this was the case in portugal too, although i don't know if it still is since gov apps have been pushed to the apple and google stores. edit: it should still work according to this https://www.autenticacao.gov.pt/cartao-cidadao/autenticacao
Gov app uses the "Chave Móvel Digital", which can be used in the browser, as well as in a variety of mobile apps. This CMD can also be used to digitally sign documents.
I believe it's still possible to use the physical card with a reader for many things.
I think some services still don't work with the CMD. Recently, I had to ask for changes to my car's document, and it seems it's only possible with the card itself. (https://www.automovelonline.mj.pt/AutoOnlineProd/)
honestly, i don't see bauhaus here. at least not at first glance. on the one hand, i'd say it's trying to go in the opposite direction, with this "expressive design" idea, whatever that means. it immediately makes me think of maximalism (which is the opposite of bauhaus). on the other hand, you can argue that there's more of an "artistic" take to this type of ui design.
enjoyed seeing bill gates mentioned here (in this context). i had no idea msods was essentially bought until very recently (mentioned in a book i've been listening to - "fancy bear goes fishing" for those interested - which shines some light on security practices, or lack thereof, by microsoft)
You're not alone. I am in the devops space, and about half way through I was thinking "ok, I get you're excited about this thing, but what is it?"
It looks like it is in the same space as terraform, but uses a gui instead of defining your infrastructure as code, but allows you to "simulate" and review changes before actually applying them.
I read through the blog post and entry page twice each - yeah still confused. The pitch reads like an engineer celebrating their implementation.
What I took away is: it’s a collaborative IDE for infrastructure? with some nifty simulators to catch issues earlier, and “somehow” changes are managed outside the popular git+pipelines workflows?
There are elements of this that I like (faster validations that CDK deployments ). Those aspects are bundled with confusing, either unnecessary or poorly communicated, other elements. “Replacement for IaC” - is there a new paradigm? Or is IaC just now a graph in this local application? Because you tout being able to program new service models, so the code isn’t gone…
Not to me. It says "System Initiative is an Intuitive, Powerful, and Collaborative replacement for Infrastructure as Code" but I still don't understand what it does or why I would want to use it.
They get to it if you scroll! I came to the comments with the exact same concern, but they eventually spell out the value-add in (IMO) very clear terms:
First, we turned everything into data - a rich system of digital twins that enable safe, easy simluation of changes, and map 1:1 to the upstream resource.
Second, we made it all programmable and reactive by modeling it on top of a hypergraph of functions. When one property on a model changes, anything dependent on that property automatically re-calculates.
Third, we built a multiplayer user interface that makes working with the model fast, safe, and fun.
Seems cool, though I'm far from needing it. AFAIU: it's an attempt to build a reactive infrastructure system from the ground up using a cute Functional Programming paradigm, not just building off of code-like YAML files like we do today.
Personally the GUI gives me flashbacks to the dark days where "programming" in my mind was "using Eclipse", but that's a biased take! I can see why WYSIWYG-style functionality was considered too fundamental to make optional.
The trick is that we’re not replacing programming with the UI - we’re just making it easier to compose things together. Plenty of code in SI - just not the way you write IaC today.
as someone who's been meaning to get some reading done on quantum mechanics, what materials have you been going through? every time i've seen recommendations on this topic, they always required somewhat advanced knowledge of physics and math.
Lentils, chickpeas and beans are the best sources of proteins among non-processed vegetables, but they still contain too much starch and it is impossible to use them exclusively to provide enough proteins within a diet of not more than 2000 kcal/day, suitable for a sedentary life style.
They are necessary for a vegan diet, but they are not sufficient. They must be combined with some other source of proteins, which must contain much methionine and which must have a better ratio between protein content and calories.
The commercial protein extracts from them are much more expensive than meat, so they are a non-solution.
> but they still contain too much starch and it is impossible to use them exclusively to provide enough proteins within a diet of not more than 2000 kcal/day, suitable for a sedentary life style.
Lentils have 26g of protein and 353 calories per 100g, and eggs have 13g of protein and 143 calories per 100g, so the ratio is 13.5 for lentils and 11 for eggs.
Whole eggs, like also most kinds of dairy, have similar amounts of fat and proteins, so indeed they are not much better as sources of proteins than nuts or seeds.
On the other hand, lean meat is almost pure protein, so its ratio of protein vs. energy is 3 to 4 times better than for vegetable sources.
Even with whole eggs, you can get much less calories than with lentils, if they are used to supplement cereal proteins, because they have a significantly better lysine to calories ratio, so when the amount of required lysine is specified you can eat less of them than in the case when their amount would be computed to provide a specified amount of protein.
An adequate daily protein intake from food cooked from vegetables that have not been processed using special methods for protein separation would provide over 3000 kcal/day.
Using so much energy requires many hours of intense physical activity. When your job requires spending 8 hours or more per day sitting in front of a computer, then it is absolutely impossible to also do enough physical work to consume over 3000 kcal.
Therefore your suggestion is also a non-solution for many people.
It is true however that for most of our ancestors the problem of gaining weight when eating a strictly vegan diet would not have existed. This is indeed just a modern problem, of the sedentary people.
For instance, bread is normally considered to be an incomplete source of proteins, but that is just because one cannot eat enough. Eating bread made from 1 kilogram of flour per day provides enough of all essential amino-acids. It also provides about 3500 kcal/day. Someone doing hard physical work, like it was much more common in the past, could eat only bread without needing any other source of proteins.
You can use a lot of words, but it doesn't change the underlying fact that you're too lazy to make your dietary principles really work. Burning 3000 calories a day while working in software is absolutely possible. I did it today.
i wouldn't be surprised if they can get their hands on "2nd hand" a321s from companies that might find they don't need it or they want to shift to another model
i've been moving around in the past couple of years, and working at the same time. whilst my current setup isn't the best i could have (more on this later), i try to have the basics that allow me for a better posture, starting with avoiding using the laptop on the couch or bed.
i put my laptop on top of a box - some people use books for this - so the top of the screen is more or less at eye level, and i distance it somewhat (an arm's length) from my eyes/face. i use a trackball (logitech m575) and, because i don't use the laptop's keyboard, i have a bluetooth keyboard (logitech mx mini). try to get a decent chair - one that you feel comfortable in for fairly long periods of time and allows you to sit fairly up straight, comfortably. i favour using a desk or table that's not either too low or too tall, allowing me to rest my arms on it gently and with enough depth that i can rest the arms from my elbows.
i have a ergodox that is, unfortunately, packed a way at the moment. i regret not bring it with me as it'd improve my "ergonomics" immensely.
if you can't get a decent table/desk consider getting something that sits on top of your low kitchen one to get it to a decent height.
