静态网站悖论
个人网站的两种不同实现方式：一种是复杂的内容管理系统（CMS），另一种是简单的静态 HTML 文件。文章指出，尽管大多数普通用户倾向于使用复杂的解决方案（如 WordPress），但实际上，只有少数专业软件工程师能够选择更简单的静态网站。
via HackerNews 2024 10 09
前两天刚好听朋友说 square space 已经涨到了近乎搞笑的 $25 月费，做不用来盈利的个人博客实在难以 justify。这篇文章中吐槽得很在点子上：
normal users are stuck with a bunch of greedy clowns that make them pay for every little thing, all while wasting ungodly amounts of computational power to render what could have been a static website in 99% of cases.
普通用户被困在了一群屁大点功能都要收费的贪婪小丑手里，与此同时浪费着人神共愤额度的算力来渲染 99% 的情况下都可以作为静态的网站。
当然原文中说的“只有少数专业软件工程师才能选择更简单的静态网站”略微夸张并不认同，因为静态站至少是比 self-host 的动态 CMS 少太多维护了。我的 backlog 里也一直躺了篇安利新手用静态站并拉踩 WP 的文，不过网上这种文已经有无数了也还是拦不住前赴后继往各种 CMS 的坑里冲的新手，觉得写了又有什么意义呢就还搁着没写。（当然迟早会像以前反复造的无数轮子一样被废话欲战胜的 but not today）
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📰 Trump Mocks Europe, Flexes Power Ahead of Davos
President Trump is heading to Davos, but he’s already set the tone: a torrent of mockery aimed at Europe’s leaders, dismissing their diplomacy as weak and their unity as a joke. As European officials scramble to engage, Trump’s team laughs off their efforts with memes, tariffs, and insults.
“I imagine they will form the dreaded European working group,”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent quipped, calling it Europe’s “most forceful weapon.”
Trump’s latest meme shows him hoisting the American flag over Greenland, declaring it a U.S. territory in 2026. He’s threatening 200% tariffs on French wine if Macron doesn’t play ball, and accusing Britain of “great stupidity” for giving up Diego Garcia. Meanwhile, European leaders—Macron, Rutte, Starmer—flatter Trump on social media, hoping to keep him at the table.
The subtext is clear: Europe is desperate to avoid losing American support on Ukraine and NATO, even as Trump treats them like supplicants. Ursula von der Leyen warns that nostalgia won’t save the old order, but so far, Europe’s main strategy is to accommodate Trump’s whims.
Is this diplomacy or humiliation? When the world’s most powerful leader treats allies like court jesters, who’s really in charge?
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📰 Merz’s Nuclear Gambit: Can Germany Outsmart the Treaty?
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has thrown the continent’s nuclear playbook into chaos, openly discussing the creation of a “European nuclear umbrella” that could see Germany circumvent its decades-old ban on atomic weapons through a joint EU project.
Germany’s Legal Dilemma
Germany is legally barred from developing nuclear weapons by the Four Plus Two agreement, which enabled reunification in 1990, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. But Merz insists that nothing stops Berlin from negotiating shared nuclear deterrence with allies—France and the UK, Europe’s only nuclear powers.
The European Nuclear Loophole
Merz’s vision is simple: use Germany’s technological edge to help build a European nuclear capability, while keeping the official nuclear button out of German hands. “Talks are underway,” he declared, stressing that the discussions are still preliminary and won’t undermine existing nuclear-sharing arrangements with the U.S..
Power Plays and Sovereignty
The real question is whether this is about European sovereignty or just a power grab. With U.S. support under Trump looking increasingly shaky, Merz is betting that a “European nuclear umbrella” could shield Germany from future threats—or just give Berlin a seat at the nuclear table. But can the EU really build a credible deterrent without falling into the same old power games?
The Shifting Sands of Power
As Merz plays diplomat and dealmaker, the world watches: Is this the dawn of a new European defense era, or just another act in the theater of nuclear posturing? The answer may lie not in treaties, but in the shifting sands of global power.
#nuclearWeapons#Germany#EU#Merz#nuclearDeterrence#powerGames
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