Lack of a DVD drive killed the Dreamcast. People saw much more value in a PS2.
I had a Dreamcast at launch and still love the games that came out on it. If it had a new revision with a DVD player in it announced at the same PS2 price point to compete with the PS2 and XBOX then Sega might still be in the console business.
It really can't be overstated how important the DVD drive was for the PS2's success. When the first Fast and the Furious movie came out it almost seemed realistic that a criminal gang would risk their lives while attempting to steal DVD players from a truck. That movie's premiere was 8 months after the PS2 was released in the US. A DVD player AND a next gen video game console for $299 was an incredible deal in 2000.
There's a lot of people who have their money tied up in the crypto space. If it takes off, they get rich without doing anything. If it crashes, they become poor. So they have a huge incentive to push crypto even if it's not actually good for anyone but themselves.
Should _every_ S3 action have a `if will_incur_charges() and should_not_incur_charges(): raise Exception()` statement in it's critical path? No, of course not. Everyone get's slower for nobodies benefit. It has to be delayed.
But then you run into an issue: what if you end up costing AWS 100$ before the budget action kicks in. Should you not pay that? Why not?
It’s a business decision on AWS’s part. If they want to reduce cognitive load or objection of some customers, they’ll be more willing to “eat it”.
My strong guess is if you had a free account, setup a budget cap, went over it, and they decided to charge you*, a quick email to support would get it waived.
I’m very much a fan of AWS, in part because while they have the chance to uphold the legal terms, my experience is that they’re pretty customer friendly.
* Early on, I had many bills under $1/mo that they just comped without me having to do anything.
> Should _every_ S3 action have a `if will_incur_charges() and should_not_incur_charges(): raise Exception()` statement in it's critical path?
Budget actions work by applying an Deny All to IAM, which has essentially exactly that.
The problem is not the shutting down, it's the detection. AWS billing has a resolution measured in hours, which has limited usefulness on a platform where you can rack up thousands of dollars in charges in just a few minutes.
> Should _every_ S3 action have a `if will_incur_charges() and should_not_incur_charges(): raise Exception()` statement in it's critical path?
We're talking about one account-wide flag `has_exceeded_billing_limits`. Changes are infrequent, and can be pushed into caches. Small overruns while the flag pushes are trivially eaten by AWS.
Weighted shares let a minority shareholder have more than controlling vote in a company.
It is always important to understand the fabric of your company by reading, understanding, and following the terms of your Operating Agreement or Corporate ByLaws.
Manager Managed LLC vs Member Managed LLC vs C or S Corporation are most common entity types. Use the right structure to best protect your interests.
You used to be able to buy a decent used car for $5k but as of recent you can't find any without connections. I've been telling folks interested in Japanese cars that it's $10k at this time to buy used with low mileage for a sedan and $15k to buy used with low mileage for an SUV.
I'm a bit too young to remember the advent of the Internet but old enough to remember when the FXP scene burst onto BBS's with enough warez to fill every hard drive I could get my hands on.
Iomega Zip drives— still impressed with the choice of making the drives blue. The showstopper though, was my dad’s wood modem—I don’t remember if it was plastic or real, but it was purchased from a national retailer—not homemade and way cooler than the slate of white 56k US Robotics modems that followed!
And stock in Amazon wasn't worth money until it was! Not defending Tether but just naming something unrelated and not even trying to argue similarity is pretty low effort and not compelling.
There are legit security reasons you’d want this. Giving the owner of the equipment the ability to manage this would have been the appropriate solution.
There are legit security reasons to employ platforms that accommodate in-house repair. 'Security' can also include requirements for traceability at the component level.
I had a Dreamcast at launch and still love the games that came out on it. If it had a new revision with a DVD player in it announced at the same PS2 price point to compete with the PS2 and XBOX then Sega might still be in the console business.