Remember that we are dealing with an at scale system with Backblaze. Other than cache (Which I don't think typical object stores use except for the database ... maybe), BackBlaze would be using mechanical drives. Using SSD drives for what is essentially an object store[1] is a waste of capex.
The SWIFT object store data centers I ran typically have 4, 5, 8 or 16 TB drives, 90+ per server, and the boot drive is typically either RAID 0 or 1, but that's the extent of "fancy stuff" for disk drives. I never saw SSD in the object store. File and Block, yes, that was the rule rather than the exception. One of my former team mates told me that the company is up past 100 tons of hard disk drives per object store silo. They have [lots and lots of] data centers.

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Recap:
Block Store == like a hard disk, a series of disk blocks are presented. Atomic changes are possible. Used for things that change a part at a time. SAN
File Store == Like a network share, a file system is presented. Atomic changes are possible Used for things that change a part at a time. NAS
Object Store == Non-Atomic - something like a porcelain sculpture. If you want to change it, you need to destroy it and make it new. Used for things that typically do not change at all, like completed video, accounting transaction snapshots, or .... backups!

Eh, nobody wants a chunky cable and connector to handle 240W (maximum USB C can supply), and these days it is certainly not cheaper that a buck regulator.

Copper isn't cheap and the conversion losses are going to be less than the losses to heat from lower voltages. The industry has responded with very high efficiency 50V capable converters.

Another advantage of USB PD is that with the PPS mode the device can be even smaller, featuring a lower power charger for non-PPS supplies, and using the PPS mode when available for higher power charging. None of these phones that charge at 50W+ have a 50W variable mode buck regulator in them.

The cabling situation isn't ideal. Hopefully it will improve. At least you can be fairly sure that most things will charge with any random cable though, just maybe not as fast as you would like. I use it to reduce the number of chargers I need to take with me on tips. I just bring one for the laptop, and plug everything else into its USB ports. If I need a quick charge I can plug that one charger directly into a device, but I mostly just do everything overnight.

The story isn't clear and I haven't been able to find a link to the actual study yet.

If 'drip' is really just coffee from a coffee machine, this is easy to believe, since coffee made for most coffee machines is going to be cheap garbage. Does it include Nespresso machines and the like?

I assume they're not talking about espresso or Americanos, nor pourovers or French Presses. The language is too vague here.

If I grind fresh beans and put them in a high-end drip coffee maker, like a Technivorm, I'm pretty sure people will be able to tell the difference between that and instant, and I'd be able to find something that they enjoy.

So yeah, garbage coffee compared to a different way to brew garbage coffee isn't really revealing much.

I seem to recall that Technology Connections did a video about them for Americans. They are handy and safe, although the limited power output of US outlets does limit them a little. 230V FTW.

I think about many things. I investigate many matters, many people, many problems. Your argument says exactly that all of that lives in my head, rent free. Ima smart guy, but the old cranium doesn't have enough room for that many people living in my head constantly, and the orange shitgibbon is just one of many things I occasionally do think about, usually when someone tries to hijack a thread. I think about him for a moment, then get on wit me life. Discussion of him, or Jeffrey Dahmer, or Gradyloo, or quantum mechanics is just thoughts and assessments, then move on to the next thought.

I think about Sydney Sweeney more than Cheeto. She could live rent free in my house although the wife might object.

We could talk about that if you like.

Housing is a human right, and the pricing is relatively inelastic (particularly right now) even before landlords collude to price fix. So it's a pretty different situation than Walmart figuring out what the optimal price for tomato paste is.

But also, this is just straight-up price fixing, and we don't let gas stations do it either.

There is at least one trifold on the market already... Xiaomi maybe, one of the Chinese brands.

Anyway, it sounds good in theory, you can have a nice big display but still fit it in your pocket. The main issue is that it's not got screens on both sides when folded, and they are the soft foldable type that can be scratched with your fingernail. Unless they do them all folding inwards, but then it gets even thicker and they will want another outer screen as well.

But then you get savaged for not freshly grinding your own beans.

Maybe it's different in the US, but in Europe the most common way of heating water to boiling point is with an electric kettle.

Crappy instant coffee is crappy, but there are some good ones out there.

It was done by a professional lab, not a journalist, so I'm going to assume they at least cleaned the mould out.

Often P2P apps are effectively blocked simply by CGNAT.

Oh yeah we absolutely can. There was rampant collusion going on and it was being done through software so they thought they could get away with it. Multiple statistical analysis have been done because this all went through the courts and they would have been presented to judges.

To put it in the context it was bad enough that the people doing it didn't really fight it out in courts after they were called out.

That means they knew what they were doing and they knew they couldn't fool a judge and jury.

The apartments I'm stuck in are part of it and I'm waiting to see if I'll be part of a class action. It would be nice to get back some of the thousands of dollars I was cheated out of by flagrant antitrust violations but I'm not holding my breath

Is that it's much much weaker in the caffeine department at least here in America.

For the longest time I couldn't touch caffeinated coffee without getting heart palpitations. For whatever reason that's gotten a bit better and I've been able to drink some caffeinated coffee.

I bought some bagged stuff, cheap flavored hazelnut coffee that should have been pretty weak because you normally want it to be a pretty light roast so that it doesn't overwhelm the added flavoring. Why yes I am a wussy why do you ask?

Jesus fucking Christ that stuff will wire me out all day and then some. You think that was meth in that coffee. Meanwhile I can down three cups of cheap instant and still be fine.

I like the instant because I have to be careful with how much caffeine I get still and I have to put the effort into heating water and making a cup so I don't brew a whole pot and then chug the whole thing. But as an American it's definitely worse than drip brewed coffee.

I've been told that if I import fancy stuff from Europe or Japan that's not true but that stuff is crazy expensive because I'm importing it. The trade wars don't help either that's really shot up the price of coffee. I did find one instant I really liked but it was yanked from the market right after and I found another I kind of like but the price of that one really really shot up.

It just does. It's predominantly sold in America for convenience not taste. So they use lower quality coffee. But at the end of the day it's just freeze dried coffee. If you use good coffee and do a good job freeze drying it then it tastes pretty much the same as when you brewed it.

The YouTuber technology connections has a pretty good video on a expensive freeze dryer and he made his own coffee with it. He also made the point that you do not want to buy a freeze dryer because they are a huge pain in the ass and I definitely agree.

Technology connections enters the room.

It's not about training we need to fundamentally change the purpose of our police force. We need a police force that is not hostile to our citizens and that exists for something other than ensuring the smooth operation of commerce.

Basically we need to fundamentally reform key aspects of our culture and society and that's way more than changing up a little bit of training.

Also American here, believe it or not very few of us actually pack heat. When you see those crazy stats for how many guns there are most of them are owned by a handful of people. It's got a name among musicians, gear acquisition syndrome. Hobbyists get obsessed with buying lots and lots of new toys to play with and gun nuts are no different.

Being a police officer is actually not even in the top 10 most dangerous jobs here. We teach our police they are in a war zone because we are actively trying to militarize them so that they can be used against our citizens in the event our ruling elites want to crack down on us.