AWS Outage Reminds Everyone the Cloud Is Just Someone Else’s Problem – Screw the News
Until It Becomes Your Problem Another AWS outage has reminded Los Angeles Times readers and businesses worldwide that “the cloud” is marketing language for “your critical data and services are stored on computers you don’t control, can’t access, and have…
Texas Tea Heist – Screw The News
A Thirst for Crime: How a Band of Sweet Tea Fanatics Almost Pulled Off the Heist of the Century Texas Tea Heist: US Charges Reveal Plot to Steal the Biggest Jar of Sweet Tea Known to Man Byline: I.P. Freely,…
The Sacred Ritual of the Sari-Sari Store *Barya* Exchange: A Microeconomic Study of the Exact Change Denied
A satire on the complex social ritual of buying a small item and receiving change back in an assortment of non-monetary forms (e.g., candies, stamps), treating it as a non-monetary currency system. The Non-Monetary Currency The simple transaction at a…
Tourism Department Unveils Cebu Slogan: The Sea Did Nothing
Officials say the campaign tested better than ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines’ and costs 40 pesos to print Tourism Department Unveils Cebu Slogan: The Sea Did Nothing Officials say the campaign tested better than the last three slogans and…
Cebu Council Proposes Certificate of Not Being That Guy
City hall considers an official document for foreign retirees, to be issued after a short interview and a long wait Cebu Council Proposes Certificate of Not Being That Guy Councilors say the document will be issued after a short interview…
Amazon’s Cloud Catches Cold – Screw the News
When the Internet’s Infrastructure Gets the Sniffles The modern internet’s dirty secret got exposed again when Los Angeles tech infrastructure experienced what engineers call “a significant AWS outage” and everyone else calls “the day half the internet stopped working because…
Hollywood Sign Homeowners Group Votes to Require Character References – Screw the News
Hillside neighbors say the letters should be spelled out in the same font as the sign and delivered in person Hollywood Sign Homeowners Group Votes to Require Character References Hillside neighbors say the letters should be spelled out in the…
Venice Beach Palm Reader Now Offers Real Estate Readings – Surfing LA
Madame Zora says a retiree’s lifeline reveals whether he should buy in Cebu, and the answer is always ‘maybe, if the sea agrees’ Venice Beach Palm Reader Now Offers Real Estate Readings Madame Zora charges forty dollars to tell retirees…
AI Ate My Job – Screw the News
The Excuse Everyone’s Been Waiting For In what Los Angeles Times labor economists are calling “the most convenient explanation for unemployment since ‘the economy,’” workers across America have begun blaming artificial intelligence for job losses that might also be explained…
Makati Condo Owners Relieved Nobody Asks About Their Neighbors
Metro Manila residents say the neighbor is already the karaoke and no buyer has ever needed further information Makati Condo Owners Relieved Nobody Asks About Their Neighbors Metro Manila residents say the neighbor is already the karaoke and no buyer…