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I can count on one hand the number of my clients over the past couple of years who haven't either over-architected for scale or were unnecessarily concerned about it (prior to coming to me for strategic advice, of course 😉).
You don't need to understand Distributional Little's Law to figure this out, it's obvious with primary school level math.
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The New Internet
We don’t talk a lot in public about the big vision for Tailscale, why we’re really here. Usually I prefer to focus on what exists right now, and what we’re going to do in the next few months.tailscale.com
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1988 - NETHERLANDS
European Nations' Cup champions
Back row: Marco van Basten, Ronald Koeman, Frank Rijkaard, Erwin Koeman, Ruud Gullit, Hans van Breukelen.
Front row: Adrie van Tiggelen, Arnold Muhren, Berry van Aerle, Jan Wouters, Gerald Vanenburg.
The road to the trophy:
12-6-1988 Netherlands 0-1 Soviet Union
15-6-1988 Netherlands 3-1 England
18-6-1988 Netherlands 1-0 Ireland
21-6-1988 Netherlands 2-1 West Germany
25-6-1988 Netherlands 2-0 Soviet Union
Vielleicht einfach günstigere Autos mit weniger Schnickschnack bauen? 🤷🏾♂️
Having run several high-profile community initiatives in the blind community over the last 25 years, much of what he wrote in his final blog post resonated with me strongly. You can never completely switch off. It may be Christmas day, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be a technical issue that requires immediate attention, or someone decides to do a bit of attention seeking by throwing a verbal grenade into some public forum. You can never switch off and you never know when your family life is going to get utterly disrupted.
The sense of duty and obligation is real, which I’m sure made this decision all the more difficult.
Legacy is an important consideration. Right now, AppleVis is a strong brand. It can be tempting to just hand it over, but then you have the potential heartbreak of watching from the sidelines as the brand you started gets eroded.
Perhaps someone will come forward in whom he trusts, maybe even with some money to buy the site as a going concern and give him some financial recompense for all his time. But in the end, it’s his site. He thought of it. He started it. He built it. He did the lion’s share of maintaining it. He can shut it down if he wants to. When he started the site, he didn’t sign a contract in blood in front of the altar of the blind community saying he was committed to keeping it going forever regardless of the financial or personal cost.
If he doesn’t want to hand it over, something new will fill the void. The trick though will be avoiding fragmentation. In some respects, a bunch of competing sites may be healthy, but there is no advantage in, say, multiple directories of accessible apps.
One way or another, the community will continue to be served. Sometimes you just have to realise that you’ve done your time and it’s time to step back. No matter what happens, it doesn’t detract from the extraordinary and considerable contribution AppleVis in general, and David in particular, have made.
I’d like to hope we can put another human being’s mental well-being uppermost in our considerations.
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No, a poslední výlet zde.
Horní Hrad. Hauenstein. Klobouk dolů. Spousta práce.
V erbu heslo: omnia vincit amor.....
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Švédské datové centrum vypadá jako z bondovky. Bunkr odolá i jadernému útoku
Datové centrum Bahnhof ve Stockholmu je jedním z nejstřeženějších míst světa.Jana Václavíková (Aktuálně.cz)
Another example of Communuty Notes on X being useless:
"This is an AI generated video of Vice President Kamala Harris using audio of clips that were never actually stated by the VP,” read one suggested Community Note. “Videos like this are dangerous to those who can not decipher AI generated content from reality.”
X is now basically Gab. Another reason to organize here.
I thought that was something you did when you turned 18 and didn't have a care in the world?
I'm 41 now and I hate driving after midnight. Too many idiots on the road making it unsafe.
The Good and Bad of Accessibility in Two Minutes with the Olympics
Tuning into a bit of the Olympics this morning, within two minutes the reality of accessibility in 2024 is on display. Audio description for a channel showing multiple sports is impressive but the …The Idea Place
🇺🇦 🇨🇳 We received a clear signal that China is working to end Russia's war against Ukraine, - Kuleba.
After a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Guangzhou, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said: he received clear signals that China is not looking for "temporary solutions" but is working on a sustainable and strategic end to Russia's war against Ukraine.
In particular, the head of the Foreign Ministry noted that China's support for Ukraine's territorial integrity was the first and most important point in the negotiations. According to him, Wang Yi "very clearly and repeatedly" stated that China's position in support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine is unshakable.
top image: very happy baby on a wooden rocker. the rocker is shaped like a U.S.S. Enterprise starship from Star Trek, leaning forwards.
Bottom image: scene of the Enterprise bridge during turbulence, tilted at a sharp angle. Everybody is stumbling and falling.
The baby is rocking the ship lol.
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The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis
Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.www.applevis.com
A Christian family member just posted an apology to God that the opening Olympics ceremony used an image of da Vinci's Last Supper. I've never once seen her apologize for most American Christians supporting a lying, unethical, dangerous, narcissistic, adulterer who violates every tenet of her faith.
I do not understand faith that is obsessed with the meaningless and not the vital. Stop obsessing over symbols and start raising your voice about what matters in our spiritual and physical world.
WordPress Page Builder Accessibility Comparison - Equalize Digital
Detailed comparison of WordPress page builder accessibility. Find out which page builder is the best (or worst) for WCAG compliance in 2024.Amber Hinds (Equalize Digital)
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Really sad to hear about AppleVis. It was one of the first resources I came across when I was just getting into using iOS over 10 years ago now. I understand David has been going through a lot of tough times recently, especially with his health and personal life. With that being said, I am honestly a little shocked that more effort wasn't put into finding someone suitable to take over.
The website is relatively simple, I can't imagine it would be much of a challenge to find another webmaster in this community willing to take it on. I really hope this can happen, luckily we have about a month before the site goes off-line for good, so I'm sure within that time a solution can be found, but to simply close such a valuable resource like this that has been indispensable to many in this community without any kind of solution in place seems like a step too far.
Again, I wish David and the rest of the team all the best, and hopefully together we can build a comparable alternative. Thanks for everything.
Realization as a lifelong sports nerd and sports trivia nerd: I have no idea who or what a “Roland Garros” is.
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