Behold the Superbook (Over-Overhyped Edition)

Chaos Lever Podcast

In this reissued episode (AKA the over-overhyped edition), Ned is pedantic about the term Supercloud, Chris is pedantic about everything, and we both think Halo Rise is a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

Supercloud is as Supercloud Does

Ned is no longer a stickler for language, but he still can't stand the term “supercloud.” In this reissued episode, we break down this term that’s been kicking around since 2016 in various guises. Ned regales us with tales from his analyst days and the dubious connection between analyst firms and the supercloud. He and Chris dissect the latest buzzword definition and ask the burning question: is "supercloud" just marketing drivel? Spoiler: yes, and a contradictory one at that.

Links Referenced:

• A website from Cornell that is an actual software project to allow for application migration between clouds http://supercloud.cs.cornell.edu/
• MIT webpage about a project they called supercloud that was meant to enhance collaboration between MIT Lincoln labs, students, and faculty https://supercloud.mit.edu/
• The rise of the supercloud https://siliconangle.com/2021/12/07/the-rise-of-the-supercloud/
• There is a working group definition of Supercloud you can check out https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SP0G-3CEnJ4Zz1sPoZt6eA6Weq8F5Osk93jLcPLcK60/edit?usp=sharing
• It was discussed in an IT Roundtable at Cloud Field Day 15 https://techfieldday.com/appearance/rise-of-the-supercloud-cloud-field-day-15-delegate-roundtable/

Lightning Round

• Amazon announces preorder for Halo Rise, because Bezos literally wants to watch you sleep https://www.cnet.com/health/sleep/amazon-reveals-the-halo-rise-a-sleep-sensing-gadget-and-sunrise-alarm-clock/
  • Keeping your data safe is a bar that Amazon has consistently, and repeatedly, failed to clear https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-failed-to-protect-your-data-investigation/
• Reason Number 0 Not To Run Exchange Yourself https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/09/high-severity-microsoft-exchange-0-day-under-attack-threatens-220000-servers/
  • Microsoft has an advisory post up that details the vulnerabilities and suggested mitigation strategies https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2022/09/29/customer-guidance-for-reported-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-microsoft-exchange-server/
• OpenAI removes waitlist, gives full, immediate access to DALL-E https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/artificial-intelligence-images-dall-e/
• C and C++ are looking mighty rusty, or rather they aren't https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/28/is_it_time_to_retire_c/
• Google moving forward with Manifest v3 mandate, much to society's general disgust https://www.ghacks.net/2022/09/09/opinion-it-is-time-to-switch-from-chrome-to-another-browser/
• Stadia Fragged By Friendly Fire https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/01/stadia-died-because-no-one-trusts-google/
  • Alas, another service killed by Google. Wonder if there's a site tracking that sort of thing? https://killedbygoogle.com/

Original Episode:
https://pod.chaoslever.com/behold-the-superbook-28/