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Real user monitoring vs. synthetic monitoring: Understanding best practices

Dynatrace

Data collected on page load events, for example, can include navigation start (when performance begins to be measured), request start (right before the user makes a request from the server), and speed index metrics (measure page load speed). For example, the ability to test against a wireless provider in a remote area.

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A 5G future

O'Reilly

Back in the 1980s, Nicholas Negroponte said everything wired will become wireless, and everything wireless will become wired. High-speed networks through 5G may represent the next generation of cord cutting. Can 5G replace wired broadband, allowing one wireless service for home and mobile connectivity? I don’t, do you?

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The Many Shades Of July (2021 Desktop Wallpapers Edition)

Smashing Magazine

Tesla’s inventions brought electricity to all corners of the world, paved the way for wireless communication, and revolutionized energy production. His dream of free wireless energy, research on understanding the aether, and the enigmatic disappearance of his records leaves many questions unanswered.” Bentley Bentayga Speed. “If

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The Paradox of Connection

Edge Perspectives

We're seeing the exponential growth of a broad range of digital technologies that are connecting us globally at a speed and scale that would have been unimaginable a few decades ago. The foundation is a digital infrastructure that is exponentially improving in terms of processing power, storage capability and transmission speed.

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Measuring The Performance Of Typefaces For Users (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine

Kevin Larson , principal researcher on Microsoft’s Advanced Reading Technologies team, explains: “While I generally agree with you on the importance of objective data, and most of my work has collected reading speed measures of one kind or another, I think there can be interesting subjective data.” — Kevin Larson.

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A More Ergonomic Setup

Tim Kadlec

I tested my typing on my wireless keyboard before plugging in the ErgoDox so I could compare. Now, about a month after I first set it up, I’m back up to my original typing speed. After accounting for errors, I ended up with 93 words per minute which I thought was pretty decent. I plugged in the ErgoDox and took the same test.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For June 29th, 2018

High Scalability

slivym : FPGAs in industry are used for a very small number of specific applications: Smart NICs, Early stages of wireless networks (5G whilst the standards are being hammered out), military (where you need high performance with no consideration of cost), and embedded, Prof Video (where the custom I/O is essential).