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by justanotheratom 15y ago
curious why you think multicore enabled resume would not help with disk io? Atleast on an SSD, I would think it should.
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Patent Wars Infographic(businessinsurance.org)
1 points by justanotheratom 15y ago|0 comments
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Windows 8 - Designing for Metro style and the desktop(blogs.msdn.com)
57 points by justanotheratom 15y ago|38 comments
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by justanotheratom 15y ago
Note that the QAT functionality is available in all ribbon-based Office applications as well. And I completely agree with you - hate the ribbon, love the QAT.
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by justanotheratom 15y ago
Can you elaborate on what command queuing is, and whether it helps sequential or parallel transfers?
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Windows 8: Building robust USB 3.0 support(blogs.msdn.com)
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Microsoft Annual Review 2011 (15-25% raises)(minimsft.blogspot.com)
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by justanotheratom 15y ago
There was a blog post but its is gone. Here is one describing that blog post: http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-employee-details-how-wind...
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Building Windows 8(blogs.msdn.com)
69 points by justanotheratom 15y ago|50 comments
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by justanotheratom 15y ago
I was starting to wonder what his next billion dollar business is going to be.
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Google's coalition speaks with one voice (literally)(zdnet.com)
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by justanotheratom 15y ago
I think what you are referring to as buffer is actually called a 'window' in vim. It is my understanding that a Tab can have Windows (created with veritical and horizontal splits), and Windows have buffers. You can switch buffers in the sam
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by justanotheratom 15y ago
There is usually a lot of government subsidy involved in things like these.
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by justanotheratom 15y ago
Too late, can't edit. I actually meant 4-day work week - 32 hours.
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Ask HN: Would you take a pay cut in exchange for a 4-hour work week?
9 points by justanotheratom 15y ago|9 comments
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Microsoft's New Review and Compensation System - Now With More Cash(minimsft.blogspot.com)
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by justanotheratom 16y ago
But Apple in contrast has turned out to be surprisingly nimble and my impression is that their employees are quite happy.
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by justanotheratom 16y ago
I program primarily in C and believe I know all there is to know about it. But I have never read K&R. A few weeks back, I started reading it, got bored and gave up. But I keep running into people who swear by K&R. Do you guys think
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by justanotheratom 16y ago
Just checking, did Ray Ozzie join Amazon?
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by justanotheratom 16y ago
That is certainly true. But I would like to emphasize the importance of having a solid manager over in the India operation. Because even if you are Indian, it becomes difficult to manage from a long distance.
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by justanotheratom 16y ago
I know of one case. Two founders, one American, one Indian (my brother), both highly technical. They were almost running out of money but also needed 5-6 programmers and someone to manage them, so they could take care of the business aspec
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by justanotheratom 16y ago
..and still didn't end up with Chrome.
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by justanotheratom 16y ago
Google did not create Orkut, it was acquired.
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by justanotheratom 16y ago
I am certainly not an expert and can definitely be wrong here. Perhaps you can provide your insights. I just haven't seen many insightful articles on the interwebs. ps: Had to look up what astroturfing is. No, I am just mostly a lurker on H
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by justanotheratom 16y ago
It is true that in theory, they should be hot-pluggable. But try plugging out a hard-drive while your system is running, bad things happen. USB devices, on the other hand, expect to be hot-plugged, and take appropriate measures for that. Fo
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Haven't heard a single critical analysis of Thunderbolt. So here I go..
9 points by justanotheratom 16y ago|6 comments