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rbanffy
194,606karma·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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10 pts
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I find it easy to explain what I do in a high-level muggle-friendly way: I write software that makes it easier for other software engineers to make their software more reliable. I they try to dig deep…
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Link might be desirable for your e-book or mp3 collections. Or .iso images, MAME ROMs, and other files that are unlikely to be changed.
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Sounds like they had a bunch of unsold inventory for the base chip and this is a nice way to make it competitive.
59 pts
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The same concepts exist in ZFS, BtrFS and, IIRC, XFS.
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CoW deduplicates at the block level. Unless you rewrite the whole file, the untouched blocks will remain common between them and only different blocks will be allocated separately. Continuous block le…
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I’ve been using fdupes. It’s installable from MacPorts. Or is it finddupes? I don’t quite remember.
5 pts
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The screen I watched it was much larger than 70mm.
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This is very interesting, but I think Lithium might prove less than ideal if Starship ever becomes practical (and cost per kilogram to LEO falls significantly). At that point, it might be cheaper to u…