Chris Belyea

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[Chris Belyea @chrisbelyea]

@Teknium When do you think the unified gateway will be available. Have been holding off on setting up a gateway per profile knowing that it’ll soon be the “old” way of doing things.

[Chris Belyea @chrisbelyea]

@knots_setup @knots_setup where are those car wallpapers from?

[Charles Duncan @yyc_charles]

Really proud of @zackaduncan!! He’s had so much help along the way. Really thankful to all of the coaches.

@AthleticsCHC @wlu_mbasketball @Jeffery_A_Smith

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

This chart should be the biggest political scandal in American history. Nothing else comes close.

Post-Covid, federal debt as a percentage of GDP is at record levels. Higher than it was even during WW2.

This represents a massive transfer of wealth from our kids to ourselves. We are robbing their generation of economic opportunity to pay for our own discretionary spending and public-sector consumption.

And for what? We're not actually investing the money in anything that will generate returns or create opportunity for them. Our infrastructure is crumbling, our education system is a joke, and our military preparedness is far from where it needs to be.

As bad as this may be now, it only gets worse in the future. 10 years from now, debt / GDP crosses 130%. 20 years from now, it crosses 160%.

In 30 years? Close to 200%.

If you think that this is the fault of just one side of the political spectrum, you're sadly mistaken. After WW2, *every* US president reduced this ratio—even Mr. Stagfaltion himself, Jimmy Carter, under whose administration the ratio decreased to a post-war low of 31%.

From there, though, it was all downhill. With the exception of Bill Clinton, every president of my lifetime has increased debt / GDP. Massively.

Under Reagan, it grew from 31% to 51%.

Under George W. Bush, it grew from 55% to 82%.

Don't even get me started on Obama, who allowed it to increase to above 100% for the first time since the Roosevelt administration.

Trump? He let it grow to 105% even before Covid, and 126% during Covid. And it's not like we can count on Biden to do anything helpful here.

I don't know what the solution here is. I doubt we can grow our way out of this problem, and we certainly don't have the political willpower to cut our way to a more sustainable level.

Does this leave debasing the dollar and letting inflation run rampant, so that every dollar of debt requires less purchasing power to service? I shudder at the consequences of that.

All I know is, I'm furious about this.

And you should be too.

[Chris Belyea @chrisbelyea]

@Microsoft has @surface. @Google has Chromebook. @Apple, of course, has their stuff. What if @amazon got into the game, releasing their own laptops powered by their Graviton CPUs?

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

While cleaning up the aftermath of the World Trade Center's collapse, crews discovered a shipwreck located 7 feet below the foundation. This shipwreck was found to date back to 1773.

In 2010, excavators in New York City's Lower Manhattan unearthed the remains of a wooden ship buried deep in the ground. A study revealed that the ship was constructed using timber sourced from old-growth forests in southeastern Pennsylvania around 1773. Interestingly, Independence Hall and other buildings from the Revolutionary era in Philadelphia were also built using timber harvested from the same region and during the same period. Edward Cook, a tree ring scientist at Columbia University, confirmed this connection.

The concept of using tree rings to determine time is based on how trees grow. Each year, they form a new ring of wood around their trunk. In favorable conditions, trees grow well, resulting in wider rings, whereas narrow rings indicate unfavorable or challenging years. Scientists primarily use tree rings to study weather patterns and observe changes over time.

The ship in question, a sloop—a type of sailboat—was likely constructed in a small shipyard in Philadelphia soon after the timber was harvested. Approximately two decades later, in the 1790s, the ship was considered to be junk, leading to its remains being repurposed as landfill material. This landfill was used to extend the banks of the Hudson River and create additional land in the rapidly growing city of New York.

[TechWell @TechWell]

DevOps is for better business value sooner safer happier - @TopoPal keynote #agiledevopscon

[Norman Caruso @GamingHistorian]

I hate doing this publicly, but it's the best way to get ahold of someone at YouTube.

My YouTube channel has been demonetized. I make videos for a living and I have been a Partner for a long time. I need assistance getting this fixed.

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators

[Charles Duncan @yyc_charles]

First he surpasses his dad’s HS athletic accomplishments. Now his SAT score. Very proud of this young man! @zackaduncan

[Hanover's Future @HanoversFuture]

Community meeting April 11 for Ironhorse Business Park https://t.co/5tfsdCCiUL

[Chris Belyea @chrisbelyea]

@kylekruthoffer Neat! Where is that?

[Kevin Tuskey @kevintuskey]

I’m excited to be speaking at this year’s Innovate conference in Virginia on Friday, March 24. Check out this list of amazing presenters! 🤩

[SingleStone @SingleStoneTech]

Think your company is ready to manage its #InfrastructureCode like a high-performing organization? Finding the right approach is key - luckily, @chrisbelyea took an in-depth look at the options and created an incredible guide for scaling your IaC approach: https://t.co/kJEuXN0fLL

[Chris Belyea @chrisbelyea]

@thomaswatling (author here) Yes, any service not charged on a per-use basis could accrue higher costs. Config's newer pricing model may help that. And Config rules are often static enough that they can be part of an account setup and kept out of each app stack. Thanks for reading!

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Happy #ConstitutionDay. We should never forget the Constitution wasn’t written to restrain citizen’s behavior it was written to restrain the government’s behavior.

[Chris Belyea @chrisbelyea]

⁦@caseyliss⁩ https://t.co/IrEwfg9U48

[Picard Tips @PicardTips]

Picard programming tip: A computer is like a mischievous genie. It will give you exactly what you ask for, but not always what you want.