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721.
by sjs 16y ago
To be fair Linux has always been designed and written with GCC in mind. I don't think portability (between compilers) has ever been a goal.
722.
by sjs 16y ago
As long as IE can perform well and implements modern features expected of mobile browsers I'm all for the competition. If we can say anything definitive about browsers it's that competition and multiple popular implementations is a good thi
723.
by sjs 16y ago
More generalizations. sigh
724.
by sjs 16y ago
We absolutely do not all like being called rockstars or ninjas. I do agree that the communities are different but the differences are usually not that important when comparing languages that are very similar, such as Python and Ruby.
725.
by sjs 16y ago
I like Ruby and assembly (and C, Python, Lisp, JavaScript, ...). So I agree that one's primary language may say something about them, but that something might only be that they happened to land a good job doing X.
726.
by sjs 16y ago
How do you know he's not doing things under a different name now?
727.
by sjs 16y ago
> Python has engineers and Ruby rockstars This meaningless statement really bugs me. People who write Python and Ruby aren't rockstar engineers. They're just programmers/developers/[whatever you like to call them]. People who speak En
728.
by sjs 16y ago
"Could indicate a willingness to experiment." Oh God no. Children with open minds?! That could lead them to think for themselves!
729.
by sjs 16y ago
Part of the attraction to ORMs is that you just define your classes and essentially freeze-dry and thaw objects with a couple of lines of code. [tangent] That's part of the attraction to NoSQL as well. You just serialize your objects to JSO
730.
by sjs 16y ago
No unsubscribe? I clicked before reading the comments here.
731.
by sjs 16y ago
You name the new element of course. perhaps tahunium? ;-)
732.
by sjs 16y ago
I used to prefer Pepsi when I was younger, and whenever I did the Pepsi challenges I could always taste the difference. I remember some of my friends couldn't distinguish them so it clearly depends on the person. Pepsi is a bit sweeter. Or
733.
by sjs 16y ago
So true. That's at least one of the reasons we load up coffee with sugar & cream in North America. In Italy I never felt like adding anything to the espresso. But Americanos from Starbucks in Canada taste like a cup of mud, without a fl
734.
by sjs 16y ago
This looks really nice! Our server is based on Node right now but we've had the idea of porting to Erlang later. Maybe Clojure + Netty is another option to explore.
735.
by sjs 16y ago
No, I'm arguing that track record is not always a good predictor of product quality. Very different statements.
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by sjs 16y ago
They should include all datastores and recommend the best one, be it relational, k/v, document, or whatever.
737.
by sjs 16y ago
Top 7 results for me: Voldemort, Scalaris, Cassandra, Riak, Tokyo Tyrant, Terrastore, CouchDB. We're already using Riak and have no plans to change.
738.
by sjs 16y ago
I didn't know that. That sounds like the way it should work and would alleviate my concerns. I'm not against knobs for knowledgable users in general.
739.
by sjs 16y ago
First the default limited storage for apps. WebOS had the same problem up until about 6 months ago. That's just poor design and planning. Then the choice of where to install apps being left to developers. Last, the choice to expose a method
740.
by sjs 16y ago
It's like someone talking about Mac OS X based solely on their experience with classic Mac OS. They are entirely different products created by different people, that happen to work (or have worked) at the same huge company.
741.
by sjs 16y ago
No kidding. This page[1] of Ars' Froyo review made me cringe, and I'm a geek who understands all of this stuff! No way I could recommend this to friends & family who aren't into tech for the sake of tech. If that's the cost of removable
742.
by sjs 16y ago
Not at all I imagine. Doesn't seem to use e-ink / electronic paper, just dual LCDs. Not available yet either, looks like they just have prototypes so far. Cool device though. If/when it ships it looks like it would satisfy most who were int
743.
by sjs 16y ago
It's not an e-reader but you sure can read on it. And when you're done reading you can watch something. Or listen to music. Or play a game. If you only want to read then the Kindle and Nook are great devices. As always it's entirely subject
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by sjs 16y ago
I like the idea but customer service and uptime guarantees could be a problem. It'd be worth paying a bit extra for customer service who will converse & troubleshoot with you knowing that you're not clueless. A proper data centre provid
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by sjs 16y ago
Thanks for that info & anecdote. I haven't experienced much data corruption but it has bitten me here and there. With terabytes on each disk these days I really wish more systems verified our data, even if they can't repair it I want to
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by sjs 16y ago
I can't seem to find info on whether WHS's filesystem checks for corruption or not. One thing ZFS has going for it is detecting corruption, and when you're storing 10TB of your most precious media to a single machine you really need to trus
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by sjs 16y ago
Helps if I type the fscking domain correctly! duh.
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by sjs 16y ago
Nothing new here. It's coming, just a matter of when and how broad. All the reviews I've read regarding the Sandforce 1200 indicate that slowdowns are not a big problem for that controller. They don't mention it in this article, neither do
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by sjs 16y ago
I just did the same, probably a similar disk. If you don't use the optical drive much you can always add an SSD and keep your current disk with 320 or 500GB. I think 240GB will be enough. If not I might end up replacing the optical drive. I
750.
by sjs 16y ago
No need to quote chequing and cheque. Them words is real. Gotta love how Americans go against the grain by changing spellings, dropping letters, etc. Then they try to spin it like everyone else is odd for spelling it differently. We're on

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