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There are good CloudStack introductions and install videos out there. I wanted one series that follows a single cloud the whole way, from the first install to a production setup for customers, with every click and command shown. So I made it, free. I hope the CloudStack community finds it useful. Every script used in the videos is below. Scripts Video 05a: MacVisor video-05a-mvz-commands The same VMs from the terminal with the mvz command, then a look inside the VM....

The Titanic hit an iceberg because the captain was looking at the wrong part of it. The tip above the water looked almost picturesque. The thing that opened a 300-foot gash in the hull was underneath, invisible from the bridge, enormous. Most problems in a person’s life work the same way. You keep crashing into the visible tip. You keep trying to steer around it. You cannot figure out why the ship keeps leaking....

Run this test on yourself. Think about the last hour of your mental life. Not what you did, what your mind was doing. Where was it? Possible answers: Doom-scrolling the news about something happening on another continent Replaying what someone said in a meeting three days ago Thinking about what people might think about the thing you’re planning to post Reading an argument between two strangers in a comment section Worrying about the economy, politics, the weather, interest rates, the next layoff round Wondering why that person hasn’t replied Now compare it to a different possible last-hour:...

A story. A guy spends 25 years climbing a career ladder. Oil company, Scotland, CEO by the end of it. First promotion at 18, second at 21, another at 23, and so on, all the way up. Every single promotion felt, to him, like a small vindication. A quiet voice saying “see, you’re not as stupid as he said you were.” The “he” was his dad, who was disappointed about an exam grade when the kid was fourteen....

You’ve probably taken one of these tests. Maybe several. MBTI told you you’re an INTJ. The enneagram said you’re a 3. A workplace quiz said you’re a melancholic or a driver or an analyser. A friend told you years ago that you’re the quiet one. A school report once said you’re introverted. All of those are labels. Each one came with a short description of what people like you are like....