Insane Speed Up

[Jon Levatte]

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I'm having the exact same issue. 40KB/sec. Not MB, but KB per second. That's just ridiculous. I've already instructed the client to use another service for getting me files. The fact that this requires contacting support is unacceptable.

EXACT SAME ISSUE. Our company runs on dropbox and I can't download any of my files. It is taking saying hours and days to download 1gb folders which generally takes less than a minute and mosst fail before they finish.

So I am not the crazy one? Will Dropbox finally acknowledge the issue publicly and not bury their head in the ground? Been like this for me for past 3 days, Dropbox support seems clueless doesn't care

I am on Xfinity Gigabit internet connection and have independently verified my connection speed through SpeedTest, and Fast.com. I also rebooted my wifi router, just to be on the safeside. I tried downloading on both Firefox and Edge latest browsers.

This is pretty clearly an issue with Dropbox service.

I'm not surprised to find all these messages about insanely slow download speeds from dropbox. I at times exprience 5-10 KB/second downloads. For a frame of reference, that's 1/10th the speed of dial-up internet.

This occurs despite having my dropbox app bandwith settings unrestricted, despite having very high-speed internet for my work, and despite stopping all other internet programs that run concurrently. The problem is on dropbox's side, not mine.

This was a guy who actually had only relatively brief training in his chosen style of Wing Chun. It was actually the combination of his own creative insights (leading to the creation of Jeet Kune Do) as well as his incredible dedication to training his body that resulted in his formidable power.

It turns out, that Bruce Lee was training in such a way to constantly target his fast twitch muscle fibres. These are the muscle fibres most responsible for explosive power and heavy lifting, as opposed to the slow twitch muscle fibres which are more useful for endurance tasks.

To get your body to engage all your fast twitch muscle fibres though, you need to try generating 100% of your maximum force. That means that you either need to lift something that is 100% of your 1 rep max, or you need to try and lift slightly lighter weights but in a very rapid and explosive way. Both these techniques require you to try and generate force.

To use isometric training, try using 100% effort against an immovable force for about 10 seconds, rest and try again for three reps. If you want to incorporate this into your regular training program, do it at the start of the workout, not the end.

Bruce would training his finger strength by using grip training devices. He would actually have these things custom made for him by a friend called George Lee. You can try those shop-bought grip trainers, or just try crushing some cans in your hands or squishing some tennis balls. Towel pulls ups will also do the trick, as will training with wide-grip barbells. The aforementioned high tension training is also ideal for building that kind of strength.

It was this that allowed him to get his body fat percentage so incredibly low, alongside his use of the highly anabolic compound movements. If you really want to get ripped like Bruce Lee you are going to need to mimic his insane volume of training.

In terms of diet, Bruce would always avoid empty calories (nutrient rich foods help fill you up and provide fuel), he would eat smaller portions with greater regularity and he was known to experiment with supplements. Specifically protein shake.

I've built some bots by using 'webdriver.Chrome()' from Selenium. They were so slow that I was trying to speed them up by going headless mode or changing page_load_strategy etc.. In general, page loads take 9-10 secs.

I wanted to try 'webdriver.Safari()' to see if that is faster or not and I realized, it is insanely faster than Chrome. It is so fast that I need to slow it down, not only by using 'WebdriverWait' but the sleep method(which is not reliable on long period). On average page loads take 1-2 secs.

This code block may or may not work correctly because the last line of code will be executed before or after the javascript define the function for the corresponding button. Worst part is, program will not raise any error after 'click()' function executed cause it clicked, cause the element was present thanks to the previous line of code, but nothing happened.

Both browsers are updated to latest version, both ChromeDriver and SafariDriver downloaded. The Safaridriver is at /System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin/safaridriver and Chromedriver is at /usr/local/bin/chromedriver

How one can built a cross platform bot using selenium without using sleep functions?What is the reason for this speed difference between chrome and safari and what is the solution for this clicking before javascript runs problem?

