Andys

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811.
by Andys 17y ago
Garmin don't make any products I want to buy anymore. I had a GPSMAP276C which though getting old was the best GPS device for me, with way more features than a phone GPS provides. Then it got stolen, and when I went to see if there was a ne
812.
by Andys 17y ago
Maybe this is because sitting around practicing a piano for 8 hours a day is acceptable for 6 to 18 year olds but no 20+ year old is able to do this.
813.
by Andys 17y ago
"What's the word for bribing people with their own money?" Government?
814.
by Andys 17y ago
I found the price strangely low. As usual with any Apple release, I started some friendly banter with my Apple-loving friends about how poor the value is compared to a regular PC, until I got to the 27" Imac and realised you couldn't buy a
815.
by Andys 17y ago
Absolutely: I don't tell family about, or celebrate, a new deal until the money is actually in the bank.
816.
by Andys 17y ago
Perhaps he did "ls -l".. which requires a stat() for each file. but even in the worst case scenario, that's 10ms for each roundtrip.. way more than it should be: something sounds broken with his setup.
817.
by Andys 17y ago
Most phones sold in other parts of the world are available unlocked and supporting multiple 3G frequency bands without much trouble.
818.
by Andys 17y ago
OK, I just created a directory with 6000 * 8kb files, and did 'ls' from another computer over NFS with a cold cache, and it completed in: real 0m 1.96s user 0m 1.12s sys 0m 0.00s Sounds like Steve was having some other problem unr
819.
by Andys 17y ago
Doing 'ls' in a big directory with a cold cache is a pathalogical case for ZFS. Finding and opening a single file should be alot faster than 'ls', and frequently used metadata will be cached by ZFS's ARC over time. I guess instant, unlimit
820.
by Andys 17y ago
and AUD$400.
821.
by Andys 17y ago
I have an original G1 and whenever there's an updated OS version, it buzzes and informs me it is ready to reboot into the new version. It has been quite nice, receiving a stream of updates over the months, making things faster and installin
822.
by Andys 17y ago
Linus' recommendation to buy the Intel X25-M still stands, because they have the fastest small-block random I/O performance. Why would you buy an SSD only to do large sequential transfers with it? Just use a 1.5TB HDD to store your media fi
823.
by Andys 17y ago
I hate OpenID, but I think OAuth is actually a good idea and a workable, practical solution.
824.
by Andys 17y ago
Its an advertisement, a lower grade of information than even a puff piece or glossy brochure. For TV advertisements, you need people who can act. Engineers aren't actors. Save the real engineers for informational pieces like this interview
825.
by Andys 17y ago
It is certainly much cheaper here in Australia, the cost is several hundred dollars. There are MRI machines available in just about every major suburb.
826.
by Andys 17y ago
No, they'd do duck typing, which could be a potentially embarrassing situation.. :-)
827.
Github: push error: unpack failed, unreachable objects(support.github.com)
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828.
by Andys 17y ago
Isn't satellite data subject to a different class of measurement artifacts? Since it is measuring reflection at potentially different layers of the atmosphere, some high, some low?
829.
by Andys 17y ago
Reality check: "most" major consumers is going too far
830.
by Andys 17y ago
Not only is gcc -Os faster for every benchmark I've ever tried, ICC is also some 10% faster again at running ruby interpreter than GCC. However, none of these speedups is as large as upgrading to Ruby 1.9
831.
by Andys 17y ago
The first I knew something was wrong was hearing the local mall's fire evacuation alarm going off at 6am this morning. Then I opened my eyes to see blood-red light coming in around the edges of the window and the smell of soil. My next thou
832.
by Andys 17y ago
If the point about Body Language is also taken into consideration then this shouldn't be a problem.
833.
by Andys 17y ago
I guess that any seasoned programmer would be well-aware of the printf notation (%.2f) and would immediately guess that % must be a printf operator in this language. I love using printf all the time in my programs and it is one of my litmus
834.
by Andys 17y ago
1. Build an electric helicopter with batteries and a pedal-powered dynamo 2. Pedal for hours/days to charge the battery 3. Fly helicopter on battery power 4. Collect $250,000
835.
by Andys 17y ago
I always start wondering if Jason thinks it good for time-strapped startups to spend 3+ hours each week watching podcasts.
836.
by Andys 17y ago
Or it may merely explain why you aren't succeeding, even though you are willful :-)
837.
by Andys 17y ago
It would have helped if they'd published graphs next to it showing the same list of systems sorted by throughput and another sorted by reliability!
838.
by Andys 17y ago
Thats OK, the general theme of the Australian military is to be about 12 years out of date from the USA versions. You guys get the cool new toys and we get the hand-me-downs, seems to be how it works :-)
839.
by Andys 17y ago
Fast 120mm fans can move a pretty decent amount of air - up to 120 ft^3/min each, and they used three in parallel. It would take about a dozen 80mm normal-speed computer fans to reach this.
840.
by Andys 17y ago
In sysadmin terms, they have aimed for data integrity over availability. If a system goes down and they have to replace a disk or a power supply or motherboard, the data is still safe, and if by chance there's any $5/month users who need to

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