johnrice

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   $2 trillion mistake, according to these guys (2001)(cbo.gov)

   1 points by johnrice 15y ago|0 comments
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   by johnrice 16y ago

   "but given the law enforcers say what you are doing is not allowed, I can only assume that it is, indeed, not allowed" The law enforcers so often wrong about what the law does and does not allow that somebody had the foresight leave that ju
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   by johnrice 16y ago

   Stonebraker says real systems can obviously achieve "CA" when one node is partitioned off. But he slyly switched out the theorem's definition of "available" for a more colloquial definition. The CAP theorem definition requires every live no
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   by johnrice 19y ago

   There is a tradeoff though--accepting a smaller probability of success increases the variance, which deterministically drags down the returns. To see the effect, extend your argument to the extreme case of very very early valuations. You