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Re:Oracle's New Supercomputer Has 1,060 Raspberry Pis on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @08:16AM (#20994029)
'...asked Oracle why it chose to create a cluster of Raspberry Pis instead of using a virtualized ARM server...one company rep said simply that "...a big cluster is cool."'
Re:Twitter’s Salvation Is Staring It Right in the Face on Friday January 29, 2016 @10:30AM (#10995709)
Actually a pretty solid idea for Twitter to consider.

The actual new feature that he mentioned that is kind of like a snippet tool allowing you to drag and drop or otherwise add tweets to a "story" or something you create is a thoroughly nifty idea...and one that I might attempt to tackle after going through the Twitter API docs this weekend.

Definitely a neat little read on pedestrian activity. Apparently people like to play in the snow but not commute in it. Who'd a thunk?
Absolutely a non-issue for Amazon. People are likely selling since Amazon's sales are likely to decrease seasonally (though, while that's generally true of retail, I don't exactly know Amazon's financials from the past few years).
Definitely and interesting read.

I agree that small towns are becoming more friendly to entrepreneurship (of the tech variety) and should only help innovation since talent that might not want to risk the move to Silicon Valley and instead take a safer job with an older company might consider startups closer to home.

This is definitely a net-positive for innovation.

Re:EA Drops Out of E3 on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @03:58PM (#10983278)
Eh, this isn't really much of a story. I had to go to E3 for work back in 2002, 2003, 2004 and I've heard from former colleagues that the show has drastically changed...and not for the better.

I wouldn't be concerned about other companies dropping out and trying to pull people away from the LACC, there isn't much space for other companies to run their own large invents in lieu of renting space at E3

Re:Request For Research: Basic Income on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @02:47PM (#10982549)
Super awesome research project.

Definitely something we should look in to for the sake of humanity.

Re:What's the difference between user stories and tasks? on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @09:24AM (#10980099)
Definitely a good read. Short, but clear and to the point. I think it's a worthwhile read for those that work with Trello or Pivotal Tracker.
I know a smaller (4") iPhone would actually sell well. I know a lot of people that preferred the smaller form factor pre-iPhone6. That being said...I'm worried about Apple adding all these different sizes of their devices...it's a very anti-Steve thing to do since it complicates things for potential customers.