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SliderUp··on OrientDB 2.2 Released – Open-Source Graph Database
I had the same problem with a fairly 50/50 read/update database, about 20M reads/20M updates a day. Brought it to it's knees. Postgres handled it no problem.
SliderUp··on Why You Should Upgrade Your Router, Even If You Have Older Gadgets
It would have been a more useful article if there were concrete recommendations. As it is, it's just "newer routers are better, you should buy one."
SliderUp··on The Developer Formerly Known as FreeBSDGirl
You can, and lots of people will, wave their hands and ignore/belittle FreeBSDGirl's account. Certainly the trolls will.

But, it is just another example that the larger tech community has a problem. GamerGate et al, they are not fantasies. Women who want to create, same as any developer, getting SWAT teams sent to their homes, this stuff is real, and indicates a real problem.

Ask yourself, are you helping fix this behavior? Because if not, then you are part of the problem.

SliderUp··on Ousted Founder of Men’s Wearhouse Watches His Old Company Struggle
He hits the nail on the head with his differentiating shareholders from stakeholders.

Shareholders are just investors.

Stakeholders include investors, employees, customers, and vendors. All of them matter.

Like it or not, share price sideways to one of those groups only.

SliderUp··on Saudi Arabia to raise production to maximum levels, escalating oil market battle
Ha ha ha.
SliderUp··on Why Today’s Automobile Industry Looks a Lot Like IBM in 1985
This seems a silly thesis, if only because cars are already commoditized due to years of competition. Early PCs has huge profit margins; current automobiles generally do not.
SliderUp··on Telegram Hits 2B Messages Sent Daily
True.
SliderUp··on Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
First thing I thought of, nice to have some counter-balance to the endless Chrome flagging by Google.

Although I'd rather have neither.

SliderUp··on Orion flight test rescheduled for tomorrow
Poop. Scrubbed for today.
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