Corey Quinn / is on Nostr

I write LastWeekinAWS.com, and I fix horrifying AWS bills.

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Last Notes

2024-07-01 15:59:16

In Seattle for a vacation with @quinnypiglet. Convincing her that if we go to the Space Needle that she’ll get a shot. She’s not quite buying it.

2024-06-26 23:00:47

Congratulations to the folks at the now $2.015T company.

2024-06-26 16:00:47

Was reminded today that Bonzi Buddy was derided as spyware two decades ago for doing considerably less than the telemetry in virtually every modern application.

2024-06-24 18:00:46

It's a brand new week. What're you working on?

2024-06-18 16:46:54

What’s clearer to you, A or B?
Back to A… now B. Take your time. There’s no rush.
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2024-06-17 23:26:51

Job posting: McDonalds spokesperson. Must be able to articulate simple concepts like an absolute douchebag. GED or equivalent required.
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2024-06-12 23:06:47

The thing that galls me about Microsoft Recall is that it tracks everything you do on your computer, but Microsoft themselves have demonstrated in vulnerability disclosures that they clearly don’t even log what the hell is happening in the Azure control plane.

2024-06-10 18:36:51

Custom emoji are really where it's at.
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2024-06-04 18:06:54

I hate that this is next-level evergreen tweet territory.
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2024-05-30 16:46:50

Getting pretty tired of this being almost my entire tech news feed these days.
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2024-05-27 17:36:48

Microsoft: “We’re putting security first.”
Also Microsoft: “Windows now comes with what’s functionally a screen capturing keylogger.”
🤡🤡🤡

2024-05-16 21:36:48

I'm sorry Slack, you're doing fucking WHAT with user DMs, messages, files, etc? I'm positive I'm not reading this correctly.
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2024-05-15 16:36:50

Yeah, good luck with that Adobe.
“Have you considered sounding like a massive tool instead?”
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2024-05-01 01:57:17

I’m at @OuterPlanetBrew in Seattle; come ask me anything and have a drink on me.

2024-04-24 23:27:15

All the cloud vendors say they’ve been “working on AI for decades,” but Intel was shipping Pentiums that were bad at math in 1994.

2024-04-24 15:57:16

Amazon had the chance to be leaders on the non-compete point for years. Instead, here they are: forced to treat their employees slightly better only because the government is making them.
It’s clear that regulation is required to make Amazon behave.
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes

2024-04-14 00:41:42

This ancient Scandinavian rune means “intermittent.”
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