When there is low or no
management there is #wastage.
So, let's not #waste our #precious
#resources

#thecleanone

😰:

“What Happens To All The Stuff We Return?”, The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/21/the-hidden-cost-of-free-returns).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37149327

#Returns #Wastage #Waste #Refund #Shopping #OnlineShopping

Cornwall Council slammed as Bodmin offices lit up at night 'like a Christmas tree'

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-council-slammed-bodmin-offices-8444541

#CornwallCouncil #Bodmin #Cornwall #Energy #Wastage

“Web3 Is Bullshit”, Stephen Diehl (https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/web3-bullshit.html).

On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29442441

#Web3 #BS #Bullshit #Hype #Blockchain #EVM #Ethereum #BitCoin #CryptoCurrency #NFT #NonFungibleToken #Wastage #ExternalizedCosts

"I charged $18,000 for a Static HTML Page... and got away with it" - It's not just clueless clients but also often the bureaucracy within big corporates

Interesting story at the linked article and although the quote was reasonable the corporate bureaucracy and time wasting ends up costing that much. I've seen this horrific wastage myself before and its often due to the roleplayers having no clue what static webpages generally cost, and then also not realising what their internal paperwork adds on top of the actual cost. All this just gets lost in the multi-step internal "processing".
We recently saw a South African government agency paying around R95,000pm (about US$6,581) for their web hosting, all due to the network bandwidth being exceeded and the extra costs inflating by 900% which no-one noticed. After it being pointed out a re-negotiation quickly dropped the cost (but taxpayers and services to citizens lost out in the process). There is always a cost borne for wastage either by consumers, shareholders or taxpayers.
See https://idiallo.com/blog/18000-dollars-static-web-page https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-175c-e132-b450-118986788732