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by bhiggins 16y ago
Apple already has all the PDF technology they want, and the creative products are too high end (too niche) or Apple has a competing product.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
kbob was replying to a post about a "performance boost" and then claimed without qualification that HDs were "on the Moore's Law trajectory"... I didn't invent anything here.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
I totally agree. Moore's Law is completely inapplicable when it comes to disk performance.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
It would be stunning for SSDs to take off with exponential speed improvements. Sure, I expect them to get faster and faster, but I have no doubt that there's no Moore's Law at work in this case. I stand by my original comment.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Wrong. HD speed improvements have been pretty flat, and has been far outpaced by HD capacity which is closer to Moore's Law. SSD offers a nice boost in speed. Don't just throw around Moore's Law as if you know something.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
If there's anyone from Foursquare here, I'm interested in what monitoring you have in place. How long had the shard been poorly performing before you noticed? Do you use anything to monitor MongoDB in particular, or load on servers, anyth
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by bhiggins 16y ago
If you find this interesting, you may be interested in this as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_height_problem
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Microsoft used to say that Linux TCO was lower than Windows. Clearly that argument it totally inapplicable to consumer phones. Their choices are very limited at this point, so I expect the patent shakedowns to continue. So far, it is wor
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Finite and Infinite Games
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by bhiggins 16y ago
only in the php community would semaphores be considered a dark art
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Seattle, WA. Networking (not social, computer) startup, need systems people and C programmers. Email me at ben at rkgenubc.pbz (rot13 the domain part). No remote.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
I called one of my senators, Patty Murray, since she's up for reelection. I also called her challenger, Dino Rossi. I talked with staffers from both. Sadly, neither indicated that they had taken any position on S. 3804.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Very cool! I'd love to do something similar to this, something simple, like a remake of Atari Tank. Just drop in and start playing, instantly. Great demo.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
It is a perpetual arms race.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
I think Jason doesn't have much of a clue what he's talking about. There's still a lot of details just with the display itself, see this for example: http://www.displaymate.com/Smartphone_ShootOut_1.htm
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by bhiggins 16y ago
I agree. I-1098 also cuts the B&O tax and helps fund education. Employers need educated and skilled employees.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Fellow Washingtonians, let's consider passing I-1098 especially in this light: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/426758_fair16.html
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by bhiggins 16y ago
They know how to run one kind of business, that much is clear.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
The political issues are serious and your sense of how to solve the problem is distasteful.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
There were some folks who owned a lot of slaves back in the day, too. Not a good argument, by itself, sorry.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Riiiight, if only AltaVista had done a redesign... sure.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
I think it's far more likely that, already, the only ones with regrets will be the ones involved.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Ron comes across as a phony.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Hardly ever use it, but we have, for example, used the tricks to count the number of set bits found in Hacker's Delight :)
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Exactly right. To think otherwise is to have cargo-cult thinking.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Having a remote cache gets rid of one of the few reasons for having a cache at all.
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Meanwhile, important already existing programs under DOJ purview like the FBI's DNA forensics department are underfunded and backlogged by at least a year for often time-sensitive cases like missing-persons investigations. Do we live in a
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by bhiggins 16y ago
I don't like the government subsidizing stadiums either. At least, very recently, Seattle decided not to build a new basketball stadium and as a result the Supersonics moved to Oklahoma. I think that was the right call. I just wanted to
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Washington has the most regressive tax structure in the entire country and is facing a significant budget problem. An income tax is a step in the right direction, and frankly I would be happy to see the $200K (single) - $400K (married) lim
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by bhiggins 16y ago
Washington state has the most regressive tax structure in the entire country.

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