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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £220bn profit... on Thursday June 03, 2021 @08:28AM (#27380243)
FYI, Ireland has not been in the UK since 1921.
Re:Studying the effects of interruption on motivation on Sunday December 08, 2019 @03:32PM (#21738097)
> The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you do that every day when you are writing a novel, you will never be stuck.

This is always hard. When things are going well (in flow, on a roll etc.) you want to continue and get it all out. When you get stuck in writing, programming or anything, taking a break seems to make sense after a few moments of toil.

Re:Linux: IO without entering the kernel on Sunday December 16, 2018 @06:00AM (#18692582)
Would someone care to summarise the possible benefits of being able to do polled IO, without entering the kernel?

Poll: What database does your company/you use?

Posted by rorhug on Sunday May 11, 2014 @03:27PM
from the you-decide dept.

Please upvote this if you would like to see more people take the poll.This has been asked on occasion in the past but like all things, database preference/technology changes quickly. Let's see what people are using today.If you think I've left out an important one, leave a comment and I will try and edit the post.

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