Twitter: Linux Swap Partition versus Swap File

Linux Swap Partition versus Swap File

Don’t bother making Linux swap partitions anymore. Swap files perform just as well as of 2.6, and are more convenient to add/remove/modify.

Swap paritions vs swap file, via reddit.

Why Google or Yahoo! should buy Twitter

Twitter has the potential to offer a major search vendor the ability to not only inject real-time content into search results, but also to offer high-quality metadata to tune the ranking algorithm.

via Laserlike.com

Why developers prefer Macs

The same design elixir that built the iPod and the iPhone can seep into your own code by some bit-based osmosis.

via InfoWorld. Good article about ‘Why developers prefer Macs’, I think one of the most important points from the article is that now Macs are Intel-based, and now that virtualisation through Parallels or VMware Fusion is becoming more and more stable and fast. This means that with a Mac you can test applications or websites on all platforms - Mac, Linux, Windows, smartphones. Linux and Windows are missing that crucial Mac virtualisation that makes Macs one better for running virtual machines.

The above quote is also a good point, and one I can relate to. When using my MacBook, I feel more inspired to work cleanly and efficiently, it’s something about the user interface and the design of the operating system and the applications available that makes you feel more organised and more inspired to work.

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Pi Accuracy

Using pi calculated out to only 39 decimal places would allow one to compute the circumference of the entire universe to the accuracy of less than the diameter of a hydrogen atom.

Apparently, dividing 22 by 7 is enough.

(via reddit)