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901.
by vl 7y ago
Ironically, it looks like Walmart tries to out-amazon Amazon. They allow third-party sellers, etc. I stopped shopping at Newegg quite some time ago because the explicit reason I was coming to them is not to buy from third-party sellers.
902.
by vl 7y ago
Similarly, law libraries usually have access to LexisNexis or Westlaw. It’s as useless for uninitiated as access to Bloomberg Terminal - you need to be trained to do anything useful with them.
903.
by vl 7y ago
It’s such a bs, UI in 80ies and 90ies was beyond slow by today’s standards. We just expected to wait more back then. Computer magazines used to publish comparisons on how fast editors can scroll through the text document!
904.
by vl 7y ago
While monorepo is still a thing, they created a feature called “silos” to allow secret projects, to prevent fiascos like Dragonfly (censored search in China) and Maven (DOD drone image recognition) which both were discovered from monorepo.
905.
by vl 7y ago
AFAIR, entity group is a Megastore concept. Megastore is ill-conceived predecessor of Spanner, are you confusing them? Spanner is much faster than 1 transaction per tablet.
906.
by vl 7y ago
I would break it down like this: 1) FS-core: provide FS-like semantics on top of D (or Colossus/D). Apart from data format and GC challenges, the piece that is missing is fast DC-level locking service. 2) Then, for VMs you can do FS dr
907.
by vl 7y ago
It’s a custom log-based block device implemented on top of Colossus/D in the user-mode lib in the virtualizer (Vanadium). Guest OS communicates using NVMe or VirtIO, Vanadium intercepts, calls PD lib. This design has only one hop to th
908.
by vl 7y ago
PD is in the patent, so it should be publicly available.
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by vl 7y ago
It’s a custom log-based block device implemented on top of Colossus/D. As such it connects to storage nodes using regular data center network. This is why (in some cases) both IO and network-intensive workload may compete for the same
910.
by vl 7y ago
Spanner is pretty fast, but as with any database you have to use it correctly to get the speed. Since it’s a non-standard database, it requires non-standard tricks and skills.
911.
by vl 7y ago
AFAIK, in Google’s case instant answer cards come from the Google’s knowledge graph, not search results. I.e. if you see some info rendered on top of search results or on the side, most likely it’s from the knowledge graph.
912.
by vl 7y ago
After Brin’s affairs came to light, Page was so pissed off, he didn’t talk to him for many months. They might not be best friends at this point.
913.
by vl 7y ago
> What do you still do manually? If there is no car in front of you, stop and start at lights and intersections. Turn (while with FSD package it takes highway ramps automatically, it’s not reliable on any complex highway intersection). I
914.
by vl 7y ago
People who haven’t used electric car with Autopilot just don’t realize how much easier and less fatiguing it is to drive. Especially at the end of the long trip the difference is very pronounced. The problem is that it’s hard to convey or d
915.
by vl 7y ago
I’m not sure why you are being downvoted, because Tesla has an advantage, and not only in data collection: Waymo, as a privately-held company, has no strong incentive to deliver, and it doesn’t have strong delivery plan in the first place.
916.
by vl 7y ago
At Google nobody gets a promo for maintaining stale product.
917.
by vl 7y ago
Bitcoin futures!
918.
by vl 7y ago
It’s absurd that modern “democracy” has monarchy, no freedom of speech and no constitution, on top of that there is a state religion. Both UK and Spain are not examples of how it should be done, for a simple reason - we say to less democrat
919.
by vl 7y ago
> Identifying the more "cooperative" ones willing to look the other way or sidestep certain barriers is probably not too hard. No need to identify, just call Goldman Sachs or HSBC.
920.
by vl 7y ago
Apple already has it’s own, pretty good, password management.
921.
by vl 7y ago
The irony, of course, (as anyone with failed ML launch at Google knows, haha) is that internally Google has extremely strong privacy practices and safeguards and probably is the best organization to actually handle this data correctly. As f
922.
by vl 7y ago
Google is overrun by the leftist mob. Initially management heavily encouraged it because it was easy to score few morale and PR points, but now its got out of control and turned out on them and they don’t know what to do. They should have l
923.
by vl 7y ago
But they take time from both Sun and Mercury. I think Sun will win: let’s say there is a planet A between Mercury and Sun, given math in video, A is better than Mercury. Planet B is between A and Sun. Repeat until you get to the surface of
924.
by vl 7y ago
Tesla’s new generation of superchargers already promises something similar for Model 3. Interestingly, you need to select supercharger in navigation system so it can condition the battery before arrival to get best charging time.
925.
Which Planet Is Closest?(cgpgrey.com)
240 points by vl 7y ago|71 comments
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by vl 7y ago
> to put certain new cars on our platform “New” cars? Wouldn’t the act of renting them out transform them into used cars and illegal to sell as new?
927.
by vl 7y ago
Or even better - walk into Hertz Gold, get into any car and drive away. If you rent with any frequency at all it makes sense to join a program.
928.
by vl 7y ago
It's already happening. Have you noticed how both Google and Apple introduced features to monitor, control and reduce usage? Classical optimization for long-term gain. Google is especially in unique position: through biasing search res
929.
by vl 7y ago
The problem is that knowledge at foundation is axiomatic and circular. When we discuss science, we agree to do it in the good faith and subscribe to certain undefined concepts and (unproven by definition) axioms: what it means to know, what
930.
by vl 7y ago
This is incorrect. When you take realistic (some people call it pessimistic) view on situation, you are disappointed initially, but when it finally happens, you are already fine - "told ya so!" and move on.

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