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31.
by fields 14y ago
A doubling is not an order of magnitude increase, no matter how big the numbers are.
32.
by fields 14y ago
I posted a long-ish piece on this yesterday: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4369373
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Why I think app.net will succeed(workstuff.tumblr.com)
8 points by fields 14y ago|1 comments
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by fields 14y ago
Which is really as it should be. /usr/bin is typically considered to be the property of the OS.
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by fields 14y ago
No, but that's funny.
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by fields 14y ago
In spite of the fact that it worked for many people?
37.
by fields 14y ago
Apparently, having an external disk mounted prevents the system from going into some sleep modes, which will kill the battery: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776
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Mountain Lion seems to have addressed the memory management issues in OS X(workstuff.tumblr.com)
135 points by fields 14y ago|119 comments
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by fields 14y ago
Fantastic. Thanks for that.
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by fields 14y ago
It's hard to tell for sure, but it seems like this problem may only be present if you're running certain kinds of applications. For example - if it's related to garbage collection, anything that uses ARC instead of GC isn't going to be affe
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Something is deeply broken in OS X memory management(workstuff.tumblr.com)
389 points by fields 14y ago|258 comments
42.
by fields 16y ago
How would you manage metadata?
43.
by fields 16y ago
I find in practice that even more important than figuring out which tools to use to solve your problem is figuring out what your problem is in the first place. The importance of measuring tools is often vastly under-represented in this disc
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by fields 16y ago
Did Apple keep the other 30%?