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Pulling raw iCal data over HTTP is possible but if you say, set up a recurring event several months back, you need to fetch that original event (even if it recurs every day) to include it in your calculations... I'd love a self-hosted version of this Nylas API [0] for example.
I've tried Gather and a few of the other competitors out there - out of all of them Gather nails the UX the most. It's pretty simple, but it's also powerful. Most of the other competitors in this space have thrown together a sloppy "business" platform, but Gather just feels much more accessible, friendly, and easy to use.
I think this hits the point on the head here. The most recent example of this is Disney setting the rental price for their new Mulan film at $30. Keep in mind, that's $30 _on top_ of whatever you're paying for your Disney Plus subscription.
Quality issues with that film aside, the fact that Disney was able to charge _so much_ above the market norm for rentals ($2-$5) forecasts a future where streaming companies slowly increase their prices as bad as the cable television companies of yore.
There are plenty of projects I'm familiar with but don't know the canonical URL off the top of my head - when I link someone else to them I have to look up their homepage. This would make this process much faster.
Pick a programming language you feel the most familiar with and then focus on learning it. If there's a framework or set of established best practices you can follow, try to stick with that and build some applications with that.
It's easy for us to get excited about working with new software and cool technologies, but that works against us when we're skill building. I couldn't count the number of times my mentors had to set me back on track when I was a younger developer, because I was off chasing something new.
Learning a lot about a bunch of technologies is useful, but you should make sure you spend some time getting familiar with one or two stacks in particular and forcing yourself to build skills there.
This issue only affects joining Zoom meetings through the web client. If you join using the desktop or mobile client to the meeting ID directly, you should still be able to join a meeting.
That said, this is obviously a cash grab, and they're ignoring that students aren't going to follow their rules when they're off campus (Hillsborough St, parties, as you said above.)
I've already seen it happening... this isn't going to go well.
I attend one of the major universities (NC State) but plan to stay here after I graduate. The three major municipalities (Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham) are different enough and have a wide variety of suburbs around them to offer a lot of options for different price points, if you're planning on moving here.
I've met lots of different people in the area, and there are tons of things to do. Lots of good food.
The traffic isn't that bad. The major interstate that connects the three areas (I-40) gets congested some during the day, but it's nothing like what you'd see out in the valley. Living anywhere in the Triangle means you're effective 30-40 minutes away from everywhere else, so I know lots of people who live in e.g. Raleigh and work in Durham (or in the Park.)
The weather is pretty good! A bit hot in the summer, but spring and fall are really nice, and the winter isn't too cold. We usually only get 1-2 snows a year.
The best part though: you're 2 hours from the mountains and 2 hours from the beach. When you want to take a vacation, you've got both options to choose from.
Above all else, it's a fast growing area. Our public transit needs a lot of work, and there are plenty of other areas for improvement (bringing more startup talent to the area, rather than older established companies.) It's growing pretty notably though, and I for one am excited to be a part of the process _before_ the area explodes. 10 years from now, the area is going to be a lot more popular.
I made several warranty claims in-store, and they went above and beyond to help me out, even when my grounds for a claim were kinda shaky.
Microsoft did a really good job of hiring diverse talent, and every store-clerk I ever interacted with was smart, nice, and seemed to genuinely care about fixing your issue. Throughout the day, they held tech demos and video game competitions, and all the kids I saw in the store always seemed to be enjoying themselves. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that a kid visiting the Microsoft store in the mall was inspired to learn more about computers and technology based on their experience.
This sucks.
Within the local entrepreneurship community, they're recognized as being very successful, but most people who live here don't even know who they are.
They've done a nice job, and they deserve this. Congrats team!
I run games using a modified version of "Rolling for Shoes" [0] to much success with friends & family as a way to pass the time on long car rides.
That's as much as I was able to gather from today and Wednesday's livestream.