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by zbuf 10y ago
> memory efficiency. If you allocate a Foo, you also allocate everything you need for Foo to be on all of the lists it may appear on. I can't speak for the kernel developers, but for the same line of reasoning it may be more signifi
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by zbuf 10y ago
Ditch all the communication mediums except phone and email. Phone (or in person) for 'synchronous' communication where something is immediate. Email for everything else; answer it 3 times a day and in batches. Yes, phone isn'
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by zbuf 10y ago
What happened to the performance of the 'back' button? Pressing 'back' used to be quick, on the modern web its rather sluggish, like it re-loads the old page from scratch. I can forgive sites that are implemented as sing
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by zbuf 10y ago
> For non-distributable (or at least non-multi-master) DBs, you are often using your most expensive and least distributable resource to do your cheapest and most distributable work. I see your logic, but I think this is misleading, and o
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by zbuf 10y ago
duff (duplicate file finder) is another useful tool for this with flags to operate once duplicates are found: http://duff.dreda.org/
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by zbuf 10y ago
Personally I don't think there is one. Any such protocol would reduce these apps to a 'lowest common denominator' of features. And in the current climate, its features (not interoperability) that sells. Don't get me wron
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by zbuf 10y ago
I think we're probably agreeing here entirely; no video at all is better than bad video, which is a distraction. Our brains are familiar with a phone call; it's just not a problem in most cases. The remaining cases are probably mo
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by zbuf 10y ago
WebRTC doesn't help the user inter operate between different clients (apps, not browsers) That's when we have a true standard. Right now it's just a platform/API for developers (an achievement nonetheless)
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by zbuf 10y ago
I believe the biggest impact to rapport is poor audio, not video. Even dedicated conferencing rooms have poor quality mic setup (easy to fix) and acoustics (a little harder) It's testament to the ability of echo cancellation and associ
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by zbuf 10y ago
Don't worry, we can add this guy into the equation too. The assclown in the meeting on his laptop is generally operating at between 0 and 50% efficiency; about 25% on Google Chat and 25% in the meeting asking questions that have alread
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by zbuf 10y ago
Fantastic observation and concisely put. I've heard people stating that C is gaining more ground that C++ and it could be for, I imagine, similar reasons. The poster asks whether new C++ will bring more improvements. It will certainly
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by zbuf 10y ago
It's a problem if it's not configured appropriately. Remember the use of SQLite is entirely internal to the application; it's not for users to know how it's used, or even that it's used at all. In the case of a Chro
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by zbuf 10y ago
That's exactly what I wanted to achieve; I didn't have the time or inclination to work out exactly which part of Firefox is responsible. In my case it was not SSD wear I wanted to reduce, but the short pauses during interactive us
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by zbuf 10y ago
Take a look at libeatmydata. I'm doing something practically identical
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by zbuf 10y ago
I have been running Firefox for a long time with an LD_PRELOAD wrapper which turns fsync() and sync() into a no-op. I feel it's little antisocial for regular desktop apps to assume it's for them to do this. Chrome is also a culpri
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by zbuf 10y ago
> - it seems to mean any kind of precomputing stuff Yes, it's a fancy word for that. But when hearing that word (rather than 'precompute' or 'compile') it implies a few things. Usually it means precomputing to a
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by zbuf 10y ago
I think the Archimedes did have 4 or 8 'native' channels for audio. From memory the MOD files included with Lemmings on the Archimedes were 3-channel, possibly leaving one free for sound effects. I wonder if it was disk space. Lem
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by zbuf 10y ago
Does anyone know if the Raspberry Pi will run the Archimedes port of Lemmings? The Raspberry Pi capably runs the RISC OS operating system natively on its ARM processor, in many ways it could be considered to be the spiritual successor of th
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by zbuf 10y ago
Let's not get too excited by comparisons to the non-inclusion of Flash on iOS. Back then, a closed, proprietary and bloated system was phased out in favour of openness and interoperability -- because it worked well for Apple. In this c
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by zbuf 10y ago
Mozilla are in a unique position with control over the client-side software. I think they're best to focus on the things that can only exist within that client. Because any other party can start a 'Hello' like service online.
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by zbuf 10y ago
I'd rather my browser focused on being a browser. And I think that's better for the long term health of Mozilla, and Firefox, too.
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Manufacturing of the new Technics SL-1200 vinyl turntable(youtube.com)
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by zbuf 10y ago
If I haven't agreed to the Facebook T&Cs (I don't have an account) how does this affect me? I am I linking my friends accounts with lots of private data based on who I'm communicating with? In the UK, where I have to pay
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by zbuf 10y ago
Nice to see people spreading good practices with Make. Too many folks don't understand good use of Make and thus are doomed to re-invent it badly. I've had to use too many build systems that are, basically, big and flat lists of v
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by zbuf 10y ago
I think you're missing a subtlety (and the point of the article) Mediocre continues to have the definition you state, but the article is about how then being mediocre is "a bad thing, to be avoided" in itself. Yes, it's
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by zbuf 10y ago
Nice try! :)
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by zbuf 10y ago
These keys have always seemed remarkably short. Roughly how many CPU-hours does it take to find a collision?
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by zbuf 10y ago
> For me just getting it complied in a vm was an ordeal You're right, the process of building and installing a custom kernel is much harder than it used to be 10-15 years ago. And I believe this is a problem that impacts a certain
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by zbuf 10y ago
And IPv6 is that future. My resource is that when you start connecting on IPv6 many mail providers will consider SPF and proper reverse DNS mandatory.
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by zbuf 10y ago
> The most legible font is the one you're used to. Yes, and in my case on Linux I switched off hinting a long time ago (but retained anti-aliasing) We even did it on our network at work by default as users liked the fonts when they

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