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Running 100,000 Parallel Threads
An anonymous reader writes "This story explains how the latest Linux development kernel is now able to start and stop over 100,000 threads in parallel in only 2 seconds (about 14 minutes 58 seconds faster than with earlier Linux kernels)! Much of this impressive work is thanks to Ingo Molnar, author of the O(1) scheduler recently merged with the 2.5 Linux development kernel."
My above comment was moderated as a troll, and yeah, maybe it sounded like that. But it's a serious question. I'd like to know what benefits us normal uses will see.
And why wouldn't you want a mod system?
If you want to view what everybody posts, just set your default viewing threshold to -1. Simple as that. I found that scanning at +4 typically lets me get a good sense of things if I'm short on time. If I've got more time to spend, then I view at a lower threshold, like +2. If there's an interesting looking thread, then I'll view that whole thread.
However, I simply don't have the time to cut through all the noise to the signals on my own. Without the moderation system, I would just not be able to read comments manageably, at all. And that's just the truth.
The mod system does do a decent job of reducing the S:N ratio, on balance.
In any large group of people you will find a few idiots, a few luminaries, and a great number of average thinkers. Sometimes the only thing that separates idiots from luminaries is their lack of social grace. Welcome to democracy.
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