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A collection of musings on deeply technical topics distilled through the lens of contemporary cultural analogies

Latency is a Game Of Death

Game of Low Latency

As a kid I might’ve been willing to fight you for criticizing any Bruce Lee movie. As an adult with a more refined fanaticism, I can now admit that his final film, Game of Death, sucks. In Lee’s defense, though,

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Skip the Line with Intel DDIO

Intel DDIO: A VIP Pass to Skip the Line

“There are never any shortcuts, and anyone who tells you there’s a shortcut is blowing smoke.” — Malcolm Gladwell (Journalist & Author) “Malcolm Gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours to master something. This is [nonsense]. Total, utter [nonsense].” — James

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CPU Benchmarks and Bad Tinder Dates

CPU Benchmarks and Bad Tinder Dates

“You’re not perfect, sport. And let me save you the suspense. This girl you’ve met, she isn’t perfect either. But the question is whether or not you’re perfect for each other.” — GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997) It’s comin’! That season

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Are You Shifting Left Enough?

Are You Shifting Left Enough?

I looked Death in the face years back I held tears back I gathered myself and stared back I’m from where you don’t crack, the weak don’t live You gotta bounce back, homie, the streets don’t give — Jay-Z (Hip-Hop

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