Normal people are not running 16 cpu bound processes at any given moment.
You don't have to be CPU-bound to benefit from extra cores. More cores means less OS-driven task switching, since all of the active processes can be isolated. The result is (slightly) lower latency for everything involved.
Plus, you're underestimating the obvious parallel processes on a machine. Right now I have around 50 Firefox tabs open. I'm struggling to close them fast enough (I tend to hang onto amazon.com pages and whatnot), but what if I was using a browser that separated that into 50 separate processes (instead of the Firefox approach, which is to hang whenever I open too many Youtube windows)? They're all periodically vying for CPU time when their Ajaxified Web 2.0 Timer goes off and re-downloads crap.
I just take it as him fighting against the tide of awful web developers. It's an uphill battle in a hurricane with a lead weight attached to your foot, but it's The Right Thing To Do.
I fail to see how the Ideal Gas Equation would ever help anyone in a calculus exam. Besides, anyone who can't remember "pivv-nurt" is going to need a lot more help than just a one-line cheat ad!
There are hobbyists who explore all of these different subjects, and many more. Don't get pissed off when they don't explore yours, unless you're planning on learning about theirs.
So the common user can install Ubuntu, and the obsessive-compulsive nocturnal compilation phreak who thinks -O3 -ffast-math might be good, but isn't sure, can use Gentoo. What's the problem again?
Windows aims to provide binary compatibility, at the cost of complexity within the OS. UNIX, and Linux doubly-so, aims for source compatibility and improved architectural simplicity at the cost of some administrative complexity, aka 'Worse is Better'
Your statements imply that Windows is Jersey/C/Worse and Linux is Lisp/MIT/Better (because the Linux camp keeps the architecture clean at the cost of downstream effort). I'm not sure if I am mis-reading your comments, or if your logic is reversed.
Very few people are "top notch" candidates. Most people are average.
Too true. Unfortunately, with so many people in the "average" pool, I think that interview results will end up being skewed by an arbitrary set of prejudices or external factors (all interviewers are human). Basically, if a candidate isn't a sigma or two above average, there's too much noise in the interviewing process. A few minutes is just a few extra swings at tha piñata.
Every time you do a job interview you will spend 5-10 minutes explaining why you don't have a degree - that is, if they even bother to call you in. That's 5-10 minutes that you're spending getting yourself up to the level of the other applicants that you could have spent putting yourself above the level of the other applicants.
In my experience, a loss of 5-10 minutes isn't going to be a big deal for top-notch candidates. 10 minutes of good discussion with someone who is genuinely intelligent and experienced is much more impressive than 2 hours of chat with someone who keeps on stalling on their memory, logic, and reasoning skills.
In times of war, you don't need to prove guilt. You can kill anyone who your government labels "enemy" and Bin Laden is enemy number one.
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I ahte you Euroepaenan hbastqrdQ!!! ASmericans DIED on that dya, including some of my friends, and you calously DEFNsd that BIJNL LADEN ASSHOLE. You son bo rfiotnasvithc!!!
Wow, you sound really good at bending over and taking it! Can you offer any tips on how I can start obeying the whim of anyone who remotely resembles an authority figure?
Haven't used Citrix for a while, but couldn't you still take screenshots of confidential stuff?
Nothing beats a camera for screenshots. Saying "Citrix doesn't allow file downloads" might have been worthwhile if hexdumps and OCR technology didn't exist.
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You know... I can't tell if you're blowing smoke up my ass, or if you're telling me something that is Truly Awesome.
You don't have to be CPU-bound to benefit from extra cores. More cores means less OS-driven task switching, since all of the active processes can be isolated. The result is (slightly) lower latency for everything involved.
Plus, you're underestimating the obvious parallel processes on a machine. Right now I have around 50 Firefox tabs open. I'm struggling to close them fast enough (I tend to hang onto amazon.com pages and whatnot), but what if I was using a browser that separated that into 50 separate processes (instead of the Firefox approach, which is to hang whenever I open too many Youtube windows)? They're all periodically vying for CPU time when their Ajaxified Web 2.0 Timer goes off and re-downloads crap.
They seem to be doing fine on phones, the Wii, and various other embedded platforms. No, I don't think they need help from Firefox.
I just take it as him fighting against the tide of awful web developers. It's an uphill battle in a hurricane with a lead weight attached to your foot, but it's The Right Thing To Do.
Jeopardy-style testing? I can see it now:
I fail to see how the Ideal Gas Equation would ever help anyone in a calculus exam. Besides, anyone who can't remember "pivv-nurt" is going to need a lot more help than just a one-line cheat ad!
"the people behind Django" = Malcom + everyone else
There are hobbyists who explore all of these different subjects, and many more. Don't get pissed off when they don't explore yours, unless you're planning on learning about theirs.
FTFY :)
My girlfriend and I both like Bic Atlantis. If that's not your pen of choice, you're definitely wrong.
Your statements imply that Windows is Jersey/C/Worse and Linux is Lisp/MIT/Better (because the Linux camp keeps the architecture clean at the cost of downstream effort). I'm not sure if I am mis-reading your comments, or if your logic is reversed.
Your grandma is hott!!!
Too true. Unfortunately, with so many people in the "average" pool, I think that interview results will end up being skewed by an arbitrary set of prejudices or external factors (all interviewers are human). Basically, if a candidate isn't a sigma or two above average, there's too much noise in the interviewing process. A few minutes is just a few extra swings at tha piñata.
In my experience, a loss of 5-10 minutes isn't going to be a big deal for top-notch candidates. 10 minutes of good discussion with someone who is genuinely intelligent and experienced is much more impressive than 2 hours of chat with someone who keeps on stalling on their memory, logic, and reasoning skills.
I see nothing in that article that indicates that the US is orchestrating, condoning, or even involved in that illegal fishing. Citation fail.
Too late, you already did...
[citation needed]
The difference seems to confuse a lot of people because it's... wait for it... bullshit!
I don't think the NFL allows wooden spears in play...
Your child was Chuck Norris?
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Whatever you just took, I want some.
Wow, you sound really good at bending over and taking it! Can you offer any tips on how I can start obeying the whim of anyone who remotely resembles an authority figure?
No. You're crazy.
Nothing beats a camera for screenshots. Saying "Citrix doesn't allow file downloads" might have been worthwhile if hexdumps and OCR technology didn't exist.