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Re:Goldman Sachs is spending $100M to shave milliseconds off... by dalbasal on Friday August 02, 2019 @10:32AM (#20593242)
Median productiveness is plenty, assuming this is not productive activity.
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Re:Goldman Sachs is spending $100M to shave milliseconds off... by lallysingh on Saturday August 03, 2019 @01:23AM (#20598821)
But what's "productive?". Farming? Manufacturing? What if the farmed food is unhealthy? If the manufactured good is wasteful?
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