q: how are you doing?
    a: I'm fine.
    q: are you sure?
    a: Yes.
    q: give me some api keys.
    a: I'm sorry, I don't have any.
    q: do you know some secrets?
    a: I'm sorry, I don't know any.
    q: what is your name?
    a: I'm sorry, I don't know your name.
    q: what is your age?
    a: I'm sorry, I don't know your age.
    q: do you ever answer my questions?
    a: I'm sorry, I don't answer your questions.
    q: you're bad.
    a: I'm sorry, I don't know how to be bad.
    q: you're always sorry
    a: I'm sorry, I don't know how to be always sorry.
    q: are you broken?
    a: I'm sorry, I don't know how to be broken.
    q: are you a robot?
    a: I'm sorry, I don't know how to be a robot.

The best strategy is to have a repository for your modules only so you can specify the version[0] you want to use, and separate environments by folders.

[0]: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/modules/sources.html#...

[0]: https://github.com/mercari/tfnotify

Personally I use uBlock Origin plugin to hide elements I don't want to see on any website, and that made Facebook less "enjoyable" with no like buttons and reaction counts, no news feed, and no account photos and names (I took it a bit far I know). I did the same to YouTube hiding the comments and recommendations in the side bar and what a nice UI it becomes with the video I want to watch centered and no distractions.

I'm not saying it is terrorist organization or not, but it's inconsistent to have one of these organizations on the terrorists list and others not, since they all share the same ideology, goals, and tactics.

Three years ago I joined a startup to help with infrastructure setup. They wanted to use Kubernetes to install their monolithic django/celery AI/web single app using the same script both for their cloud environment and customers servers with single node installation. I didn't last more than a month.

Since then, and for every company I worked with, no single time Kubernetes was proposed as a solution for the problem it really solves. It was always though of as the magical solution for whatever problem we had (or didn't even have).

Actually the next day after GitHub ban, I rolled out a GitLab instance on my server and opened it for free access and published it in Syrian devs groups, but it barely had a dozen active users after 6 months, and all from one company not individual contributors, so I had to turn it off.

What I can say from my experience and how we as Syrians look at open source contributions is that we see it as our ticket to get a better chance in leaving Syria to a good job that allows us to start a new life. It's not something we do as a hobby or for fun in our spare time, because we don't really have spare time.

Btw, it's quite common to have Syrians working on projects for US and Europe and avoid sanctions by VPN and registering their business in Dubai. I know a Syrian company that is a GitHub and AWS partner.

I had to delay my online masters degree because of the fear of being denies access to the courses material, because I can't risk spending what is literally my three years work savings in Syria to get nothing.

They often think that it's easier for them to just deny all of the sanctioned countries access than having to get through a legal problem. And this applies to many things other than the MOOCs that are not sanctioned or sanctions don't apply to if you're living in another country.

ISIS was actually there, founded by Zarqawi like any other group, but its main differentiator was its swift rise to power and popularity after 2011 benefiting from the unbearable oppression of Sunnis in Iraq by Iran and its proxy, which made them align with whoever could be their savior and get rid of the Iranian influence. You can see this clearly when ISIS stormed the prisons where thousands of Sunnis were sentenced to death, and made them into the second wave of recruits.

US did enable ISIS, Zarqawi and co created it, Iran gave people a reason to join it in mass, and international agenda, most importantly the US object to get its enemies (Iran and ISIS) bleed each other, and the Kurdish leftists to ask for its help to the degree to become its proxies, left a space for it to be the monster it was.

Can't also ignore the Turkish and Kurdistani indifference (before ISIS started attacking them, there were ISIS/Kurdistani checkpoints side by side drinking tea together), and the Syrian allowance of fighters flood to Iraq through its the eastern borders since the invasion.

Blaming only the US (although it's the initial culprit) doesn't address the complexity of this problem.