Yeah I think it mainly comes down to who the code is serving. When people's lives are on the line, it is extremely valuable to make bullet-proof code. However, when you have to get a product out to users to start fueling growth for VCs.. well then let's get that code out the door ASAP. Extending the process in the latter case in exchange for more robust code doesn't always make sense.
Ok, well if you are in a city you are most likely already surrounded by concrete and steel. The idea of these structures is to displace some of that concrete with a green area. What's a better solution for you?
This is really sad. Part of me wonders why, in such a remote area, she decided to go far enough off the trail to get lost just to use the bathroom.
It's scary how disorienting the woods can be.
I was hiking in the woods in my backyard and after a few twists and turns to get around thorny areas, discovered about 20 minutes later I was hiking in the opposite direction I thought I was. It was completely dumbfounding.
> Korean animators can draw 240 pages for a single 20-second scene, and around 7,000 drawings per half-hour episode.
I'm embarrassed to say that I thought animation was somehow more automated now. I had no clue each micro-movement was still hand-drawn, and that frankly blows my mind, and gives me even more respect for animators.
Perhaps one of the more interesting things in this article was the depiction of Haumea [0]. I had no clue planets could have an elliptical shape. Pretty cool. Apparently it hasn't been directly observed, but it's shape has been calculated from its "light curve".
Oh yeah you're right. I definitely hear about lifestyle business all of the time, but I was always under the impression that they were trying to sell you a lifestyle instead of a product/service. I didn't know they were actually trying to create the lifestyle for themselves.
Right now it seems like there are two reasons for creating a company. One is for making a profitable business that creates wealth for the people invested. Two is for creating a product or service that customers need or want. These two revolve around servicing those invested, or the consumers of the product/service, or both.
It's surprising to me that no one starts a company solely for creating an amazing place to work. A great workplace and work would be the product/service, and the employees the consumers of the product/service. Sure, you would have to have paying customers to fuel it, but that could always be secondary in some sense. Right now it seems like the workplace is secondary, so why not swap it? I'm sure there are a nice subset of people who would take less (even half) of their current salary just to work in a place that revolves around them and their experience working.. which is the majority of most of our days.
Viable? Probably not, but it's interesting to think about and trying to imagine what that place would look like for you personally.
I just moved here a couple months ago and am currently searching for apartments. There is no doubt that most people complaining of the prices are competing for housing in the most desirable areas. However, if an area isn't desirable to live in, it quickly slides into very undesirable, for example, the Tenderloin. Is it livable? Yes, but for people who aren't used to living around a bunch of drugs and homeless people, it can look pretty daunting.
>However, they tend to struggle a bit if you place them outside their comfort zone.
I mean.. yeah, I think you could say that for most people. I would also think that when hiring a bootcamp graduate you would already have some inherent bias, almost like you are waiting to find their weaknesses. Basically, it's easy to place the blame for their struggle on their bootcamp degree, when it could really just be that it would be hard for anyone. Just a thought
You're kind of missing the essential part of alternatives here, and that argument also is a slippery slope. With the same logic, it might make sense to spend thousands of dollars on something you use for your job the majority of your day. Besides that though, yes, I agree it would make sense to spend $70 on a text editor that you use every day for many hours a day, but only if it is the single best option on the market. If someone believes that Atom is equally good, then no, it is not worth it to spend $70 on sublime text.
That's fair, but I'm willing to bet that anyone who has a chance of receiving an award is well-prepared to give a speech. Executing the speech is difficult whether you are ready or not, and Carmack not only spoke well/fluently, but had a great message that was meaningful because it came from him and also, because it can resonate with anyone really.
I mean multiple chip misplacements? What are the chances? Especially after losing one, you would probably be more careful. However, it's this occurrence that really looks shady in conjunction with the others:
>"Cyclists do not wear timing chips in the Test of Metal; they affix numbers to the front of their bikes. Miller’s somehow became detached from her bike in the 2015 race, the only such incident among more than 800 competitors"
To be fair, he/she is not really over-analyzing. You just made a pretty blatant logical fallacy to argue your point. Comparing a GM to a rover designed for space is apples to oranges.
