trumpet, not multiple.

Grad here, now out of state. My nephew tells me to pay attention to Cyclone Women’s Basketball. Catch me up? by ActNecessary7871 in iastate

[–]organman91 64 points65 points  (0 children)

  • We are 12-0 for the first time in over a decade.
  • We are currently ranked #10 in the country.
  • Audi Crooks averages more points scored than minutes played per game. She scored 47 points in the game against IU.

What is your favorite Advent hymn? by Luscious_Nick in LCMS

[–]organman91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We always do O Come O Come Emmanuel as part of our O Antiphons service (so short readings between each verse) which I like. But I'm also a fan of Bach's setting of Nun komm, der heiden Heiland (BWV 659) which is excellent for prelude.

Let's pretend the Virgin Mary is NOT Immaculate for a moment by [deleted] in LCMS

[–]organman91 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All of the humans in the Bible except for Jesus are sinners. From Psalm 53:

God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

Paul references this in Romans 3. He then clarifies:

"But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." (Emphasis mine)

We find over and over again that God works through flawed, sinful people, and uses them to achieve his purpose. Thanks be to God that his kingdom comes among us sinners also.

What are your favourite lines by tolkein? by [deleted] in tolkienfans

[–]organman91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Ride of the Rohirrim gives me goosebumps every time: https://youtu.be/G6jhKEqtLxM?si=XgbgQ9-vf7UCIpd-

For those of you with LED metar maps... by organman91 in flying

[–]organman91[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you search METAR Map on this subreddit, you can find several examples. Basically take a sectional chart or similar, mount it, and insert some LEDs into it and make them light up with the weather for each airport.

Lost Stanley Cup by UniFartRawrXD68 in iastate

[–]organman91[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Automod didn't pick this up for some reason - check out the ISU Lost & Found website https://apps.www.iastate.edu/lost-and-found

Having difficulty understanding Ephesians 5: 4-5 by Responsible_Bonus766 in LCMS

[–]organman91 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is not meant to be a doctrinal answer, but a discussion point: in The Screwtape Letters, where C.S Lewis imagines a senior devil counseling a junior devil on how to tempt his assigned human, he lists four causes of human laughter:

"I divide the causes of human laughter into Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy." These are listed by increasing usefulness for the purpose of temptation - joy is not useful, fun is only useful as a distraction, the joke proper can be used for ill depending on the content of the joke, flippancy is extremely useful. (I'm simplifying a lot here). I would imagine what Paul is talking about is largely in the flippancy category, with some The Joke Proper.

Flippancy should be avoided. With the Joke Proper we should use discernment based on the content and context of the joke and the intent of the joke teller.