it's kind of magic

and BTW to receive those 2 billion messages reliably i have had to stand up ZERO http(s) vhosts, i've had to worry about ZERO TLS configs, all i've had to do is make a properly authenticated gRPC connection to googleapis.com on port 443

and also those "average english sentences" being wrapped in JSON messages

(FYI those maths do assume same-region GCP pubsub not intra)

i've also done the costing maths and (for example) for me to generate a GCP pubsub bill of ~$90 i'd have to send around 2 billion average english sentences of text. that's pretty cheap for loadbalanced/redundant/guaranteed delivery of 2 billion sentences

😰 pandemic levels of commitment

ahh right yes the insane number of episodes! now you remind me i did look into watching the AU version because my mum was so insistent but its huuuuuuuuge as you say! a gajillion episodes of 🤤

my mum (Brit, lives in UK) says this! she was super upset about the bloke that died. i've only ever watched UK Masterchef. i do prefer Masterchef Professionals because its so 🤯. is there a professional chef Masterchef in AU?

tried to make this photo work for today (Wednesday) but MY GOD MAN it just didn't fit

are you considering a new Her Maj the Q II photo for Thursday

we gotta plan over here

i have had to pass this construction site hot mess every day for months and upon every pass my loins are further girded in my relentless quest to dislike him fuether

it is? have i just never seen it in office depot???

"we spoke with undecided voter 'don jr.' about trumps bizarre town hall"

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any rock library cops in MN?