Nebula Award Finalists

Check out the finalists list.  If you are looking for good science fiction to read during the lock-down consider the stories on that list.  Also, the conference will be webcast but only to registered attendees.  Lois Bujold will be the grand master.

Message for the Dead (Galaxy's Edge 8) by Jason Anspach & Nick Cole

Interesting turn of events in the politics, continued descent into the dumb star wars "force" magic, sigh.  Still fun, 4/5 stars.

Bluu Mera von Nadine Most

Sehr schlecht! 1/5 Sterne. Ganz blöd.

take advantage of deserted roads

Take advantage of deserted roads. Send out teams of two to four workers - trained in hygiene and safety - to fix potholes, repair empty schools. Get furloughed people to work. Fix infrastructure; stimulate the economy.

Remote Worker Data

This Zapier survey report on remote work has some counter-intuitive data that explain phenomena the tech companies are experiencing during the political lock-downs around the world.

Should I wear an N95 mask?

ArsTech updates us with new data about masks.  Good read.

Retinopathy causing, Heart Disease inducing, irreversible liver, kidney damaging medication approved for emergency use

FDA approves emergency use of chloroquine. The fools!  Even the paper recommending consideration has repeated, emphatic warnings about the "ethical implications" of killing patients with the treatment.  Why not Remdesivir?

Another crutch for the insanely complex YAML in Kubernetes

If you are starting to use Helm Charts to create your complex, long kubernetes configurations and you stumbled across Helmfile to accelerate your adoption, these added training wheels for helmfile are helpful.

using deprek8 and ConfTest to prevent regressing to old APIs

Tyler Auerbach explains a simple application of the deprek8 Open Policy Agent tool for verifying you have not regressed your APIs to older versions.  I have personally needed this test once and did not have it.

Tracing and Observability

Sanjay Nair takes us on a journey through the concepts of tracing through the lens of the OpenTracing standard and the zipkin implementation of distributed tracing.  Light on some important concepts but a decent, quick intro.