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811.
by mmt 8y ago
> In some cases, I have some sympathy for the guy who may well have not really fully understood the intimidation factor in the situation. In other cases, they clearly are happy to use their power to bully others into getting their way an
812.
by mmt 8y ago
This was a surprisingy accurate account of the histories of the terms and the philisophies they (originally) described. There is also excellent advice, implicit, if not explicit. Unfortunately, I'm not sure it's broadly meaningful
813.
by mmt 8y ago
>A decent summary of some of the clinical data is here Thanks! That looks extremely informative, and I only had a chance to skim through it so far. I couldn't help but notice how many (at least half) of the referenced studies were i
814.
by mmt 8y ago
> The trouble is - that historical data is the data so far as we know. The trouble is, that the XKCD cartoon is not the data. It is a picture representation of some data. It still falls under the category of "meta" report. Th
815.
by mmt 8y ago
> This video highlights some of the more interesting ones (e.g. refusing to accept an apology being offensive) I didn't catch that. He only offered a somewhat contrived example of it being rude to "take back" an apology (w
816.
by mmt 8y ago
Just the one (first) page of newest articles? Is that enough?
817.
by mmt 8y ago
> assuming this post was made in good faith That assumption is exhorted by the site guidelines. > https://xkcd.com/1732/ The problem is that this is merely another "meta report" that the parent specific
818.
by mmt 8y ago
> nice historical graphs for hardware pricing that are publicly accessible Even then, that's only half the comparison, though. Do you know of anyone keeping historical AWS prices? That would seem more likely, actually, than a reliab
819.
by mmt 8y ago
Don't get me wrong. I'm not ascribing any benefits to it at all. I'm merely saying that it's under-studied, considering how common it is, due to its legal status and that can now start to change.
820.
by mmt 8y ago
> (researchers could apply for special access) I'm aware of the special access, and I'm even aware that it has resulted in actual pharmaceuticals. The problem with special access is that it has a huge chilling effect. I suspe
821.
by mmt 8y ago
That explains the very strong anti-GHB messaging at alcohol-serving establishments, such as clubs. So, let's assume, for the sake of argument, that we're considering OD risk of recreational drugs, not on their own in a controlled,
822.
by mmt 8y ago
> AFAIK, the biggest problem with GHB is its synergy with alcohol. Most GHB related deaths also involve alcohol. That's a good point. I had forgotten that base assumption in the club scene, though it was generally much less of an is
823.
by mmt 8y ago
Although I agree with you that this bloat is undesirable, I'm not convinced it's actually a problem with the distro. (My primary experience is with Ubuntu, and to a lesser extent, mostly by extension, Debian) Rather, I think it&#x
824.
by mmt 8y ago
> I dont understand this part. The potential for overdose on alcohol is high as well. I think that the point about GHB that most people miss is the concept of therapeutic index, a term borrowed from the medical world (I've also seen
825.
by mmt 8y ago
One of the topics that hasn't yet been mentioned (which surprises me, especially for HN), which I believe I saw originally when this legalization was still merely being proposed was how it would affect medical/pharmaceutical resea
826.
by mmt 8y ago
> How to get the VCs to do better tech vetting? Not only that, but how would they? Do they keep experts on staff (and risk that expertise going stale, if it's reliable in the first place)? Do they bring in outside consultants&#x2
827.
by mmt 8y ago
> So I'm personally trying to foster microenterprise as part of the solution to what has gone wrong. We need more small time operators. I agree, and I've always preferred smaller companies to larger ones. Unfortunately, I didn&
828.
by mmt 8y ago
I think most of us here understand the concept of loss leaders and of sacrificing profits (even operating at a loss) for market share. My point isn't that it doesn't happen, nor that it couldn't happen in this space. Rather
829.
by mmt 8y ago
> how NVMe works out in practice is also interesting Indeed, though I suspect, in the context of a storage fabric "behind" a RAID card, it will just be a costly bandwidth increase. >I've found some benchmarks for SATA-S
830.
by mmt 8y ago
> The former will bring in more startup founders and investors, and the latter will become a dying ecosystem. OK. I think I see what you're saying, that, on the whole, it's likely to be one or the other. I'd still argue th
831.
by mmt 8y ago
> If you have 4 disks in RAID10 you have 4x read iops of a single disk and 2x write iops. RAID5 has at most 1x write iops (still needs a read) and 4x read iops. RAID6 is even worse. Details here: https://blog.storagecraft.com&
832.
by mmt 8y ago
> I've heard Cloudflare gets their systems made, for some definition of "from scratch", by Quanta I looked just glanced at that video, it looked familiar. What I'm reasonably confident of is that no meaningful definit
833.
by mmt 8y ago
> I've certainly experienced this but I would also posit, don't most men? Thanks for pointing that out. When I read the article, I succumbed to my annoyance with the neologism "microaggression" that I essentially glos
834.
by mmt 8y ago
The article states: > it is hard to distinguish among the CEO who promises the impossible because she is committing fraud, the CEO who promises the impossible because she is deluded, and the CEO who promises the impossible and then goes
835.
by mmt 8y ago
> It is not recommended to use RAID5 since the performance of this type of RAID for databases is not good. This strikes me as a generalization that is, at best, questionable. (Also, these days, with spinning disks, I'd more likely d
836.
by mmt 8y ago
> Plus, if you really are a $BBB operation, you can build your own servers and network kit. As in, you get to start answering questions like what features you want on the motherboards I suspect it's this kind of over-reach that ends
837.
by mmt 8y ago
> it's possible OP really is saving money by renting their hardware instead of owning. Is it, though? Other than the special case of Netflix, it strains credibility that any cloud provider would be willing to give enough of a discou
838.
by mmt 8y ago
> There are better ways to do that than to suggest I'm in the wrong forum, I don't belong here and take it elsewhere. I realize that part of what I said could be construed that way, and I apologize. I do try very hard not be ad
839.
by mmt 8y ago
Sarcasm is rarely well-received here. Also, I think anyone reading any of the rest of the thread would see that you do have an understand of the issues, so no need to defend yourself. Conversely, the parent commenter uses hyperbole to the p
840.
by mmt 8y ago
> To my mind, it's not a big departure from my original comment. Fair enough, perhaps "expansion" would have been a better word than "departure". > But your stance seems fundamentally dismissive, so I think I&

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