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3: Amdahl's law says that partially parallelizable applications don't see much improvement.

50% parallelizable program will run 33% faster on 2 cores (not 100%) 60% faster on 4 (not 300%).

Re:Hacker Releases More Democratic Party Documents on Monday August 15, 2016 @04:15AM (#12289257)
It's okay to discuss absolutely anything but not politics. But if you are discussing politics, you better discuss pro queen.
Re:Hacker Releases More Democratic Party Documents on Saturday August 13, 2016 @07:36AM (#12281093)
I already commented but Ill say it again- Trump is a wild card who will likely do little for the country but little to the country and the world. Hillay will do a bit more for the country but much worse _to_ it. See my past comments for proof about literal oligarchy. She is already attacking the very backbone of internet- free speech by spending 6m per quarter hiring trolls
Re:Hacker Releases More Democratic Party Documents on Saturday August 13, 2016 @07:33AM (#12281090)
Muh Russia...

I to my girlfriend- how dare you cheat on me. You are texting Sam since a year.

My gf to me: How dare you breach my trust by looking at my phone? This doesn't count.

Demagoguery vs literal oligarchy (rich donor dictating to SecState: Https://wikileaks.org/Clinton-emails/emailid/28972 ), take your pick.
Re:From first principles: Why I bet on Scala.js on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @11:17PM (#12266137)
Sincere praise!