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Re:Monarch: Google’s Planet-Scale In-Memory Time Series Database [pdf]
on Sunday August 30, 2020 @01:52AM (#24321638)
Googlers still have to use the terrible python dsl (“mash”). Even worse: they have to use it wrapped in a different terrible python dsl (“gmon”). Sigh.
Re:Keeping Time with Amazon Time Sync Service
on Thursday November 30, 2017 @09:11AM (#15815781)
windows and apple tend to keep terribly inconsistent time, though, and windows time goes nutso at leap smears.
Re:Free Your Android
on Thursday May 08, 2014 @11:18AM (#7715731)
How does the 'freedom' of Android compare with iOS and Windows Phone?
Re:Facebook Refused No-Poaching Agreement With Google
on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @09:10AM (#7465585)
So Google refused to hire Apple employees, but presumably didn't refuse to hire Microsoft employees. What a bad move for their culture.
Re:Microsoft defends its right to read your email
on Sunday March 23, 2014 @04:28PM (#7454984)
Well, it will solve the problem of supporting Microsoft, a known bad actor.
Re:Chromecast now open to developers with the Google Cast SDK
on Monday February 03, 2014 @02:18PM (#7172809)
Plex Media Center.
Re:Confessions of an ex-TSA agent
on Sunday February 02, 2014 @06:18PM (#7168043)
> Seems to me to be very lynch mob-ish.
Really? You are comparing calling your elected representatives to a lynch mob? wtf?
Re:San Francisco's guerrilla protest at Google buses swells into revolt
on Sunday January 26, 2014 @08:24AM (#7124982)
Why people think California is awesome (other than the weather) is a mystery.
Re:Why so much hate for PHP?
on Saturday January 25, 2014 @10:11PM (#7123682)
PHP is not well done. Even its creator agrees.
Re:Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850
on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @07:08PM (#7099633)
They stole a few domains from me years ago, as well. They simply transferred them to someone else, rather than me. What a bunch of jackasses.
Re:Google argues lawsuit concerning UK privacy should be brought in Ca...
on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @02:22PM (#6923219)
[citation needed]
Re:Google argues lawsuit concerning UK privacy should be brought in Ca...
on Monday December 16, 2013 @10:31AM (#6915273)
"Google providing the NSA direct access to servers"
[Citation needed]
The NSA appears to have tapped 3rd party fiber links, and not Google directly. Google is now encrypting data across those links, moving all client access to use https, and advocating for http/2.0 (based on SPDY) to allow only encrypted connections.
Re:The copyright industry should brace itself: the Kim Dotcom saga isn...
on Monday November 25, 2013 @06:29PM (#6797848)
Copyright should be rolled back to 4 years, no renewal, retroactively.
Re:Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Firmware Update Improves Battery Life
on Saturday November 02, 2013 @10:46AM (#6659343)
No thanks. Microsoft is a giant, anti-competitive patent troll and will not be getting my dollars.
Re:Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar” sues Google
on Saturday November 02, 2013 @08:51AM (#6659043)
Microsoft and Apple are assholes.
Re:Android for all and the new Nexus 5
on Thursday October 31, 2013 @03:14PM (#6649167)
Didn't the GN use an OMAP processor? TI doesn't make those anymore. Maybe there were problems getting drivers, etc because of that.
Re:Is Microsoft The Right Technology For A Scalable Web-Based System?
on Monday October 07, 2013 @03:30PM (#6510595)
No.
Re:Android and Windows Phone collide in China as market explodes
on Sunday September 29, 2013 @05:10PM (#6466531)
Will Microsoft be giving away Windows Phone, or suing Android manufacturers to increase the price of the competition?
Re:New Zealand bans some software patents
on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @09:54AM (#6289916)
Are you still getting paid by Oracle?
Re:Microsoft reveals $900M write-down on Surface RT tablet
on Thursday July 18, 2013 @11:30PM (#6068153)
> 9 hours of office
Except that I hate using Office, and my job doesn't require it.
Re:My startup is Microsoft-based, here's why
on Monday July 01, 2013 @10:56AM (#5971051)
Sucker.
Microsoft cannot be trusted. They'll change the game out from under you at some point and you'll have no recourse, because you're depending on Microsoft's proprietary software.
Re:Asking the U.S. to allow Google to publish more national security r...
on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @02:04PM (#5863588)
No one did.
Re:Microsoft Has Hired People To Make Positive Comments About Xbox One...
on Friday June 07, 2013 @10:53PM (#5843503)
Microsoft remains pathetic, and evil. On a positive note, it looks like they're heading down.
Re:Google+ Games is shutting down
on Friday May 24, 2013 @02:43PM (#5764602)
... says a person impersonating bdowney
Re:Hangouts Feature Emerges as a Bright Spot for Google+
on Friday May 24, 2013 @02:43PM (#5764600)
Hey! It's fake bdowney! Who are you really?
Re:Google to Microsoft: Remove your YouTube App from the Windows Phone...
on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @06:49PM (#5715607)
Microsoft is a bad actor. No sympathy for them at all
Re:Why iOS Devs Should Consider Using Core Data iCloud sync
on Sunday March 31, 2013 @07:56AM (#5468430)
Perhaps the Google Drive Realtime API could be a substitute.
https://developers.google.com/drive/realtime/reference/gapi....
Re:3D Printed Car Is Nearing Production
on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @07:10AM (#5291930)
One wheel in the front, like a Reliant Robin? I worry about the turning stability.
Re:The Idea That Launched a Thousand Civilisations (2012) [pdf]
on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @06:20AM (#5284977)
It's a way of extending the "tribe" to large numbers of strangers?