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apower··on "... so now I will jiggle things randomly until they unbreak" is not acceptable'
Why do you think Linux isn't the 0.0001% survived form?
apower··on "... so now I will jiggle things randomly until they unbreak" is not acceptable'
You are wrong, on both individual level and stereotyping to a nation of people.

On the individual level, he did do the debugging and analysis, on a smaller scope. Linus was asking a bigger scope analysis and a lot of work. Some people are willing to spend time to understand and fix problem for free. Some people have better things to do and aren't willing to spend the time to do it. That's their prerogative.

On a nation level, there are Chinese who want to get things done and there are Chinese who want to understand the root causes, just as there are people in other nations/cultures who want to get things done and there are people who want to understand the root causes.

apower··on In the UK? Strange browser behaviour? You might be being IWF’d.
Censorship is done right when you don't even realize its existence.
apower··on A Tale of Two Terminals: Beijing Terminal 3 and Heathrow Terminal 5
Wow, nice twist. Didn't expect that at the end. Nice garden path sentences.
apower··on Google Blocked in Mainland China
By your logic, U.S. government are a bunch of armed thugs who happen to control some territory. 50% of the U.S. population aren't voting. 50% of the remaining 50% decides the next government. Basically 25% of the population impose their will on the rest of the 75% of people. That's tyranny.

In Civil War era, the Southern States had democratically voted to leave the Union. The North ignored the democratic result and went to war to bring them back, killing half of millions in the process.

The Southern States had voted democratically, with super majority, to keep blacks as slaves. By your logic, that's just a-ok.

Some democracy at work.

apower··on Ask HN: Share a gem. Teach me and you.
You meant perseverance.
apower··on Ask HN: Share a gem. Teach me and you.
sleep, sleep, sleep.
apower··on Ask HN: Share a gem. Teach me and you.
What does it mean?
apower··on Ask HN: Share a gem. Teach me and you.
On the fourth hand: of all the things you have done you would for regard some of them.
apower··on Ask HN: Share a gem. Teach me and you.
And after tax paid.
apower··on Your code should be taken out back, lined up against a wall, and machine-gunned
This is hilarious.
apower··on Reddit costs $33k/month to operate?
Proof that static type languages are much faster than dynamic languages. Reddit has resorted to use C for speedup.
apower··on Reddit costs $33k/month to operate?
16M/24/60/60 = 185 pages/sec. 185/15 = 12 pages/sec/server. That's not much different than the Reddit number.
apower··on Ask HN: Please, help me understand what I am doing wrong.
You don't have the experience or the knowledge to achieve your goals. 4-year college just gives you the basics. You are still too young. 30 is when you have established with enough experience and knowledge, 40 is when you've gained wisdom, and 50 is when you can see global trends in the world.

Just enjoy life, and don't stop learning.

apower··on What Do You Lack? Probably Vitamin D
Nudist colony FTW.
apower··on Reddit costs $33k/month to operate?
I don't have evidence Reddit would reduce operating costs since they haven't switched yet, and I don't have access to their code/architecture/etc to decide one way or the other. However, based on my personal experience, static type languages are much faster than dynamic languages and use much less resources. They used substantial less servers to maintain the same SLA throughput. You don't have to take this advice and keep paying for the high cost of hardware. There's a belief that developer cost is much higher than hardware cost and thus it's justified. However, when scaling out, hardware cost is much higher than developer cost. Developer cost is a fixed sunken cost at initial development. Afterward it's just maintenance and can be scaled down, but the hardware operation cost is ongoing, increasing years after years.
apower··on Reddit costs $33k/month to operate?
Do you have evidence that dynamic language have less overall development cost?
apower··on Not Only Is Google Places Going After Yelp, They’re Doing So With Yelp’s Content
Is Google using its search monopoly power like Microsoft to crush competitions? Where is DOJ when you need them?
apower··on Not Only Is Google Places Going After Yelp, They’re Doing So With Yelp’s Content
Have you reviewed their Terms of Usage before you put in your reviews?
apower··on There will be blood: why Apple and Intel are destined to clash
Intel doesn't have a good track record in non-hardware (or non-cpu) endeavors. The way they can win in the phone arena is to provide the whole hardware aspect of the phone and leave the software parts to its partners, including Apple.
apower··on Reddit costs $33k/month to operate?
That's just the server instance cost. What about bandwidth and S3 cost? Bandwidth would cost a bundle.
apower··on Reddit costs $33k/month to operate?
Cause a server with these languages has high overhead in memory and CPU to serve requests thus having lower throughput per server and thus needing more servers to sustain certain site-wide SLA and thus causing more money overall.
apower··on Now legal in the U.S.: Jailbreaking your iPhone, ripping a DVD for education
Good news for Apple or bad news for them? It would definitely help the IPhone ecosystem but breaks Apple's control.
apower··on Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China
India has it fair share of massive bureaucracy and bribery corruption. Plus the basic infrastructure is rather lacking. You don't want to buy electric generator when you are small.
apower··on They Will Steal Your Idea. They Cannot Steal What Really Matters.
Business ideas are a dime and a dozens. Technical ideas and solutions are valuable.
apower··on Ask HN: Three startups, but only one of me. Which one should I choose?
Avoid #3 like plague.
apower··on Report: Teens Using Digital Drugs to Get High
WTF's wrong with stupid adult media?! What's next? Food as drug to get high? Sex as drug to get high? Seem these people really hate other people having fun. Or is it just another way to FUD more money into law enforcement?

I tell you what digital drug is. Digital drug is the sensational news media that got the vast people hooked on their news addiction. They surely should be banned.

apower··on Ask HN: Why should I care about Clojure?
Why don't you use C then? It would let you freely shoot yourself on the foot.
apower··on Ask HN: Why should I care about Clojure?
I'm curious. Why is there such a furious hate for Java?
apower··on How a friend outsourced his apartment hunt (and saved 30 hours)
People here have no sense of humor.
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