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It really depends on how you have configured replication and what the exact issue was. Postgres replication either works by directly streaming the WAL archive or by manually shipping older archived WAL files. If these files were corrupted on the master, then the slave would also get the corrupted files.

Now the files (and when streaming directly, the packets) have a header containing some metadata and the actual WAL log entries have a fixed formatting, so it's likely that the slave would have detected this corruption (unless you were really unlucky which would then easily replicate the corruption over to the slave).

But that would just lead to the slave stopping to actually replicate. Unless you watch your clients whether they are still ok, streaming from the master and the replication lag is reasonably low, you would not notice the replication stopping. When you fail over, you get to the state which the database was in when the first corrupted packet arrived.

So either you check your slaves, or you use two-phase commit, ensuring that your data has reached the slaves, but that has some serious performance costs.

BTW: I would assume this was far more likely an issue with their storage, not with RAM.
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This reminds me of the awkwardness of seeing someone you sort-of know in passing and deciding whether to stop and chat with them or just say "Hey! How ya doing?" and continue walking.

The "stop and chat" dilemma immortalized by Larry David: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f2LJXz-l2k
Georgia Tech already has a distance learning MS in CSE, but not a general MS CS. And I believe the cost is rather higher than this.

http://www.cseprograms.gatech.edu/distancelearning
I don't know the economics of airlines, nor travel that much, but I can't believe there isn't a niche for an airline that features a reasonable amount of legroom at a reasonably higher cost. Something above the "cattle pen with wings" that people seem to have to put up with.
thanks a lot. you're right, much work to do on the UI. this first iteration is centered on the concept. I'll keep working on the UI.
We would only hear about it if Linux lost.
I hug all my friends, male and female. If they seem uncomfortable, I just make a mental note to shake their hand instead in the future.
I remember that whenever a printer crashed at my university, its queue would fill up as people kept queuing additional copies of whatever document they were trying to print.

Thankfully the permissions on the print queue were loose enough that we lay users could purge the impatient people's documents from the queue rather than waiting for the printer to churn through their duplicate requests.
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That's a really bad example, obviously adult males don't with barbies. Maybe questioning his kids' toy chests would be more appropriate.
Presumably, this is only kernel space code... That's only a fraction of a modern Linux OS.

Good study though... not the greatest qualification of facts in the article.
Right now there's only one. I spent most of my time getting a marketplace built, and I put a single theme there for now. I've contacted a few theme developers and they are working on getting Foundation-based themes ready to submit. Hopefully in the next few days/weeks we'll have a much larger offering.

I've also started out offering a much higher commission rate for the first bunch of approved themes so that will hopefully increase the growth rate of the site.
Many people appear to be offended and creeped out by that, at least in some cultures. And especially females if you're a male.
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And ultimately... that is why this type of activism usually fails eventually. First, in order to pick the lesser of two evils, you still need to scrutinize every item so you know which one is the less evil. That still takes time and after doing it a few times and realizing your trip to the market, etc took twice as long as it should, many people will not continue. This app has been all over my Facebook feed. So I imagine a decent number of my friends shared it... but probably didn't install it. That is not any more useful than changing your profile pic "to support" what ever cause is viral this month. Of those that did install it, you've given them the out they need... only when you have time to spare. After trying it a few times and seeing how it effects their life, maybe that one time they are in a hurry and don't have to time to figure it out, they just go with it. Reminding them just how much work the boycott is. But that was just one little fudge... they'll do better next time. Right... this little chip in armor is all it takes for so many people to eventually give up. Only the most dedicated people will continue for any length of time that would even be noticed by the corporations... but probably not enough people to make them change. Sure that is a pessimistic, cynical view but tell me you haven't seen this exact set of events happen time and time again. We'd like to hope this time would be different. But history is a pretty good indicator of the future.
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>It's almost as if IP rights for content in the modern era are incredibly complex, and it's very difficult to actually be certain you have the rights for anything, making it kind of absurd to threaten people and take them to court for minor violations that could be resolved through other means!

Yes, although this is not exactly the case.

It's not like they are getting people to court for cases like this -- which could be legitimate ignorance.

They do it for people downloading and sharing copyrighted content knowingly. Now, if somebody else was using their wifi, that's another thing (and it can be shown in court).

But they don't really do it for cases that are analogous to "i trusted a website company and they used pirated stock photos".
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> So, what are the problems you are trying to solve? And why can Go solve them better than, Java, Erlang, C++, Scala, or any other language?

