Key takeaway: WordPress can be at least as fast as a static site generator (but still retain the value-added features of a CMS), so long as you're willing to put the work in.
Our state of denial of the role of cars
The normalisation of crashes must stop Pt.2
"These policies have promoted car-based infrastructure and urban sprawl. Public transport and active transport such as walking and cycling have been neglected.
Children are the victims of our obsession with allowing heavy, fast-moving vehicles in our everyday spaces, including around schools.
The freedom of car drivers comes at the expense of the freedom of all others. At the same time, the environment and society bear most of the costs of this car culture.
It’s essentially a form of victim blaming. Instead of reducing the source of violence, we tell everybody to be more careful around it.
We need to recognise that the car threatens children’s safety and their right to independently roam public spaces. This directly threatens their long-term health and wellbeing.
Car drivers’ rights are not more important than children’s rights to be safe on our streets. The interests of those who oppose measures such as reduced car parking or lower speed limits should not be more important than our children’s wellbeing. No benefit of a pro-car policy can be greater than the benefit of children’s active presence in public spaces, where they have a right to be imperfect and distracted."
Pt. 1 https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/111338456771726719
I know you're not in favour of adblocking, but it's amazing how much faster the major sites - in fact, virtually all corporate-backed sites - are when you have a good one in use.
What #browser do you use? #Chrome used to be known for #speed, but isn't any more. #Firefox blows it out of the water for most things, and with an #adblocker it absolutely flies.
#FormulaStudent East: StarkStrom at full #speed
The team could #prove what it is capable of and was rewarded: first or second places in 7 out of 8 disciplines and overall #winner in the #Driverless category! 🏎️
@nixCraft according to the site that is quoted by that site the fastest internet speeds are found in (British territory of) Jersey 264.5, Lichtenstein 246.8, Macau 231.4, Iceland 229.4 and Gibraltar 206.7.
I'm going to have a bit of a #tech#rant (less charitable people might say #whine) here. If you just want jokes and cute bunny pictures, feel free to skip this one.
Object of my #ire this week? #Furnaces. I'm not even going to rant about their main control boards; most of that's been said better than I could say it, by others with more knowledge than I.
So the electronic module bolted to the back of this 3-phase motor contains what's called a "Variable Frequency Drive", or #VFD. That is a complicated setup with a bunch of very high-powered #transistors to turn 1-phase power into 3-phases for controlling and running the motor, along with a #CPU/#MPU to manage it, send different #waveforms to each of the 3 motor terminals to control its #speed, etc.
It also has to "talk" to the furnace control board. And there's another #puzzle.
How does it #sense the #speed the motor is turning at? The motor only has 3 terminals, and those go to the points between the three motor #windings. There isn't another #signal coming out of the motor to tell the #controller how fast it's actually turning.
Except...
Apparently, while driving those three motor windings, it is #simultaneously sensing the back-#EMF that the windings (which are essentially #electromagnetic#coils) produce from those same terminals.
My old iPhone 11 Pro is still capable of getting over 200mbps speed over 4G/LTE.
I’m seeing reports of average 5G speeds of 200mbps on latest tech and people seem to be finding that impressive. Am I missing something here? #speed#cellular#5G
I made a blocklist of #ad servers and #tracking hosts, for copy-paste into your hosts file. This to improve your #privacy and increase your web browsing #speed. Do not apply this list if you are an SEO consultant: your tools will stop working.
Enjoy a faster Vivaldi after a massive #code refactoring 🎉
Our new version on #desktop is now faster, especially when you open a new window⚡️
By rendering browser windows through React portals, we’ve reduced #memory usage, and significantly improved overall #performance.
Whether you use #Shortcuts, Menus, or Quick Commands, the portal-aware functionality ensures a noticeable increase in #speed when opening a new window 🏃