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Super interesting post. Following blog links, the timeline in https://slack.engineering/all-hands-on-deck-91d6986c3ee also offers a look at the play by play.

However, as far as I can read it, they have somewhat different views on the root cause?

"Soon, it became clear we had stale HAProxy configuration files, as a result of linting errors preventing re-rendering of the configuration."

vs.

"The program which synced the host list generated by consul template with the HAProxy server state had a bug. It always attempted to find a slot for new webapp instances before it freed slots taken up by old webapp instances that were no longer running. This program began to fail and exit early because it was unable to find any empty slots, meaning that the running HAProxy instances weren’t getting their state updated. As the day passed and the webapp autoscaling group scaled up and down, the list of backends in the HAProxy state became more and more stale."

Maybe a combination of the two?

The article drops some names and, I guess, expects you to have heard of them. I have heard of Namal, so that is an instant indicator to me what they mean in this case by 'great'.

I'm not sure that I buy the 'this will scale when floodgates are open' follow up though. Although with the recent 'famous person goes live on Facebook and interacts with fans', it might work!

I've only made it to Rule #2 in the book so far. But it is thought provoking. (Not strongly, in a Plato sense. But reflective.)

It mentions studies (or parables? Who cares?) of people taking better care of their dogs post-surgery than they take of themselves. It rings true, and speaks to anyone who thinks or knows they aren't taking good enough care of themselves.

Has certainly been an enjoyable read so far.

You missed the reply, but I hope ebg13 finds this! Great writing.

You can use slick wifi with Gutenberg books!

There is a “send to kindle” function which allows you to either use a desktop application, or set up an email address you can send .mobi files to!

Highly recommended if you get tired of plugging in - thats why I swapped from my old Kobo to a Kindle.

In the US, Comcast generally doesn't get a good rep - but they've done the same: https://corporate.comcast.com/covid-19

Now if we could take a second to talk about all the "From CEO..." emails that are being sent around...

Yes. You can currently find that on the Fox News front page with the headline "Coronavirus kills 2nd man in Washington state, officials say".

Edit: Which, FWIW, is next to the article "Virus cases in this country jump by 50 percent in 1 day amid new US warnings"

Just because the headline article changed? 1 hour after this is posted, the word coronavirus still appears 31 times, 8 times above the fold, and once as the hot topic "coronavirus spreads"... let's cool it.

Very much so. For me, note-taking also forces basic internal thought (I guess what you called process) as well, which is great. As I'm writing down the note, the next line has a relatively high percentage chance of being "wait, no that can't be right because X".

I am now dabbling with reviewing them, although not sure what that will lead to, as they are so unstructured. There are generally a few gems in there to be remembered, but mostly spur of the moment gibberish!

I agree with most this... but have somewhat of a counter point to "you can't copy a page title".

You (often) can copy a page title into a client (Google) and expect it to find the right resource. This is usually done with articles, etc.

Even your comment provides a perfect example - you didn't link to RFC 1736, but the text "Locators are human transcribable" is unique enough that the first Google result is correct.

So you didn't have to provide a URL to lead someone to this page, just 'enough' unique text for it to be findable.

Which is kind of amazing - and maybe not what the original RFC intended.

Both Momondo and Google Flights are decent alternatives for finding good flights, although Hipmunk’s visualization feature is better than both.

Momondo had to monetize a little in the past year, and now includes a little bit of referral spam, but still produces good results, their sort by “best” feature is usually helpful!

I’ve heard of companies matching the RSU 1:1, same value, same schedule. Not a sign on bonus though.

OP didn’t say significantly.

The only reason I would agree with putting RSUs at a higher valuation is due to the vesting schedule - it often isn’t value now, but value in 2 years.

So obviously “cash now” vs “stock now” is equal as you point out, but “this much cash in two years” vs “the value of this much stock now, in two years” would make most people lean towards RSUs in that scenario. (Of course no one would really offer the former straight up, but I suppose thats what bonuses are)

Reading the parent comment (and being somewhat a vim user) - "move the cursor to a certain place and enter some text" - sounds mostly about the first thing you mentioned - "move the cursor".

Stock vim is mouseless, and without arrow-keys, which means relying on /? (searching) or other keys to achieve the function of arriving at text. CTRL-F never quite matches that (after you hit enter, the CTRL-F dialog is still open, and needs to be closed with ESC or by clicking away), and moving to the arrow keys/pgup/pgdown/mouse is slow.

