Why Scrum is Stressing You Out - by Adam Ard

#programming #scrum

https://rethinkingsoftware.substack.com/p/why-scrum-is-stressing-you-out

novelWriter

A markdown-like editor for novels

A markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents.

It is designed to be a simple text editor that allows for easy organization of text files and notes, with a meta data syntax for comments, synopsis, and cross-referencing between files, and built on plain text files for robustness.

https://novelwriter.io/

Norwegian small town politics is comedy gold

Politicians fall into the cobra effect trap once again:

"The mayor cheered the shutdown of the controversial Bitcoin mining data center, but now residents are facing an unexpected consequence: a hefty bill increase."

Locals will now have to pay an extra $200-$300 per year due to increased costs to grid fees without the big mining customer, and the mayor of this remote municipality comments: 

"We work continuously to facilitate the industrial activity we want in the municipality. It may not be something we can solve in just one month, but we are dedicated to promoting business development every single day." (Which is political jargon for: it will likely never happen.)

The "celebration" ended the moment they got their first bill - You can't make this up.

Link to newspaper article: https://www.nrk.no/nordland/datasenter-la-ned-driften-_-na-far-innbyggerne-sjokkregning-1.17042643

And the source that pointed me to this: https://x.com/4lexEllefsen/status/1834887752459948505

And, before someone will comment on this article Muh, Bitcoin mining bad, here is a soothing FUD busting article: https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/bitcoin-mining-emissions-surprise-new-research-findings

Ipad kopen, wat zijn de beste opties?

Mijn huidige ipad Air 3e generatie is uit 2019 en heeft maar 64GB opslagruimte. Dat is anno 2024 krap aan het worden, en hij is bovendien 5/6 jaar oud nu.

Ik beschouw alles dat niet minimaal een M1 processor heeft als "te oud". Verder wil ik minimaal 128 GB opslag en 5G.

Wat zijn nu 1 september 2024 mijn opties?

Een refurbished model Air of Pro met een M2 is natuurlijk ideaal kwa prijs (er gaat tot €400 van de originele prijs af) maar deze zijn zeer sporadisch te vinden.

De gewone M1 iPad Air uit 2022 is daarentegen standaard te vinden voor een redelijke prijs/kwaliteit verhouding 😊.

Ik heb deze blogpost daar nu op afgemaakt trouwens, nadat ik heb begon te typen op mijn iPad Air 3e generatie.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad

Imagen 3 - Google DeepMind

Google just released its new image creation tool.

Using it is free (for now): https://deepmind.google/technologies/imagen-3/

Surveillance Watch: They Know Who You Are

Do you want to know how (among the known entities) is spying on you?

Here is a list: https://www.surveillancewatch.io/

Of course, this is a list of companies, not of governments and their spying activities, that might be purchased at one or more of these companies but could also be built in-house. Or bought at a company that we just don't know about yet.

European roaming eSim price comparison

For this price comparison, I've looked at eSim cards that are valid for 30 days or more. What I didn't know was that there are eSim cards that can be purchased without an expiration date

I've written before about the bliss of having a tablet with 4G/5G functionality built in. I'm using an iPad Air that has 4G LTE built in, and can function with both a physical sim card was well as en eSim card.

All the providers there will give you an eSim that can be activated at the time of purchase.

So what if I am somewhere unreachable of Wi-Fi and I don't want to share my iPhone's data plan (tethering)? For just 7 cents per day, my iPad could have internet on its own 😊.   

Conclusions: depending on your needs, either BNESIM or MobiMatter are great options. 

Webshop	APN	Data only?	GB	Days valid	Price	Price per GB	Price per day	Link
BNESIM Surf 20GB in Europe REGIONAL	?	Yes	20	365	€ 25,58	€ 1,28	€ 0,07	https://esims.io/en/regions/europe
MobiMatter Europe and USA Yearly 40 GB	Sparks	Yes	40	365	€ 38,50	€ 0,96	€ 0,11	https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/sparks-europe-and-usa-yearly-40-gb-esim
MobiMatter Europe and USA 3 GB	Sparks	Yes	3	30	€ 5,00	€ 1,67	€ 0,17	https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/sparks-europe-and-usa-3-gb-esim?destination=europe
Bitrefill eSIM Netherlands	drei.ai	Yes	3	30	€ 6,98	€ 2,33	€ 0,23	https://www.bitrefill.com/invite/fcv9wn9y
eSIM Europe Unlimited Data Lite	cmhk or cmlink or internet.proximus.be	Yes	Unlimited (but only fast for 0.5 GB per day) thereafter 384kbit/s	30	€ 23,00	€ 1,53	€ 0,77	https://europeesim.com/product/esim-europe-unlimited-plans/
MobiMatter Europe and USA 50 GB 60 Days	Sparks	Yes	50	60	€ 48,50	€ 0,97	€ 0,81	https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/sparks-europe-and-usa-50-gb-60-days-esim?destination=europe
O2 Mega eSIM	O2	Yes	300	30	€ 26,00	€ 0,09	€ 0,87	https://www.esim.net/O2/Mega
Bitrefill eSIM Europe	drei.ai	Yes	20	30	€ 35,26	€ 1,76	€ 1,18	https://www.bitrefill.com/invite/fcv9wn9y
Holafly eSIM with Unlimited Data in Europe	?	Yes	Unlimited (fair use policy)	90	€ 129,00		€ 1,43	https://esim.holafly.com/esim-europe/
eSIM Europe Fixed Data	cmhk or cmlink or internet.proximus.be	Yes	30	30	€ 45,00	€ 1,50	€ 1,50	https://europeesim.com/product/esim-europe-fixed-plans/
Holafly eSIM with Unlimited Data in Europe	?	Yes	Unlimited (fair use policy)	60	€ 99,00		€ 1,65	https://esim.holafly.com/esim-europe/
Bitrefill eSIM Netherlands	drei.ai	Yes	50	30	€ 62,02	€ 1,24	€ 2,07	https://www.bitrefill.com/invite/fcv9wn9y
Holafly eSIM with Unlimited Data in Europe	?	Yes	Unlimited (fair use policy)	30	€ 69,00		€ 2,30	https://esim.holafly.com/esim-europe/
mtalk-esim-europe	?	Yes	50	30	€ 70,00	€ 1,40	€ 2,33	https://www.mtalkesim.com/esim-europe