This Week I Learned - Week #289
This Week I Learned -
* Tomcat and Java SE are generally available on Azure App Service on Linux
* IDC (a leading IT Analyst) estimates that AWS accounted for approximately 57.7% of total Windows instances in public cloud IaaS during 2017 – nearly 2x the nearest cloud provider. Did you know you can also bring your Microsoft licenses to VMware Cloud on AWS? VMware Cloud on AWS is a great solution when you need to execute a fast migration – whether that’s due to running out of data center space, an upcoming lease expiration, or a natural disaster such as the recent hurricanes. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) started with a proof of concept (POC) and moved their initial 300 VMs in less than 96 hours, with just one employee. Over the next three months they migrated of all of their 2,800 production VMs to VMware Cloud on AWS - AWS Blog
* GCP Solution Gallery has a nice collection of articles
* Much as Salesforce enables a company to manage its external clients by keeping a record of all contacts and interactions (and, increasingly, by telling sales reps what their next step should be), ServiceNow promises an internal system to meet the needs of employees, beating out legacy IT service-management software players like BMC Software, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cherwell Software and CA Technologies to claim half of that market. The special sauce comes from two product traits with the potential to scale: simplicity and customizability. Fred Luddy (now 63)...started ServiceNow at the ripe old age (by tech standards) of 50 - Forbes
* US dominates the Nobel Prize awards
* Nobel Prize API offers results in CSV & JSON format. There have been 51 Female Nobel Laureates so far
* One in five students in the U.S. has dyslexia
* Dyscalculia is a lifelong condition that makes it hard for kids to perform math-related tasks. It’s not as well known or understood as dyslexia. But some experts believe it’s just as common. Kids very often have both dyslexia and dyscalculia. Dyscalculia and ADHD often occur at the same time. Kids with math anxiety are so worried about the prospect of doing math that their fear and nervousness can lead to poor performance on math tests. Some kids may have both math anxiety and dyscalculia.
* The English language is notoriously tricky with its use of more than 19 sounds represented by 5 vowels (and sometimes “y”).
* Millennials especially have embraced this so-called FIRE movement — the acronym stands for financial independence, retire early — seeing it as a way out of soul-sucking, time-stealing work and an economy fueled by consumerism. Some practice “lean FIRE” (extreme frugality), others “fat FIRE” (maintaining a more typical standard of living while saving and investing), and still others “barista FIRE” (working part-time at Starbucks after retiring, for the company’s health insurance). To be “firing” is to slash one’s expenses to maximize saving while amassing income-generating investments sufficient to support oneself
“The rule books our parents have given us is advice that’s perfect for 1970. We have to throw out that rule book and write a new one.”
“We don’t have jobs that will take care of us. We have to take care of ourselves.”
“If you dive into the definition of retirement, what you’re retiring from is mandatory labor. It’s not necessarily about piña coladas on the beach.”
- NYT
* Telugu is mainly spoken in the south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They have a combined population of 84 million people. It's the fourth most spoken language in India, according to the 2011 census. Both Telugu-speaking states together now have more than 800 engineering colleges. It tops the list of 10 fastest-growing languages in America - BBC
* "Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves" - Stephen Covey
* Immersive Reader, part of Microsoft Learning Tools, aids learning grammar
* Tomcat and Java SE are generally available on Azure App Service on Linux
* IDC (a leading IT Analyst) estimates that AWS accounted for approximately 57.7% of total Windows instances in public cloud IaaS during 2017 – nearly 2x the nearest cloud provider. Did you know you can also bring your Microsoft licenses to VMware Cloud on AWS? VMware Cloud on AWS is a great solution when you need to execute a fast migration – whether that’s due to running out of data center space, an upcoming lease expiration, or a natural disaster such as the recent hurricanes. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) started with a proof of concept (POC) and moved their initial 300 VMs in less than 96 hours, with just one employee. Over the next three months they migrated of all of their 2,800 production VMs to VMware Cloud on AWS - AWS Blog
* GCP Solution Gallery has a nice collection of articles
* Much as Salesforce enables a company to manage its external clients by keeping a record of all contacts and interactions (and, increasingly, by telling sales reps what their next step should be), ServiceNow promises an internal system to meet the needs of employees, beating out legacy IT service-management software players like BMC Software, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cherwell Software and CA Technologies to claim half of that market. The special sauce comes from two product traits with the potential to scale: simplicity and customizability. Fred Luddy (now 63)...started ServiceNow at the ripe old age (by tech standards) of 50 - Forbes
* US dominates the Nobel Prize awards
* Nobel Prize API offers results in CSV & JSON format. There have been 51 Female Nobel Laureates so far
* One in five students in the U.S. has dyslexia
* Dyscalculia is a lifelong condition that makes it hard for kids to perform math-related tasks. It’s not as well known or understood as dyslexia. But some experts believe it’s just as common. Kids very often have both dyslexia and dyscalculia. Dyscalculia and ADHD often occur at the same time. Kids with math anxiety are so worried about the prospect of doing math that their fear and nervousness can lead to poor performance on math tests. Some kids may have both math anxiety and dyscalculia.
* The English language is notoriously tricky with its use of more than 19 sounds represented by 5 vowels (and sometimes “y”).
* Millennials especially have embraced this so-called FIRE movement — the acronym stands for financial independence, retire early — seeing it as a way out of soul-sucking, time-stealing work and an economy fueled by consumerism. Some practice “lean FIRE” (extreme frugality), others “fat FIRE” (maintaining a more typical standard of living while saving and investing), and still others “barista FIRE” (working part-time at Starbucks after retiring, for the company’s health insurance). To be “firing” is to slash one’s expenses to maximize saving while amassing income-generating investments sufficient to support oneself
“The rule books our parents have given us is advice that’s perfect for 1970. We have to throw out that rule book and write a new one.”
“We don’t have jobs that will take care of us. We have to take care of ourselves.”
“If you dive into the definition of retirement, what you’re retiring from is mandatory labor. It’s not necessarily about piña coladas on the beach.”
- NYT
* Telugu is mainly spoken in the south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They have a combined population of 84 million people. It's the fourth most spoken language in India, according to the 2011 census. Both Telugu-speaking states together now have more than 800 engineering colleges. It tops the list of 10 fastest-growing languages in America - BBC
* "Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves" - Stephen Covey
* Immersive Reader, part of Microsoft Learning Tools, aids learning grammar
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