xyzzy

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   by xyzzy 20y ago

   I wonder to what extent this is a statistical artifact rather than a genuine improvement. For example, if you measure performance as the mean time to serve each kilobyte, then the proposed scheduler does not increase performance.
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   by xyzzy 20y ago

   What's the actual problem with Apache? Do you suppose it is running out of RAM in which to store thread stacks? I wonder if old pre-forked process Apache would have done better, since it's not so easy to trick it into consuming infi
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   Web 2.0 is a bubble for 3 reasons(online.wsj.com)

   16 points by xyzzy 20y ago|2 comments
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   by xyzzy 20y ago

   It's not so clear to me that a PhD is much use at a start-up in general; you'd probably learn more relevant technical skills at a regular programming job, and the mental habits you're likely to learn in graduate school will actively hurt
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   NYT on Meraki Mesh Network Startup(hendersonvillenews.com)

   3 points by xyzzy 20y ago|0 comments