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by ripvanwinkle 7y ago
In the last write wins mechanism if two writes (V1 and V2) happen concurrently to different replicas why is V2 considered the last write in the article. Reading the explanation and lead up, i was left with the impression that the last updat
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by ripvanwinkle 7y ago
This is an idea whose time is just around the corner.
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by ripvanwinkle 7y ago
Never thought pictures of business /technology leaders could evoke pure kid like joy.
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by ripvanwinkle 7y ago
Is that like git for the world of scuba diving.
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by ripvanwinkle 7y ago
Is it time to have a federal agency assign debt ratings. After all we don't let the pharmaceutical companies determine if a drug is safe. The feds may well outsource ratings to private companies but those companies are no longer behold
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by ripvanwinkle 7y ago
I expect that among many of the bike friendly policies mentioned in this thread one technological advancement specifically the cyclist / pedestrian avoidance systems that new cars have started coming with will greatly improve the safet
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by ripvanwinkle 7y ago
Also https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/06/27/microsoft_linux_dis...
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Linux-distros membership application – Microsoft(openwall.com)
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New York Landlords in a Financial Bind from New Rent Law(wsj.com)
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by ripvanwinkle 7y ago
Inspirational. I'd love to hear names of companies today where folks feel their work place culture might allow something like this to happen.
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by ripvanwinkle 7y ago
Thank you. Thats one for sure, are there others. I seem to recall other
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Ask HN: List of tools (GUI, natural language) that generate code
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Nvidia announces RTX Studio laptops aimed at creators(theverge.com)
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by ripvanwinkle 7y ago
" The curriculum has your usual suspects of business administration topics, but also focuses on forming contacts in the elites and politics, plus explicit instruction in techniques for manipulating and dominating others..." This i
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Ask HN: What is an acceptable or normal busy-work overhead in your org
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by ripvanwinkle 8y ago
Quite a lesson in facing adversity with grace both from Alex and his family.
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by ripvanwinkle 8y ago
Any inside stories on what twitter discovered when they benchmarked Google with other providers. I imagine they must have done a very exhaustive evaluation
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Boy or Girl? It's in the Father's Genes(sciencedaily.com)
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Working at Tesla Means Being in an 'Abusive Relationship' with Elon Musk: Report(jalopnik.com)
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Yuan outperforms euro, becomes 2nd most popular trade finance currency(rt.com)
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by ripvanwinkle 13y ago
Isn't there a fundamental difference between the FB rule of restricting the top rating to just 2% of employees and the Microsoft rule of decreeing that there must be a bottom 10% of "poor quality , less talented, undesirable eleme
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by ripvanwinkle 13y ago
This doesn't change much does it. You could have one email account in which case it becomes the single point of failure / attack and you are only as secure as that email provider. Or you have multiple email accounts in which case
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by ripvanwinkle 13y ago
There's a lot written about Ballmer's successes and failures and most focus on the tangibles - Like growing revenues by x and profits by Y and such and such product bombing or taking off. IMHO his legacy though, is the culture he
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How Exercise Changes Fat and Muscle Cells(well.blogs.nytimes.com)
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