Native AOT is seeing a lot of use within Microsoft products too. Some bits of the .NET SDK use it, and C# Dev Kit (the C# extension for VS Code) uses it extensively in version 11. It brings a lot of performance to .NET.
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> lipstick on a pig's turd
There are several valuable compiler transformations that happen under the hood in languages like this. Closures as types, iterator/generator functions, async state machines. This is just another example.
I once used an inexpensive electrical TDS meter (total dissolved solids) to track the amount of non-organic solids in water both before and after filtering over time. My goal was to determine the rate at which to replace the filter, and it turned out the manufacturer's recommendation was perfect. However I did notice that the unfiltered water's measurement fluctuated a lot over time. Could that pose a challenge in your scenario?
Thanks for a great read, btw.
The eyes on the other hand have very little response to this. Some will say they can spot a 15ms vs 30ms visual delay easily, but this is an open debate rather than an obvious fact. A 15ms delay in audio is noticeable to almost anyone.
Different senses, different sensitivities. Comparing them isn't very instructive.
Mite reproduction is hard to inhibit for both the bees and beekeepers. Female mites sneak into brood cells (cells used for bee reproduction) before the cells are capped and hide under the developing bee young. Once the cell is capped, the bees outside are unaware of what's happening within the cell. The mites lay their eggs within the capped cell, the eggs hatch, mate and emerge along with a diminished bee. This means Varroa treatments (such as oxalic acid vapour) only work if there are no capped brood, which only occurs at certain times during the year.
On the topic of vision it's worth pointing out that bees spend the majority of their time within the hive where it's completely dark. They only go out to forage late in their short lives. Their lifespans increase for winter, and they stay within the hive until spring. All that to say, they can't rely on vision for most of their activities. Their various dances (of which the waggle dance is probably the best known) are actually felt rather than seen. For this reason, I believe they could not rely on vision for mite hygene.
Note that Varroa is only one of the troubles that bees face! There are also hive beetles, wax moths, European foul brood, American foul brood and more, depending upon geography. Asian hornets are another serious problem in some regions.
Despite all this I would encourage anyone to look into beekeeping and see whether they find it interesting. I feel like I've discovered a fascinating and lovely niche with a great community around it, and I wish I'd gotten into it earlier.
My challenge is flexibility. I did yoga for three years, twice a week, and while the whole of my body became much more flexible (amongst other benefits) my ankles did not yield very much at all. If I try to squat on a level surface, I have to force my arms forward to maintain balance, and it's not comfortable at all.
In Iran several toilets had slightly angled surfaces for the feet. With the toes pointing downwards just a few degrees from level, it was very comfortable.
My wife is from South Korea, a country where squatting in the home is still practiced regularly, especially by the older generations. It always struck me as a very relaxing way of passing the time, though I couldn't quite do it.
Perhaps there is a physiological aspect to this too. Japanese and Korean people appear to have different skeletal proportions to Europeans. I'm curious if this changes anything, or whether it's just a matter of culture/practice.