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Comment: Re:Kill the GIL! (Score 1) 234

by Scarblac (#27372395) Attached to: Project Aims For 5x Increase In Python Performance

Yes, good luck with that! Because the current implementation slows it down by 7/8ths on my 8-core server.

Well, that's not true. The interpreter has a global lock, but usually most of the time spent will be in things like I/O calls, that are written in C and thus have no problem with the GIL. You're trying to make it seem like there is no advantage to threading in Python, but that's just wrong.

Comment: We decided not to (Score 1) 409

by Scarblac (#26637137) Attached to: Umbilical Cord Blood Banking?

Between now and a month from now, I'll hopefully be a parent too. We've also had this discussion. Eventually we decided not to do this, because it's just very unlikely to ever help.

The technology is unproven. The amount of blood taken is quite small so it's likely to only be useful in the first few years of the child's life, any later there would be more needed. In the few cases where these cells could be used, donors can often be found. And in a few more years, we should be able to get stem cells from other tissue.

In total, we decided it wasn't worth it.

One useful page for us was this, but it's in Dutch.


+ - Where Should I Get My Job Interview Code Samples?

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crlove writes "I'm preparing for an upcoming job interview and my interviewer will want to see some code samples. Unfortunately, all of the coding I've done work-wise since college is not only proprietary, but often classified. And to be honest, with long days at work and a busy life outside of it, I haven't had much time to code on my own.

So, what should I show my interviewer? Should I start working up some code samples? And if so, what would be considered sufficiently complex to take to an interview?"

+ - Turtles Immortal?

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fatduck writes "This just in: turtles, left to their own devices, may live forever. Turtles are unique in the animal kingdom for their ability to stop aging altogether. A turtle's organs do not gradually break down over time, nor do they become less efficient. In fact, a 100-year old turtle's organs are virtually indistinguishable from a teenager's. In addition, a turtle's heart does not require constant neural stimulation to beat, and can be shut off for periods of time at will. Scientists are now looking at the turtle genome for potential longevity genes. FTA:

"Turtles don't really die of old age," Dr. Raxworthy said. In fact, if turtles didn't get eaten, crushed by an automobile or fall prey to a disease, he said, they might just live indefinitely.

+ - The Pirate Bay blocks Swedish ISP

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Scarblac writes "Swedish political party Pirate Byran (Bureau of Piracy) and torrent siteThe Pirate Bay today launched a campaign to force the swedish ISP Perspektiv Bredband to resume connectivity to the net and stop blocking their users access to the Russian music site allofmp3.com. Perspektiv notes in its own press release that their blocking of allofmp3 is a moral move, not a legal one, since allofmp3 is legal in Sweden. The Pirate Bay want to put pressure on them to stop censorship and hopes others will join their campaign."
