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Use Livewire With Blade Components
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It’s usually a good idea to extract reusable bits of code into blade components. Let’s spend some time to extract a livewire text input component and use “whereStartsWith” to get our wire:model attribute even when it has a modifier.
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October 23, 2020 at 10:32AM
Apple University VP takes an in-depth look at how Apple is ‘organized for innovation’
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Apple University Vice President and Dean Joel Podolny has penned an article that takes a deep dive into how Apple is structured and how it’s unique among large businesses.
The in-depth review of Apple’s structure, published Thursday in Harvard Business Review, was co-written by Apple University faculty member Morten Hansen. And it offers an interesting look at how the Cupertino tech giant is “organized for innovation.”
Podolny opens by noting how much Apple has grown. In 1997, when Steve Jobs returned to the company, Apple had 8,000 employees and about $7 billion in annual revenue. Fast forward to 2019, and the company has 137,000 staffers and brings in about $260 billion in revenue.
But amid all of that growth, Apple has largely kept the same centralized organizational structure that Jobs implemented in 1997.
“Believing that conventional management had stifled innovation, Jobs, in his first year returning as CEO, laid off the general managers of all the business units (in a single day), put the entire company under one P&L, and combined the disparate functional departments of the business units into one functional organization,” Podolny wrote.
The Apple University VP notes that most large companies have decentralized or multi-division organizational structures. Apple, then, is proof that a centralized system can be functional for a business this size, they added.
Of course, the two writers note that a lot has still changed in the more than two decades between 1997 and 2019. “Apple relies on a structure that centers on functional expertise. Its fundamental belief is that those with the most expertise and experience in a domain should have decision rights for that domain,” the piece continues.
“This is based on two views: First, Apple competes in markets where the rates of technological change and disruption are high, so it must rely on the judgment and intuition of people with deep knowledge of the technologies responsible for disruption. Long before it can get market feedback and solid market forecasts, the company must make bets about which technologies and designs are likely to succeed in smartphones, computers, and so on. Relying on technical experts rather than general managers increases the odds that those bets will pay off.”
The piece also details three leadership qualities that Apple looks for in a candidate, which has been applied for Apple managers at every level since Jobs first adopted the organization.
They include: “deep expertise that allows them to meaningfully engage in all the work being done within their individual functions; immersion in the details of those functions; and a willingness to collaboratively debate other functions during collective decision-making. When managers have these attributes, decisions are made in a coordinated fashion by the people most qualified to make them.”
Podolny and Hansen write that Apple’s business structure is uncommon. And although it includes some risks not seen with decentralized models, it can offer “extraordinary results” for companies that adopt it.
“[Apple’s organization] flies in the face of prevailing management theory that companies should be reorganized into divisions and business units as they become large. But something vital gets lost in a shift to business units: the alignment of decision rights with expertise,” the piece reads.
Despite some of the hurdles that companies may see when attempting to adopt a model similar to Apple’s, Podolny notes that the shift could be done in intermediate steps — and, after it’s complete, may be well worth the effort. “Apple’s track record proves that the rewards may justify the risks. Its approach can produce extraordinary results,” Podolny concludes.
The full piece goes into further depth and offers more detailed examples of Apple’s organizational structure, and is well worth a read.
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October 22, 2020 at 03:51PM
Narf! Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are back in first trailer for Animaniacs reboot
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Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are back in Hulu’s reboot of the classic Animaniacs cartoon.
Readers of a certain age will have fond childhood memories of weekday afternoons spent in the company of the Warner siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, the central figures of the hugely popular, Emmy-award winning animated series, Animaniacs. Now a whole new generation can appreciate their comic genius with Hulu’s revival of the show, slated to debut next month.
