advocate1

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by advocate1 14y ago
mmap. +1. 10MB source tarball. -1. Looks like it's worth a test. Thanks for the reference.
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by advocate1 14y ago
This discussion reminds me of non-technical users. They will tolerate incredible sluggishness. It is amazing what Oracle and the free alternatives get away with. People, including engineers/developers, not only tolerate sluggishness but
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by advocate1 14y ago
I have wondered how people discover Dropbox. It seems to have penetration into the realm of non-techies, but I am not sure. Is this true, in your opinion? The iPad I completely understand the appeal. It does not look like a computer. It
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by advocate1 14y ago
If only they knew that Dropbox is cloud storage. It's Amazon S3 via python, the rsync library and a familar icon.
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by advocate1 14y ago
It's more work for the computer to process data stored as "rows" than data stored as columns. Think of how a disk is organized. If you abandon MySQL and store data as columns you can load a trillion rows. But forget I mentioned this.
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by advocate1 14y ago
Internet VC's like bubbles. I agree this trend the investor posited to pg is a good one. It will force startups to focus on profits not hype and VC. That will make for better startups that can perhaps become longlasting companies. Facebook
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by advocate1 14y ago
This is the smart approach. Keep everything as "format agnostic" as possible. The only reason someone would not use this approach and opt for one of the services mentioned is marketing. There is no marketing for storing files in a "non-pr