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rbanffy
194,610karma·63,760submissions·March 12, 2008
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Seasoned software developer, proficient in Python, Java. Less proficient in Ruby and Lisp. A bit rusty in C and C++. Learning Erlang very slowly. Also a computer collector and restorer, lover of 8-bit computers, mainframes and interesting Unix workstations.
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The two major sides of the system excel at different things that happen to be complementary in AI inference.
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Why would you say that?
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> Which is why Iran focused on the weaker gulf states even when Israel was involved. Also, Israel will not abandon (or be abandoned) by the US, but the others might want to cut their losses if supp…
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I imagine the typical tape user doesn’t get individual drives and instead gets fancy tiered storage servers that include ludicrously fat network pipes, RAM, flash, HDDs and tape libraries, where tapes…
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True. They screwed themselves thoroughly multiple times.
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That is mostly because the players needed to be compact. If you were designing a floppy replacement, it could be built like a tank (and with space to spare).
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Record stores are the same - subscription services for music made them very niche.
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Companies like this are why strong customer protection laws need to exist, and be full of teeth.
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Tape now is very niche - it’s for data archival purposes, and often only exists for regulatory reasons. This is why it is ludicrously expensive- it only needs to be cheaper than the next credible comm…
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I always found the MD format super cool. It’s a real shame that, even with BD-like densities, it just can’t compete with a cheap USB stick.
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They are as good as the price the market wants to pay for them. There is a match at $20, but not much more than that.
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> same happen with physical games And now it’s faster to get them online than to go to the store, even if the game doesn’t have to download itself again for updates.
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As is inference, BTW. Just remember you’ll need all memory sticks in place to get to that bandwidth. That’s expensive.
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The MCA bus didn't hurt PS/2 sales that much. Of course, you wouldn't be able to get cheap expansion boards for them because MCA, but they had VGA, mouse, floppy, hard-disk, printer and…
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In Heaven, even Windows is under GPLv3+. That's why nobody uses it.
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There's nothing wrong about being wrong, unless you try to force others to live under your own wrong assumptions. He didn't do that.
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What made him useful for a set of things made him wrong for another. That's kind of being human - you don't judge by evidence alone, but also on your previous experiences and biases.
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There's nothing wrong in being wrong. I'm often wrong, and I'm very happy when I learn something and cease to be wrong about that. If you take the political views angle, up to 2005 or s…
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The Weird Stuff Warehouse also didn't close their Heaven branch. I heard they are running a promotion on Tektronix calligraphic display terminals. In heaven, they are still being made and now hav…
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> If these do end up in Home Labs, it's going to be a server rack in the basement and not the server rack at the other end of the room. If they are too loud, yes. In my part of the world basem…