The premise of the original Animaniacs was that Yakko, Wakko, and Dot were characters from the 1930s who were locked way in a water tower on the Warner Bros. lot until they escaped in the 1990s. Now they exist to wreak havoc and have fun. The format borrowed heavily from sketch comedy, with each episode typically featuring three short mini-episodes centered on different characters, connected by bridging segments. Other regular characters included two genetically altered lab mice, Pinky and the Brain, who are always trying to take over the world; Ralph the Security Guard; Slappy Squirrel and her nephew, Skippy; Chicken Boo; Flavio and Marita, aka the Hip Hippos; studio psychiatrist Dr. Otto Scratchansniff and Hello Nurse (also a common catchphrase); and a trio of pigeons known as The Goodfeathers.
As appealing to adults as to kids, the show was smart, funny, irreverent, and even educational, especially with its playful songs listing the nations of the world, for instance, or all the US states and their capitals—set to the tune of “Turkey in the Straw”—or all the presidents set to the “William Tell Overture.” (My personal favorite was “The Solar System Song,” complete with the obligatory joke about Uranus.) The writers were masters of parody, so much so that it became something of a badge of honor to be so featured. Honorees included A Hard Day’s Night, Seinfeld, Friends, Bambi, Power Rangers, Rugrats, and The Lion King, as well as the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore. And of course, the Goodfeathers segments invariably parodied characters from both The Godfather and Goodfellas.
When the original series began streaming on Netflix, it proved so popular that Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation began thinking about reviving Animaniacs. They ultimately inked a deal with Hulu, which included the rights for the original series, as well as Tiny Toon Adventures, Pinky and the Brain, and Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain. (That means we can all revisit our favorites on Hulu.) Spielberg returned as executive producer and insisted on bringing back most of the original voice cast for the reboot. A first-look clip debuted earlier this month at the virtual New York Comic-Con (embedded below), parodying Jurassic Park (John Hammond—or rather, a cartoon Spielberg channeling Hammond—reanimates the Warner siblings).
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are happy to sell out to Hulu reboot… for the right price.
“You should see our new contracts!”
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Resurrected and ready for their close-up.
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The Warner siblings learn about all the new tech they’ve missed out on.
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“Quantum mechanics. Quinoa wraps. We’ve missed so much!”
Meanwhile, at Acme Labs….
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“Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?”
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“The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!”
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The show’s gleefully absurdist humor appears to be intact.
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“Oh, sounds like an Odyssey!”
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“Less talky, more flappy.”
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Blast from the past.
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The Brain has a cunning plan.
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They’re totally insaney.
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Per the official summary:
They’re back! The Warner brothers, Yakko and Wakko, and the Warner sister Dot, have a great time wreaking havoc and mayhem in the lives of everyone they meet. After returning to their beloved home, the Warner Bros. water tower, the siblings waste no time in causing chaos and comic confusion as they run loose through the studio, turning the world into their personal playground. Joining Yakko, Wakko and Dot, fan-favorite characters Pinky and the Brain also return to continue their quest for world domination.
The trailer showcases the same irreverently goofy attitude of the original, with the Warners not above poking fun at themselves—in this case, denouncing reboots as being ”symptomatic of a fundamental lack of originality in Hollywood.” But they gleefully change their tune when Hulu presents them with a big check for the Animaniacs reboot (“You sellouts!”). Cue the classic Animaniacs theme song with cheeky new lyrics (“It’s time for Animaniacs/You should see our new contracts!”). After being off the air for so long, the Warner siblings have a lot of catching up to do, particularly when it comes to the latest technology. And Pinky and the Brain make a welcome appearance, with Pinky fretting over an online dating app.
All in all, it looks like a promising revival. The new Animaniacs debuts on Hulu on November 20, 2020.
Animaniacs clip parodying Jurassic Park.
Listing image by YouTube/Hulu
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October 21, 2020 at 08:19PM
Amazon Launches Program To Pay Consumers For Their Data On Non-Amazon Purchases
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Amazon has launched a new program that directly pays consumers for information about what they’re purchasing outside of Amazon.com and for responding to short surveys. The program, Amazon Shopper Panel, asks users to send in 10 receipts per month for any purchases made at non-Amazon retailers, including grocery stores, department stores, drug stores and entertainment outlets (if open), like movie theaters, theme parks and restaurants. Amazon’s own stores, like Whole Foods, Amazon Go, Amazon Four Star and Amazon Books do not qualify.