There should be a lot more text in that post to answer these important questions.
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It's perfect for me. I also attended GT as an undergrad, but have since moved on with life, have a full time job and family, etc. I would love to interact on campus again, but it would hinder both my professional and personal life to do so. I don't plan on being in academia, but a MSCS degree will allow me more career opportunities. Online makes it easy for me to take the classes on a non-thesis track (which I'd be doing anyway, not planning to go into academia) at my own pace. Traditional grad school pace is not conducive to those living a full-time professional life.

I think what makes this more attractive than a simple distance education version of most masters degrees is the following:
- Prestige of a decent school (but, USC Viterbi offers a distance degree along with others)
- Low cost (can't get a fellowship or assistantship if working full time)
- High standard for classes (still have to earn the degree)
- Custom pace (my life's schedule no longer fits into semesters)
- Being on the forefront of education (how cool to tell your grandkids you obtained one of the first OMS degrees?)

Interaction with people is only one of the many facets of a grad school course. For those intending to go the PhD route, absolutely go on campus, do research, network, etc. But don't assume that's what everybody needs.
wow, this is very interesting. It would be awesome if they can give away the data that powers the app. Others can build their own apps
It depends on what communities you go to, really. The more tech-oriented ones still use IRC quite often, especially thanks to webchats.
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Even worse, not all lines of code are equal. Across languages, but also within them. C/C++ can be terse or verbose depending on style and the subset of features employed.
Is this course available for non-US resident ??
Debatable? It's pretty obviously the developer didn't understand what version control does.
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Does anyone know Georgia Tech's CS MS curriculum?
To make it even more complicated, people from different counties react differently to hugging. Taiwanese, for example, often seem be quite uncomfortable with it.
"We are a venue for independent artists to sell their own handmade goods"

Do you philosophically consider yourself an artist? Much like yourself, I build/assemble electronic things mostly of other peoples designs using purchased mass produced parts with my own (sometimes substantial) customizations, sometimes wood is involved. The primary differences I see at this time between us, are I appear to tend more toward RF applications and you tend toward analog applications, and I don't sell anything I make. I try to make my work look good as per my own engineering aesthetic and pride in craftsmanship, but I don't consider myself an artist and I do not consider my activity as an art. For some difficult comparison examples, is "Seeed Studios" doing art and staffed by artists, or just a small short run assembly line service? How about hand wired radio amplifiers from the "MFJ Enterprises" factory floor? A guy who hand assembles multiple plain looking beige box generic PCs using components from multiple sources, is he an "artist"?

I believe you can make art using electronic parts WRT jewelry for example or perhaps wall hanging "sculptures", or truly wild/exotic case designs, or ground breaking UI design, but making a conventional appearing tool for an artist to use does not transition the art-i-ness to the dude who runs the factory machinery that makes millions of painters brushes per day, for example.

We seem to disagree, and that's OK. The problem seems to be Etsy and I agree, which is not so OK for your shop. I think thats being missed in the discussion of small details of legal documents on both sides, it is probably the big (undiscussed) issue they have with you. Probably because they're unwilling to have a public "what is art" debate, so instead lets argue about if you PCB or panel mount your potentiometers. Don't miss the forest looking at the individual trees.

BTW your blog does not contain much text, but if you made that PDP-1 panel as pictured, I find that both artistically and technically impressive. Its artistically cool looking as a visual display such that etsy might tolerate something like that "as art" In the 60s DEC always had better aesthetic sense than IBM, although both pale in comparison to 80s-ish era Crays and Connection Machines.
Thanks, i'll reorganize the site soon. The free tier is really free without restrictions so I kinda assumed that it's enough for people to know.
Haha, thanks for taking the joke. :)
This kind of interesting experiment is what happens when you democratise any area of endeavor. Sort of like post-WW2 hot rod culture in the USA, or when rock climbing went from an aristocratic past-time to a common sport in the UK. Huge jumps in technology and technique occur.
I second that question.

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking that a system like this could simplify carving/sharing resources - elasticity seems to be a defining "cloud" characteristic. Also, adding an additional layer of abstraction could enable/simplify upgrade of the underlying infrastructure.
We have a different opinion what progress means, it seems.
I don't like shaking hands (business handshakes are fine) or hugging unless it's a loved one or someone you are really close to and generally want to feel the embrace from the hug. Otherwise I think it's just pointless touching to signify some non-existant closeness.

What's wrong with just saying "hi"? Or a friendly fist-bump if you want to do something more fun?

