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The Speed of Time

Brendan Gregg

CLI tools The Cassandra systems were EC2 virtual machine (Xen) instances. Note that Ubuntu also has a frame to show entry into vDSO (virtual dynamic shared object). Measuring the speed of time Is there already a microbenchmark for os::javaTimeMillis()? What on Earth is Ubuntu doing that results in 30% higher CPU time!? ## 1.

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The Speed of Time

Brendan Gregg

CLI tools The Cassandra systems were EC2 virtual machine (Xen) instances. Note that Ubuntu also has a frame to show entry into vDSO (virtual dynamic shared object). Measuring the speed of time Is there already a microbenchmark for os::javaTimeMillis()? What on Earth is Ubuntu doing that results in 30% higher CPU time!?

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The Speed of Time

Brendan Gregg

CLI tools The Cassandra systems were EC2 virtual machine (Xen) instances. Note that Ubuntu also has a frame to show entry into vDSO (virtual dynamic shared object). Measuring the speed of time Is there already a microbenchmark for os::javaTimeMillis()? What on Earth is Ubuntu doing that results in 30% higher CPU time!? ## 1.

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Measuring The Performance Of Typefaces For Users (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine

And today, we still have type in a digital context, but it travels through cables, wirelessly on smartphones, and in virtual reality glasses in 3D. Later on, in the 1980s, type started to be used in a digital context in computers. There are many different classifications of typefaces.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Note : If you use Page Speed Insights or Page Speed Insights API (no, it isn’t deprecated!),