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Cassandrich@dalias@hachyderm.io (2026-09-21 21:46:05)
Was just reminded of how much I *viscerally* hate the "cattle not pets" ideology. I want to say more on this but I don't even know where to begin.
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Cassandrich@dalias@hachyderm.io (2026-09-21 21:48:02)
I think it's that it's a call to adopt the mindset of the worst people throughout history, the ones who have deemed themselves above other life forms (including humans) on such a level that they are something aggregate to be managed for profit on a ridiculous scale beyond that which any one being should control, not something to care for. Something that it's even *shameful* to care for.

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khm@khm@hj.9fs.net (2026-09-22 01:32:57)
the first time I heard this phrase (in computer-nerd context) I started grilling the speaker, only to discover that it just means what HPC has been calling 'stateless' for twenty or more years.  while 'stateless' is also a bit of a misnomer, it gets across the idea that you don't depend on the configuration state of a give node, and it manages to do so without invoking weird cult messaging about the treatment of animals.

I swear to god k8s is just ten-years-out-of-date HPC with more json and toxic masculinity