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by geezerjay 7y ago
> Not really, at least until end users are buying ARM machines How do you address the problem caused by the combinatorial explosion of adding a whole new ISA to the OS*distribution combination of platforms that need to be targetted, test
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by geezerjay 7y ago
It's very odd how this report is jam-packed with assertions and qualifiers regarding the accusations, but somehow fails to specify or give any substance or even provide any basis for these allegations. Instead, they simply complain tha
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by geezerjay 7y ago
This fictional scaling problem makes as much sense as correlating the effect of some public policies on the height of the political leader or average temperature. It's a silly scapegoat that makes no sense at all.
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> "I cant know" is a subset of "I dont know" There is a world of difference between "don't know" and "can't know", as the first implies a shortcoming on the side of the developer while se
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> The code is undefined, but "I don't know." is still the correct answer for what happens to the variable. Actually, as undefined behavior should not be used at all then the correct answer should be "nevermimd these e
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> This kind of generalization is normally read as "Typically, doctors [as a profession] are slow to…" Medical professionals need to be slow to adopt alternatives because they are required (and expected) to be highly reliable. J
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by geezerjay 7y ago
What's wrong with using email to communicate with the medical records office? And as CT scans are private information, why would you assume it would be Ok to make them available through a public server and send them over the internet?
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> Most of the "problems" also exist in enteprise scale database server such as sql server and sybase. You've repeatedly dumped a long string of personal attacks based on statements of fact that were fundamented rather well
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by geezerjay 7y ago
The case for this hypothetical scaling problem is baseless and absurd. It's a silly scapegoat. That's it.
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by geezerjay 7y ago
The US is a federation of 50 states and in theory is highly liberal. Therefore at most your example should scale at the state level. As most states have fewer inhabitants than Norway then I don't see your point.
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> Yes, they're at a much higher price point, but it's also way cheaper than AWS. Everything is way cheaper than AWS.
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by geezerjay 7y ago
The name is rather unfortunate as there is already a software project with that name: Sanic, Python async web framework. https://github.com/huge-success/sanic
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by geezerjay 7y ago
Voters don't remember which maintenance task was performed last month, but union types don't forget who acted against their interests.
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> "How long will X take?" > > "I don't know, I've never done X before." I fail to see how your example makes any case on how estimating how many resources a project needs is stupid. At most your exampl
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by geezerjay 7y ago
What's stupid in wanting to get an idea of how much a project costs in order to decide if it's a good idea to pursue, let alonr allocate resources?
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by geezerjay 7y ago
Local government have insight on the capacity of services currently available in some regions, and also which growth strategy they could follow to avoid very expensive investments with very negative externalities (i.e., congestioned freeway
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> inagility of anyone to have a usable discussion on the lack of strategic planning in initiatives like this... Have you considered the possibility that you fail to have what you perceive to be a usablr discussion on your topics of choic
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by geezerjay 7y ago
Why haven't they simply rezoned some areas to allow higher density housing? This sort of blanket change doesn't grant much control on which zone should increase density.
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by geezerjay 7y ago
So you acknowledge that infrastructure in fact can be updated. What's bothering you then?
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by geezerjay 7y ago
Your hypothetical example assumes that this measure leads available housing to double while prices fall about by about 15%, and even so your conclusion is that this doesn't help anyone?
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by geezerjay 7y ago
What do you mean by "low-content"?
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> Reminder that prison slavery Aren't those prison jobs open only to volunteers among the prison population?
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> Someone who can't control their anger isn't someone you want poking around your insides with a scalpel. If the surgeon is prone to violence fits as you claim he might be, wouldn't it show on his track record as a surgeon
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by geezerjay 7y ago
Honest question: how should someone's domestic violence charge affect your choice of surgeon?
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> Now for the first time in history there is a form of money that you can prove in a matter of seconds that your money didn't move when you gave custody to the bank. Why do you believe this has any relevance at all? People want to b
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by geezerjay 7y ago
Are you sure that both complains are being made by the same person? Vue is a popular project, and unless an idea is backed unequivocally by 100% of its user base then you'll always hear some users arguing in favour and others against.
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> They do something good but freeloaders just turn up and demand more. I hope you realize that by "they" you mean the hardware vendor and by "freeloaders" you mean the vendor's customers.
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> The company representing that which is destroying the river-basins ecosystem. If any organization represents the destruction of Amazon's river basin ecosystem, those organizations are exclusively the state institutions of the 9 co
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> They wanted the tld for tourism. How many sites are they expecting to operate in order to justify a dedicated tld ?
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by geezerjay 7y ago
> Why are we letting this group of business people make decisions about global internet? Whether you like it or not, those "global businesses" do have an internet presence that's unquestionably more extensive than some cou

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