I especially hate meeting a new group of people and having to shake every hand. It's so stupid.

As an American now living in Germany I always have to hug every single friend I've met more than once. I do it just because it's the expected behavior but I don't necessarily enjoy it.

FWIW I do feel like I'm a real life Larry David sometimes.
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Please do not take my comment as a personal attack. Blogging is useful and practice makes perfection :). I was more surprised that it is at the top of Hacker News and as such it's more a critique on voting behaviour ;).

I am looking forward to see your search innovations...
But that isn't what a masters degree is about. If you have a career and family to take care of and don't have time to go to classes, you probably don't have time to commit to a masters degree. And again there is no evidence that an online class from Georgia Tech would be any better than an online classes from anywhere else. Georgia Tech is reputable because of the faculty and research. How does that correlate to online classes?
TechStars really seems to be going for breadth, but I guess each location only has a class of about 12 startups per cycle.

One thing that irks me about TS is that there are different managing directors for each location...I mean there has to be given the number of locations TS is now at, but it makes me question whether or not there is even a 'TechStars' culture that exists throughout the programs or if each city operates individually and do things differently from others.

I promise I'm not trying to criticize TS, it's just a thought that came to my mind when I saw that they had opened another location.
This has been bothering me for a while, and I generally come down on the side of hugging. Hand shaking with a woman always seems to me like I'm forcing a male to male ritual on the situation. No matter how formal the meeting is, it always seems off. Now, granted, I'm not going to hug the female CEO of a company I'm doing business with at the first meeting, but even so, a handshake still feels off.

My general rule of thumb is – if I'm comfortable with the person and she's a woman, it's a hug. If I'm not comfortable, it's a handshake and a small inner sigh at the inadequacy of it. I don't consciously think about if it's work or not work, but I do of course tend to feel less comfortable with work contacts than I do with other social contacts, at least for the first few meetings.
Since you're looking for other error management services, you might try ProjectLocker Pulse (http://www.projectlocker.com/pulse). Since Pulse is part of the ProjectLocker platform (source control, issue tracking, automated deployments, etc.), there is no extra fee or bandwidth metering for using it.

Disclaimer: I work for ProjectLocker.
It's described here: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/future/masters/mscs/program

The OMS won't initially have all the same courses (or specializations?), but the plan according to one of the GT videos is to reach approximate parity over time.
This is quite cool. Would surely use it.

I am actually having quite fun using it just like this.
You mean you force a 404 error, then add a URL param like /404.html?message=you_need_to_fix_feature_x, then refresh it a bunch so it'll hopefully gain a developer's attention?

That's hilarious.
Thanks for the advice Nachos. I know I need to just start applying my knowledge.

No, I wasnt with JET. I applied, but I think my Chinese second major made them wonder why I was suddenly interested in Japanese.... I ended up doing ECC for one year in Nagoya, and one year with Interac as an elementary school ALT in Yokohama. Great, great experiences. Wouldnt trade them for anything!
Isn't this a problem inherent with dogfooding, and not isolated to Facebook? Building it and using it doesn't mean you want to in the first place.

>It’s always a sign of trouble when you’ve built something you don’t want to use yourself.

I'm not convinced that this can be isolated to this alone. I doubt a homescreen alone would make someone want to jump ship from one ecosystem to another

>Why does everyone I know who works at Apple carry an iPhone? Every single one? Not because they have to. It’s because they want to.

I was under the impression that this is an Apple culture thing? It's alleged that if you wear a competitor's brand on Nike Campus, you'll be politely asked to leave (or forced to buy a new pair of shoes while they burn yours). what is Apple's culture's take on this?

>(Doesn’t look like it, judging by the “via Twitter for iPhone” metadata on his recent tweets.

I know Twitter clients can still access the data, I'm guessing there's no easy way to do it
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Portable Windows version pls :)
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The word "voluntary" was removed and the notices reissued after non Telstra/Optus ISPs declined http://delimiter.com.au/2012/11/14/iinet-internode-implement...

Again it must be made clear that the Interpol filter the police demanded is DNS based, the filtering ASIC demanded to shut down one unlicensed financial advisor is IP based.
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I will state the obvious but to answer your "what's wrong" question, it is purely cultural and learned. If you were from, let's say a Europe Latin country, you would feel odd to not have any kind of physical contact when meeting someone.
Meh, I just tell people hugs make me feel uncomfortable. Some people are fine, some demand a big hug to help me out of my shell. Either way it's a win.
I try to short-circuit awkwardness by putting my hand up to high-five people. If there's someone between handshake and hug, I've found that gesture is comfortable enough for most, explains the situation without saying anything, and gives everyone a way out. Your mileage may vary.
Isn't the social norm[1] to wait for a woman to initiate the handshake?

