Comment by dang | Hacker News Reader

Comment by dang | Hacker News Reader

Surprisingly few relevant past threads (that were any good), but I found these:

Gene Amdahl has died - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10557793 - Nov 2015 (111 comments)

Compilers and More: Is Amdahl's Law Still Relevant? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8930987 - Jan 2015 (17 comments)

Amdahl's law in reverse: the wimpy core advantage - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5265242 - Feb 2013 (16 comments)

Amdahl’s law - Amdahl's original paper - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3490492 - Jan 2012 (1 comment)

  (We need a new "rule", rule ... 42?
   "If it exists, there is a HN thread on it. No exceptions." :)

Rule 42a: if a HN thread does not yet exist for it, then it is your civic duty to create one.

I like this one better than 42, with the appeal to civic duty and all :)

Rule 42a.1: if someone has created a novel thread, the community should support with up votes even if they disagree with the conclusions or assertions.

This. So much this ...

Tip of the hat to you sir.-

This is so much in the spirit of the site, methinks ...

... support the thread, because it -fosters discussion-, and have the wherewithal to have your point of view challenged.-

Expose yourself to the opposing viewpoint(s).-

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