Program participants will take advantage of the newly launched Amazon Shopper Panel mobile app on iOS and Android to take pictures of paper receipts that qualify or they can opt to forward emailed receipts to receipts@panel.amazon.com to earn a $10 reward that can then be applied to their Amazon Balance or used as a charitable donation. Amazon says users can then earn additional rewards each month for every survey they complete. The optional surveys will ask about brands and products that may interest the participant and how likely they are to purchase a product. Other surveys may ask what the shopper thinks of an ad. These rewards may vary, depending on the survey. The program is currently opt-in and invite-only for U.S. consumers only.
The report also notes that Amazon "will delete any sensitive information from the receipts users upload, like prescription information." Importantly, Amazon "doesn’t delete users’ personal information, instead storing it in accordance with its existing Privacy Policy. It will allow users to delete their previously uploaded receipts, if they choose."
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October 21, 2020 at 09:14AM
Livewire Charts
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Livewire Charts is a package by Andrés Santibáñez for creating neat charts using Livewire in Laravel projects.
This package uses the following technologies (required) to generate Livewire charts:
Once you have those requirements installed and set up, here’s how easy it can be to create a chart with this package on the backend:
$columnChartModel = (new ColumnChartModel())
->setTitle('Expenses by Type')
->addColumn('Food', 100, '#f6ad55')
->addColumn('Shopping', 200, '#fc8181')
->addColumn('Travel', 300, '#90cdf4')
;
Then on the frontend, you pass the variable to blade:
<livewire:livewire-column-chart
:column-chart-model="$columnChartModel"
/>
The code above are examples taken directly from the readme. Using the example code, you would have a chart that looks like the following:
At the time of writing, livewire-charts supports three types of charts:
You can also enable interactions and provide listeners that will fire in Livewire components, along with the ability to make charts reactive. Be sure to check out the livewire-charts readme for full details on usage.
You can learn more about this package, get full installation instructions, and view the source code on GitHub at asantibanez/livewire-charts. Andrés also has a Livewire Charts demo app with examples.
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October 20, 2020 at 09:41AM
How CRTs Are Made
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Pretty much every display you can buy today is either LCD or OLED. But for decades, the cathode ray tube was the only way to watch video. This older clip from How Its Made show the process, including filling the tube with phosphors, adding conductive elements, and installing an electron gun to create images on the tube.
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October 19, 2020 at 02:45PM
MySQL Workbench 8.0.22 has been released
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Dear MySQL users,
The MySQL developer tools team announces 8.0.22 as our General Availability
(GA) for MySQL Workbench 8.0.
For discussion, join the MySQL Workbench Forums:
http://forums.mysql.com/index.php?152
The release is now available in source and binary form for a number of
platforms from our download pages at:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/tools/workbench/
Enjoy!
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October 19, 2020 at 10:53AM
25 Insanely Useful Websites That’ll Come in Handy Someday
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Finding useful websites can be tough. There are more than a billion sites on the web, and a good number of them are nowhere near useful. And some of the most useful websites are quite popular, so you probably already know of them.
But there are many other useful websites beyond the ones you may be familiar with. The fun is in discovering them. Fortunately, we’ve done the searching for you. Check out these useful websites that offer something worth checking out.
If you’re looking for cheap accommodations as an international student, this website helps you search for a home near your college/university or a neighborhood of your choice. The site covers hundreds of cities and doesn’t charge for the service.
Among other resources, this site offers an interactive guide to human anatomy. It’s an easy way to study the human body’s various systems and segments, perhaps to teach students in school. The site also offers help with testing, health products, and telemedicine.
This website provides free high-definition images without a background. It offers millions of PNG images for your brochures, banners, websites, and more. The website provides unlimited free downloads with no registration or other hoops to jump through.
