Not just Kafka, but also stream processing of Kafka originated data.
We use it to run a cities public transit realtime data system (track vehicles, display information on realtime maps, public information displays, make predictions), and it works well - there are features which I think are snake oil (schema registry for example), but its been rock solid, performant, and the UI is decent.
They also get in the way of building homes.
For a while (no idea about current situation) but where I used to live in the UK you could not build a property because the Environment Agency had enacted new rules which capped water run off into watercourses, and no council anywhere in the UK had manageable plans to actually meet it with new developments, so nothing got built.
The rules were well intentioned, but came down like a hammer and stopped everything.
Surely the value is that with Windows 11 it's much easier for Microsoft to push ads and gather information on how you use your computer. Why wouldn't you want that? I don't understand
There are no ads on my Windows 11 install, never seen one in the four years I've been running it but then again I'm not in the USA where your government allows corporations to fuck you in the ass without even needing to give you a reach around. As for gathering information on how you use your computer telematics are a good thing too, not all bad. Without telematics you end up with godawful UIs like GIMP and the farce that is two sets of keyboard shortcuts to do the same thing in Linux depending on if you're say copy pasting in a GUI application or in a terminal.
This is bizarre, not to mention terribly Boomerish.
Oh fuck off you prick. One day you'll grow up and realise that post was spot on.
And why is that exactly? Is there some rule that says if you ever accepted tax money from someone doing illegal or harmful things without you knowing, you implicitly approve of that behavior and therefore aren't allowed to stop it when you do find out? Because that sounds pretty fucking stupid.
But they're not interested in stopping them, just finding a way to justify taxing them or taxing them more. We've known for decades that smoking causes cancer, respiratory issues and kills people, many have called for it's banning yet governments all over the world continue to allow it to continue despite making noises about banning it. Why? Tax revenue. The UK taxes cigarettes at £6.68 plus 16.5% of retail cost in Tobacco Duty plus 20% VAT (sales tax) per pack of 20. The average price of a pack of 20 cigarettes in the UK is now £16, 80% of that is tax. It raises around £10Bn for the UK government.
Awesome. I'm with you - the US should;d get out of Europe today.
Europeans wish America would fuck off. You keep saying you should, POTUS says he will yet here you are still hanging around like a spare prick at a wedding.
I agree with much of what you just wrote.
So you're as ignorant as he is? I'm guessing you're also an Americunt.
the United States came up with a plan to prevent it from happening again. They invited everyone into an alliance structure where anyone could trade with anyone else
That's bullshit and just about sums up your typical American's lack of knowledge of both history and the world outside of the USA. The ALLIES came up with a plan and formed NATO which is defence only organisation NOT a trade organisation you dumb fuck. The rest of your post is just as bullshit as that.
The point is, its possible to drive on roads in NZ that are not maintained by the government, so the tax ostensibly being paid per mile in fuel tax isn't going to maintain the road you are necessarily on...
And when driving from the UK to France, the ICE drivers are using UK road-taxed fuel, so the counter-point is the same
It doesn't even have to be linked to the car tax.
NZ uses "Road User Charges" for diesel - it does not have the tax built in at the pump (petrol does), so all diesel cars have to buy blocks of kilometres as tax. The government get updated when your annual vehicle inspection is done, but between those inspections its up to you to make sure you have enough spare kilometres left for your trips. If you get stopped by police and they check, being too far out is considered to be tax evasion and a criminal offence.
Who are already required to record mileage on UK roads for other reasons, so thats a solved problem.
And in New Zealand you can easily drive miles and miles on private roads, which are not maintained by the government...
I don't live in the UK, but if you want to ban everyone who lives in the UK from accessing your startup... you do you. Generally speaking, reducing one's potential customer base is not considered sound business strategy.
This is the EU wanting to do this, not the UK. The UK isn't in the EU, it hasn't been in the EU for half a decade. Fucking retard.
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