I was a bit confused by the section on backups. How do they manage moving the data offsite with the on-premises backup servers? Wouldn’t that be a cost savings by going cloud?
I'd love to see electric scooter / e-bike companies also adopt this technology too. My scooter has a 550Whr battery and I'd love to use it as a power station for some of my devices on the go.
I've been working on an app inspired by challenges I had organizing hack nights and poker games. It's kind of a cross between Facebook events and Google Calendar, and allows you to send an invite link and send text updates. Would love to hear your thoughts!
Effective Period Amount of Increase
March 1, 2020 – February 28, 2021 1.8%
March 1, 2019 – February 29, 2020 2.6%
March 1, 2018 – February 28, 2019 1.6%
March 1, 2017 – February 28, 2018 2.2%
March 1, 2016 – February 28, 2017 1.6%
March 1, 2015 – February 29, 2016 1.9%
March 1, 2014 – February 28, 2015 1.0%
March 1, 2013 – February 28, 2014 1.9%
March 1, 2012 – February 28, 2013 1.9%
March 1, 2011 – February 29, 2012 0.5%
March 1, 2010 – February 28, 2011 0.1%
The WashPo paywall is the worst -- it rewrites your address bar so you can't even bookmark the URL for later or copy/paste it to share. Really frustrating on mobile when you can be in an app that's not logged into WashPo. Why would the product team make that decision?
> * Update 7/18/06 * You have to give the California Department of Motor Vehicles (the DMV) credit for creativity on this one. A DMV insider has disclosed to me that the DMV has made a formal request to a federal agency to rule if my Beetle constitutes a threat to national security based on what could happen if it got into the wrong hands. This raises three questions in my mind: #1 Does this mean I’m the right hands? #2 If someone with the name "b_laden13" is the highest eBay bidder for my Beetle can I refuse his offer even if he has the prestigious eBay Red Shooting Star feedback rating (the highest)? #3 Would this affect my eBay rating?
Good point. The amount of downtime definitely depends on local market conditions. For instance if you go online at 3AM in Tracy, CA, you might have way lower utilization than someone at 6pm in downtown San Francisco.
I see your point about locking people out of access once they get past a certain number of hours. I think there are two reasons why this is probably not realistic. (1) the hourly count is over a quarterly basis, so harder to track. If a user has 25 engaged hours in week 1, why lock the app if week 2 or 3 the user may have 0 engaged hours? (2) the apps commonly have "bonuses" for hitting certain trip count goals, and you don't see apps trying to lock users out before they hit that goal.
However, Uber has put out a proposal asking governments to establish a "benefits fund" that all gig-companies are required to deposit into, on an hourly basis. That way someone working 5 hours on one app and 20 hours on a second would get benefits partially paid from both companies, without an incentive for any company to shirk their duties.
See the following link, under page 12 - "we want to contribute to funds that workers can individually direct toward the benefits that matter most to them. We are asking states to require our industry to accrue such funds":
https://cirrus-runners.app/blog/2024/04/23/speeding-up-cachi...
https://github.com/cirruslabs/cache