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811.
by latch 12y ago
Easy to play armchair quarterback, but if each server is storing the complete list, why not just use a queue to push out the change? for { message = blockWaitingForMessage() if message.action == "add" { lock
812.
by latch 12y ago
The C Programming Language had a tremendous influence on me. Everything I've written has been with the hope that I might capture part of its magic. That said, maybe The Little Go Book ( http://openmymind.net/The-Little-G
813.
by latch 12y ago
If, like most programmers, you deal with units on a daily basis, then it should be pretty obvious to you that there's something between Monolith and microservices. It feels like 1/2 the stuff being written about microservice is st
814.
by latch 12y ago
Maybe it's just an issue of scale, but there are plenty of concrete cases where people speak out against coercion (either by law enforcement of private entities, like banks). I agree the system can be abused, but I don't think it&
815.
by latch 12y ago
Your suspicion is correct.
816.
by latch 12y ago
I would normally be appalled by this, but... Slate couldn't find 1 person who felt coerced? I kept expecting them to have someone claim to have paid because he or she felt traped, but nada. Related, while security guards might not alwa
817.
by latch 12y ago
I've been using fastmail for a while. It's been solid. A trickle more spam gets through (like, 1 every 2 weeks instead of 1 a month). The android client is solid (had been using K9 before its release). $40/yr for email is mor
818.
by latch 12y ago
If you're referring to breast cancer, the evidence is sketchy, and both the Canadian and American Cancer Societies conclude that it's safe (with some studies suggesting that it might help, as well as a french-paradox type thing go
819.
by latch 12y ago
If you mean the SSI: http://openmymind.net/Practical-SOA-Hydration-Part-1/ http://openmymind.net/Practical-SOA-Hydration-Part-2/ I'm playing with it again on a new project, with a twist. Each
820.
by latch 12y ago
FWIW, I've found that building a robust and deep "API Gateway" is the key to making SOA/Microservices work. Otherwise, you end up with duplication and latency. Routing and authentication are obvious candidates. It'
821.
by latch 12y ago
If you see white and gold, as I did, try looking at https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-0njXlUIAARYpf.png then looking back at the original.
822.
by latch 12y ago
Which seems to be the route most countries are headed towards (India being the obvious exception). Good news is that Japan will get there first, so we can see what the actual impact is.
823.
by latch 12y ago
I lived for a couple years in HK and then other Asian countries, and this does stands out. But if the alternative is a debt-based welfare state.... I don't think there's any doubt the Hong Kong government needs to do a better job
824.
by latch 12y ago
Generally, the period where your kids and parents are a handful don't overlap: 0 - 30 - 60.
825.
by latch 12y ago
For every site that's reliant on AWS, there's probably more than 10 000 that aren't. The giants, for example: Google. Facebook. Wikipedia. Microsoft. It's hard to get actual numbers, but Equinix might be the largest. I
826.
by latch 12y ago
That's ridiculous. It's like you're saying: without Honda, the car industry, as we know it, wouldn't exist. The hosting industry is huge. There's a ton options, many of them better, larger and older than AWS. There
827.
by latch 12y ago
None of this makes me sympathetic to Greece. It's an a) explanation for what transpired and b) a list of things that might help solve it, but is it actually being done? For me, it boils down to: should reasonable people think that Gree
828.
by latch 12y ago
Is there a reason "allowed" is in quotes? I feel like I'm missing something obvious, but I don't know what. Without that [possible] missing piece, couldn't Greece just have opted not to buy any military hardware?
829.
by latch 12y ago
Thanks, appreciate the answer. Do you know of any more modern example of a western country devaluating? I'm under this non-productive impression that there's a great sense of entitlement which is resulting in massive debt being ac
830.
by latch 12y ago
Can someone explain to me if and why I'm wrong to think of Greece as a deadbeat? I understand the point that they were forced to make cuts in exchange for loans, and this only further depressed their economy, but where did that money
831.
by latch 12y ago
If it hadn't been like this for a while, I honestly would have thought that bloomberg.com had been hacked and defaced. Consider this recent article about Radio Shack: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/201
832.
by latch 12y ago
Reviewing VPNs without providing any detail about their privacy policy seems...superficial. TorrentFreak has a more useful list [1], which is supposed to get updated this month. [1] http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-services
833.
by latch 12y ago
I assume he's including it because of its relation with Pakistan. For whatever reason Pakistan is a concern, India will remain a concern for its willingness to retaliate. (Note, I'm not saying they'd be wrong or right to reta
834.
by latch 12y ago
I'm also skeptical. Off the top of my head, if I had to make this work, I might try two things: 1 - While streaming normally from the CDN, also preload segments from peers. Complexity and client-bloat aside, you don't lose much tr
835.
by latch 12y ago
Took me a while to figure out what was going on.
836.
by latch 12y ago
Since when has bloomberg been using geocities' style sheet?
837.
by latch 12y ago
yup, thanks.
838.
by latch 12y ago
This makes me think of a 4th point: Performance problems aren't always tied to CPU usage. Waiting for disk IO is the most common example, but, as you say, coarse locks can also be problematic. Probably the worst I've seen are thre
839.
by latch 12y ago
I think this is spot on, and I'd like to add my own thoughts: 1 - An oft overlooked area where performance matters, is concurrency. It feels like it's taboo talk about performance and concurrency together, and it can be dangerous
840.
by latch 12y ago
Don't know if total ignorance is a blessing or not in this case, but.... Perhaps it has to do with how the animal is raised (grain vs grass?), or how the meat is prepared. Maybe there's something else in their diet or culture or e

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