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   by xxqs 15y ago

   X-ray emitters use vacuum tubes. That means, every doctor's office has at least one. I guess that the radars and other high-power radio equipment still uses tubes too
2. 152.▲
   by xxqs 15y ago

   Why is everyone paying so much attention to MongoDB? It has been criticized a lot for its design and implementation problems, but still for some reason it's so popular. To name a few, * word-unaligned memory structures, which leads to incom
3. 153.▲
   by xxqs 15y ago

   it's actually a USA tech year. The world is a bit bigger than that.
4. 154.▲
   by xxqs 15y ago

   I use the classical autoconf/automake tools for my Perl standalone applications, and they work as an universal installer on virtually any platform. I believe a similar approach would work with python too. Details are here: http://txlab.wor
5. 155.▲
   by xxqs 15y ago

   soak it in salted water, then wrap it in aluminum foil. Then you're safe
6. 156.▲
   by xxqs 15y ago

   yes, I talked to the guy. The problem is, that the mainstream maintainers completely ignore the problem, so there's no official support anyway.
7. 157.▲
   by xxqs 15y ago

   I wonder why nobody mentions that MongoDB supports x86 CPU architecture ONLY . It keeps unaligned data in its memory structures, and all operations are explicitly little-endian. So, no chance to get it running on any ARM, MIPS, PowerPC or