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Re:Reactive prefetch on Google Search: 100-150ms speedup by logicallee on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @10:05PM (#8727462)
wow, so, this is what in my mind I was caricaturing. Offline living is basically incompatible with the knowledge available on the Internet, and what you mention are super unreasonable steps for normal users to take.
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Re:Reactive prefetch on Google Search: 100-150ms speedup by nitrogen on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @12:59AM (#8727895)
super unreasonable steps for normal users to take.

Only because people have "forgotten" how to build offline apps.

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Re:Reactive prefetch on Google Search: 100-150ms speedup by logicallee on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @01:09AM (#8727919)
no, it really is super unreasonable.
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Re:Reactive prefetch on Google Search: 100-150ms speedup by ce4 on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @02:49AM (#8728144)
I disagree. I'm not a luddite. First, I didn't say that I use that exclusively. And furthermore:

* it's nice to have knowledge at hand when offline (commuting via train, abroad w/o a local data plan, no gsm coverage, edge connection instead of 4G)

* saves bandwidth for my 1GB/month data plan when appropriate

* Aard dict can be used to evade filtering (not my primary concern, but there are people in other countries who might benefit)

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Re:Reactive prefetch on Google Search: 100-150ms speedup by walterbell on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @08:06AM (#8728927)
Travelers with intermittent connectivty are best served by offline databases with async/push updates.
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