(((bob pasker))) @[email protected]
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Programmer, mentor, investor, app server pioneer @ WebLogic, Inc.
Joined April 2008
1,000,000 cores in a 300mm wafer, and its still not fast enough to do GC wihtout pausing #java
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And @Hertz won’t let me modify my reservation on their app. When I submit a support ticket, they want my name and confirmation number again, even though I’m logged in. These travel companies are catching up to the DMV and cell phone carriers in terms of lousy customer service
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Why does @united take 1 second to cancel my flight and then make me jump through hoops to get a refund. No wonder they are ranked number 51 worldwide.
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@JTaylorSkinner She’s actually Generation Jones which is a bridge between Boomers and Gen X. Generation Jonesers were born from 1954 to 1965. We’re not Boomers. Not Gen X. We’re Gen Jones.
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Story i heard in the 80s at DEC about the tech announcement for microcoded MicroVax. Someone in the audience asked if they had used microcode optimizers. An engineer on the dais said: "we don't need microcode optimizers. We have Dave Cutler"
Wow. Great idea: Train a model to understand intermediate representations and code generation. Boom! Ya got a tool to optimize, disassemble x86 code etc.
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The lotto is a tax on poor people Angel investing is a tax on rich people
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Today I morn the passing of one of the greatest computer engineers who ever lived, and my hero, Gordon Bell May he rest in peace.
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So if you count Windows as an influence on your life, Gordon would be too. He was also a Trustee of the Computer History Museum, and they did an oral history with him.... https://t.co/tzTidg59iJ
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Dave Cutler and some of the other VMS crew disembarked to MSFT and built Windows NT, and Gordon eventually joined MSFT Research
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That architecture was itself based on the VAX/VMS kernel, and the VAX had specialized instructions INSQUE/REMQUE (and later MP-safe versions) to support it....
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I programmed on the VAX in 1979 until 1992, and the transaction processor TMX-32 that i worked on from 1982-1986 was the inspiration for #WebLogic kernel, which was based on work queues and worker threads, rather than thread-per-request...
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Gordon Bell changed my life. He worked at Digital Equipment from 1970-1983, and as VP of R&D for Digital Equipment , he oversaw the entire VAX computing environment, the most successful 32-bit computer which altered the course of computing off of mainframes...
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Just a few things Universities will miss out on if they divest from Israel; Carbon reduction tech Large crop yield agri tech Advanced driver safety tech Cancer treatment tech
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Anyways else have @AnkerOfficial cables self-destruct like this? This is a replacement for the original I bought for $40.
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time to Boycott, Divest, and Sanction y combinator
Like so many closeted Israel haters @paulg sees conspiracies and schemes where there are none. This blog supposes stealthy coordination between Israeli high tech and government simply because a reserve duty soldier gave an update on the war prior to a talk of mine. I have never
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Hamas rockets have hit Israel's Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon for the second time in a month. Has it made the news where you live?
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