gargantian

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by gargantian 12y ago
This is a tragedy of a product being developed for an audience of zero. All of these problems have acceptable, established, and time-tested solutions using Node.js itself, without the crippling caveat of lock-in to a new and unproven platfo
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by gargantian 12y ago
> In our case Docker is a battery. Am I correct in assuming this means I can (eventually) use PFS without any dependency on Docker? In particular, I'm interested in knowing whether I can expect to be able to run PFS contained with
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by gargantian 12y ago
I'm not seeing what this has to do with Docker, other than the planned future ability to run M/R jobs inside Docker containers. That's an interesting idea, but I don't think enforcing Docker has any advantages; if you ha
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by gargantian 12y ago
That's not a good analogy. For all I know after a day's training Jordan sat around admiring his build and height. I think reverse Dunning-Kruger is much more likely in Magnus's case.
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by gargantian 12y ago
I'm actually surprised virtualized page-zeroing isn't a memory controller feature at this point. With all of the things modern CPUs do or you, it seems crazy that everyone is running CPU threads that waste time and voltage to pump
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by gargantian 12y ago
This is actually a great apology. I agree with you that it's troubling that a new model for monetizing free work isn't coalescing -- in art, open source, writing, and more. I've personally felt the sting of all of these. Howe
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by gargantian 12y ago
Times change, and technology changes value. Scored music "screwed" street performers, then recordings "screwed" concert performers, then the internet "screwed" recording artists. Plenty of artists have successf
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by gargantian 12y ago
In an internet-ubiquitous world, the idea of restricting the flow of data -- any data -- is basically a magical fantasy of those who understand neither the technology nor its sociology. The Pirate Bay will be back in a day or two tops. I wo
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by gargantian 12y ago
Unless the whole map database is included in the app, then this is still you being tracked.
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by gargantian 12y ago
I suspect you're right. But I'm not going to grumble about it because I don't see this as a startup. In a social kickstartered world this stuff is the new breed of entertainment. And the way you evaluate successful entertainm
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by gargantian 12y ago
Another one he got right was that we wouldn't think more of computers when it happened -- we would simply think less of chess.
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by gargantian 12y ago
His argument, if you read his work, isn't based solely on the increasing speed of computers. His idea is that progress is exponential in all of the requisite areas. That includes algorithms, hardware, biology, neuroscience, and more. &
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by gargantian 12y ago
Unfortunately, while government can mostly wrap its head around science though consultation with academia, the state of the art of software is so ethereal and moves so fast that I imagine seeking funding for software will be even more of a
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by gargantian 12y ago
Great idea in theory, but as you fear I think this would quickly be bastardized into more private military-industrial complex funding. I would expect a tax-funded OpenSSL to be developed mostly in secret, in cooperation with the NSA, to be