invertd · HackerTrans

Looking through their site it looks like a Splunk search (or a query) can include a large set of non-trivial, CPU intensive operations. Therefore, perhaps, it is a process that does not lending itself well to multithreading: http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/12027/singlemulti-thre...

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Come on man! A brief & polite human interaction never hurt anyone!

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15 anni fadiscuss

How would the solution change if the problem was stated as follows: 'You meet a man on the street and he says, “I have two children and one is a son born in March.” What is the probability that the other child is also a son?'

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The users balk because they understand that their effective monthly/weekly price was jacked up, by a lot. Regardless of how much Netflix pitches their "unlimited" plan, users understand that their time for (movie) entertainment is not unlimited. Therefore, from their perspective, they see it as it is - a huge price increase - and they move on to better deals or something else entirely.

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15 anni fadiscuss

Yup...the radio (wi-fi, 4G, LTE etc) version of this patent might be just around the corner.

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I kinda like it - picture this simple scenario; you need to fix your car's brakes/rotate tires/change oil/fix taillights/buy gas?/ instead of going to 4-5 garages to get an optimal price/quote you broadcast your interest in the local neighborhood in the hopes that the interest will be fulfilled by a "service provider"..

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15 anni fadiscuss

Totally agree. Also, he makes it sound that somehow creating a different platform - comparable to twitter in scale - is an easy task....

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15 anni fadiscuss

If you really think about it that's what advertising is, isn't it? Introducing the right stimulus at the right time at the right place to hopefully make you act when you otherwise wouldn't. But it's not just about advertising....having someone or some entity - with much better analytical capabilities than you yourself - posses all this fine grained knowledge about you and you knowing nothing about them and having no control over their actions (in terms of what they can do with your information) it's just asking for trouble. I think we're at a wall here so let's agree to disagree - at least this way we're both happy...

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You don't have to wait for the worst to happen. They don't have to blackmail and/or threaten you. They don't even have to abuse the data. What they have already gives them informational asymmetry over you and other users in aggregate - and that's what matters to them. By having access to your search history, documents, emails, spreadsheets, pictures, text messages, blogs, videos, your web page analytics, visitors, purchases, location, friends etc etc they're always guaranteed to be one step ahead of you. That ensures predicting with satisfiable accuracy, say, what you'll buy next, what you'll visit next, where you'd click next, where you'd go next, or, in general what you'll do next. This gives them a clear advantage in terms of controlling a good part of your online life and in turn a good part of your real life. If you feel that's something you can live with, that's fine. Older people recommend not putting all the eggs in one basket (even Google apparently listens to them by diversifying immensely). I am sorry if this may sounds a bit unrealistic/gloomy to you but there's never been an entity in the history of the world that has not abused the power that was given to them.

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That search alone is probably nothing to worry about. However, over time they will know almost everything about you and you, on the other hand, will know almost nothing about them. I am not sure how that makes you feel, but some people do not prefer to be in that situation.

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I guess next in the pipeline is TweetDeck Web Desktop App :)

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15 anni fadiscuss

....wow, you lose your laptop(s) often...

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15 anni fadiscuss

Check out CCNx (Content Centric Networking) project from PARC/Xerox leaded by Van Jacobson - the security seems to be baked in the design. Here is an intro: http://www.slideshare.net/PARCInc/contentbased-security

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15 anni fadiscuss

Thank you bitsai! Great source. Google's Python Class is also good.

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My question to you; is consuming content in a device that is not "dull, stodgy" worth 30% overcharge for life?

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The problem is that YOU're going to end up paying an additional 30% of the price. Don't be fooled...those companies at the other end of the subscription will pass that 30% straight to you.....

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Well said sir, well said.

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There is definitely a benefit. However, don't feel too complacent about the perceived benefit.

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Would you make the same comment when they turn and use their "toys" against you?

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Yup, when you start introducing countless rules like these topped with the tightly controlled procedure of approving/rejecting apps the whole iOS ecosystem just doesn't feel enticing (or easy) anymore. I can't believe that people actually have to put up with some dude sitting somewhere approving what apps are worth it and getting content via them will cost +30%. It's unreal, if content providers go on with this they'll pass the 30% down to user. How is that not a "tax"?

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