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This is considered a benchmark and comparison?

Edit: Ok, rather than being an arse, some feedback: The IOWait tidbit was interesting and worth the click on its own.

Build times and bandwidth should vary based on usage on the shared host. Run the tests every 3 hours for 2-3 days and use those results.

More interesting information would consist of what your plan of attack will be for scaling with more power/storage/etc. If necessity dictates the need for more, will it be as easy as a few clicks (and $$$$) with DO as compared to Azure/Amazon?

Brandyn, I ended up shipping my Glass back last week. I wish your team and you the best of luck. As I have said, I am not sure Google Glass is the correct vessel for my apps, but you guys are really onto something. If they happen to send me an 'invite a friend', I'll toss it to your team. I will be back in IRC in a week or so, still moving into the house! I'm still designing ideas for that 'Location aware meets Zelda meets Motion Detection meets Rest/turned based' Glass game.

My biggest potential profit was during the American Idol reign of terror. At the time, the keyword in Adwords was 1/cent a click. You read that right. Literally, 200,000 impressions/minute with a click-through rate of 1.3%. Nearly 150,000 clicks in one hour. Given a dance related affiliate product, I could have turned $6,000 into $250,000 in less than a day. Sigh.

Oh yeah, another day, long ago, "Face" was not costing very much. The Face keyword shows up for 'face' and 'facebook'.

If you look at the top right, squinting, there is a "CONTINUE TO SITE" link. It is grey on grey.

We are using Ingres Databases from the early 90s or late 80s. We have tens of billions of rows.

List of missing things: EVERYTHING. Primary/Foreign key relationships are buggy, therefore, not used. Views are somewhat available. Joins are buggy. Have to build all indices by hand choosing the relational columns and data structure/allocation. Cannot subtract sets without huge where clauses with very odd syntax. Rely mostly on WHERE EXISTS/NOT EXISTS or WHERE IN. Can only perform single column queries in a where clause, no WHERE (a, b) IN. Its free and it works. IT is a cost center. No new databases anytime in the near future.

My biggest fragmentation issues have been the result of hardware differences. Carriers pick and choose which permissions are allowed/denied. An example, only ATNT denies access to AlarmManager. This means you cannot set or change the alarm through software without root. Now, due to this, you have to build a complex software alarm to do what the operating system should give you access to.

I find Big-O is mostly applicable to SQL queries. A hard drive/memory bottleneck exists in all database queries. Programmers will easily ignore bad SQL and chalk it up to 'database bottleneck etc'. The truth usually goes along the lines of 'I do not understand temporary tables or views. I just SELECT. I opened a 30,000 row cursor, then, a 1,000,000 row cursor, and finally another 500,000 row cursor and got the data (while storing all of the fetches in leaking arrays)!' Usually on keys without indices or tables without primary keys.

SELECT a, b, c FROM abc (30,000 rows)

BEGIN

  SELECT e, d, f FROM edf WHERE e = a (30k * 1m)

  BEGIN

    SELECT x, y, z FROM xyz WHERE d = x (30k*1m*500k scanned)

    BEGIN

      process()

    END

  END

END

A customer or manager can all find respect in lowering the growth rate of a query. No mathematics required. Simply, "Your report now runs in 30 seconds instead of 20 minutes." Anyone can compute that!

The mathematics of Big-O gets annoying for average case scenarios. Instances of

def fun(abc):

  l=[]

  for x in abc:

    if x%2==0:

      for y in abc:

        l.append(y)

  return l

Sleep cycles, direct clone of sleepyti.me. Turns out ATNT branded phones don't allow access to the hardware alarm clock. The app crashes on ATNT Galaxy S2s (my original phone). Considering that was my first experience with Android, I never looked at it again in a happy manner.

Startups are much different than these toss it up to die schemes. They worry about design, presentation, correctness, speed, etc.

