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by q-big 6y ago
> A MMU is not needed for multi-tasking, but it is needed for memory protection. For memory protection, you don't need an MMU; an MPU (memory protection unit) suffices: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title
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Small and Efficient (2020)(datagubbe.se)
3 points by q-big 6y ago|0 comments
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by q-big 6y ago
The man did not spend this sum. Rather, the £210 million are opportunity cost, which the man paid.
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by q-big 6y ago
> Personally I'm really sad that the original Windows RT or the first Generation of Windows RT Tablets were never cracked. I thought they were: https://gist.github.com/acepace/df34b5213f1e0fae6529eb703d94...
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New Zealand central bank says its data system was breached(reuters.com)
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by q-big 6y ago
> That means you have bad middle/upper management. Large tech companies have heard of the Peter Principle and don't promote this way; they have separate technical tracks. Relevant: https://www.spakhm.com/p/
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by q-big 6y ago
> In fact, GenodeOS, seL4 and NVidia Autonomous Vehicle project are all using Ada/SPARK to some extent, As far as I am aware, seL4 does not use Ada/SPARK, but C (with some assembler snippets), and Isabelle/HOL (for the pro
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by q-big 6y ago
> Ideally a union should be working closely with senior leaders to find win-win situations for both employer and employee. An an obvious example would be preventing Andy Rubin from getting a $90mil payday for sexually harassing people.
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by q-big 6y ago
> It's also illegal. Then you find another pretense for firing many of them. Addendum: There exist so many oblique "performance metrics" you can apply on the employee to find such a pretense.
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by q-big 6y ago
> If collective bargaining allows employees to negotiate more, then shouldn't they negotiate more? It is not clear whether these employees are actually in a good position for negotiating. The idea behind unions is that an employer i
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by q-big 6y ago
> 240 is not evenly divisible by 144. Sounds like the beginning of a sales pitch for a 720 Hz display. :-)
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by q-big 6y ago
> but the market predictions and "disruption" didn't pan out. "Disruption" means that you create a less qualitative, but cheaper product that would cannibalize the margins of the product of a company whose produc
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by q-big 6y ago
> The perils of unlimited money: culture collapse and technologicical groupthink that stifles true innovation. I would rather claim that this is a peril of laziness.
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by q-big 6y ago
Which one would you prefer? ;-)
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by q-big 6y ago
> Java's culture, in my opinion, is one of abstractions. Haskell's culture is also one of abstractions, but of a very different kind of abstractions than Java.
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by q-big 6y ago
> I expect that AMD and especially Intel processors with AVX-512 AMD processors do not support AVX-512 (yet?).
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by q-big 6y ago
> That's a 100% inevitability. Every new CPU architecture incorporates an entire set of new restrictions under the guise of security and privacy. Under the guise of security: for sure. But where are the restrictions under the guise
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by q-big 6y ago
> Big tech just wants highly skilled researchers in their workforce Are you really sure that big tech wants these people in their workforce? At least the typical tech job interview process tests for quite different skills.