Hacker News: benballjr

New comment by benballjr in "VMware to Acquire Bitnami"

benballjr — Wed, 15 May 2019 16:08:30 +0000

I think many of these container orchestration adjacent companies large and small are standing up straight hoping for an acquisition in general — I don't think it's going to happen for all of them.

U.S. Department of Defense on How to Detect ‘Agile BS’

benballjr — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:30:20 +0000

Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/the-u-s-department-of-defense-on-how-to-detect-agile-bs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18970847

Points: 12

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The 3 Stages to Observability for Modern Apps

benballjr — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:08:49 +0000

Article URL: https://content.pivotal.io/home-page/the-3-stages-to-observability-for-modern-apps

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17312266

Points: 2

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Docker vs. Kubernetes: It’s Not About One or the Other

benballjr — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:05:32 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.newrelic.com/2018/06/13/docker-vs-kubernetes

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17312247

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Surprisingly Rich History of ASCII Art

benballjr — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:18:05 +0000

Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/surprisingly-rich-history-ascii-art/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16569149

Points: 6

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The Inspiring Life of John Perry Barlow

benballjr — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:46:08 +0000

Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/inspiring-life-john-perry-barlow/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16477707

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by benballjr in "Dietary Carbohydrates Impair Healthspan and Promote Mortality"

benballjr — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:45:15 +0000

Not sure what this other guy will say, but for the vast majority of people it is for major weight loss, not necessarily lifestyle or belief that it is a "superior" health approach. This is my experience from Reddit's keto and loseit communities anyway.

Do we really need the 40 hour work week?

benballjr — Tue, 30 May 2017 21:13:22 +0000

Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/really-need-40-hour-work-week

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14448592

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Why the New York Times Dropped Hadoop for Google's BigQuery

benballjr — Wed, 24 May 2017 17:57:57 +0000

Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/caching-hadoop-new-york-times-embraces-new-technology/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14412052

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

95% of ATMs use COBOL, but where are the new COBOL programmers?

benballjr — Mon, 15 May 2017 17:24:40 +0000

Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/cobol-everywhere-will-maintain/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14343342

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Yelp Opens an API Based on GraphQL

benballjr — Thu, 04 May 2017 14:21:50 +0000

Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/yelp-opens-api-based-graphql/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14265001

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by benballjr in "Moby: An open-source project to advance containerization"

benballjr — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:21:49 +0000

Honestly this is probably top-down language usage, not a marketing team. Solomon has been talking about containers with this same wording for years, and he's talked about it on podcasts... etc. Granted, that doesn't mean it's not marketing double-speak. Definitely grandiose in a way that marketing language often is.

New comment by benballjr in "Intel Pulls Out of OpenStack Effort It Founded with Rackspace"

benballjr — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:39:17 +0000

It's probably a little of everything. Intel does put a lot of resources into projects like Kubernetes and other communities adjacent to Linux Foundation / CNCF, but I think they put a lot of money anywhere they see a future for utilizing their products... and I think that gets little abstract, sorta. Or rather, they invest in some things that seem like they're partially related to a lot of their core interests.

The Procedurally-Generated Universes of Star Citizen, No Man's Sky, Elite

benballjr — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:23:59 +0000

Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/new-crop-games-built-procedurally-generated-universes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14024147

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by benballjr in "Google Splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet"

benballjr — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 19:48:27 +0000

Can you elaborate on Hangouts + Project Fi? I'm also on Fi, and want the iMessage type experience, but always seem to fall short of it. Is there something particular about the Hangouts and Fi combo?

Remembering the First Cat in Space

benballjr — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:00:07 +0000

Article URL: https://thenewstack.io/remembering-first-cat-space

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13755882

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by benballjr in "Lennart Poettering on Systemd's Tumultuous Ascendancy in the Linux Community"

benballjr — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:30:55 +0000

I messaged the author about finding an example of the attributed enthusiasm or removing it entirely, since I'm not sure I believe it. Though others have pointed out that not aggressively attacking it is almost endorsement from Linus...

Lennart Poettering on Systemd's Tumultuous Ascendancy in the Linux Community

benballjr — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:10:51 +0000

Article URL: http://thenewstack.io/unix-greatest-inspiration-behind-systemd?hn

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13501429

Points: 4

# Comments: 11

New comment by benballjr in "What Happens When You Mix Java with a 1960 IBM Mainframe"

benballjr — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:42:58 +0000

Hi Marianne! I'm with The New Stack (not the writer of this article), and was wondering about the video myself. Interesting to see you address that there's definitely no public facing version, as it seems a lot of the commenters here would love to see it. I can only imagine the bureaucrat complexity involved.

New comment by benballjr in "Astronaut – YouTube videos with almost zero previous views"

benballjr — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 22:51:56 +0000

Ah, you've put it in a much better light. "Every day" is clearly not the right description here. I think an interesting look anyway.