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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For December 7th, 2018

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— Ivo Mägi (@ivomagi) November 27, 2018. photons ever emitted in the universe; 0.00% : blockchain success rate; Quotable Quotes: @math_rachel : About half of > 200 people seeking visas for @black_in_ai #NeurIPS2018 were denied. This is how PCM is able to perform calculations. Do you like this sort of Stuff?

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Database Resolutions for 2018

VoltDB

So, in the spirit of things, we’ve laid out a few New Year’s resolutions that all database professionals can take into account as they look to turn over a new leaf in 2018 and build on their successes. Resolution: In 2018, make it a top priority to create a better – more real-time – experience for your customers.

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Database Resolutions for 2018

VoltDB

So, in the spirit of things, we’ve laid out a few New Year’s resolutions that all database professionals can take into account as they look to turn over a new leaf in 2018 and build on their successes. Resolution: In 2018, make it a top priority to create a better – more real-time – experience for your customers.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For March 22nd, 2019

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BrentToderian : What city went from 14% of all trips by bike in 2001, to 22% by 2012, then leaped to 30% in 3 years by 2015, & 35% by 2018? They'll learn a lot and love you even more.5 5 billion : weekly visits to Apple App store; $500m : new US exascale computer; $1.7 It all looks good when capital is cheap I guess.

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Did you get your re:Invent holiday wish?

The Symphonia

There were many other fun ones (ARM Chips, Satellite Control, DIY self driving cars), and some pretty unexpected updates too (Blockchain, Kafka, AWS On Prem). Serverless, and related announcements, at re:Invent 2018 The fountains at the Bellagio?—?still Closing out And that’s your re:Invent wrap-up for 2018. And this is fine!

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For November 9th, 2018

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This is the key problem with every musical blockchain initiative I've ever seen. Proposals whose "blockchain" would need to add 1GB/hour, that sort of thing. The R5a, M5a and T3a instances purportedly will offer a 10% price-to-performance advantage over AWS's other cloud instances.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For June 29th, 2018

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Mark Lapedus : Costs of developing a complex chip could run as high as $1.5B, while power/performance benefits are likely to decrease. Blockchain is a solution in search of problems. Google applies bulk discounts after the fact, AWS makes you ask for them ahead of time. They were implementations of solutions to problems.