zmoney

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by zmoney 14y ago
>Certainly, the learning curve is much steep for Unix > utilities than, say, Python. Now what makes you think that? UNIX shell tools have a very consistent interface which is really pretty simple (pipes in, pipes out,) they a
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by zmoney 14y ago
Well, it's not romantic if it's actually practical. Bottom line, I think, is if you really get the shell, it is almost infinitely useful.
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by zmoney 14y ago
So much of this is still useful and relevant. Kind of amazing how much the web relies upon these ancient (by our standards) tools. UNIX is one of the most incredible technology stories ever.
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by zmoney 14y ago
This article should be titled, “The latest findings on IQ” because IQ score and “intelligence” in a general sense are very different things. Plenty has been published on the inherent cultural and gender biases in IQ testing. Statements like
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by zmoney 17y ago
I think this is super-interesting, not because I have any real desire to couch surf (or squat in an abandoned building), but because it gives more perspective on the scope of what's possible. Personally, I'm working 60hrs/week at a job that
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by zmoney 17y ago
A strong work ethic may make a lot of sense if you're primarily working for yourself and your family. The author of the How To Drop Out document seems to be more concerned with the great majority of the public who slaves away to make ends m
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by zmoney 17y ago
NetApp and Data Domain are both enterprise-level dedupe vendors who use similar hash functions to find unique strings of bits. Check out their whitepapers. Short answer: not in a million years (and there are further checks in case the hash
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by zmoney 17y ago
It's block-level dedupe, not file-level. This is similar to how Data Domain (www.datadomain.com, recently acquired by EMC for $2.2B) does it. In their customer base, mostly medium to large storage operations, the average customer compressio
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by zmoney 17y ago
The survival rate for both groups is exactly 0%.