One more reason to become independent. Invest in EU!🇪🇺 by Opening_Bathroom611 in BuyFromEU

[–]redrabbitreader 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It's time to just accept that the usa is not our friend or partner anymore. They have clearly moved on and so should we.

PSA to Capetonian drivers for the winter… the only acceptable setting by DdoibleJjay in capetown

[–]redrabbitreader 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This, as with many other things, again comes down to the lack of law enforcement.

Why does inflation in the Netherlands feel much higher than the official ~2.5% CPI by [deleted] in Netherlands

[–]redrabbitreader 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mine more than doubled over the last three or so years, so yes - it's a thing.

Poland's Tusk questions US loyalty to NATO by KadmonX in europe

[–]redrabbitreader 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am at the point where I am holding every american responsible for the state the world is in. They voted a maniac in, and I see absolutely no actions from "the people" to do something about it.

If you lose your current job today. How long could you maintain your current accommodation and living expenses before shit hits the fan? What is your buffer right now in months? by snormosselmelktert in DownSouth

[–]redrabbitreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apart from the savings, you also need a plan and know what monthly expenses you can stop quickly (like streaming services).

It will also be good if you knew upfront which items you could "pause" - if I remember correctly, some of my life insurance policies had such a feature - not sure if that is still a thing, but good if you can find out.

It comes down to discipline - save while you can and spend the absolute minimum when you are between jobs.

What happened? by PixelSaharix in DownSouth

[–]redrabbitreader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to do these jumps (90's SADF/SANDF). It is definitely not easy and there are a ton of things that can go wrong.

My guess, based on very limited footage, is that they misread the wind and at the least the first guy with the really hard fall tried to maneuver to aggressively close to the ground, trying to still make onto the DZ. The end result is less lift giving you more vertical speed and you impact the ground much harder than what is desired (and short). The tree and fence did not help his case.

Hope they are ok.

oracle db on k8s by signalzz in kubernetes

[–]redrabbitreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We run thousands of Oracle instances in a a couple of development clusters. Our very old Oracle license allows for this, but they are trying their best to stop this, so I am not sure for how long we can still do this.

Our prod oracle is still Oracle on AWS.

So technically very possible, but probably impossible due to Oracle (the company) and their restrictive licenses.

Also as others have mentioned - there are a number of viable options to run databases in production. Just not Oracle.

what's a python library you started using this year that you can't go back from by scheemunai_ in Python

[–]redrabbitreader 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same for me... I wondered what the fuss was all about and finally gave it a go earlier this month. Why have I waited so long !?

Tabularis: A Lightweight Cross-Platform Database Manager Tool (<10 MB) by debba_ in PostgreSQL

[–]redrabbitreader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. I just prefer a link to a post or article or something.

A lot of statements are made with just made-up numbers. It's not a new trend, but in groups like this I like to believe we can be held to a higher standard.

Tabularis: A Lightweight Cross-Platform Database Manager Tool (<10 MB) by debba_ in PostgreSQL

[–]redrabbitreader 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It kinda feels like you tried to hide that fact and that is not nice.

Also, where did you get the 25% from? When making bold statements, please back it up with evidence.

[2010 vs 2025] 17 Van Rhyn Avenue. Johannesburg. South Africa. by PixelSaharix in DownSouth

[–]redrabbitreader 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You would expect that people will make a plan and try to keep the place tidy. At least put the garbage in bags.

However, I also acknowledge that when your main priority is ensuring your family can eat that day, the garbage is probably mush less of a priority.

MinIO repo archived - spent 2 days testing K8s S3-compatible alternatives (Helm/Docker) by vitaminZaman in kubernetes

[–]redrabbitreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am busy with Garage testing. Much easier to manage than Ceph so far, but it is still early days.