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The number 2 comes from the current world wide trend. In developed countries the fertility rate tumbles down but stops at around 2. So it is believed this is the average bottom.
Maybe you like this talk from Hans Rosling: https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies
On average most woman want two children. But when a lot of them die they will get more (average of 6 around 1800).
The combination of enough food, education and good health care are why less babies are born.
So if you live in a country with good education but lack of food most women will still have more babies than two.
And I think software companies should give a team the opportunity to invest time to know more about the subject.
For example when you write WMS software you should go to a warehouse and see what is going on, talk to the people who work there and understand why things are the way they are.
Because there is a huge difference between knowing that 1+1=2 and knowing why 1+1=2.
And from Aaron Swartz (2006): http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews
But the real question is: does it simulate what we know or what works best?
Ofcourse I think it simulates what we know which might not be the best for people.
When you read the works of Christopher Alexander you will get the feeling that we need to redesign our areas. And this is not what a sim simulates..
There are no filters and no way to order results.
Top downloads sometimes have worse scores than indy apps that only have a hundred downloads but work much better.
And I can understand this. Most programmers aren't designers.
But if you know why it looks outdated and messy it can help to create better looking products.
The reasons are: lack of alignment and padding / font sizes all over the place.
To make your product look good there are simple tricks you can use:
* Only use one size of padding (and multiplications of it).
* Align your items horizontal and vertical.
* Try to use one font family and maybe only 3 font sizes.
But it is very possible to make websites look very good and inline with what was designed.
But good luck making an input, button and select the same height. It's just not going to be pixel perfect.
What is pixel perfect in your browser isn't in others.
But what designers should now is it doesn't matter as long as it looks good for everyone.
I think Facebook (company) is lucky with Instagram because that's where the people are going right now.
Some weeks ago I was sitting at an office where everything was static (I think they did not ground the power outlets in the desks properly).
Every time I sat down I got a big hit. But one time my laptop crashed and shut down.
So back to the story: it might as well has to do with the shoes employee 2 is wearing and the way he/she walks.
Edit: from the poster on Reddit: "She wears a wool cover to stay warm."
For example an integer. In most languages and tools this is a primitive.
But most of the time we need a specific type of integer, for example a positive natural number. You can use a unsigned integer for this but that will include a zero wich we don't want.
So maybe you can use a type/domain object for this in your code, but what about the database field or communication methods?
It all can be done but with a lot of hussle.
I think it would help if we had more primitives that would work in the complete stack.
But then the question is: should ISO 639-2 also be a primitive?
Edit: some report even over 70% that block GA.
They are sold very cheap like 'outlaws' or expensive as 'real bio'.
What I understand is that we have 3 visual classes. Some in the third class can be sold by law but as seller you have to check every peace. So it is more easy to skip that class. And just to be save most supermarkets just skipped the second class also.
I would even like it on my mobile. I don't need a brighter screen I need a readable screen.
But right now I like my ultra-wide monitor for programming. All panels open but still space to code.
For example a lot of coral is dying and most researchers suggest this is due to rising temperatures. But now some new research suggests that coral can handle the change in temperature but they die because they eat to much plastic particles.
Both can be true but the fact is we should be more carefull about our world because we just know too little about how all systems work together.
That's what is scary about Ebola. And ofcourse the fact there is still no cure.
China is the second-largest economy.
For the curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean
I started the project twice in both frameworks.
And while Laravel might be the most popular one I would say you should go with Symfony 4.
Laravel just has too much magic. When your IDE doesn't know what is going on, how will you?
But whatever the choice, skip 'annotations'! It's a bad trick that will mess up your project at one point (for example if your IDE cleans up unused usages).
So I can imagine after 20 year it is time to move on.
When I first read it I thought it was some kind of 'new' tech.
He is very positive about the changes of the last (100) years.
Bill Gates is one of those people who contributed a lot to these positive changes.
[1] ISBN: 978-12-50-12381-7
Steve made Apple great but it's an illusion to think a company will grow forever.
Steve was also lucky to have Apple in a time where a lot new stuff was developed. He didn't develop it, he applied it the right way. Things like touch screen and tablets were really new back then.
But today there is not a lot that is new. VR is from the eighties, so is AI.
So I think even today Steve would have troubles to keep Apple growing.
While 24 hours is great for personal time I felt like I got out of touch with my company, collegues and work in general.
40 hours a week is just 'getting those 8 hours a day full'.
I felt when working 32 hours I was most productive and did the same work as in a 40 hour week. Every week I started fresh and felt more relaxed over all.
For location also Wi-Fi is used. So GPS can be turned off but they can track your location by looking at the available Wi-Fi spots around you.
As for Fusion 360: once your producted is manufactured you can just export the 3D data. This will loose all steps to create the model but I think people think this is a nice trade-off for the lock-in.
Sometimes locked(in) software is just better than open alternatives.
It's like Photoshop vs Gimp. Yes, Gimp can do most of what Photoshop does but it will take you more than double the time to do it.