Bored with local motorsports events? It might be time to plan a trip to the Utah desert and the famous Bonneville Salt Flats. It's where insane speed records are made and broken, and have been for decades.

Let's back up first and give a bit of history on the area. Humans have been racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats for over 100 years, which seems like a long time in the world of motorsports. The area's history, however, is much longer and richer. Utah's Great Salt Lake covered a much bigger area, a lake that was later named Lake Bonneville. When Lake Bonneville dried up about 14,500 years ago, leaving mostly desert in its wake, salty plains remained. This remote section of Utah, which includes the famous Bonneville Salt Flats, covers about 4,000 square miles (10,359 square kilometers) and is owned and managed by the federal government's Bureau of Land Management.

Such record-breaking speeds are possible here because the area is extremely flat; it's so flat you can see the curvature of the Earth, and cars can run for miles without any obstacles. Furthermore, the salt holds moisture that cools the cars' tires, which helps prevent premature degrading of the rubber.

USFRA is a 42-year-old volunteer organization that hosts the World of Speed event in September, keeps records for all the classes that compete at the flats, and helps manage the relationship between this unique land and the people who use it in search of ever-faster speeds. While automakers, like VW, often visit the Salt Flats to attempt record-breaking runs for publicity purposes or test vehicles in the desert's extreme conditions, Sullivan believes it's the enthusiasts who are responsible for the culture.

Official events welcome different vehicle classes designed to accommodate everything from classic hot rods to new electric vehicles. "There's no money, it's a true amateur sport," Sullivan says. "If you do set a record, all you get is your name in a book and some bragging rights."

Speaking of records, Sullivan notes, the USFRA focuses on wheel-driven vehicles (that is, like a regular car, regardless of its performance modifications) and generally ignores jet-propulsion vehicles, which he says are more like "airplanes that have not taken off." The record for a wheel-driven vehicle is 492 miles per hour (791.79 kilometers per hour), and two people have achieved speeds exceeding 400 miles per hour (643.73 kilometers per hour). The holy grail, Sullivan says, is 500 miles per hour (804.67 kilometers per hour).

As in any motorsport, safety is a concern, and Sullivan says the USFRA rule book has some of the strictest safety regulations of any motorsports association. That record-breaking VW Jetta, for example, protected the driver with a roll cage, a racing seat and harness, a fire suppression system, and a pair of parachutes to help the car slow down after the run, all of which are typical for vehicles modified for speed purposes.

While the Bonneville Salt Flats might seem overwhelming huge in size, the salt itself is a finite resource. In 1985, the flats were designated an Area of Critical Environmental Concern by the Bureau of Land Management. According to Sullivan, records show the salt depth used to be between 11 and 18 inches (28 and 45 centimeters), and it's now down to just 2 inches (5 centimeters) in some areas.

In addition to racing events, the Salt Flats are also a destination for commercial and movie shoots, potash mining, and other hobbies such as hiking, camping, archery and model rocket launches. The USFRA marks the race courses with materials that don't leave a permanent impact on the salt, and they help protect the area by cleaning up after themselves as well as going out occasionally to clean up after others.

Sullivan, who has been visiting the Salt Flats for more than 30 years, is adamant that the area is in need of preservation, not to benefit his racing hobby, but because it's a landmark on par with Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon.

"You'd be amazed at how many foreign visitors either come and compete or come to spectate, or as they're going around the United States, one of the places they want to stop is the Bonneville Salt Flats," Sullivan says. "It's going away, it needs to be saved, and it's recognized around the world."

This weeks episode takes us back a few weeks to Rally Mexico in Guanajuato - where my good buddy and WRC commentator Neil Cole was able to take a camera into paddock for an in-depth look at the M-Sport Ford World Rally Fiesta WRC - before getting fully suited to FIA standards for a SKETCHY ride-along with British rally driver Gus Greensmith on a super narrow and very high-speed shakedown stage in the Mexico desert.

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