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by jkat 14y ago
We got a 3930K, 32GB ram with 2xSSDs in software Raid 1 for $169/month.
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by jkat 14y ago
We just finished doing some video encoding testing on a few different platform and EC2 (along with EC2-based offerings) are considerably slower and more expensive. Although 10x more expensive than a 3930K, a cc2.8xlarge instance was only 1.
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Hetzner introduces new managed server models(hetzner.de)
6 points by jkat 14y ago|0 comments
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by jkat 14y ago
Your account is only 47 days old?
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by jkat 14y ago
I've never even seen a windows phone (maybe they aren't popular in Asia?)...I remember when they first came out, most reviews seemed to agree it was very superficial and in need of a lot of polish. Has to story changed?
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by jkat 14y ago
Hard to take it seriously when they start off by suggesting that the web server, by itself, makes it a good investment. I have nothing against IIS (I think handlers written in C# is a solid feature compared to the alternatives for other ser
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by jkat 14y ago
True, but fields around math, science and engineering have (as far as I'm aware) been rather reliable.
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by jkat 14y ago
There's plenty of money to be made, it's a question of hard work. Luck? You were already lucky to be born in the western world. I think education is the answer, but not the type people seem focused on. I'm talking about life skills childre
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by jkat 14y ago
I guess I've been living under a filtered bubble...I've used Google as my go-to example as the only big company not using patents offensively ( http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uplo... )
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by jkat 14y ago
If you can separate GMOs from the more evil commercial activities revolving around them (patents, seed control, ...), then I don't get it. I'm not saying that's an easy separation to make, but science and technology will continue to move fo
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by jkat 14y ago
Currently dealing with design and usability experts that are spending a lot of time building things instead of shipping and trying out different approached. There seems to be an aversion to A/B testing because that would clearly challenge t
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by jkat 14y ago
More popular alternative. Either dedicated or collocating.
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by jkat 14y ago
In our investigation, we've found AWS to be around 5x more expensive. Being able to save 63% during off hours (or, let's just say, reducing AWS' bill an average of 30%) doesn't really seem to make much of a difference - and that's with payi
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by jkat 14y ago
Previous (yesteday's) discussion on this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4987737
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by jkat 14y ago
I know I was vague, but we really are CPU-bound. We do some fairly heavy set and bitwise operations. Our smallest unit of work is about 3x-5x slower on AWS (while costing about 4x more than alternatives). This can't be further parallelized
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by jkat 14y ago
Currently in a battle with management about whether to launch on AWS or not. They want to, engineers don't. Engineers are largely driven by raw CPU performance. Management, well, they seem to be thinking "no one ever gets fired for picking.
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by jkat 14y ago
Best. Show. Ever. Wouldn't make an important decision based on them. They are good, but a lot of what they do isn't nearly rigorous enough to risk lives.
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by jkat 14y ago
I don't disagree with your premise in general....but...The silliness of one rule doesn't, in my mind, invalidate all the other ones. I mean, couldn't you reverse your logic? Find a rule that makes sense (say, no smoking on the plane) and th
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by jkat 14y ago
The FAA is being ridiculous about this. However...there's literally nothing I find more aggravating than flying - because of other passengers. Every flight, there's always a handful of people who refuse to follow the simple rules. Their car
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by jkat 14y ago
It really is better to either have them make a first offer (or at least, give you a range) or to be slightly over-the-top when making your own first offer. Aside from that, there are at least 3 important dimensions: - location - experience
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by jkat 14y ago
I'm a big gaming fan, and it seems like they could have explored and expanded the world of casual gaming; but they instead focused on a cash grab.
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by jkat 14y ago
As a layman, I thought the main issue with 3D printing was the material (the article only briefly mentions this). Plastic goes a long way, but still, when I look at almost non-trivial thing around me, I tend to see more-than-just-plastic.
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by jkat 14y ago
Don't know about wheat, but are you implying that something's bad simply because it's hard to quit?
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by jkat 14y ago
"You want to get As and As? Eat breakfast." "I don’t have time to eat breakfast," the [13 year old] girl said. "She'd rather put on makeup than eat breakfast," the girl's mother interrupted. I'm a Lustig fan, but the people who deserve an o
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by jkat 14y ago
How much of this is being driven by issues with Windows 8 versus people simply being content with what they already have? The core 2 duo era killed the buy-a-new-computer-every-2-years thing. I think that, not tablets, is the new reality MS