With Pixlr, you can edit pictures without Photoshop or GIMP. It’s an easy-to-use tool that doesn’t need installation and is free unless you need more features. You can edit your images in your browser or download the app on your phone to edit pictures without any complicated tools.
Shutterstock is too expensive for most casual users; Pixabay is a much more suitable option. It offers over one million royalty-free images, illustrations, videos, and vector graphics to download at no charge.
It’s a great choice for anyone who wants to dabble in basic designing or needs a freely available stock image for a project.
With Privnote, you can send a note that self-destructs after it’s read. This is great when you need something more private than an email for sensitive information.
It offers a few options that let you set when the message will delete, add a password for more protection, and even receive an email after it’s destroyed.
Who doesn’t want to save money when traveling? Skyscanner is a must-check when booking a flight, as it helps you find the best deals based on a variety of criteria. It’s much faster than checking every airline individually.
Apart from flights, it also shows deals on hotels and car rentals.
This is a service for anyone looking to rent an apartment or room for a mid to long-term time period. Spotahome has real people check the properties personally, with a virtual video tour of the entire apartment as well as HD pictures of the properties.
Currently, it covers a variety of cities in Europe, making it good for students and backpackers in that area.
When you’re having trouble accessing a website, it could be an issue on your end or a problem with the website itself. This site makes it easy to find out. Just enter a website URL and you’ll see if this tool has trouble accessing it.
For convenience, enter the short URL downfor.io to visit this site without entering its full name.
This website finds a Bachelor’s program or degree according to your preference of country, language, cost, time commitment, and much more. It also gives a list of top destinations to study in your home country.
Using the banner at the top of the page, you can access similar sites for advanced degrees.
Ninite is a must-know site when setting up a new computer. On its homepage, you’ll find dozens of popular apps. Check all the ones you want to download, then Ninite will download a file that installs them all.
You don’t have to click through a bunch of installation boxes or worry about bloatware—Ninite takes care of it for you. For a Mac equivalent, try macapps.link.
Here’s an easy-to-use website that converts your data into a neat diagram. It’s a great way to make flowcharts, task flows, and even wireframes.
You don’t need to install any software; simply work on the website. The free plan lets you make up to three documents and allows for collaboration with your team or colleagues using any device.
Eat This Much is an automatic diet planner. Enter how many calories you want to eat and how many meals to spread them across, and the service will help you create a diet plan. It includes weekly emails for what to buy at the grocery store, cooking instructions, and updated stats as you go along.
It supports various diets, like vegetarian or paleo, and aims to help you avoid worrying about what to eat at mealtimes.
JustWatch is essential for anyone who loves movies and TV shows. Its most useful function is seeing where something is available to stream, allowing you to compare prices and make sure you don’t pay for something you can watch on an existing subscription.
Otherwise, it’s great for getting recommendations and keeping a master watchlist.
Video games can take a long time to complete, so you might want to check the time commitment before you start one. HowLongToBeat makes that easy—just search for a game and you’ll see how long it takes for different playstyles.
You can also register to manage your games in a library to keep track of your backlog, completed games, and more.
Diffchecker is a handy way to find out what someone else changed in your document. Paste two sets of text (or upload an image, PDF, or Excel file) and you can see what’s different between them.
Dillinger is an online Markdown editor that’s also mobile-friendly. The service lets you export to and import from cloud services. When you’re done, you can save as HTML or even as a PDF. It also supports autosave, dragging and dropping images, and more handy features.
It’s a great tool anytime you need a clean writing app but don’t want to install anything.
Curious about the speed of your current network connection? Open up Fast and you’ll quickly see the speed of your network. It works for mobile hotspots, your home, or any other network you want to check.
There are other sites for this, of course, but Fast is clean and easy to enter into an address bar.
Dictation.io lets you dictate your emails and documents in Google Chrome using any language you speak. It accurately transcribes speech to text in real-time, and supports smileys, paragraphs, and even punctuation using voice commands.
