danck
Joined 10 years ago
Joined 10 years ago
Sounds like they just want to maintain control over the outbound traffic which sounds rather sensible to me.
Surprisingly there seems to be only one company that makes them: Plus12Socks
Their story is quite interesting. The company is a spin-off of an Austrian research group on children's foot health
This is a bit overly dramatic since there are actually six more so called ‘millenium problems’ to solve. Anyway I enjoyed the read and learned something new about this fabulous achievement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer%E2%80%93BioNTech_COVID-...
This guy (the author) is the real deal. I once had the pleasure to visit his workshop and he had me test a bass drum he recently made. An amazing piece indeed. Just a gentle tap from the beater and it produced a rich and powerful but quiet sound!
I often hear famous and extraordinary drummers on Youtube state that playing quiet is a skill every drummer can acquire. Yes, but no: It really does depend on the instrument as well if that sounds good! And most drums just aren’t made for it.
Especially early on I often dismissed problems and assignments that I felt I wouldn‘t be able to tackle in terms of time or intellect.
This wasn‘t what the successful students did. They took on every problem with determination and focus. No matter how hopeless. Along the way of failing they quickly developed their skills whereas I was falling more and more behind.
I then applied this lesson on my second attempt at university. A CS degree. Again I struggled at the beginning, but I became competent much quicker and in the end the degree was a breeze.
Still wish I‘d known this from the beginning...
He said, they'd value "predictability over excellence".
Meaning, talk about your goals, give an estimation and arrive exactly on point. It doesn't matter if it's your personal project or projects/processes where you take the lead.
Being faster than estimated, or finding a better way and switching while your doing it will not be appreciated.
This really unlocked a lot of success and explained many glass walls i've been running into before.
The magic part for me is that some axioms have been chosen so well that their conclusions are confirmed in the real world.