Perhaps it could be restructured to separate out the howto from the explanation to serve the reader’s intended use at the time as described here: https://diataxis.fr
As a tech writer I love the concepts of Diataxis but don't agree with it being invoked here. Context is critical in all four of its quadrants, and its model doesn't apply uniformly to every aspect of every application.
GP did IMO the right thing by understanding the audience first in order to judge what level of context is appropriate. That should be rule 0 before anything in Diataxis gets involved.
I think another factor is the medium through which the docs are to be consumed. If the intended audience are "experienced, technical professionals" as the ggp says, but those folks are arriving at the docs primarily from search engines, then it's likely they are in "how-to mode" [0].
People in "how-to mode" are almost always time-constrained. They need immediate answers so interspersing the why with the how would slow such readers down (since they have to scan more text than they need to [1]). Their impatience will often cause them to bounce from your web page back to the search engine in search of other sources that can provide them with immediate answers.
Without additional context on the medium of delivery of the docs (in-app vs web page vs PDF), it's hard for us commenters to say with certainty whether the decision to remove the "why" was a good call or not.
The Da (Big) / Xiao (Small) prefixes are direct translations of family honorifics that in the simple case directly indicate the relative age of one family member to another. The more common use for family is with more layers of indirection -- so when referring to my mother's younger sister, I would say "Xiao Ai" (Little Aunt), and when referring to my mother's older sister, it would be "Da Ai" (Big Aunt).
In this case I imagine it was more in a professional context, so "Shi Qiang" -- family name "Shi", given name "Qiang" -- was likely elder or the superior of people around them, so would be called "Da Shi" (Big Shi / Boss Shi). If Shi Qiang were the younger, they'd likely be called "Xiao Shi" (Little Shi / Subordinate Shi).
I have found the lowest energy way to shovel snow is to stand with a bit of a bow stance and push the shovel front to back as if you were paddling a boat, pushing down on the end of the handle at the end to launch the snow. Very easy on the back.
If heavier snow, sink into it a bit to transfer more energy.
Works well up to depth of the shovel head, so for deep snow, skim first, and repeat.
For wet snow, launch earlier, but sorry, it’s still hard work.
They're still available in newer forms[1]. Its manufacturer, GlobalScale, is more an ODM for plug computers and provides reference devices.
There are also other smaller full package variants around. I used the Ionics PlugComputers for a PBX project ~8 years ago (no longer manufactured), and still have one of them running a PBX on debian under my desk[2].
Corporate green-washing initiatives like this just make our economic system look good, while doing no meaningful good. These corporations have political power, but they don't use it to solve this crisis.
There are a few of things to be aware of when deploying your own instance in jitsi-meet/config.js:
Firefox simulcast is still experimental (edit: and disabled by default), so Firefox is only sending HD to the video-bridge and no LD stream. The HD is then relayed to everyone even as a thumbnail.
If you don't need to see everyone's video all the time, set channelLastN: 5 or a similar number, and only the last N speakers video will be broadcast
If you don't need 720p (1280x720), change the constraints: video section to be something like 360p (640x360)
Enable layer suspension so that HD is not sent to the server when not needed: enableLayerSuspension: true
There's a large multi-tower project in Toronto that includes a heating and cooling system built by Enwave that incorporates a very large cistern / well, building on their prior success cooling the downtown core: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/climate-heat-cooling-1.5437...
Besides the physical activities, the number of interested parties that become involved when touching so many things drives up the bureaucracy with each party bringing their own engineering requirements and conditions for cooperation.
Regarding the piercing beeps - I popped open the case on mine and put a piece of tape over the piezo buzzer speaker, which brought the volume down to just the right level.