Having said that - there are some plugins that match this behaviour - I particularly like the ones where a key (f in vimium) highlights each word with a character, allowing for one or two keypresses to jump anywhere on the screen.

Genuinely curious - I thought it was strange when it first started - but surely every company must do this? Wouldn't making the investment of a large presence likely involve seeking concessions from each location as part of the scouting process?

What did Amazon do different here? Instead of in back rooms, it was all out in the open.

Curious of there are other examples of this.

Very easy to read. Thanks for the informative summary!

Really appreciate your phrasing - I feel the same way about Anthony Bourdain's material (while on a very different matter) - has convinced me to check out some more Alan Watts.

Great list - "fun toys, games, books, and applications to engage girls and boys ages 3-18"

Although Exapunks is on there, which is still on my wishlist.

Just to plus one - also really enjoyed "The Miracle Morning". Great way to think about structuring your day, and a short read. Earlier may or may not help, but should be read at a time when you are striving to improve yourself, but maybe not finding the success you wish.

Thanks for the insight! The city center sure is a weird place, I don't think those mega-bars will ever make sense to me. I'd take Houhai in Beijing anyday.

Makes sense that Taobao/Alibaba have been able to fill the gap and get product shipped quickly.

Do you have contact info? Would love to hear about the design + CM scene there. Mine's in profile.

Dongguan definitely feels like it has taken off, can only assume the next Huaqiangbei is there now.

Looks like the author fixed the C translation following your comments:

  y =  rndval & 0x000FF;  /* Y = low 8 bits */
  x = (rndval & 0x1FF00) >> 8;  /* X = High 9 bits */

However, given that the assembly is verbatim from id-software's git, I guess those extra instructions are part of history now.

Not the same as parent, but a good comparison of the Golden Rule from "Plato and Platypus Walk Into A Bar" (any mistakes are likely mine):

The Golden Rule

```

Hinduism - 13th Century BC

Do not as to others what ye do not wish done to yourself...This is the whole Dharma. Heed it well.

- The Mahabharata

Judiasm - 13th Century BC

What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor; that is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary; go learn it.

- The Babylonian Talmud

Zoroastrianism - 12th Century BC

Human nature is good only when it does not do unto another whatever is not good for its own self.

- The Dadistan-i-Dinik

Buddhism - 6th Century BC

Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.

- The Tibetan Bhammapada

Confucianism - 6th Century BC

Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.

- Confucious, Analects

```

Finder and Windows Explorer integration is great. This may be a bit intrusive, and it is a beta option, and it can be disabled.

On Windows, immediately adding Dropbox to 'Favourites', and the icon integration to show sync status is an awesome feature. It is invasive for Dropbox to hijack your icons and overlay a checkbox? Yup. But incredibly helpful in my opinion.

Maybe it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the close integration with file browsers on multiple OSes is (was?) definitely one of the differentiating aspects of Dropbox, polarizing or not.

"Apple is reportedly planning on shipping EarPods that connect through the Lighting port with the next iPhone"

Good proofreading Verge. Also blanket statements like "no one is clamoring for a thinner iPhone".

I look forward to iPhone removing the headphone jack, making a thinner, lighter phone, and also propelling forward the market demand for bluetooth headphones. I love my Jaybirds, but there needs to be more players in the market.

I mean, it would also be great if it also shipped with a lightning -> 3.5mm adapter, but there is almost no chance of that happening. You can buy one for 40$.

As the author states in the article, there is a limitation of "you start on Monday". This rules out the billionaire philanthropist, POTUS, and batman.

What is your dream job given your skills, your resources and ability, that you could operate at within a week.

That article on Turkmenistan was awesome. Lebedev does a great job of highlighting the countries!

I don't think that really answers the question. There will evidently be questions that require the owner's actual interaction. (Eg. Q: which light switch controls the outdoor lights; how much water do I give your plant?). The only thing I can think of is getting some information beforehand from the owner (which at that point may as well be given to the renter).

This solution is great for general area questions, but guests will likely still have specific questions about the actual building they are in (how do I turn on the hot water, etc). How will you deal with that?

Edit: Koby's response just popped up as I was composing this; I like the idea of learning from previous responses!

I am seeing the same as you (ctrl+f'd for 'search').

"Google Maps" in App Store showing nothing for both iPhone and iPad. (Canada?) Had to go though this link. I understand it is new but that seems a bit underhanded...

No webcast for Horowitz? Why?