Their initially released specification depended on some relatively impractical services being provided by the CDN. In following revisions that was improved, but last I checked the major CDNs still didn't support it. I think because it still requires much more from the server side than DASH and struggles to reach comparably low latencies. In the mean time people like us have started to work around it to get DASH support in iOS instead.
We're using DASH and experimenting with LL-HLS to get reliable and affordable (using CDNS) end to end latency of 3 seconds with which you can already interact live with your audience without too much trouble. Latencies down to about 1 second are also feasible already at the cost of some client side buffering. So I would have expected to see more information about DASH than HLS here. It's usable on all platforms except iPhones and Apple TV where we're forced to use HLS at higher Latencies for now and hopefully later also DASH or LL-HLS once that's reliably usable.
See: https://liveryvideo.com
But the law that enabled those people to commit suicide also helps many others. And even if that law didn't exist there wouldn't have suddenly magically been more housing or help available for these two. Helping people who have excellent reasons for no longer wanting to live in no way means that life is worthless and we shouldn't also be helping people live. Obviously, in cases like these, we as a society should try to help give them a better option of life as well.
I struggle with procrastination in general, but yeah, working from home started out great for me for lack of noisy colleagues and diversions, but ended up making me feel lonely and unmotivated and messing up my daily rhythm. So I decided to go back to the office with the other people that feel likewise or have some obligations there and I really like it. Thankfully the office is still pretty quiet, so it's kind of the best of both worlds for me.
Of course ask for professional advice first. But in my personal experience one SSRI helped me through a tough part of puberty a bit, but also made me feel like I wasn't really living anymore; like I was in a bubble with all of the pain but also the real joy splatting up against it and dripping down. In my more recent bout of depression after trying numerous therapies I tried several SSRIs (along with therapy) but ended up worse off. Most side effects went away after a month or so, but years later I'm still not sleeping like I used to before taking them, but I've gotten used to that; it's not that bad. I feel like Americans think of them like some kind of miracle drug/candy which I'm pretty sure it isn't for most. From what I've read so far they haven't been able to scientifically prove effectiveness above placebo level. Still, if you're out of other options and with a therapist you feel good about to guide you then I'd give it a go. One way or another I wish you all the best! Remember we're all just pretending to know what we're doing while we're really just winging it and that's fine
Asymmetric network connections are common and I imagine ISP networks are also not designed to process large amounts of peer to peer data. So besides the other issues, if this would ever become popular I'd guess the networks would struggle and ISPs would probably raise their prices.
These kinds of monopolistic practically unavoidable parts of our lives should have been regulated long ago already. I'm afraid given the existing political climates and tech lobbies that they will still just circle around the problems though.
We need public protocols for music and video and regulation to make all content available to everyone whilst cutting out the middle men. But unfortunately our governments are still just allowing monopolies to carry on leaving consumers with no real alternative.
I wish we'll finally get some regulators to force Apple to allow use of other browsers and installation of standard web apps in iOS. Seems like a pretty clear cut case of abuse of monopoly/platform power. I bet once that happens all of a sudden Safari will make an about face and also get many of the features it's resisting now.
Have you considered basing your work on standard web components? They also don't require any scaffolding or building to be used. Sprinkle some binding sugar on top using Lit and you don't have to invent yet another template language but can just use standard JS template strings.
Netherlands are in lockdown as well; at the tail end of letting delta run wild and with our health care at it's limits due to that we started it as Omicron was just getting started. Shortage of staff, beds and care has been pretty consistently high and getting worse here as well as in Canada apparently. We basically introduced capitalism into our health care system back in the day with insurers etc. subsequently optimizing away all of the (under normal circumstances) superfluous capacity. Strangely we still don't seem to have made any real improvements to our capacity since Corona started and have mostly just experienced loss of staff instead similar to what this article describes.
Given the generally accepted ideal of equality in the rich and educated world it strikes me as crazy that we continue to work hard to keep refugees out of our islands of wealth instead of structurally working on improving the chances of all people on earth. We seem to just turn a blind eye to this huge inequality or even increase and abuse it when it suits us. For example: Why don't we apply our minimum wage laws to the cheap foreign labor we depend on for our cheap products? Why don't we spend a significant part of our riches on improving education across the world? The same goes for universal food and health care. Why do we apparently feel that people who happen to be born somewhere else are inherently less valuable than us? Imagine what we could achieve if we would maximize the chances given to all people. We would all become richer from it together in the long run. But somehow even just thinking about something like this mostly just makes others laugh or at best uncomfortably chuckle at such a silly idealist.
