javiermaestro

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by javiermaestro 4y ago
Interesting! Have you considered reaching out to one of those (e.g. Citymapper) and see if they would like to work with you? Either employ you, subcontract you, use you as an API, or whatever! :) I think it's really cool that you maint
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by javiermaestro 5y ago
Another nit, the "abandoned" part is the one that was open sourced a loooong time ago. Since then, it underwent a ton of changes but yeah, it's within Facebook. So, not abandoned at all, but not available outside. The main is
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by javiermaestro 5y ago
Just a nit, for Facebook, Scuba is not the logging ingestion service. It's Scribe, which Scuba itself uses as the ingestion :) https://engineering.fb.com/2019/10/07/data-infrastructure/sc... (I work
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by javiermaestro 5y ago
RAMPANT!!? It's really hard to believe that people still write stuff online without doing some basic searching. But here we are... Here's a couple links to illustrate how RAMPANT knife crime is in the UK: [1] For the year ending S
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by javiermaestro 5y ago
Thanks! I just can't wrap my head around the fact that someone is willing to pay $5 a month for a meme app! XD Are the users active? Have you thought / analyzed if they pay and forget that it's a subscription? :-?
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by javiermaestro 5y ago
From your comments, you turned from a one-time purchase to subscriptions. Can you share your attrition rate? Also, how many want to pay per-month VS the full year (heavily discounted price)? Thanks!
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by javiermaestro 5y ago
Mmmm, not sure if that would be the case / possible with something like "First home for your use, you get tax exemptions, etc. Second house, for you, X amount of taxes. If rented, Y% of the income. Third house rented, insane % of
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by javiermaestro 5y ago
Yup! paper covers / paper bedding, and the expert handling of midwives. Pretty simple and straight-forward! P.S. also enemas were used in the past... but fortunately, interventions such as this, or pubic hair shaving are no longer orde
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by javiermaestro 7y ago
I'm not following. I understood from your first comment that you think the amount of data is low ("underwhelming") and from your last comment that it's a lot ("that much data"). In any case, the data is "w
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by javiermaestro 7y ago
Mmm it's not only "telemetry data". It's that (e.g. Scuba) and other types of logs, and not only Facebook (e.g. Instagram as well). Basically, everything that needs logging and post-processing by both real-time systems (
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by javiermaestro 7y ago
The number in the article is 2.5 TB/s, not GB/s :) (disclaimer: I work in Scribe)
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by javiermaestro 7y ago
Interesting! Just found out about this, and I googled it out. TIBCO acquired Scribe Software, and Scribe Software was running as early as 1998-1999! :D https://web.archive.org/web/20120301000000*/http://w
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by javiermaestro 7y ago
The version that was open-sourced kept evolving and integrating with other internal systems at Facebook. That's what made it hard to continue open-sourcing it (why the open-sourced version was discontinued) and why the current version
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by javiermaestro 7y ago
That's actually not the case, there's access control :) The article just focuses on certain areas of the system and doesn't go into the security and privacy parts, that's all. (I work in Scribe)
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by javiermaestro 7y ago
As others have pointed out in another HN discussion (1), Mongodb's reply is definitely questionable, if only by its tone. I already replied to metheus on Twitter (2) in a thread where we asked for a way to repro their claims. I found t
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by javiermaestro 7y ago
As others are pointing out here, Mongodb's reply is definitely questionable, if only by its tone. In any case, I was writing this to note that OnGres has replied to Mongo's reply setting an example of how tech discussions should h
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by javiermaestro 8y ago
Mmmm maybe I'm missing something, but... what's preventing the rest of the command from being corrupt? Imagine two commands, CM and DM. CM is good and DM is bad. Noise gets in and changes ATCM into ATDM. Boom. Unless you have erro
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by javiermaestro 8y ago
A few things. First, can't you run Linux inside a Solaris Zone? I don't know much about Solaris stuff (although I do like it very much, I grew up mostly with Linux, which you so much despise, and I'm not too familiar with oth
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by javiermaestro 8y ago
Awesome to see this finally happening :) Previous discussion in HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15142266
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by javiermaestro 9y ago
I've read a bit about APLs and I've seen them popping up in HN a few times. They do seem incredibly awesome and the products around it (K/KDB+ etc) amazing. However, in case I ever felt like learning one of these, I'd al
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by javiermaestro 9y ago
Please do, because I'm interested in seeing how non-relational it is... I truly believe it has to be otherwise, so I'd love to read your findings!
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by javiermaestro 10y ago
Since quite a few people have been commenting without even googling some data, here we go: https://www.bre.co.uk/filelibrary/pdf/rpts/countryfactfile20... Page 3, Summary: Around 83% of homes in each country
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by javiermaestro 10y ago
Really? Check this: https://www.bre.co.uk/filelibrary/pdf/rpts/countryfactfile20... Page 3, Summary: Around 83% of homes in each country have some double glazing. Northern Ireland has a higher percentage of h
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by javiermaestro 10y ago
LOL please go look at a map of London, Z1-Z2. Protection? It's almost like every other building is "protected"! Plus, read my comments. I'm saying the government should take care and sponsor the fixes to ensure the quali
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by javiermaestro 10y ago
Sure, it's annecdata... but just come to London. All of the old housing from the 70s or before (most of Z1-Z2) is single pane. Also, go search in Zoopla for double-glazing... landlords mark it as an extra for a reason (unless it's
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by javiermaestro 10y ago
So then, we all agree that the old (ancient) and unmaintained wood frames in the UK are crap. Cool! :) Really, I couldn't care less if they replaced the frames with wood or whatever, as long as they made sure that they were thermally g
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by javiermaestro 10y ago
So then, we all agree that the old (ancient) and unmaintained wood frames in the UK are crap. Cool! :) Really, I couldn't care less if they replaced the frames with wood or whatever, as long as they made sure that they were thermally g
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by javiermaestro 10y ago
So that's what I'm saying. Instead of useless laws like that one, the Government should put a lot of weight and money and refurbish all of those windows, making them modern while using all those "original materials" or w
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by javiermaestro 10y ago
Can't understand your comment. You are agreeing with me that, in most other parts of the world, double-glazing (aka a glass that won't break if you elbow it by mistake!) is the norm. But in the UK, it's sadly the opposite. So
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by javiermaestro 10y ago
I agree most buildings won't be listed and most landlords are cheapskates. But there are quite a lot of listed buildings in London: http://londonist.com/2011/06/all-listed-buildings-in-london-...

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