Sun.May 05, 2019

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Testing MySQL 8.0.16 on Skylake with innodb_spin_wait_pause_multiplier

HammerDB

In the recent MySQL 8.0.16 release there is a new variable for the InnoDB storage engine called innodb_spin_wait_pause_multiplier described as providing “greater control over the duration of spin-lock polling delays that occur when a thread waits to acquire a mutex or rw-lock” and “delays can be tuned more finely to account for differences in PAUSE instruction duration on different processor architectures” This post aims to address what this about and whether you really n

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The Mighty Music Player Is Like IPod Shuffle for Spotify

Baron Schwartz

I bought a Mighty Vibe , which is like an iPod Shuffle for Spotify. It’s a small, simple, easy-to-use music player that downloads music from your Spotify account and frees you from your phone. It supports wired and Bluetooth headphones. In my testing it’s easy to set up, works well, and sounds great. It’s much nicer than the mp3 players I’ve bought to let my children listen to music.

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