This is worth proposing. A tag where fallback text is provided within which can be overridden by the browser with a formatted date string would be excellent.
I used the <time> element in a subscription dashboard.
All times on the page are in UTC and are wrapped in a <time> element. The raw UTC time is on the datetime attribute and a fallback more easily readable time is inside the tags. Some JS on the page removes whatever text is inside the tag and replaces it with the user's locale specific format (no libraries required, it's a part of the browser standards).
User friendly times wasn't actually the reason we implemented it.
Our largest concern was our E2E testing. We needed to make sure that the dates/times displayed were always right (and since subscriptions involve money, we wanted to make sure that part of the website was the most tested.) The E2E testing simply ignores whatever is inside the tag and reads the datetime attribute instead. Then we can fastforward or rewind the simulated time inside the test to make sure everything is working as expected.
I have a 30-minute walking commute to work, and changing back to non-automated buttons has added about 5 minutes to that if I'm not super lucky with timing. The worst is seeing the lights turn and knowing it would have lit up green for pedestrians only to have to wait a full cycle for the next opportunity.
You always do. The damage you can get from a simple balance loss, or worse, when falling on a car or a curb is scary. Wear your plastic hats to protect your head people!
How often do you lose you balance and what direction if I may ask? Not sure how I'm supposed to hit my head on a bike unless a car hits me. If you lose balance that often leave it at home.
Helmet is good especially for the latter reason but a bicycle goes 20kmh and if you fall you don't die, just get your knees hurt or something.
Once in a bad situation is enough for permanent brain damage. Another bike or a car making a sudden move, someone hitting you, etc. Curbs and cars provide for dangerous landing spots if you fall.
I know of two separate people who were biking as a part of their daily commute without a helmet, and woke up in the hospital with zero recollection of what happened, but multiple issues (such as one of them being unable to concentrate or remember things).
So did the two seperate people fall, or get hit by a car?
I know zero people who hurt themselves badly on a bike, but I know two that got hit by a car as pedestrians, so going with my anecdata walking is much more dangerous than biking
You don't hit your head on the bike, you hit it on the concrete or a curb. Roads can be slippery, material failure is possible. The speed of the bike isn't that much of a factor, it's the object under you preventing you from effectively mitigating the fall, or making it worse.
I fell twice recently because of slippery roads just as you're saying. Both times my head was far far away fron the floor, I only hurt my palms and knees both times.
I still don't know how you're supposed to fall head first onto a curb unless you tie your arms behind your back.
agree with some caveats. helmets are a must when cycling on roads. but parks are a bit different. also, i remember a study that said drivers are more cautious when they see a cyclist without a helmet. not sure how relevant the study was, but as a driver i can confirm this.
all this being said, summer time + helmet = lots of sweat.
True, most people in cars choose brain damage. But my campaign for car helmets has not taken off, despite the fact that more people in cars will die or be irreparably damaged for want of a helmet than people in bikes.
I wouldn’t say it’s always comparable like that. I takes me twenty minutes to walk to work, but there is a 200 m elevation difference. I don’t walk back up home and take a bus instead, which does take a bit longer, but i think walking back up would still be easier than cycling.
Some of the pedestrian route isn’t really bike accessible too, as stairs are involved, there are alternative routes of course, but some can be considerably longer.
Sydney is probably less cycling-friendly than you expect.
I don't have the source but I remember reading that the trend over the years has been removing bike lanes instead of adding.
as a road bike cyclist and a driver, i tend to cycle wherever there's a road. so i do understand that i'm a bit biased, but usually it's quite safe riding a bike in a city (due to slow traffic), especially in a place like the CBD in Sydney.
We're hiring across a range of engineering positions. But the coolest is definitely this one:
"Contribute to a next generation JavaScript library for indoor mapping, which utilizes WebGL, physics, indoor positioning, and wayfinding. The engineer will be responsible for adding new features and apply performance improvements to the existing code base. You will solve challenging problems like applying performant collision detection algorithms for UI elements, or creating a solution for turn-by-turn directions. We are changing the game for indoor mapping, positioning, and wayfinding, as well as some top-secret research ideas (Pst - there will be robots).
I've just finished reading The Lean Startup. There is so much in there that is relevant to this if you haven't already read it I highly recommend you check it out. Especially the sections on engines of growth and metrics.
Two things me sane: I get up an hour earlier than I need to in the morning to sit, think (high level/long term), plan and occasionally write. I set "Do not disturb" on my phone to automatically enable at 6pm daily.
