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Humpback Whales in Golden Gate #photo#whales#ggb Photo of Humpback Whales in the Golden Gate near San Francisco, California.)
It's billed as a bit of a scifi time travel adventure but really it's more of a zombie apocalypse variant. Not really my thing so I initially hated it but that hatred turned to respect and finally, love. Well maybe not quite love but it's a decent read.
Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad
4/5
Very personal and sometimes florid but deeply fascinating story of the Indian Army in World War 2.
Catfood Earth 3.42 is a small update to the latest (2016d) timezone database and the latest timezone world and countries maps from Eric Muller. If you use the political borders, places or time zones layers in Catfood Earth then you'll want to install this version.
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Goodreads Feature Request #etc#goodreads A modest suggestion for a dedicated shelf in Goodreads for Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.)
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San Bruno Mountain 360 4K #timelapse#360#4k#video 360 degree 4K resolution timelapse from San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County, California)
Automate Google PageSpeed Insights and Core Web Vitals Logging with Apps Script #code#google#appsscript#gas#pagespeed How to automatically monitor page load performance using the Google PageSpeed Insights API and Apps Script
Updated on Friday, September 30, 2022
Here's a quick script to automatically monitor your Google PageSpeed Insights desktop and mobile scores for a web page, together with core web vitals (LCP, FID and CLS):
You need a spreadsheet with a tab called results and an API key for PageSpeed Insights (activate the API in the console and create an API key for it, the browser based / JavaScript option). Paste the code above into the script editor for the spreadsheet and add your API key and URL to monitor. Then just choose triggers from the Resources menu and schedule the monitor function to run once per day.
The script will log the overall PageSpeed score out of 100 for the monitored page. It also logs 75th percentile origin level core web vitals (largest contentful paint (LCP, seconds), first input delay (FID, seconds) and cumulative layout shift (CLS, percent)). If your origin does not have enough data the metric will be omitted. You can change from origin to page level web vitals if you have enough data, just change originLoadingExperience to loadingExperience in the script.
The results are repeated for desktop and mobile, so your spreadsheet header should be Desktop PSI, Desktop LCP, Desktop FID, Desktop CLS, Mobile PSI, Mobile LCP, Mobile FID, Mobile CLS.
There are a lot of other values returned (like number and types of resources on the page) that you could choose to monitor as well. It would also be easy to extend this to monitor more URLs, or to send you an email if the score drops below a threshold.
Updated May 5, 2019 to use version 5 of the PageSpeed API.
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Automate Google PageSpeed Insights and Core Web Vitals Logging with Apps Script #code#google#appsscript#gas#pagespeed How to automatically monitor page load performance using the Google PageSpeed Insights API and Apps Script)
New Scientist on Immigration #politics#immigration New Scientist points out that immigration raises GDP and does not depopulate poorer countries, so let's have more of it.
The April 6 issue of New Scientist has a special focus on immigration. All worth a read, but here's an assessment of the horrible cost:
"A meta-analysis of several independent mathematical models suggests it would increase world GDP by between 50 and 150 per cent. “There appear to be trillion-dollar bills on the sidewalk” if we lift restrictions on emigration, says Michael Clemens at the Center for Global Development, a think tank in Washington DC, who did the research."
"Niger is next to Nigeria, Nigeria is six times richer and there are no border controls, but Niger is not depopulated. Sweden is six times richer than Romania, the EU permits free movement, but Romania is not depopulated."
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New Scientist on Immigration #politics#immigration New Scientist points out that immigration raises GDP and does not depopulate poorer countries, so let's have more of it.)