While I agree fixed costs shouldn't be ignored, isn't it true that they are called fixed costs for a reason? As in, as Tesla scales up production and is selling way more cars, their fixed cost per unit sold will go down with economies of scale. I think gross margin is much more meaningful here, but definitely correct me if I'm wrong.
Elon Musk has been working to build not only the best electric vehicle, but the best vehicle in the world. The Tesla Model S was that vehicle in many ways, though it came at a high price point. Musk's first goal was to build this luxury Model S in order to build up a reputation, research EV technology, perfect the production line, acquire funding and gain a loyal following. However, this was just a preliminary step necessary to achieve his primary goal of bringing a mass-market electric vehicle into the world. This is where the Model 3 comes into play. It is an affordable, EV car built by Tesla for the general public. Elon and many people hope that bringing a mass-market, performance EV to the world will enact a shift away from combustion engine cars and therefore help dampen the damage humans are causing to the environment.
Sure, you can boil anything down to a contrived sentence that misses the point, but I never once mentioned it being painful. It's much more about building habits, and it's up to you to decide if habits are meant to be painful or not. Choosing healthy ingredients, researching recipes, cooking while I listen to a podcast, and then enjoying a nice meal with good company isn't what I consider painful.
For me, eating healthy and exercising routinely requires a lifestyle change. It almost seems contradicting, but if I am going to consistently eat healthy, it needs to consume a larger portion of my life. By sacrificing the money and time to choose and buy vegetables/fruits, prepare, and consume them , I am more likely to continue this process because I don't want to waste that sacrifice.
So for me, products like Juicero that reduce the healthy part of eating to a sacrifice-less convenience would make it a novelty item that wouldn't force me to change my lifestyle and therefor fail to create consistency and tenacity in my healthy eating habits.
From my buying perspective, this product would be just grouped in with the other 'magic' pills and 'get-rich-quick' solutions to becoming healthier.
I'm not surprised some Starbucks drinks have a ton of sugar, but the 3 cans of Coke worth definitely puts it into perspective.
I grew up drinking my coffee with sugar and cream, but eventually stopped using sugar, and then ultimately drinking it black. If you can wean off adding compliments to your coffee, you will most likely acquire a taste for the bitterness of coffee.
Once you begin loving the true taste of coffee, it becomes a much more fun experience to try different types of coffee, it's much healthier, and taste much better to me (now).
I don't know enough about server infrastructure to comment on whether or not Github was adequately prepared or reacted appropriately to fix the problem.
But wow it is refreshing to hear a company take full responsibility and own up to a mistake/failure and apologize for it.
Like people, all companies will make mistakes and have momentary problems. It's normal. So own up to it and learn how to avoid the mistake in the future.
I've been growing tired of the many articles about "Never Procrastinate Again!", "Top 8 ways to be productive" and "Do These 10 Morning Boosters every day". But I gained some new insights in this article, and I appreciate the context it was laced with. Thanks for sharing.
Indeed, there should be a dichotomy between real life and the web when using this strategy, but again, I think this strategy is more about increasing your own happiness then it is to diminish theirs.
Isn't that too cut and dry? I think what research like this is trying to determine is at what point additional money does not equate to an equal increase in happiness. If you're homeless, then yes, money becomes a huge factor in your life, because it becomes about survival. But what about the middle-class, the people who have the choice to either worry about gaining extra money for material purposes, or choose to be satisfied with a less audacious lifestyle but live more in the moment.
I completely agree with this. Every time I get a snap from someone who I'm not super close with, I can't help but feel happy that they specifically selected me. In return, I tend to send snaps to my fringe friends more often to let them know I'm thinking of them as well.
I'm almost with you on this one. I would equate it more to the concept of religion, then the concept of God. There are a number of ways to easily prove the Earth is not flat, but no real distinct way to prove a god does not exist.
The main difference is that the Flat-Earthers are a very small group, whereas those who believe in God is extremely large. The small group is seen as ridiculous, but since the larger group is popular belief, is not seen as absurd.
It is actually more absurd to me that a huge number of people still follow religions, than the fact that a super subset of people believe the Earth is flat.