I cannot name the online system we use, but I am willing to say that page load times average 15-30 seconds. The interface is riddled with bugs. There is no customer support for what I imagine is a $5k/mo meal ticket. They also hotlink all of their JavaScript.

Functionality is easier to sell than all of the other facets of the start up. CIO wants to know if the system will replace it. CEO wants to know how much money it will save. Higher level execs want to be able to export it to Excel and easily notify mid level execs when they are behind.

Once again, I kid you not. This expensive app is literally a spreadsheet with dynamic columns which allow administrators (dept heads) to assign values. The hierarchy is the system is sys admin, admins (officers), users, and temps.

Job scheduling, accounting/vouchers, log analyzers, time management, project management, supply systems, commissions systems. If you have seen them once, you can probably reproduce it 'with a twist'.

I was with my CIO the other day. He turned on his monitor and said 'look, is this what you want to really do?' Spreadsheets on time management, project management, and convincing his fellow Chiefs that he was on the right track. He had a damn good point. I love coding and math.

When I first learned Java in school, I cranked out a couple of Android apps. I coded one in 30 minutes. It currently has 24k active installs with a total of 125k people trying it out. Free. Horrible programming. No unit tests led to a scenario where setting the alarm at midnight resulted in the wrong calculation. People love the simplicity of it. People hate the simplicity of it.

It has the potential to make $5-17/day. I'm guessing if I corrected/updated the code, it would jump in rank. If I could generate 13-15 apps that fit into this type of niche, I would easily reach $5k/month with lazy/horrible coding. If I just sat there for one-two full month(s) churning out one app a day, I would probably be able to reach that goal.

This number is really easy to pull of if you know how to sell yourself and be social/on the offensive.

$150/month product that saves businesses $4,000/mo (one less programmer). Hard part: Find 70 clients.

Working in industry, we demo products all the time. We pay outrageous amounts of money for an online time tracker which is basically an online spreadsheet. We have considered obtaining systems for managing accounting, supply, etc.

Focusing on our core business, policies, we never get tied up in 2-3 month/year adventures in uncomfortable territory. There is no innovation, just maintenance. We use a 20 year old 4GL language assisted by native Python/C.

I could crank out Android apps in niches, write web content and advertise, build a few cloud based web products (CAN IT EXPORT TO EXCEL!?!?!!!111), and easily live off of 15-20k a month with huge fluctuations (both directions). I choose the simple life of industry.

Not to mention, it is so hard to motivate yourself to go from start to end on a product. Most of that energy was used in my late teens.

Right now, I could be cranking out that turn based strategy Google Glass native app, because native apps with delays in turn taking are going to be the key to Glass (it gets hot!). Instead, I'll just build another fixed width extract with this day. It will run in 1/16th of the time of the original. People will not notice or care until it breaks again. Ad absurdum.

I suppose its worth mentioning, I know a few who pull in 4-6k a month solely on advertising/affiliates. Completely passive, they have months worth of posts automated to go out every 2nd or 4th week. I've pulled off 1-2k using the same method, but I always had a hard time finding microniches that were available for me to dominate. Writing about en pointe ballet, dremels, silver polishing, simms fishing gear etc. is not my ideal goal. It did make money though.

The device has a microUSB port. The microUSB powers the device. The device plugs into the HDMI port. The device requires a microUSB powered cable to operate while plugged in through HDMI.

According to my university's accommodation services, sleep disorders do not fall under the scope of these type of service accommodations. I took in sleep studies, health records, etc.

I wanted to have exams proctored at 7PM-9PM. My logic and reasoning fall extremely short at 8AM. I can sleep for 12 hours from 8PM to 8AM and still feel exhausted. Nothing is as rewarding as the sleep I get during daytime hours.

Nootroics, amphetamines, melatonin, all seem to fail.

You are correct. Interest was not factored in. 5-10 year investments with loan options are also a great alternative.

40,000 was mainly a number based around family, mortgage, food, transportation, classes, hazard/maintenance(car/home/health/life) and conferences.

