bluef00t

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   by bluef00t 6y ago

   Thanks for a good summary. If you'd like an alternative take on these same ideas in a bit more systematic framework, consider read Objectivism by Leonard Piekoff.
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   by bluef00t 6y ago

   I think a better way to put it is that all models are right given a situation / context / set of assumptions. It is important to understand the latter to apply the model. I would highly recommend reading Chapter 3-5 (Epistemology)
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   by bluef00t 6y ago

   >> These seem like questions without answers. Or, alternatively, the correct answer is whatever you decide it to be. I beg to differ. The correct answer is whatever you decide it to be given the nature of reality . The whatever you d
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   by bluef00t 6y ago

   If you find this interesting, I would recommend checking out the book Objectivism by Leonard Piekoff. It takes a more systematic approach to come to similar conclusions.
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   by bluef00t 11y ago

   I see where you are coming from. HBase was unstable 3-4 years ago, but after a great amount of dev effort and battle hardening from Cloudera, Salesforce, etc., it is very stable now. We have ~ 400 nodes running in production for a very crit
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   by bluef00t 11y ago

   Try HBase. At another AdTech company, we have been very happy with it. https://eng.yammer.com/call-me-maybe-hbase