Random question: Did you just hand-cut the svg code for the graph on the left side of the page? I took a quick look through the source code and didn't see any evidence of a specific tool.

The reason I ask is that that kind of behavior, where you click on the node and it highlights the paths to that node but grays out everything else, is super useful for complicated architecture diagrams where you want to put a ton of stuff in one diagram, but still be able to see where edges go when you have a big spider web of connections. I've been looking for diagramming software that would create these clickable kinds of diagrams for my company, but haven't found anything that exactly fits the bill (Most tools I've found generate static diagrams, and some mind mapping software I've seen doesn't totally fit the bill, either).

For web things, I would recommend the combination of dagre (https://github.com/cpettitt/dagre), which will calculate node and edge positions, and d3.js (https://d3js.org/), which you can use to layout your nodes as an SVG.

I did some work on something a little bit similar for an EU research project, which you are welcome to take a look at. It's probably not directly applicable, but it may give you some thoughts about what does and doesn't work as a UI: https://github.com/cse-bristol/process-model/ https://tools.smartsteep.eu/process-model/?name=actionplanni...

He used D3.js. It produces standard HTML SVG elements which is why it looks handcrafted, but you can see the d3.min.js link at the bottom of the body. D3 is very powerful and can probably be used to do what you want but has a very steep learning curve imo.

No, I understood the article to state that washed eggs shouldn't be stored unrefrigerated at all (except to bring up to room temp just before cooking). The "1 week for unrefrigerated eggs" referred to eggs that still had their cuticle.

You're trading a certainty for an uncertainty. That's pretty much the textbook definition of financial risk.

I'm sure this is a stupid question, but would it be possible to build essentially a large "siphon", so that the discharge of the water didn't result in erosion directly below the spillway?

Seems like it would be pissing in the ocean (or I guess that analogy in reverse?), but when I saw the newsreels of the helicopters dropping bags of rocks into the spillway hole, that also seemed like it would take a couple thousand of those drops to make a difference.

They're letting 100,000 Cubic feet per second flow over the spillway. Niagra falls has an average flow rate of 85,000 feet per second.

I don't think you're going to be able to make a siphon quickly that is large and robust enough to handle a significant fraction of that.

Just wanted to say thanks for this writeup. This is really excellent, to the point I was passing around your blog post in lieu of the GCP announcement.

I've seen some secure financial sites that already do that.

It's that what it actually is? Not familiar with the field, so is "neuromorphic chip design" really "we wired a bunch of GPUs together?"

Don't mean to minimize the work involved, just trying to decipher the marketing speak.

They are a chip architecture that communicates similarly to how neurons do - i.e. spiking behaviours. Makes it easy to approximate some neural systems (such as a neuromorphic retina).

neuromorphic chips try to mimic human brain's neuronal structure for computing, entirely new paradigm. checkout IBM truNorth architecture.

I think the point is that even GPUs are suboptimal for neural network computation and we need something more specialized.

Agreed, but running a large production company was not originally Netflix's core competency either.

It does seem like Netflix's playbook would be more difficult to copy for music, but still an interesting prospect to consider.

Netflix doesn't run a production company though, and they should if they want to remain competitive and have complete ownership over their products.

All they do is buy shows/movies from other studios. It would be similar to when Kanye West having the Life of Pablo exclusively on Tidal for a period of time. Exclusivity is important and Spotify does have albums and live performances that are not sold anywhere currently. Maybe they should do a better job of showcasing this.

Platform exclusivity is a dark pattern. Content is what's important, the platform is largely irrelevant to users.

I'm perfectly happy paying for media. But if something isn't readily available, I'll probably end up pirating it or never listen to it.

Could you explain how platform exclusivity is a dark pattern?

When I think of dark patterns I think of misleading ways to get a customers information where not applicable. I don't see how it's a dark pattern if I can't watch Game of Thrones on Showtime or Orange is the New Black on Hulu.

Why is retaining rights over content creation a bad thing? Is it a dark pattern to have companies pay for licenses or copyright fees?

I think the point is that Spotify would need to have a promotion competency in addition to a production one. "Interesting music" is far more subjective than "interesting movies".

"What else is new here" is you can't have any downtime, and you have to have a strategy for having your code work against the data in all of those transitional states during that process.

A lot of migrations would be pretty trivial if you could have even a couple hours of downtime, but in an expectation of 24/7 availability that is no longer acceptable in most situations.

Places like Kenya have been leading the world in mobile payments.

Which you can use for this service as well.

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