Wow, that's an interesting write up of your experience as well! Yeah, an accident can give you a fresh perspective on life. And brain trauma also on your consciousness. I remember really wanting to improve my life afterwards; really digging into therapy for pre existing psychological issues as well. I have to admit I've kind of lost that flame again which I guess is normal after time. But my perspective has definitely also been widened and I think/hope that will last forever.
City is taking intermediate responsibility and covering costs. They could in turn still claim it from the final responsible party, but I think that's really just them. I'm still working out a final future damage claim for my career etc. Will definitely get something, hopefully enough to help me buy a house.
Thanks. Helps that my brother is the CEO Also we have a lot of long term employees for an IT company, feels almost like a family with them. So yeah, very lucky indeed.
Just over 6 years ago now. I'm still working out my damage claim to the city with my lawyer and was discussing the differences before/after to claim with friends when they gave me their outside perspective*. So that was fine by me. They normally don't mention it; we're just getting on with our lives. Also, to be clear, I'm really not that bad off; I'm used to it and can live a pretty normal life.
*) E.g: Not being as good at board games as before; more forgetful, slower, struggling with words etc. Noticeably also especially in cases where I experience my what I call 'brain fatigue'. A really weird thing to get used to besides the usual physical and sleep types of fatigue. I think it used to be aligned with sleep but now I usually get this before I get that.
I wasn't wearing a helmet; we usually still don't wear those on bicycles in the Netherlands. I do when I'm on a holiday and have thought about wearing it here as well, but still don't to be honest. I guess you could say riding a bike is like going for a walk here if that makes sense to you?
A big metal Christmas street ornament installation fell on my head and shoulder as a rode my bike on the street underneath. Briefly on a ventilator. Thankfully can't remember that or the week after personally and mostly recovered over the following weeks, months and years. Kind of like a logarithmic curve; fast at first and then ever slower. From what I was told, that's generally the case and there isn't really anything you can do except accept it and learn to deal with it and just take care of yourself as always. After being able to speak again etc I remember the frustration of feeling tired but subsequently not even being able to deal with previously relaxing things like watching TV or reading a book or listening to music. Pretty much was just sleeping 16 hours, eating and meditating during that time. Had to learn to speak a bit slower (used to speak too fast anyway) to work around damage in that area of my brain. Still get brain fatigue almost every day which gives a subtle strange kind of headache and makes me struggle with words and clumsy etc. I still get stressed a lot more easily and find it more difficult to concentrate. I think my IQ must have dropped; also according to friends. Regardless I've learned to live with it pretty well with a lot of help from experts; kept my job but working 20 hour weeks now, with colleagues shielding me from stress, helping out and accepting when I have a bad week. Also learned that even while I'm tired and feel stupid; that's not the end of the world either and I can still do and enjoy things. All in all I can do most anything again; just for a shorter time and gotten used to it where it now just feels normal. Feel pretty blessed with all the help I got and that I was able to recover as I did. Could have been a lot worse.
Anyhow, yeah, sorry for my rambling. Be careful with your head and carpe diem and all that!
PS: Keep doing fun and challenging things as far as possible. I happened to dance 3 to 4 days a week before; am back to 1 to 2 days now except for Corona measures getting in the way these last years. Think that can help exercise your brain in many ways. Also working and speaking different languages etc.
I hate it how volume is maxed out in movie theaters way too often these days. I can't remember the last time I was able to watch a movie without putting my fingers in my ears for some parts of it. I've even Sat through whole movies with ear plugs in like I was at a concert (same problem there). I guess they pander to the physical sensation of loud music and/or people with damaged hearing? I'd be happy to find a theater where they lower the volume and even happier to find one where they would reasonably normalize it.
> Sequoia .. announced last year that it would open their first European office in London
Interesting since the UK left the EU. But I guess they like the banking environment there? Still, I expect quite some red tape if they actually want to invest in EU companies from there.
Laws and law enforcement. We should demand our governments to make laws that make unauthorized (by the people themselves through a decentralized system) use of our data illegal. At least the more flagrant/large scale forms of abuse could be prevented that way.
Sounds like she should consider just importing her script.js as a module and then import the rest from there. Probably no need for a build step and bundling at all. Also she might want to just use custom elements instead of Vue as your browser also just supports those out of the box.
Web3? Right; a decentralized web. Cool idea, kind of reminds me of the semantic web. Not getting anywhere anytime soon due to the inertia of the existing web. I'm kind of waiting for the revolution where people demand to own their information, as it makes more sense and could protect against all sorts of abuse, but I'm not holding my breath.