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bitobserver··on One million queries per second with MySQL
"Granted, it’s not SQLite by itself. We’ve wrapped it in a custom distributed transaction layer ..."
bitobserver··on Ask HN: Is anyone else having audio glitches and pops on their M1 MacBook?
I had this issue regularly occurring when playing videos in Firefox. I switched to Safari and that issue completely went away. Sometimes I'll check back on newer Firefox builds and unfortunately that issue persists.
bitobserver··on Ask HN: What are the best key-value self-hosted storage engines?
Check out Skytable - https://skytable.io/

Pros: Extremely fast. https://github.com/ohsayan/sky-benches

Cons: Still early in development, not a ton of features.

bitobserver··on El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender
Tesla sold 10% of their Bitcoin in Q1.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/elon-mus...

bitobserver··on Show HN: Cloud GPUs for Deep Learning – At 1/3 the Cost of AWS/GCP
> At 1/3 the Cost of AWS/GCP

For on-demand this is true, but spot GPU instances can have competitive pricing.

At this moment, a p3.2xlarge instance (1 Tesla v100) is 92 cents/hr on the AWS spot market in us-east-1. The p3.8xlarge (4 GPU) is $3.62/hr.

bitobserver··on Ask HN: What technology made your jaw drop the first time you used it?
The first time using an iPhone. It was pure astonishment seeing how much better the device was over my previous [dumb]phone.
bitobserver··on Bitcoin breaks above $20k
I get the impression that 99% of those invested in crypto just want their investment to perform well, and could care less about any project specifics.
bitobserver··on Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur
For anyone that wants to switch to Linux and retain similar functionality as this firewall app, there is this: https://github.com/gustavo-iniguez-goya/opensnitch
bitobserver··on A warning about Glassdoor
Had a similar experience somewhere. It seemed that any time a negative review was added on the company's Glassdoor, within weeks there would be new 4-5 star reviews. I watched that happen a few times.
bitobserver··on rg3d: Rust 3D game engine with an FPS demo game and scene editor
With enough time and resources, I wonder if we'll one day see a Rust game engine that can outperform these projects.