Whether you’re a globetrotter, student, businessman, or concerned parent, this site allows you to track any flight. Just enter the flight number and you’ll see the real-time location and status of the flight. You can even check more details after a flight concludes.
Figuring out time zone differences is a huge pain. This site makes it easy by showing the current time in major time zones across the world. Click and drag the top bar to see what your local time translates to in various time zones.
If you sign up for a free account, you can further customize the site to your needs.
This online PDF editor lets you easily edit a PDF without any extra software. This includes annotating them and filling out fields in a PDF form. It works in all major browsers and doesn’t charge unless you want to use the desktop version.
This website lets you create stunning infographics as well as charts, reports, and social media visuals. It’s a modern and sleek editor that helps you present information in an interesting way.
Ever find an app you want to use, but can’t because it’s too expensive? Perhaps you’re looking to replace one of your favorite apps that was recently discontinued. In this case, AlternativeTo can help.
Simply input an app or program, and the site will suggest similar alternatives.
There’s no shortage of ways to video call people online, but most of them require signing up for an account and are thus cumbersome. Jitsi Meet is different, and should be on your radar for all online meetings.
Simply come up with a room name, send the link to your friends, and everyone can join without signing up or paying. It’s as easy as online meetings get.
There’s a little something for everyone on this list of useful websites. Next time you need to complete a specific task, there’s probably a website that can help. You never know where digging into Google results will get you!
Next, why not take a break from serious work and check out some of the best humor sites on the web?
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October 19, 2020 at 10:54AM
Comic for October 18, 2020
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October 18, 2020 at 02:00AM
The Ultimate iPhone 12 Pre-Order Guide: Release Dates, Carriers, and More
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Announced during Tuesday’s event, where Apple first showcased its latest smartphone line-up in full-blown (and blue) 5G glory, the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro are finally available to pre-order. Featuring the return of MagSafe and improved cameras across the board, Apple diehards, older iPhone owners, and recent converts are eagerly waiting to upgrade.
But as some iPhone 12 models are coming out on different dates than the rest, pinning down an exact release date for the one you want can get confusing. Here’s a guide to making sure you’re pre-ordering the right iPhone today and from the right carrier, with prices and links included.
You can secure an iPhone 12 for yourself starting October 16 at 5 AM PDT. Use this link to find out when that is in your time zone.
Two of the four iPhone 12 models you’ll find are ready for pre-order today. iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max prospects, on the other hand, will have to wait patiently until November 6.
The main event is on Apple’s own site, though AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are also presenting compelling reasons to upgrade. But where Apple is giving early buyers a $30 discount for a limited time, the carriers themselves are shaving up to $850 off the list price in exchange for your current phone.
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To take advantage of any network-specific deals, see the links below for more details. New and existing AT&T customers can relinquish their old smartphones and snag an iPhone 12 for free. Similarly, Verizon subscribers can save up to $800 toward their new phone with a trade-in.
As Sprint was bought by T-Mobile earlier this year, the brand is slowly being phased out, with existing customers moving over to T-Mobile as we speak. If you’re looking to upgrade from Apple directly, you’re still essentially buying it through a carrier, albeit with extra steps. Sprint users should be to your carrier advisor to see how you can migrate your service to T-Mobile.
As mentioned, AT&T and Verizon & T-Mobile customers save $30 when pre-ordering an iPhone 12 straight from the Apple Store, but T-Mobile is offering up to $850 off with a qualifying device trade-in. If you’ve got a clunker you’re ready to expel, that might be the way to fetch the most bang for your buck—assuming it’s still in decent condition.
Check your with your service provider if you’re planning to upgrade on your existing contract. Without a special incentive offer from the carrier, you might have to pay a fee to cover the processing cost on their end.
While the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are set to arrive on October 23, the staggered release schedule means the iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max won’t reach your doorstep until November 16, one week from their respective pre-order date. Depending on availability, we recommend pre-ordering as soon as you decide which iPhone 12 variant best suits your needs.
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October 16, 2020 at 07:50PM
