mjgerm

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   by mjgerm 4y ago

   Roughly speaking, an N-level digital logic system requires O(N) transistors in order to buffer/force a signal into one of N states, but only performs O(log(N)) more work with them relative to binary. Without the buffering step, you&#x2
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   by mjgerm 4y ago

   6 million gallons/yr / 40 inches/yr (average annual rainfall in NY) = 5.5 acres
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   by mjgerm 4y ago

   You have to admit that there is some gap between "I want the latest re-rounded corners on app icons" (which fits into that category neatly) and "I don't want 4 years of unpatched 0-days still open on my phone" (whic
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   by mjgerm 4y ago

   I think the answer amounts to "anyone who has at least a rack full of Dell/HPE hardware". Dell manages an annual revenue of greater than $20B, so on-prem HW is clearly going strong, regardless of whether or not you think it s
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   by mjgerm 4y ago

   Looking at the hardware, I'd wag somewhere in the $2-3M range. Depends on how big of a profit margin they want to make or how scrappy they feel like being (could probably go as low as ~$1M if they can make it up in volume). If they&#x
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   by mjgerm 4y ago

   Roughly, the power of a digital system is sum of the static power and the dynamic power (P=1/2 C V^2*F). 1. Discrete logic chips tend to be built in substantially larger process nodes (microns vs nanometers) that are less efficient.
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   by mjgerm 5y ago

   You are now debugging a distributed system.