The higher number of shark attacks may also have to do with water conditions, which could lead a shark to mistakenly interpret a human as food or competition for food:
"A large number of (shark) bites occur when water conditions are poor"
- https://saveourseas.com/worldofsharks/why-do-sharks-bite-people
I have been using Now in production for about a year. I fell in love with the version 1 product because it lived up to the mission, which I think went something like: make deployments as easy as using an iphone, or something like that.
I trust the leadership at Zeit are making the right decisions technically, but as the company grows, it also seems to get further away from its original mission.
The swift deprecation of previous versions is threatening to undermine any resemblance to the mission, if ease of use is still the mission.
The React team got this so right with the release of hooks in 16.7. Dan couldn't have been any more right on the money in his delivery, which was laden with promises of no breaking changes and "don't feel like you have to rewrite anything."
When Zeit released cloud v2, about three months ago, they made v2 the default, which broke many development workflows and required me personally to spend three full days refactoring code and resolving Docker issues due to an obscure error that Zeit support had trouble identifying. The breaking change was a shock and a surprise. The explanation? You should be doing things this way anyway.
Perhaps that was true, but maybe not.
After going through all the trouble of converting to cloud v2, I reverted to cloud v1 because I could not set the min instances in cloud v2, to eliminate cold boot as an issue. Someone on this thread said cold boot is 200ms. That may be true for a particular application, but I received so many customer complaints about slow boots (5 seconds or more), I had to revert. Reverting has solved the issue.
As of today, I have a deprecation warning when I log into Now which says `Your account is using a legacy platform version. We highly recommend upgrading.` Or what? Are you going to make my unmutable application mutable?
This announcement about Now v2 is confusing, first of all because Zeit already released cloud v2. How are the versions related? Next, serverless may be the future of everything, or it may not work for some existing environments. The jury is out.
To someone at Zeit, please watch the React Hooks Intro video, and the parts of Dan Abraham and Ryan Florence in particular: https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-intro.html
This is a great way to treat your stakeholders. Also, what helps is that React is going in a direction that focused on simplicity in design. I've experienced the opposite with using Now, but I still love the mission.
And if I want to keep my now 1.0 (or iphone 6 plus) because I prefer it, why do you want to take it away so badly? My complaint is not that you are making improvements. I trust your leadership in this space. You're obviously smart people. The problem is the behavior around deprecating earlier versions. It's herky-jerky and inconsistent.
Also, what is the mission now? That would be great to know.
Agreed. The one thing that is scary for everyone in these situations is the element of surprise. If you eliminate the "blowing through stoplights" or the hurry and brake fast behind a pedestrian, or worse, you eliminate 95% of the issues.
I applaud your attempt at civil discourse. You deserve a medal for patience. Thank you for posting as I think discussions like this could use more of your style.
A few years ago, I rode my bike around Lake Michigan and blew out a wheel while in the upper peninsula. While sitting and waiting for the replacement, mostly at a bar, one of the truck driver regulars told me when he sees a bike rider, he swerves to hit them. That actually happens in some places. I've experienced it first hand.
While at a stoplight, I was also told by a driver in LA that I should be careful riding my motorcycle or someone might hit me. I asked him if he was planning on hitting me, and he said maybe. Traffic in general is a dangerous place to be, but when you combine a lack of education or intelligence or negligence, it is the most dangerous part of our lives.
I completely agree. In this case, there are at least four groups: automobile driver, motorcyclist, bicyclist, and pedestrian. We are nearly all biased, but when we exchange roles, I'd argue that most of us (including myself) will point the finger at the other group because it's so much easier to see the faulty behavior from an outsider perspective.
That's human nature, and it's exactly what's happening in politics at large. People from cities don't understand people from rural areas and vice versa. We think we're all so far apart, but in reality, our views are all grouped really close together (they're all human views). This is why we face major challenges solving larger problems, like global warming or plastic in the ocean, because it's easier to counter-attack than to do the work to change our own behaviors despite the faults we see around us.
It's incredibly detailed in pointing out the differences between old and new Apple Maps, as well as comparing map images from Apple, Google, Tom Tom, and others.
The article demonstrates through the use of animated gifs that Apple Maps has become significantly better over time and in many cases surpasses the quality of competitors.
DRTS; (For those of you who didn't read, because... font too small) - Brown recluse spiders, in general, don't bite people unless you have less than 20/20 vision. In that case, you should run for the hills, esp. if you don't know how to zoom in the browser. A+ for content, but accessibility less so.
Thanks for pointing this out. I knew it, but the uniqueness had not been clear. He is an intriguing character and an anomaly in so many ways, and I would say that is because, in large part, of his relationship with his mother, whom he befuddled (like so many others in his life), but she nonetheless adored him.
I agree. As a writer, when I get stuck, lying on the floor, staring at the ceiling, and doing nothing is usually my most productive time. Also, taking naps is great for productivity.
You have probably already read it, but your post reminds me of the book, Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse, which is about the life's journey of Buddha, who also discovered that sitting alone was an experience he enjoyed greatly, an activity which gave way to Buddhism, whose ultimate goal is to eliminate human suffering caused by the ego. You seem to be saying the same thing in a different way, which is awesome.
I agree, and I'd add to your definition to say that the ultimate bonding occurs through finding joy in the mutual exchange of vulnerabilities.
For example, last night my wife and I were not seeing eye to eye on how we saw our future. I was busy trying to make her see my side, but it wasn't until I was willing to give up and do things her way that she came around and agreed with my perspective.
It was not because I was wrong, it was because I wasn't recognizing her point of view, and that made her feel vulnerable. The joy we experienced mutually at recognizing one another's vulnerabilities is still–the next morning–a sublime feeling, the ultimate experience in life perhaps.
The article makes me wonder what life would be like if cocoa plants all became the victim of the diseases identified. Given a choice, I'd give up my mobile phone before I gave up chocolate.
I agree completely. Before I buy anything, I check the manufacturer's website first as I'd rather see 100% of the money go to the company I'm supporting as opposed to Amazon, who I only use now when I need something fast, which is an area of their business I'm willing to support because it's the best in terms of fast delivery.
At first glance, AMP will make life easier for Google's search robots, but the standard would also seem to benefit a competitor like Duck, Duck, Go by standardizing code organization, making it easier to find the true 'intention' of a website's pages. Is AMP contrived to benefit Google? For sure, but not sure it's a terrible idea.
While there is some truth to what Ariana says, scientifically, and she gives one example from FDR, who was a manufacturer of ideas, I would argue the most difficult tasks in history were achieved through the strength of will.
I'd also observe Elon is paying the price for setting out to do something extremely difficult, and though it appears that he's losing right now, he'll come out on top as long as he stays the course. Taking a long vacation, though it may be the best thing for Elon's health, is arguably not the best thing for the company right now. A long weekend is probably in order, but I hope Mr. Musk can find the strength to keep doing what he's doing because it's working (sans the late night tweets and poor choice of Grimes' so-called friends).