Espressosaurus

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   by Espressosaurus 14y ago

   Guess what XP was based on: Windows 2000.
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   by Espressosaurus 14y ago

   While he worded it poorly, he is correct. Kinda. In a skip list with millions of items, you're going to have something like n log(n) SkipListObjects. The references are virtually free. The objects are not. On a typical JVM implementatio
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   by Espressosaurus 14y ago

   The algorithm for checking answers in journals is to send it to a panel of other people in the field, ask them if it checks out (obvious errors, overlooked things, etc.), and publish if it does. This model has already broken down when peop
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   by Espressosaurus 14y ago

   I think the author of the article was conflating "interface" with "GUI". Yeah, absolutely. Don't put a GUI as part of my car controls; that's stupid. But the wheel, pedals and shifter are certainly an interface.
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   by Espressosaurus 14y ago

   PC death is still here--at least of a fashion: it's a mature market, and people aren't replacing them on short timescales anymore. Instead of 1-3 years, replacement timescales became 3-5 years, and at this point it's probably 5-7 years. D