Links for 2020-03-13

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+title = "Links for 2020-03-13"
+date = 2020-03-13
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+[taxonomies]
+tags = ["links", "cloud", "aws", "azure", "gcp", "benchmarks", "government", "germany", "twitter", "fakes", "automated", "rust", "documentation", "work from home", "home office"]
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+AWS+Azure+GCP on Optimizing Benchmarks, Public Service in Germany Can't Be
+Free, Fake Twitter Accounts, Automated Emails, Documenting Your Rust Code,
+Tips on Working From Home.
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+# [AWS, Azure, & GCP Respond to the 2020 Cloud Report](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/aws-azure-gcp-respond-to-the-2020-cloud-report/)
+
+Here is the thing: CockroachLabs checks the performance of their database on
+all major cloud providers using the default settings; cloud providers respond
+the report by suggesting improvements; CockroachLabs publish the suggestions.
+
+# [Court outlaws German Weather Service's free weather app](https://www.dw.com/en/court-outlaws-german-weather-services-free-weather-app/a-52735502)
+
+So you think a service provided by the government should be free (since, you
+know, it's paid by the taxpayers). But then comes a private service and the
+government (the law part) says the private service is correct in saying the
+service paid by the taxpayers shouldn't be free.
+
+And all that in Germany, in all the places... although I reckon Germany is not
+a place known for urgent warnings like hurricanes and such.
+
+# [Signs You’re Following A Fake Twitter Account…](https://nixintel.info/osint/signs-youre-following-a-fake-twitter-account/)
+
+A good report on how to spot fake accounts, although I have to wonder how many
+people would actually take the time to do all the checking presented in the
+article.
+
+# [A Vacancy Has Been Detected](https://kellysutton.com/2019/06/19/a-vacancy-has-been-detected.html)
+
+A tale of loss and how automated messages can be problematic 'cause they
+assume too much about the target audience.
+
+# [Guide on how to write documentation for a Rust crate](https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2020-03-11+Guide+on+how+to+write+documentation+for+a+Rust+crate)
+
+Not only explaining how the Rust documentation system works, but also giving
+pointers on how to write a proper documentation.
+
+# [Things I've learned from 12 years of WFH](https://typing.lmorchard.com/2020/03/12/things-ive-learned-from-12-years-of-wfh/)
+
+Tips and tricks and some pointers on how to do a proper Work From Home.