pacetherace

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by pacetherace 7y ago
They just open-sourced the instruction set. That is a big thing but if I am understanding it correctly, this is pretty much relinquishing the copyright to the instruction set. They are not open-sourcing any CPU.
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by pacetherace 7y ago
If I had the option to not pay taxes, obviously I wouldn't but I don't that that has any relation to tipping. On the other hand, when the government asks to donate for a disaster, does everybody contribute even if they completely
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by pacetherace 7y ago
Tipping model is at its tipping point. It is high time US citizens stop tipping and make businesses realize that the customers are not directly responsible for employee wages.
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by pacetherace 7y ago
Always think of tools in terms of your company's long term goals. A free tool that doesn't offer possibilities to scale or won't remain cost-effective at scale or doesn't offer features to migrate to other tools can easi
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by pacetherace 7y ago
Probably a piece of rubber that keeps some margin between the heatsink and the cover of the server.
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by pacetherace 7y ago
Try that "voluntary parting" with a rental car and see what happens.
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by pacetherace 7y ago
Exactly and going out of the Bay doesn't solve the Bay Area's problems. It only tries to plug the premise that all the housing problems are happening because of the influx of people into the Bay Area. A lot of people who want bett
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by pacetherace 7y ago
No. That was one of the main reason behind introducing multi-core architectures. It is getting harder and harder to optimize the CPU cores, neither can you keep pushing the CPU frequency. So the only option is to create multi-core processor
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by pacetherace 7y ago
While many people may not care about a company's morals, they definitely will care about the reputation of a company in terms of how the company is perceived by the general population and others in the industry.
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by pacetherace 7y ago
It's worth it until there is an alternative on the road. Eventually, most if not every company get replaced by a better one. Stock market IPOs are never about predicting what will eventually happen to a company. It is not different tha
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by pacetherace 8y ago
Financial transactions are covered by a lot of complex laws and regulations. A bad joke may end up costing a lot of time and money to clear your name. It is equivalent to prank calling cops and telling them that a friend sexually assaulted
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by pacetherace 8y ago
This is also causing the average age when girls are getting married to go down and it is increasing the age difference between the bride and groom.
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by pacetherace 8y ago
You are welcome to take a train
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by pacetherace 9y ago
You are right in highlighting the issues with current financial systems. But what is the basis for assuming that a decentralized and unregulated system will be way better in addressing all the issues you have highlighted? Even if you keep a
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by pacetherace 9y ago
"We are Google and we know what is best for you. Go ahead and use it until we realize something else is best for you. Oh, and BTW if you think our UI is bad then you don't know what is best for you."
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by pacetherace 9y ago
Universities should be ranked on based Availablity of Textbooks (i.e. essential for courses offered) as well. It is not uncommon for a University library to claim that they have a gazillion books but when you go to find a course textbook, t
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by pacetherace 9y ago
I am pretty sure at some point in history, launching two rockets at the same moment must have been a big achievement. And now you have two rockets (in some sense boosters are rockets) landing back at the same time.
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by pacetherace 9y ago
Why is thunderbolt such a big requirement for a NUC equivalent?
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by pacetherace 9y ago
Do you think the language used will last for 20 years in terms of developer interest?
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by pacetherace 9y ago
It also matters to use something that everyone is more or less comfortable with. The more customizations you do, the more overheads you have to deal with.
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by pacetherace 9y ago
If they require proof that your models are working, you should be able to show them simulations to that effect. If it is a matter of due diligence, then it should be something that is discussed between your lawyers and the company's la
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by pacetherace 9y ago
It's pretty much, if we are persecuted, we will take our business somewhere else.
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by pacetherace 9y ago
This is so typical of Google's policies. They will not fix something just because users report it. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=147
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by pacetherace 9y ago
Prove it with a small example that you get better rates with DNS fixes and your management will think about it differently.
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by pacetherace 10y ago
Evaluate single job offer vs multiple job offers are totally different things. Some of the parameters that can be used for evaluating a job offer: 1. Startups: How much money the company has in terms of its burn-rate? Given a choice, I woul