This Week I Learned - Week #244
This Week I Learned -
* Migrate Your Virtual Machines to Microsoft Azure - Proof of Concept guide provides guidance for data migration using Azure Migrate
* When does it really make sense to use Azure Reserved Instances?
* Jeff Bezos has said that the purpose of Amazon Web Services (AWS) was to remove the burden of “undifferentiated heavy lifting” that companies needed to constantly perform to operate their IT infrastructure. The market has validated this value proposition: AWS reported this year that their revenue grew 42% to $4.1B for the second quarter while Microsoft’s cloud business, Microsoft Azure, grew an astonishing 93% - HBR
* MS AI School has learning material on pre-trained AI services like Cognitive Services and Bot Framework, as well as deep learning tools like Azure Machine Learning, Visual Studio Code Tools for AI, and Cognitive Toolkit.
* SQL Server Operations Studio is being called the next step towards modernizing the dated SQL Server Management Studio tool.
* Quick, Draw! began as a simple way to let anyone play with machine learning. But these billions of drawings are also a valuable resource for improving machine learning. The data Google gathered from the game powers tools like AutoDraw, which pairs machine learning with drawings from talented artists to help everyone create anything visual, fast.
* Sneaky mobile redirects can be created intentionally by a site owner and in some situations mobile-only sneaky redirects happen without the site owner knowing. This behavior can easily escape detection because it's only visible from certain browsers.
* "Talking about learning, we live in amazing times...we have so much content that triaging it becomes a necessity. So instead of trying to follow it all, find people you trust who do a good job collecting and commenting. Then take your time to digest what is out there in your own pace." - Chris Heilmann
* From Martin Honnen's StackOverflow bio - "Now please start using XSLT 3.0 and asking xslt-3.0 questions so I don't get bored". More than a decade ago, the unassuming Martin Honnen helped me & countless others in online JavaScript forums.
* Overheard - "you don't pursue the title of Microsoft MVP, it just lands on you when your stars are aligned"
* India crossed the 400 million internet user mark. Indians are using more data than ever before—4GB on average every month. Google is building India-first products and features - Official Google Blog
* Another India-first feature is the new “two-wheeler mode” in Google Maps. India is the largest two-wheeler market in the world, and the millions of motorcycle and scooter riders have different navigation needs than drivers of automobiles. Two-wheeler mode in Maps shows trip routes that use “shortcuts” not accessible to cars and trucks. It also provides customized traffic and arrival time estimations. And since so many Indians rely on local landmarks for navigation, two-wheeler mode will show major landmarks on the route so that riders can plan their trip before starting, and don’t have to keep checking the phone on the go.
* Credential stuffing - Here’s how that attack works. Because most people have many online accounts (a recent estimate put it at 191 per person on average) they regularly reuse passwords across those accounts. Cybercriminals take advantage of this. In a credential stuffing attack, they take known valid email addresses and passwords from one website breach—for example, the Yahoo breach—and they use those same email addresses and passwords to log in to other websites, such as those of major banks. Two-factor authentication (where, in addition to your password, you must also enter a code sent to your mobile device to log in to a website) helps prevent this issue. Unfortunately, it has extremely low adoption rates since users find it inconvenient and websites that serve consumers are unwilling to make it a mandatory component of logging in.
* One of the most successful public health interventions of all time was the addition of iodine to salt since 1924. Humans need iodine in their diets, but it’s next to impossible to get enough people to consistently alter their diets to ensure they get enough iodine. Instead of trying to change all of society’s behavior, the system itself was altered to correct the problem more or less invisibly.
* Migrate Your Virtual Machines to Microsoft Azure - Proof of Concept guide provides guidance for data migration using Azure Migrate
* When does it really make sense to use Azure Reserved Instances?
* Jeff Bezos has said that the purpose of Amazon Web Services (AWS) was to remove the burden of “undifferentiated heavy lifting” that companies needed to constantly perform to operate their IT infrastructure. The market has validated this value proposition: AWS reported this year that their revenue grew 42% to $4.1B for the second quarter while Microsoft’s cloud business, Microsoft Azure, grew an astonishing 93% - HBR
* MS AI School has learning material on pre-trained AI services like Cognitive Services and Bot Framework, as well as deep learning tools like Azure Machine Learning, Visual Studio Code Tools for AI, and Cognitive Toolkit.
* SQL Server Operations Studio is being called the next step towards modernizing the dated SQL Server Management Studio tool.
* Quick, Draw! began as a simple way to let anyone play with machine learning. But these billions of drawings are also a valuable resource for improving machine learning. The data Google gathered from the game powers tools like AutoDraw, which pairs machine learning with drawings from talented artists to help everyone create anything visual, fast.
* Sneaky mobile redirects can be created intentionally by a site owner and in some situations mobile-only sneaky redirects happen without the site owner knowing. This behavior can easily escape detection because it's only visible from certain browsers.
* "Talking about learning, we live in amazing times...we have so much content that triaging it becomes a necessity. So instead of trying to follow it all, find people you trust who do a good job collecting and commenting. Then take your time to digest what is out there in your own pace." - Chris Heilmann
* From Martin Honnen's StackOverflow bio - "Now please start using XSLT 3.0 and asking xslt-3.0 questions so I don't get bored". More than a decade ago, the unassuming Martin Honnen helped me & countless others in online JavaScript forums.
* Overheard - "you don't pursue the title of Microsoft MVP, it just lands on you when your stars are aligned"
* India crossed the 400 million internet user mark. Indians are using more data than ever before—4GB on average every month. Google is building India-first products and features - Official Google Blog
* Google Go has a tap-first user interface, is light on storage and data, and great on patchy connections
* Another India-first feature is the new “two-wheeler mode” in Google Maps. India is the largest two-wheeler market in the world, and the millions of motorcycle and scooter riders have different navigation needs than drivers of automobiles. Two-wheeler mode in Maps shows trip routes that use “shortcuts” not accessible to cars and trucks. It also provides customized traffic and arrival time estimations. And since so many Indians rely on local landmarks for navigation, two-wheeler mode will show major landmarks on the route so that riders can plan their trip before starting, and don’t have to keep checking the phone on the go.
* Credential stuffing - Here’s how that attack works. Because most people have many online accounts (a recent estimate put it at 191 per person on average) they regularly reuse passwords across those accounts. Cybercriminals take advantage of this. In a credential stuffing attack, they take known valid email addresses and passwords from one website breach—for example, the Yahoo breach—and they use those same email addresses and passwords to log in to other websites, such as those of major banks. Two-factor authentication (where, in addition to your password, you must also enter a code sent to your mobile device to log in to a website) helps prevent this issue. Unfortunately, it has extremely low adoption rates since users find it inconvenient and websites that serve consumers are unwilling to make it a mandatory component of logging in.
* One of the most successful public health interventions of all time was the addition of iodine to salt since 1924. Humans need iodine in their diets, but it’s next to impossible to get enough people to consistently alter their diets to ensure they get enough iodine. Instead of trying to change all of society’s behavior, the system itself was altered to correct the problem more or less invisibly.
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