Rauf Aliev

April 11 2020, 14:14

50 km behind, another same distance to go back. Mostly kept an average speed of 28, but the last 5 km — got winded.

Update: my first 100 km – done!

P.S. Cycling shorts don’t help with the saddle stiffness. On short trips, it doesn’t matter much, but today it’s noticeable. How do the experienced deal with this?

Yesterday on Amazon, I ordered a bike rack for a tow hitch and after hitting the final button, I realized I forgot to check the default delivery time. Usually, there’s not much choice – it defaults to the fastest and free (well, considering I pay for Prime every month). But this “fast and free” can vary: from “tomorrow” for some items to “in three weeks” for others. I look – delivery time is in 3 weeks. Darn. And there’s a “deliver faster” button. Usually, this opens up various paid services. I click, and there’s only one option – free, delivery in three days. I select the option – Amazon changes “in three weeks” to “in three days”.

Apparently, this is some kind of Amazon innovation. Some customers disregard this and wait their three weeks because there’s no rush. But others press this button, and evidently, this group is significantly smaller than the first. As a result, logistics for truly urgent orders are relieved, which is very relevant today.

April 08 2020, 10:05

At the link – the complete genome of the Coronavirus. Size – 7.45 kilobytes (29903*2/8). If using terminology from malwares for computers, it has a remote exploit, survivability, means of disguise from antiviruses, works on several incompatible platforms (bats, dogs, humans, etc.). And all this fits in 7.45 KB. That’s how you should write code! P.S. The HIV virus is half the size

https://pastebin.com/VZ6BfvuK

April 06 2020, 23:11

Lisa looked at her position and said that the same kind of mess is happening in our world. She doesn’t want to give up;-)

April 06 2020, 21:01

ket_vil drew a machine portrait and it turned out very cool (almost; the anatomy suffered on the lower left leg). Meanwhile, I am taking a course on Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil by Diego Catalan Amilivia. Maybe, someday I’ll catch up to ket_vil (unlikely). By the way, almost all her portraits on Instagram are from ice skating. Look at the effort 🙂 Zagitova, Tuktamysheva, Nathan Chen, Medvedeva, Lipnitskaya, Trusova, Samodurova, Kostornaya, Tutberidze, and today our Masha 🙂