It would be interesting to see how low I could get that number while mitigating the natural risks of family life.

I would feel secure at 600,000 post-tax for a 15 year adventure into research for bioinformatics, analytics, and embedded design.

During this 15 year break, I could easily notch away at the big circle of knowledge, generate side income, write books/tutorials and contribute to companies/individuals in software aspects.

I would also be able to work at night. I have a reversed circadian rhythm. I spend most of my nights getting 2-4 hours of sleep and murmuring about math and programming during the other 4-6 hours. A typical job schedule holds back my productivity.

My happiness is defined by obtaining/spreading knowledge. 40,000 (post-tax) a year is more than enough to maintain a household of three, take vacations, and stay on top of technology.

Agreed. Work restricts youtube/vimeo 80% of the time. Next, we use Pentium D computers for programming. Finally, looks great.

I wish more people would use gifs rather than videos. If you can convey your message without audio, cheers to you.

I can really appreciate this opinion of my comment. It is truly genuine and a great analysis! There is much more truth to your words than I would like to admit in other facets of my life.

Their priority is indeed far from mine. Many times, I find it hard to empathize and easier to just point the finger at the obvious choices they have made.

Yet, there is a community type punishment and resentment for people who fall into these traps of life. Prioritize reproduction over stability. OK! Community rules: 1) Don't come to 'us' for handouts. 2) Don't get on welfare/medicaid because you dug yourself into a hole. 3) Don't fall into the great apathy device of drugs to help you forget.

If you break the rules, you will be shamed and feel guilty.

The glorious church folk at the Southern Baptist Church in Oak Grove began the silent treatment on my family due to my great grandmother utilizing the meals on wheels services in the area.

Poorness is not acceptable, in some of the poorest communities of the US. It is absolutely glorious.

There is just so much more than I could hope to explain in a comment. The racism, classism, politics, and circular ideologies that are passed down in those areas is a novel on its own.

You are correct. I pity their choice, and often feel my choices are superior. Yet, more often than not, they also pity their choices, and envy my choices.

I wrote up this large spill about this being their personal feelings, financially drowning and overdrafting $500 each month. Husbands being the sole income providers ranging from $18k-29k a year for 2-4 kids. Jobs going at a very fast pace and very often not returning for a long period of time.

It is much akin to building a home without a foundation. Reproducing without a security blanket for when times are harsh is an equation for depression. I agree, they have different priorities, but there is not one group (out of my 7) that is happy with their choice. They are riddled with embarrassment and guilt. You get to the gas pump with $1.50 to put in the tank... and have a clean consciousness that you were correct in prioritizing a large family over creating a foundation. Don't worry though, the doctors still write prescriptions of Oxycotin, Valiums, and a myriad of antidepressants to reinforce that they made the right choice! I judge them not, I relay their silent cries that they hide from the community, because they fear communal judgment. A far greater damnation than my single judgement in that type of atmosphere.

Growing up in Hattiesburg, MS, innovation was stagnant. There were no technology related jobs other than Tech Support at Comcast(who I regarded as pure evil at the time).

People do not want to leave Hattiesburg. It is completely foreign to them. They want to marry young, have children, and stay within a few blocks of their family.

Move to California? You're going to fall into the ocean. Move to New York? Too much city. Move to Texas? Too hot. Each of those arguments is easily debunked. The humidity makes it hotter in MS.

My life changing moment was taking a Greyhound to Wisconsin with $1,000 and starting my life over. Afterwards, I moved from place to place knowing I could make it where ever I ventured to.

I have female friends in MS who got Masters/Ph.Ds and married the same year they got the piece of paper. Never used it once. It saddens me. Some of those people are brilliant beyond my abilities. Yet, they chose to follow the culture of the community.

People are so miserable there, but it all by choice. My mother had cerebral palsy and received a check for $500/month. We lived in a trailer, and I made it out when I was ~21-23. I had no car, fallback, or family to depend on. I just had to take a risk and go with the flow. It pays off well now.

