radnom

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   by radnom 4y ago

   *2001 was a transition point from slow progress to the sort of performance-doubling progression you're thinking of.* You are way off here. Lets check a contemporary source to understand the public sentiment at the time: "My new co
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   by radnom 4y ago

   I took the class as a freshman, taught by Matthias, and then was a grader/lab helper the following year. (Oh gosh, this is all 15 years ago now) In my observation, it was those with previous java/c++ experience that couldn't
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   by radnom 6y ago

   > Eventual expiration seems better than nothing. Does it? Because that is the cause of the 'impending doom' from TFA
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   by radnom 9y ago

   Actually, he explicitly called out "feature velocity" as a factor.
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   by radnom 12y ago

   You mean, besides all those good reasons you listed. Wifi is far from ubiquitous.
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   by radnom 13y ago

   Pretty sure that performing a google search is just as easy today as it ever was.
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   by radnom 13y ago

   Your response to critique of a website's design is to question what use an entire industry is outside of entertainment when pooping. Its estimated that ~50m tablets were shipped worldwide in Q1 2013. If you really want to understand wh