Nice post explaining the common algorithms used for load balancing. Each having their own trade offs of course. Well done with tiny simulations.

There's the carbon footprint but of course there's also the water consumption... and with increased droughts this will become more and more of a problem.

Definitely this! Major FOSS projects should think twice before giving their street creds to such closed systems. They've been produced with dubious ethics and copyright practices and since they're usable only through APIs the induced vendor lock-in will be strong.

Looks like a funny tool to generate music.

Good reminder that links are the soul of the world wide web!

This is definitely something to keep in mind and check if you have any LUKS encrypted storage. The key might be less protected than you think.