The norm doesn't specify the timeout but to me it comes naturally to just nod and say hello after the "moment"[2] I am convinced the timeout happened.

[1] It certainly is in Poland and I am fairly convinced about Western Europe too

[2] About one and a half igniseconds [3]

[3] www.unwords.com/unword/ignisecond.html‎
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It's the digital form of "Percussive Maintenance" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussive_maintenance
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Great, I look forward to it!
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What I find even more inappropriate is random women I talked to once suddenly thinking it is necessary to hug me. Really, no. We can shake hands if you insist, but a hug is an absolutely no-go unless you are closer than close family.
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The standards for admission into the mainline Linux kernel tree are pretty high.
Could it be that over-1m-LOC proprietary projects are, in fact, fossilised? Once a project is large enough, deep changes are discouraged because their cost (and risk) to the business gets too high.

Meanwhile, open source projects like to refactor (somebody would say reinvent the wheel) forever and ever, constantly ripping out old code for new, so defect density is stable and simply rises in line with overall complexity (which obviously rises with project size).

I'd be curious to look also at developers' turnaround rates: once you leave a company you can't keep hacking on their code, which is something you can actually do with open-source. As old developers leave, their code lies untouched for fear of breaking anything, and again gets fossilised.
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I pretty much only ever shake hands when first being introduced to someone, or when concluding some kind of business arrangement.

I have no problem with hugging but I really don't care - I never instigate it with males or females but have no problem returning a hug if one is incoming.

Who has the time to worry about stuff like this? I really don't get it, chances are the people you are imagining taking offense aren't analyzing the interaction at all - let alone as deeply as you are.

I'd strongly advise bosses not to hug their employees except in very rare circumstances, those interactions are much likely to be analyzed by the recipient and any observing coworkers

I'm a married male for the record.
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Which brings us to:

> I think more people aren't downloading it because of the bad reviews - which are mainly because of the missing features.
"explain why they are better than Erlang or Akka's actors, STM in Clojure or Haskell,"

They aren't. I analyzed Go for my personal use, and I have a high degree of familiarity with Erlang and Haskell. The conclusion I came to was that it is a step back from Erlang and Haskell's concurrency support, and that I didn't care to step back into those problems. It's easier to do concurrency correctly in Go than it is in Python or C, but it's still pretty easy to make it blow up in your face and take down your whole program. You to both learn Go, and then learn all the implicit (and to some extent still forming) rules about exactly how you can safely handle channels, which the compiler can't help with.

(I tried to keep an open mind, but I'm still of the opinion Erlang's processes with asynchronous mailboxes is better than Go's synchronous channels. Note that's two differences, not one; sync vs. async, and mailboxes vs. channels. And they are effectively synchronous, even when you set a buffer size, because there's still a hard cap on when the channel is full; semantically the difference between a 1-element sync channel and a 10-element sync channel is pretty minimal, you get the same crashes and failures either way if you misuse them, it just takes a bit longer in the 10-element case. Oh, and since "synchronous" seems to have had its meaning mangled here in the past few years, in this case it means that the writing and reading of a channel must coordinate.)

But if you're coming from a traditional Algol language, it's a big step forward. I'm sure coming to Go from Python or Lisp feels like a blast of fresh air, because it really is an improvement. And it gives you this without having to abandon your Algol roots, which most of the rest of your alternatives do (except Akka, though I don't how hard those are to use correctly since they're in a mutable language), and that is saying something.
Then there's the seL4 OS kernel, which was developed and proven to have zero bugs. http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/safer-software/312631.arti...
I'm not going to miss airline meat, certainly!

Vege option may well be a good thing, will try that one in future.
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I fit into that category, and I'm taking 1-2 significant MOOCs (compilers, ML, data science, etc.) at a time right now. I can just make it work, but I wouldn't if I had to show up for class. The fixed schedule format of Coursera adds a bit of pressure, but probably also a bit of motivation.

I agree that online classes from GT aren't guaranteed to be better than online classes from other places. Perhaps one day we'll see an a la carte degree offered by Udacity, so you can pick the courses from the universities or instructors you prefer.

That said, branding and standardization are important. Even if the classes are no better, the perceived value of the degree might be higher than one from Podunk State Online.