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541.
by nir 17y ago
efficiency -> scalability, in the sense that serving the request faster will free the server to serve another request. My point is that for nearly all apps, executing PHP is very small part of the total request handling time, so even a
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by nir 17y ago
Remember when the meme was "%90 of web apps will not reach a point where scaling is an issue"? Well, of those who do reach it, %90 will not reach a point when PHP's execution (assuming you use on of the existing code accelerator, all which
543.
by nir 17y ago
Check out Farve's one, pretty funny: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/09000d5d8144d8...
544.
by nir 17y ago
Maybe they just don't think PHP is such a bad choice. Any comparable language would probably require refactoring/optimizing tools, so these aren't a reason to switch on their own, they have a lot of legacy PHP code and developers who are fa
545.
by nir 17y ago
I suppose once you do that there's no telling what you're capable of.
546.
by nir 17y ago
Well, with quotes like "it is simply not a language designed for the sorts of workloads that Java and .NET are" I'm not sure of the author's technical level. Also, his comparison of Zend's "folks" (which ones? Founders? Execs? Sales people?
547.
by nir 17y ago
As far as syntax, it's about as easy to pick up as it gets. ( http://diveintopython.org/ ) Web dev wise, it helps if you had some experience with PHP frameworks (though most of them are modeled more on Rails rather than Django or other Py
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Tobacco Plants Tapped to Grow Solar Cells(news.discovery.com)
2 points by nir 17y ago|0 comments
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by nir 17y ago
A plane/train/bus/show ticket? An article you want to go over, marking and adding notes (my wife does this sort of thing..) A paper due to be submitted to someone who will mark & write notes and don't want to have to print it themselves
550.
by nir 17y ago
I bet it seemed like a lot more than that to Brett Favre, last Sunday evening. The beauty of Football (I've only really followed the game for about a year now, coming from a place where soccer & basketball are the major sports) is that
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DIY Bio: A Growing Movement Takes on Aging(hplusmagazine.com)
1 points by nir 17y ago|0 comments
552.
by nir 17y ago
I don't think OP meant in page views, rather in the level or requirements. For example, The Economist has a lot more writers/editors/designers/etc who all have different needs from the system, many not necessarily very computer literate etc
553.
by nir 17y ago
Even though the story's interesting, I think it should have been flagged - there's plenty of places to discuss it online, and there's no way not to Redditize this kind of conversation. Already there's a comment here claiming the Baha'i (??)
554.
by nir 17y ago
I really like thesixtyone, but talk about TechCrunch astroturfing - are there really that many users to the61 that some of them being upset is a TC-worthy story?
555.
by nir 17y ago
>Is it sad to say that a comedy network has become what I believe to be the least biased news? Both the Daily Show and the Colbert Report are very biased, by their own account. There's nothing wrong with that in itself, but they can't
556.
by nir 17y ago
Objectivity may be an unreachable goal, but it doesn't mean that journalists shouldn't aim for it. The Hunter Thompson model also includes making stuff up - I'd very much prefer a story that tries to be unbiased, even if it fails, to a stor
557.
by nir 17y ago
#1 simply illustrates one of the reasons why rich people without particular interest in technology would prefer investing in finance rather than startups. It's a generalization, but has some truth to it. In theory anyone can invest in anyth
558.
by nir 17y ago
One reason for Conan (and anyone with similar status) not to switch to the internet is that on mainstream media competition has a high entry barrier - very few people get a show on NBC, or a column in the NY Times - while online a PR piec
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The Pushbutton Web: Realtime Becomes Real(dashes.com)
1 points by nir 17y ago|0 comments
560.
by nir 17y ago
>don't say "Avatar should be allowed to make as much profit as it wants, but I don't care about the system" I won't. And IIRC, I haven't.. I understand your point on China's nature, I was wondering about the "nobody loses" conclusion.
561.
by nir 17y ago
"Nobody loses" - you feel it's healthy that the government dictates what's playing in cinemas? The fact that it's Avatar just tells you about the odds for a film that actually has some value, eg criticism of the ruling party.
562.
by nir 17y ago
Then he'd make a tiny fraction of his current income. Isn't that why the NYT wants to go back to charging readers? I'm surprised they don't suggest he'd do the show over Twitter.
563.
by nir 17y ago
well, it's easy in the UK, you basically accomplish it with "<h1>Yes</h1>" ;)
564.
by nir 17y ago
I suppose something like this would find much of its use in places where neither FCC nor patents have a lot of clout.
565.
by nir 17y ago
I agree that WSJ, Economist, FT etc are excellent. But they all see the world through a certain angle (a business executive's, to generalize). Personally I often agree with that angle, but I think it wouldn't be ideal to have high quality j
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by nir 17y ago
Both NYT and WSJ has a product good enough to pay for, but WSJ subscribers are a lot more likely to have their subscription paid by their employer. Same goes with the Economist, who's doing great at a time where Newsweek and Time face serio
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OpenBTS: Cheap, open source cellular network(openbts.sourceforge.net)
121 points by nir 17y ago|16 comments
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Autonomous robot 'gliders' explore oceans up to 1000m deep, weeks at a time(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by nir 17y ago|0 comments
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Hacking for Haiti(emergencymgmt.com)
1 points by nir 17y ago|0 comments
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New York Times Ready to Charge Online Readers(nymag.com)
37 points by nir 17y ago|29 comments

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