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  1. Re:Enough! Stop the PHP "hack language" stuff on HHVM Beats Stable Version of PHP 7.0 In Recent Benchmark (kinsta.com) · · Score: 1
  2. Re:PHP 7 is faster than HHVM on HHVM Beats Stable Version of PHP 7.0 In Recent Benchmark (kinsta.com) · · Score: 1
    Hi, I'm https://github.com/fredemmott, on FB's HHVM open source team, and primary author of https://github.com/hhvm/oss-pe...

    Optimizing: have you tried using hhbc/repo-auth-mode? This can gets you tens of percents, though isn't compatible with all code. Additionally, are you excluding JIT warm-up time?

    Standard disclaimer: we are not faster at everyone's code. In particular, PHP tends to be faster if you have a load of code just in files, but not in functions/methods.

  3. Re:Facebook on HHVM Beats Stable Version of PHP 7.0 In Recent Benchmark (kinsta.com) · · Score: 1
    Hi, I'm https://github.com/fredemmott and I work on Facebook's HHVM Open-Source team*.
    • - we're open source (under the same licences as PHP itself). If we start showing ads, delete the code. If we stop being open source, fork it with the help of the other major companies using it
    • - same story for trying to move extensions to a "full" version
    • - HHVM gets us more from the benefits of open source (contributions, recruiting, new hires being familiar with our code, etc) than we could reasonably expect to get by selling it

    * my job, and the job of the rest of the team, is to make HHVM better for people who aren't Facebook (Wikipedia, Baidu, Etsy, and everyone else who uses it). Facebook pays us full-time for this.

  4. Re:No, I didn't. on 64-Bit Slackware Is Alive · · Score: 1

    Additionally, Slamd64 isn't AMD-only at all. slamd64.com runs on an Athlon64 X2, but it developed on my desktop with a core 2 quad, and my laptop with a core 2 duo.

  5. No, I didn't. on 64-Bit Slackware Is Alive · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Hi,

    I'm in the ChangeLog/copyright notices where appropriate. All my published work on Slamd64 is free software; I don't care what's done as long as the licenses are followed.

    This is probably a good time to say why I made slamd64 again:

    I wanted a 64-bit Slackware. I didn't want to be a distro lead, or anything like that. I like Slackware, and I needed a 64-bit distro. I made it for my own use, and uploaded it in case anyone else wanted to use it. Now there's a 64-bit Slackware, that reason's gone.

    Slamd64 will be continued in some form for the foreseeable future, but possibly as something slightly different.

    A true Slackware64 is better for you too:

    • Security updates shouldn't lag behind "real" Slackware
    • you won't miss out on nearly two months of security updates (like you are right now) due to tendon issues on my part
  6. Re:And in other news.... on Slackware Linux 10.2 Released · · Score: 1

    You just beat me :) Here's a bit more info:

    Slamd64 is an unofficial amd64 port of Slackware. Slamd64 10.2 has also been released today, with 2.6.12.4 kernel (with reiser4 support), but otherwise very similar changes.

  7. Re:wha...? on x86-64 Slackware Clone Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    I applied no patches which weren't required to make packages compile/run on x86_64. I do not see how this can be considered ruining slack, rather than a neccessity.

  8. Re:It was a matter of time. on x86-64 Slackware Clone Released · · Score: 1

    It is true that for a large proprotion of the packages (probably 2/5), all that needed changing was $ARCH. The problem was the other 3/5.

  9. Mirror problems on x86-64 Slackware Clone Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    We've been having problems with rsync timeouts and I've not been able to get hold of the admin of the primary mirror. ftp.heanet.ie/pub/slamd64/ contains the .xdelta files for final compared to RC4 - full isos should have finished in a few hours. Sorry for the delay.

  10. Re:Forgive My Noobness But... on x86-64 Slackware Clone Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    I did no K8-specific optimisations, just generic x86_64, so it should work fine on EM64T.

  11. Ridiculous on Porn Site Sues Google Over Linked Images · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Chances are most of their paying customers from google. If they really don't want their images indexed, ROBOTS.txt beckons...

  12. Old News on Security Flaws In Linux SMBFS · · Score: 1
  13. Slashdot, mirrors, and clarifications on Patrick Volkerding Battles Mystery Illness · · Score: 4, Informative

    - RE those "It's inconsiderate to post this on slashdot":
    "Now, I'm hoping that this will get seen by a lot of people and that if it hits Slashdot that some kind medical geek will help save my life."

    - Mirrors:
    http://uml.axpr.net/
    http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-current/PAT- NEEDS-YOUR-HELP.txt
    ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-cu rrent/PAT-NEEDS-YOUR-HELP.txt

    - Clarifications:
    --he does not want a help fund - we've asked him.
    --the gpg signature is valid, key is on the slackware 10 disc, and he keeps the private keys on a computer which is not attached to the internet.

  14. Re:my opinions on Hands Down, Palm is Now Number Two · · Score: 1

    A PDA is a personal digitial assistant. It is not a palmtop. For a palmtop, Linux/Windows is more appropriate than PalmOS (don't know about 5).

  15. Re:my opinions on Hands Down, Palm is Now Number Two · · Score: 1

    PDA != palmtop.

  16. my opinions on Hands Down, Palm is Now Number Two · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm an enthusiastic linux user and advocate (and a kde developer), however I don't think Linux, or Windows is the right OS for a PDA.

    They were designed for intel processors, multitasking was a requirement, and various other design factors optimising them for "normal" computers.

    PalmOS, however, is optimized for handhelds, doesn't do multitasking (I don't know about palm OS 5) simply because it's not neccesary on a PDA, and has one of the most intuitive interfaces i've seen. Also, PalmOS leaves me loads of space on my 2MB Zire for all of my data (several hundred contacts), and the entire new testament (seriously). I really doubt Windows could run with so little storage, and with Linux, there really wouldn't be that much room for data.

  17. It isn't only for KDE applications on KDE: Breaking the Network Barrier · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Old news on Network Attacks Via DNS · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's a link:

    http://cgi.nessus.org/plugins/dump.php3?id=11580

  19. Old news on Network Attacks Via DNS · · Score: 5, Informative

    nessus has been pointing this out as a security hole in it's scan results for at least 3 months now...

  20. Re:Finally! on Microsoft Planning on Opening Up More Source · · Score: 1

    http://vigor.sf.net/

  21. Re:Obligatory on slashdot... on Win a Part in the Hitchhiker's Guide · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    lol i got to say i do agree with the "redundant" moderation - but someone had to say it :)

  22. Obligatory on slashdot... on Win a Part in the Hitchhiker's Guide · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "vogons? imagine a beowulf cluster of those!"

  23. Re:Dream IDE?!? on Deep Inside the K Desktop Environment · · Score: 1

    "I dream of emacs." "Folks, desktop GUIs are just Way Too Big. And not nearly powerful enough." Ah! You're an emacsOS user :)

  24. Old news... on McDonald's Germany Moves to SuSE Linux · · Score: 1

    http://www.suse.co.uk/en/company/customer_referenc es/mcd.html

    I read that page a week ago...

  25. Re:Reminds me of on McDonald's Germany Moves to SuSE Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    i just checked - that is actually a quote :S