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by trotsky 14y ago
While I'm sure this won't sound terribly appealing to you, my advice would be to pick a medium size open source project that you're interested in and does code reviews. Start small by contributing bite sized fixes or features that they alre
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by trotsky 14y ago
host level (para)virtualization vs. os level virtualization. The latter allows significantly increased density while the former enjoys much better isolation, customization and usually* more reliable resource reservations.
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by trotsky 14y ago
highest density of good advice i've seen in a long time
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by trotsky 14y ago
I admit I haven't looked very hard, but I have run into lots of conflicting numbers. Does anyone know what the Pi draws off the wall in server context (ie no GPU use) both at idle w/the phy on and running full bore both cpu & nic. I rea
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by trotsky 14y ago
given the increasing ubiquity of these kinds of deals and the quixotic whack-a-mole game they call opt outs, how dumb would it be to cut out the middle men and just say "hey, for the low price of whatever you're paying now we'll all just se
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by trotsky 14y ago
Prop trading (proprietary trading) just means a firm is using their own money as opposed to trading on a customer's behalf. So the retail investor is by definition almost always engaging in the practice.
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by trotsky 14y ago
If you've thought so little about the subject that you don't even understand why there is a fundamental difference between who designs gear and who manufactures it perhaps it's not an ideal topic to make sweeping statements about.
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by trotsky 14y ago
"we know we shouldn't buy theirs based on the fact they'd be stupid to buy ours" - every signals intercept group on the planet
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by trotsky 14y ago
It seems to blur all my fonts a decent bit on os x with a hidpi display in a way that doesn't happen with accessibility. sub-pixel rendering issue?
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by trotsky 14y ago
The kind of interception abilities they're worried about come from intentionally introduced flaws in the software (or, less commonly, in an ASIC or similar). This is why cisco equipment can be manufactured in china and not cause worries (to
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by trotsky 14y ago
That article is pretty light on the details, but one thing to note is that most sd card storage is relatively poor at random seeks, having been optimized for media type usage.
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by trotsky 14y ago
I was pretty burnt out with my current venture too, until i built a standing desk out of $17 worth of ikea parts.
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by trotsky 14y ago
since i had just done a tineye search to see if there were any pre-hidden messages out there: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/cc38/
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by trotsky 14y ago
it doesn't look like it was a cash deal, so you'd have to discount that substantially.
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by trotsky 14y ago
because franchise, staff, pipeline, cross-promotion, licensing ?
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by trotsky 14y ago
very hard to believe you can go from buy to writing down half the value in two quarters. either there was fraud involved or zinga is just looking for a convenient scapegoat + one time charge for their general malaise (which is what I'd gues
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by trotsky 14y ago
Being smarter than everyone else is awesome while it lasts. Be sure to come back in 20 and let us know how your plans worked out.
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by trotsky 14y ago
What's the best thing to do when you write a piece for the new york times and everyone disagrees with you? I know, call them all names and repeat yourself!
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by trotsky 14y ago
how do you avoid licensing all the content you're making available for annotation? If you're going to annotate literature that's under copyright (for example) won't you pretty much have to provide the base work to anyone looking for annotat
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by trotsky 14y ago
yeah, I missed that the first time around and that definitely nullifies pretty much all of my issues - i had a visceral reaction when i read phone...website...lock... and managed to bring up a bunch of non-issues
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by trotsky 14y ago
wouldn't it be more like why make a coal driven steam engine when diesel models had been out for 30 years?
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by trotsky 14y ago
relies on your phone working 2.4 Ghz your internet connection your power their datacenter their website software to avoid carrying a key? anyone in the area could easily ddos off your wireless more or less permanently by sp
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by trotsky 14y ago
I'm sure they could love it, but honestly - what else would anyone say when asked publicly about their famous bosses' big money decorator binge?
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by trotsky 14y ago
Charlie fails to mention something he knows very well - that the ultrabook program was born during hardball negotiations with apple in which (supposedly) they were very close to using an AMD APU part due to the poor intel gpus. Without a cr
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by trotsky 14y ago
It's like the actual goal of this project is to get the ATF to take an interest in regulating 3D printers. I agree, or just to cause trouble & get press. 2nd year law student.
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by trotsky 14y ago
tl;dr - the author plans to switch to node
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by trotsky 14y ago
breaking news: software users hate new stuff (until they love it)
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by trotsky 14y ago
It doesn't seem like you really gave a reason for thinking it not to be true. It's an awful big coincidence that all of japan's CE firms would lose their ability to innovate simultaneously around the time of a extended economic slump. You'r
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by trotsky 14y ago
I know there is a joke about event driven programming in here somewhere.
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by trotsky 14y ago
It's the economy, stupid. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decade_(Japan) 20 years of no growth buried them under a mountain of debt, crippling the domestic market which had been a big part of their rise (c.f. china). [1] It's an ex

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