I have offered people from MS jobs here or connections to jobs here. They would never take that bus.

OK, now you have got me interested. I really have not heard anything about this. You may have just made my week. I was getting quite depressed about the money I wasted.

I can only run APKs on Glass while in USB debug mode? There is no way to actually execute the program again without being in the debugger, correct?

At this point, without voiding my warranty, I can basically poll data, reflect data through options, and use voice commands (that barely understand me) to reflect data.

I have seen interesting manipulation of the Mirror API to make voice commanded games. I tend to get unreliable ping pong times for real time related materials. Sometimes a card opens instantly, sometimes it takes up to 15 minutes.

That was my basic idea. Device A connects through bluetooth and uploads data to Phone. Phone relays to web service. Web service relays to Glass. It works. Google App Engine/Mirror API is just not my cup of coffee.

Glass, or some offspring, has the potential to be amazing. I really cannot wait to see what comes of this. A beta device utilizing a RESTful API... I knew what I was getting into, but once I got it, there just was not anything I wanted to feed to Glass. Glass hungers.

I'm actually wearing Glass for my last day too.

First off, I do not have toys to communicate with Glass. I realize that Glass is too early. There are not enough data dumping devices available at decent prices. Withings, vehicle data, health data, all the things people try to keep private. That kind of data is what would be useful with Glassware.

The lack of a SDK and depending on RESTful services. I want to toy with sensors too. Delayed gratification does not work. Where are my long nights of programming?

Battery life and destroying my cell's data plan are also issues. I'll miss watching people's faces light up when they try it on.

Saab utilizes this through Tech2. Just to turn the Aux Out component on my stereo would cost $150-300. Disable the Alarm system beep? $150-300. Disable the airbag warning? $150-300. Replace the stereo? $150-300. Disable daytime running headlights? $150-300. List goes on.

Had Saab made these options available through menus, I would bless their innovation. Instead, the menus are 'hidden' and only accessible with a DRM yearly license and a device.

I know these aren't driving experience based updates, but it is a testament of how a car's configuration can lead to thousands of dollars of waste and customer dissatisfaction.

First option: Drive downtown and write down every business you see. I would imagine 99% of them need technology, 75% of them have some form of technology, and 50% of them are using legacy software. Call them. Something is running at O(n^5) and they need your help.

Second option: Connections. Find that person that knows someone. Use your alumni network.

Third option: If you're fresh out of college, expand out of city or state. Watching students stagnate in their hometowns is a shame.

Persistence pays off regardless of the field. 'Hi, I'm wondering if you have any computer related jobs available? No? Do you happen to know anyone applying?' Build a network out of people you're only talking to for 5 minutes!

~'A good CEO never forgets how to clean the dishes.'

The difficulty would rise to compensate for the advent of quantum computing. The danger of quantum computing in bitcoin is holding the 51%+ computing power and being able to forge transactions in the 'books'.

Source: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/6062/what-effects...

ASICs are going to rid a large amount of pools. GPU mining and FPGA mining will fade out, because the value returned will be so minimal compared to these monsters. There is a finite amount of bitcoins released for a set amount of time. The power consumed/bitcoin return ratio on GPUs/FPGAs as the difficulty rises due to the ASICs will just leave people frustrated.

GPU mining had one benefit. Once you gave up, you could at least resell the video card or play games. ASICs are basically trash. The FPGAs can be recycled on ebay.

For those uninitiated: Assume I am on an i7 2600k and you are on a Pentium 2 clocked at a fine 200mhz. If we are mining in the same pool (just us), I will probably do 99.99% of the processing, and receive that return. You probably spent more power than me with your outdated technology, and only received 0.000001% of the payout.

While mining litecoins, a capacitor in my power supply blew up. I saw a huge jolt of blue, my monitor lost connection and finished up with some smoke.

I'm no expert on wavelengths, but 'American creates a filter to fit over Google Glass's camera to block out near-infrared?'